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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #34827 Short Happy Hour
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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:

As we recover from the holiday weekend, there's some intoxicating news on curbing the effects of alcohol. In the May 29th issue of Cell, scientists report discovering a gene that controls fruit flies sensitivity to ethanol. And if that just sounds like tipsy taIk, the finding suggests that a couple of current anticancer drugs might find use in treating alcoholism. Some flies, like some people, just can't hold their drink. One sip and they're tripping over their own wings. So the scientists set out to search for the fly genes involved in alcohol sensitivity. And they turned up a gene they call happy hour. Flies with a normal version of this gene are liquor light-weights, while happy hour mutants can drink their fly friends under the table. In the normal flies, happy hour blocks a hormone called EGF.
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Printed "reverberating", the speaker says "intoxicating"

Explanation: You will hear "some intoxicating news on". The words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "silences", the speaker says "scientists"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Cell, scientists report discovering". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "unburdening", the speaker says "discovering"

Explanation: Listen again to "report discovering a gene". They start with different letters, and both end the same.

Printed "alphabetically", the speaker says "sensitivity"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "fruit flies sensitivity to". The printed word makes no sense here, so trust the sound.

Printed "realms", the speaker says "suggests"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "the finding suggests that a". The two words start with different letters, so listen from the start.

Printed "twelvehour", the speaker says "happy hour"

Explanation: The speaker says "a gene they call happy hour", not "twelvehour". The printed word is one long word, but you hear two short words.

"holiday" matches the audio

Explanation: "the holiday weekend" looks like a phrase you might skip. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Cell" matches the audio

Explanation: "issue of Cell" is a short name that seems odd. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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