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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #3674 Short Oxygen
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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(s) 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:

As a scientist, I have access to high-tech equipment that we can put over the side of the research vessel, and it measures oxygen and many more things. We start at the Mississippi River, we crisscross the Gulf of Mexico all the way to Texas, and even I sneak into Texas every now and then and test their waters. And you can tell by the bottom oxygen -- you can draw a map of everything that's less than two, which is the magic number for when the fish start to leave the area. I also dive in this dead zone. We have oxygen meters that we have to deploy offshore that tell us continuous measurements of low oxygen or high oxygen. And when you get into the water, there's a lot of fish. Tons of fish, all kinds of fish, including my buddy here, the barracuda that I saw one day. Everybody else ran this way and I went this way with my camera.
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Printed "gathers", the speaker says "measures"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "it measures oxygen". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen to the start.

Printed "topper", the speaker says "bottom"

Explanation: The speaker says "by the bottom oxygen", not "topper". The first letters do not match, focus on the beginning of the word.

Printed "exploit", the speaker says "deploy"

Explanation: Listen for "have to deploy offshore". The two words begin with different letters, so pay attention to the start.

Printed "excluding", the speaker says "including"

Explanation: You will hear "including my buddy here". The first letters differ, but both end the same two letters, so listen to the start.

Printed "went", the speaker says "ran"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "else ran this way". The spoken word is much shorter than the printed one, so listen to the beginning.

"Mississippi" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Mississippi River" looks long and tricky, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"barracuda" matches the audio

Explanation: "the barracuda that I" looks rare, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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