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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34651 Short Chameleons
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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:

Chameleons have it easy. If they need to hide from a predator they just change their appearance, and disappear against whatever they happen to be standing on surrounded by leaves? Turn green. Tree trunk? Brown it is. But Aegean wall lizards have a different strategy. They live on the Greek Islands. And instead of changing their appearance, they find a safer spot. That is, they're really good at picking out just the right background to minimize the chances that they'll be spotted by a hungry crow or raptor. That's according to a new study in the journal Scientific Reports. Birds can perceive both visible and ultraviolet light, so researchers snapped regular and UV photos of lizards basking on rocks to figure out how the lizards look to birds. The scientists discovered that the lizards' camouflage is precisely tuned to avian eyeballs, helping them seem to disappear. Lizards with darker backs hang out on darker rocks.
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Printed "encountered", the speaker says "surrounded"

Explanation: Listen for "standing on surrounded by". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, and both end with the same two letters.

Printed "blackout", the speaker says "background"

Explanation: You will hear "just the right background to". The first letter is the same, so listen to the whole word, not just the start.

Printed "prescribes", the speaker says "minimize"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "to minimize the chances". The printed word and the spoken word begin with different letters and end differently.

Printed "lionised", the speaker says "ultraviolet"

Explanation: Listen again to "and ultraviolet light, so". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, and the spoken word is much longer.

Printed "wombs", the speaker says "camouflage"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "the lizards' camouflage is". The printed word is short, but the spoken word is much longer and fits the meaning here.

"Scientific" matches the audio

Explanation: "the journal Scientific Reports" looks like a formal name and may trick you. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Aegean" matches the audio

Explanation: "But Aegean wall lizards" has a less common place name that can seem wrong. The audio matches the printed word, so leave it alone.

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