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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34509 Medium Memory
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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:

A book a day may keep dementia away. Even if you read it as a kid. Because a study finds that exercising the brain, at any age, may preserve memory. The work appears online in the journal Neurology, previous studies have shown that engaging n brain-building activities is associated with a delay in late-life cognitive decline. But why? Does flexing the old gray matter somehow buffer against age-related intellectual impairment? Or is cognitive loss simply a consequence of the aging brain’s physical decline? To find out, researchers questioned nearly 300 elderly individuals about their lifelong participation in intellectual pursuits—like reading books, writing letters and looking things up in the library. Then, every year, for an average of six years until they died.
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Printed "wisterias", the speaker says "previous"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "in the journal Neurology, previous studies have". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen from the first letter.

Printed "penetrating", the speaker says "engaging"

Explanation: The speaker says "shown that engaging n", not "penetrating". Both words end with the same letters, so listen to the start and middle of the word.

Printed "negotiated", the speaker says "associated"

Explanation: Listen for "is associated with a". They start with different letters, so follow the sound from the first letter.

Printed "rusticated", the speaker says "age related"

Explanation: You will hear "buffer against age-related intellectual". The printed word is much longer, so the shorter phrase you hear is the right one.

Printed "biomedical", the speaker says "physical"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "brain's physical decline". The two words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

"Neurology" matches the audio

Explanation: "in the journal Neurology, previous studies" may look odd, but the speaker names the journal exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"library" matches the audio

Explanation: "looking things up in the library." sits near the changed words and might seem like a trick. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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