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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34647 Medium Ant
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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:

When is an ant like a piece of fruit? When it's infected by a parasite. Researchers affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered this bizarre occurrence in Central America as they were studying the gliding ability of a certain species of ant. They found some colony members with bright red swollen abdomens. The scientists took specimens back to the lab and discovered they were full of hundreds of nematode eggs. The bright red bellies look suspiciously like the brilliant red and pink berries that proliferate in the rainforest. Researchers think that the nematode makes the ant look like fruit to get birds to eat the ants. Birds usually keep the ants off their menu because of armor and a bad chemical taste. The birds then spread parasite eggs in their droppings. Ants forage through bird droppings for seeds. They feed the infected droppings to ant larvae, beginning the infection process all over again.
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Printed "dawned", the speaker says "nematode"

Explanation: Listen again to "hundreds of nematode eggs". It starts with a different letter and makes no sense here.

Printed "minimized", the speaker says "parasite"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "spread parasite eggs". Both words start with different letters, so trust the sound not the page.

Printed "maxes", the speaker says "droppings"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "in their droppings". It starts with a different letter and is much shorter than the spoken word.

"Smithsonian" matches the audio

Explanation: "affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute" has a long name that looks tricky. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"proliferate" matches the audio

Explanation: "berries that proliferate in the rainforest" contains a rare long action word that may confuse you. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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