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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34826 Short Yosemite Valley
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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:

The floor of Yosemite Valley is littered with piles of rocks that crumbled off the park's iconic cliffs. These rockfalls happen all the time, because Yosemite's granite walls are riddled with cracks produced by geologic stress. Scientists know the rock falls can be triggered by things like earthquakes, rainfall, and freezing and thawing ice. But many falls occur without an obvious cause. Now researchers think that heat may be the culprit. "We noticed that there had been a bunch of rock falls that were happening in the summertime, on particularly hot days." Brian Collins, a research civil engineer with the US Geological Survey. "And we noticed when we looked at the timing that they were happening in the afternoon, when we thought the temperatures were at their hottest." Collins and Greg Stock, Yosemite's park geologist, wanted to know if small rock movements, induced by changing temperatures, might weaken cracks and contribute to rock falls.
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Printed "arithmetically", the speaker says "Yosemite"

Explanation: Listen for "The floor of Yosemite Valley". The first letters are different, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "steelworkers", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: You will hear "Now researchers think". The words start with different letters, but they end with the same two letters, so listen carefully.

Printed "reduced", the speaker says "induced"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "induced by changing temperatures". The first letters differ and both words end the same two letters, so trust your ears.

"granite" matches the audio

Explanation: "Yosemite's granite walls" might catch your eye as a tricky word. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"afternoon" matches the audio

Explanation: "in the afternoon, when" looks like a close fit next to an error. The audio matches this phrase, so do not click it.

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