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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36792 Short Experimental Scientist
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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:

What we are gonna find out today is how it's a bit more complicated than that, which it aIways is. I think it's really wonderful. I mean, not being an experimental scientist myself, I have a kind of envy at the way in which science can continue to surprise us by this. People working away in labs, moving on our understanding in ways. Hugo is a cognitive scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research, Huo Mercier.
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Printed "demanding", the speaker says "complicated"

Explanation: The speaker says "a bit more complicated than", not "demanding". Both words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "ordinary", the speaker says "wonderful"

Explanation: Listen for "I think it's really wonderful", not "ordinary". The printed word and the spoken word start with different letters, so follow the sound, not the meaning.

Printed "confusion", the speaker says "envy"

Explanation: You will hear "I have a kind of envy", not "confusion". The spoken word is much shorter than the printed word, so listen for a short word.

Printed "upset", the speaker says "surprise"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "can continue to surprise us", not "upset". The words start with different letters and they end differently, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "emotion", the speaker says "understanding"

Explanation: Listen again to "moving on our understanding in", not "emotion". The spoken word is much longer, so wait for a longer word.

"science" matches the audio

Explanation: "the way in which science can" has a common word that looks ordinary. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Hugo" matches the audio

Explanation: "Hugo is a cognitive scientist" has a name that may look odd on the page. It matches the audio exactly, so do not click it.

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