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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36787 Short Cleveland Indians
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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
Result:

Correct Transcript:

Bob played baseball in high school. At the age of sixteen, he secretly signed an agreement with a major league baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. He received one dollar and a baseball signed by the Cleveland players. Bob Feller became a professional baseball player at the age of seventeen while he was still in high school. He never pitched in the minor leagues, as most players do today. In July of nineteen thirty-six, he pitched in an unofficial game against the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out eight batters. None of them were able to hit the balls that Feller threw. The next month, he struck out fifteen batters in a game against the St. Louis Browns. In September, Bob Feller pitched against the Philadelphia Athletics. He tied the major league record of striking out seventeen players in one game.
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Printed "signs", the speaker says "signed"

Explanation: You will hear "secretly signed an agreement". Both words start with s, so listen to the end of the word.

Printed "when", the speaker says "while"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "seventeen while he was". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "then", the speaker says "them"

Explanation: Listen again to "None of them were able". The words start with the same letter, but the print ends differently, so listen carefully.

Printed "bottles", the speaker says "batters"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "struck out fifteen batters". Both words begin with b, so follow the whole word, not just the first sound.

Printed "main", the speaker says "major"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "the major league record". The printed word is short, but the spoken word is a different short word, so trust your ears.

"Cleveland" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Cleveland Indians" is a place name in the sentence. It looks like a trick, but the speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Athletics" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Philadelphia Athletics" is a team name in the text. It may seem odd, but the audio matches this word exactly, so do not click it.

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