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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #37031 Short Headache
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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:

Have you had a headache recently? If your answer is yes, you are like many millions of people worldwide who experience pain in the head. The pain can be temporary, mild, and cured by a simple painkiller like an aspirin. Or, it can be severe. The National Headache Foundation says more than forty-five million people in the United States suffer chronic headaches. Such headaches cause severe pain that goes away but returns later. Some headaches may prove difficult and require time to treat. But many experts today are working toward cures or major help for chronic headaches.
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Printed "have", the speaker says "had"

Explanation: Listen for "you had a headache". The page shows "have" instead, and they share the same first letter so listen to the whole word.

Printed "is", the speaker says "are"

Explanation: You will hear "you are like many". The printed word is "is", and the first letters differ, so listen from the first sound.

Printed "at", the speaker says "by"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "cured by a simple". It prints "at", and the first letters are different, so focus on the first sound.

Printed "much", the speaker says "more"

Explanation: Listen again to "says more than forty-five". The text shows "much", and both words begin with m, so wait for the end of the word.

Printed "the", the speaker says "that"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "pain that goes away". The printed word is "the", they start with the same letter, so hear the whole word.

Printed "provide", the speaker says "prove"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "may prove difficult". The page shows "provide", and the spoken word is much shorter.

"aspirin" matches the audio

Explanation: "a simple painkiller like an aspirin" looks uncommon but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"chronic" matches the audio

Explanation: "suffer chronic headaches" has a word many students watch for, so it may look tricky. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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