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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36652 Short Margaret Brown
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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:

Margaret Brown was a social and political activist in the formative years of the modern American West. Her biggest claim to fame was surviving the Titanic. This week on our program, we tell the story of the woman remembered as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." Margaret Brown lived an interesting life, but not all the stories about her are true. For example, a Denver newspaper reporter named Gene Fowler wrote that she survived a tornado as a baby, refused to attend school, and chewed tobacco. Fowler wrote about Brown and others in his book "Timber Line," published after her death in 1932.
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Printed "socialist", the speaker says "social"

Explanation: The speaker says "was a social and", not "socialist". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "shame", the speaker says "fame"

Explanation: Listen for "claim to fame was". Their last two letters match, so watch the first sound.

Printed "the", the speaker says "that"

Explanation: You will hear "wrote that she". The printed word is "the", so check for the extra sound you hear.

Printed "her", the speaker says "his"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "in his book". Both words start with h, so listen to the rest of the word.

"Timber" matches the audio

Explanation: The book "Timber Line," published after her death in 1932. The title is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Molly" matches the audio

Explanation: "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." is how the program names her. It is said exactly that way, so do not click it.

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