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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #35034 Long Alaska
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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:

"What happened was the whole Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound just sort of tilted, and so near shore, near Alaska, that region sank. And then out at sea, the sea floor raised up." Susie Bassham, a molecular biologist at the University of Oregon. "And so things that were submarine platforms before suddenly were lifted above sea level, and then silt could come in and build more island." And with more island, came new freshwater ponds. Those newly created bodies of water turned out to be the testbed for a natural evolutionary experiment on a finger-sized fish, called the three-spined stickleback. Saltwater fish went in... freshwater fish came out. "Big silvery well-armored fish entered freshwater ponds. And during the last 50 years they changed their size.
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Printed "expenditure", the speaker says "molecular"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "a molecular biologist at". The printed word "expenditure" starts with a different letter, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "widower", the speaker says "freshwater"

Explanation: The speaker says "new freshwater ponds", not "widower". The two words begin with different letters, so listen to the start. Both end the same way.

Printed "calcified", the speaker says "three spined"

Explanation: Listen for "the three-spined stickleback". The printed word and the spoken phrase start with different letters, so focus on the word start.

Printed "uninterested", the speaker says "well armored"

Explanation: You will hear "well-armored fish entered". The printed word "uninterested" does not make sense here, so trust the sound, not the page.

"silt" matches the audio

Explanation: "and then silt could come in" may look rare. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"Saltwater" matches the audio

Explanation: "Saltwater fish went in" might look like a change, but the speaker really says it that way. Do not click it.

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