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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36518 Long Whales
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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 world’s oceans were once home to 10 times as many whales... before the Captain Ahabs of the world came round. Hunting hit big species the hardest, wiping out 99 percent of the Southern Hemisphere blue whales, for example. And as the gentle giants disappeared... so did another lesser known element of the oceans: their poop. "I've described it as, sort of like oversteeped green tea. Like well steeped green tea. So it's very diffuse, in a big plume." Joe Roman, a conservation biologist at the University of Vermont. "My daughter’s friends say I'm a whale poop scientist." And he says, he studies all kinds. "When whales are feeding on krill, they're really high lipids, lots of fat so it can be sort of clumps together and floats at the surface.
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Printed "ref", the speaker says "Hemisphere"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Southern Hemisphere blue whales". The printed word "ref" is on the page, but not in the audio. The two words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "scorches", the speaker says "daughter’s"

Explanation: The speaker says "My daughter's friends say", not "scorches". The words begin with different letters, and the spoken word is longer, so listen for the full word.

"Ahabs" matches the audio

Explanation: "Captain Ahabs of the world" may look like a typo because the name is rare. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"krill" matches the audio

Explanation: "When whales are feeding on krill, they're" has a short unusual word. It looks like a trick, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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