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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36078 Short Kurt Vonnegut
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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:

Today we tell about Kurt Vonnegut, a writer, and thinker who shook up the country with his unusual writing style and subjects. He helped energize huge numbers of young people to protest the Vietnam War and to always question the powers that be. It took Kurt Vonnegut about twenty-five years to write his most famous book, "Slaughterhouse-Five." It was published in nineteen sixty-nine. The book remains required reading in high school and college English classes across the country. It includes this description of the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, by Allied forces during World War Two, as witnessed by a soldier named Billy Pilgrim.
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Printed "then", the speaker says "the"

Explanation: The speaker says "shook up the country", not "then". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "protect", the speaker says "protest"

Explanation: Listen for "energize huge numbers of young people to protest". The meanings are close, so trust your ears, not the meaning.

Printed "her", the speaker says "his"

Explanation: You will hear "to write his most famous book". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "at", the speaker says "in"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "required reading in high". The first letters differ, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "an", the speaker says "a"

Explanation: Listen again to "witnessed by a soldier named". The printed word is longer, so the heard word is shorter, listen carefully.

"Vonnegut" matches the audio

Explanation: "Today we tell about Kurt Vonnegut" has a less common name. It sounds like the printed name, so do not click it.

"Dresden" matches the audio

Explanation: "the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany" has a place name you might not know. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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