Volcano and Electricity

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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34652 Medium Volcano and Electricity

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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:

Some interesting electronic activity in the clouds of ash drifting around Europe as a result of that Icelandic volcano. Models predicted that electrical charge should be limited to the top and bottom of any ash plume, which is often the site of spectacular lightning. But info obtained by a weather balloon found significant electrical charge within the plume. And that such charge was being generated within the plume—it wasn't a remnant of the energy of the volcanic eruption or a result of any local weather events, interactions among ash particles seem to be constantly renewing the charge. The finding appears in the journal Environmental Research Letters and is the first prereviewed research related to the April volcano eruption.

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Printed "scissoring", the speaker says "interesting"

Explanation: You will hear "Some interesting electronic". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "geopolitical", the speaker says "electronic"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "interesting electronic activity". The two words start with different letters and end differently, so trust your ears.

Printed "indelibly", the speaker says "activity"

Explanation: Listen again to "electronic activity in the". The printed and spoken words begin with different letters and mean different things, so follow the sound.

Printed "lattice", the speaker says "interactions"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "interactions among ash particles". The printed word starts with a different letter and is much shorter than the spoken word.

Printed "piyyut", the speaker says "prereviewed"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "prereviewed research related to". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word to tell which it is.

Printed "headfirst", the speaker says "research"

Explanation: The speaker says "prereviewed research related", not "headfirst". The printed word makes no sense in the sentence, so click it.

"volcano" matches the audio

Explanation: "that Icelandic volcano" uses a common word next to the change. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Environmental" matches the audio

Explanation: "the journal Environmental Research Letters" has a formal name that looks tricky. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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