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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34128 Medium Cloned Gene
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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:

And now for another episode of seinfeld Science. On Monday we talked about cooler sports uniforms, one of George Costanza's crusades. Well, now it's Kramer's idea for a cologne that would make you smell like the beach. Scientists from the University of East Anglia have just cloned the gene responsible for that briny, fishy scent we associate with the seaside. Andrew Johnston and his colleagues harvested some bacteria from a coastal salt marsh. And they isolated a gene that makes dimethyl sulfide, a gas whose essence is pure eu d' ocean. In its natural environment, dimethyl sulfide helps sea birds sniff out a meal—in this case the plankton that produce it. And the compound is generated in such large quantities that it even forms clouds over the ocean that help cool the Earth's climate. Although Johnston and his team cloned the gene from a bacterium that thrives in the sea, they also found it in some unexpected places, including microbes that live in the roots of plants.
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Printed "copyrighted", the speaker says "seinfeld"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "episode of seinfeld Science". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "Impolitenesses", the speaker says "Scientists"

Explanation: Listen again to "Scientists from the University". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so trust the sound.

Printed "mackerel", the speaker says "responsible"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "cloned the gene responsible for". They start with different letters, so wait for the first letter you hear.

Printed "tamales", the speaker says "colleagues"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Andrew Johnston and his colleagues". Both words end with the same letters, so listen to the whole word to tell them apart.

Printed "psychologist", the speaker says "harvested"

Explanation: The speaker says "harvested some bacteria from", not "psychologist". They start with different letters, so trust what you hear.

"Costanza's" matches the audio

Explanation: "one of George Costanza's crusades" has a name you may not know. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Kramer's" matches the audio

Explanation: "Well, now it's Kramer's idea" looks like a small change next to it. It is spoken just as printed, so do not click it.

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