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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34269 Short Radio Telescope
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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:

Earlier this month, NASA announced that an MIT physics professor will lead a team of scientists on a new mission. The objective? Build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the moon. You see, long, long ago—before there even was a galaxy far, far away—the universe settled into a cosmic Dark Age. It was a billion year period following the Big Bang and it produced the structure of space as we know it. Astronomers have long hoped to detect the faint, low-frequency radio emissions generated from this time so they could learn more. But thanks to interference from the ionosphere, not to mention tons of radio and TV signals, Earth is a lousy place to hear. Luckily, the moon rotates so that one side always faces out into space, making it free and clear of noise pollution. The MIT team will use automated vehicles to arrange hundreds of antennas across two square kilometers of the moon's quiet side.
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Printed "musclebound", the speaker says "announced"

Explanation: Listen again to "NASA announced that an MIT". The printed word is "musclebound" on the page. Both words start with different letters, so listen from the first sound to the end of the word.

Printed "darker", the speaker says "structure"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "it produced the structure of". The printed word on the page is "darker". The two words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word before you click.

Printed "confiscated", the speaker says "generated"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "radio emissions generated from this". The printed word is "confiscated" in the text. Both words end with the same two letters, so check the start of the word to decide.

Printed "marvellous", the speaker says "interference"

Explanation: The speaker says "thanks to interference from the". The printed word shown is "marvellous". The two words begin with different letters, so listen carefully from the first sound.

Printed "ululated", the speaker says "automated"

Explanation: Listen for "use automated vehicles". The page shows the printed word "ululated". Both words end with the same two letters. Listen to the first part of the word.

Printed "copulas", the speaker says "kilometers"

Explanation: You will hear "across two square kilometers of". The printed word in the transcript is "copulas". The spoken word is much longer, so listen for a longer word.

"telescope" matches the audio

Explanation: "giant radio telescope". It looks long, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"antennas" matches the audio

Explanation: "hundreds of antennas". It sits next to a changed word, but the speaker says it exactly. Do not click it.

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