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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34124 Short Great Lies
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
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Correct Transcript:

When I was pregnant, a friend gave me a book called Great Lies to Tell Small Kids. In it are gems like "wine makes mommy charming" and "men don’t go bald naturally, they like getting their hair cut that way." Now, if you're filled with horror at the notion of pulling a toddler’s leg like that a new study in the Journal of Moral Education shows that parents regularly use deception to influence their kids. We can all recall lies our parents told us to get us to do something, or to stop doing something. "If you cross your eyes they could stay that way" comes to mind. But in the current study, researchers found that these parental fibs are hardly few and far between. And that even parents who preach to their kids about the importance of being honest admit to lying to them as well. The researchers plan to extend their studies to see whether all this lying undermines children's trust.
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Printed "perspicuous", the speaker says "influence"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "deception to influence their kids". The printed word "perspicuous" is on the page, not what you hear. The two words start with different letters and they also end differently, so listen for the whole word.

Printed "sweeteners", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: The speaker says "study, researchers found that", not "sweeteners". They end with the same two letters. But they start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "scribes", the speaker says "undermines"

Explanation: Listen for "lying undermines children's trust". The printed word "scribes" is on the page, not what you hear. The word you hear is much longer and starts with a different letter, so follow the sound.

"deception" matches the audio

Explanation: "use deception to influence their kids" looks a bit formal and may seem odd. The speaker actually says it exactly like that, so do not click it.

"honest" matches the audio

Explanation: "the importance of being honest admit to lying" may feel tricky next to lying. The speaker says "honest" exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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