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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words
ID: #35294
Medium
Aspirins
Instructions
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:
Aspirin is a popular painkiller, and chances are you have some in your medicine chest right now. You might even have some in your flesh-and-blood, put-a-shirt-on-it chest. Because a new study suggests that humans can make their own salicylic acid, which forms the bulk of aspirin's active ingredient. Scientists at Scotland's National Health Service previously observed that people can have salicylic acid in their blood even if they haven't recently swallowed an aspirin. Vegetarians have really high concentrations, which makes sense, given that plants make salicylic acid, so fruits and veggies are full of it. But their recent study suggests that not all of the chemical comes from the diet, because humans can take a precursor molecule and turn it into salicylic acid.
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Printed "troglodyte", the speaker says "put a shirt on it"
Explanation: The speaker says "put a shirt on it", not "troglodyte". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the phrase.
Printed "serge", the speaker says "observed"
Explanation: Listen for "previously observed that people". The printed word starts with a different letter, so focus on the start of the word.
"Aspirin" matches the audio
Explanation: "Aspirin is a popular painkiller" looks like a special name and may catch your eye. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.
"Vegetarians" matches the audio
Explanation: "Vegetarians have really high concentrations" is a longer word that might seem odd in the line. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.
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