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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34265 Short Perfect Pitch
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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:

We might think perfect pitch is an innate talent. Well, a study in the American Journal of Human Genetics is providing some evidence for that. Perfect pitch, aka absolute pitch, is the rare ability to name or recreate musical notes like A or middle C without using any comparable reference. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, studied the results from an online test taken by over ten thousand people. Not surprisingly, individuals tended to either have perfect pitch or not. But in a closer study of 73 families researchers found a region of genes on chromosome eight in those with perfect pitch and also they happened to be from European ancestry. More study is needed to actually zero in on just which gene or multiple genes might be responsible.
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Printed "mobilizing", the speaker says "providing"

Explanation: The speaker says "is providing some evidence", not "mobilizing". The two words start with different letters, so listen to the first sound.

Printed "carousels", the speaker says "evidence"

Explanation: Listen for "some evidence for that". The printed and spoken words start with different letters and they end differently, so follow the audio.

Printed "reciprocate", the speaker says "recreate"

Explanation: You will hear "recreate musical notes". Both words start with r and end the same, so listen to the whole word, not the ending.

Printed "anglophone", the speaker says "chromosome"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "on chromosome eight". The printed word starts with a different letter and the ending is different, so trust your ears.

Printed "agricultural", the speaker says "multiple"

Explanation: Listen again to "or multiple genes". The printed word is much longer, so the shorter spoken word will stand out in the audio.

"University" matches the audio

Explanation: "Researchers at the University of California" may look long and formal. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"European" matches the audio

Explanation: "they happened to be from European ancestry" might seem rare, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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