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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34267 Medium Science in Baseball
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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
Result:

Correct Transcript:

Hall of Famer Ted Williams once famously commented that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports. Although Williams—a .344 career hitter—made it look easy, he had a point. Hitting a round ball with a round bat squarely is difficult. It's also an excellent example of some very entertaining applied physics. No surprise then that professional baseball players are turning to science to improve their multimillion-dollar strokes. Some approaches focus on the neuroscience of hitting—the deep internal brain mechanisms behind seeing the pitch and reacting to it. But for more info about the swing itself, a sports tech company called Zepp Labs makes a sensor that can help break down those mechanics. The sensor sits in the knob of the company's so-called "Smart Bat" and uses two accelerometers and a three-axis gyroscope.
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Printed "irritating", the speaker says "entertaining"

Explanation: You will hear "very entertaining applied physics". Both begin with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "visions", the speaker says "mechanisms"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "deep internal brain mechanisms". They begin with different letters, and the spoken word is longer, so trust your ears.

Printed "travelers", the speaker says "accelerometers"

Explanation: Listen again to "uses two accelerometers". The first letters differ, and the spoken word is much longer.

Printed "wrought", the speaker says "gyroscope"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "a three-axis gyroscope". First letters differ, and they end differently, so listen to the ending.

"Williams" matches the audio

Explanation: "Hall of Famer Ted Williams" has a name you may not know. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Smart" matches the audio

Explanation: "so-called 'Smart Bat'" looks like a special phrase and may seem changed. The speaker says 'Smart' exactly, so do not click it.

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