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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #37559 Short Bamboo
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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:

Braving the better cold, I travelled more than seven hundred miles back to the old home I had left over twenty years before. It was late winter. As we drew near my former home the day became overcast and a cold wind blew into the cabin of our boat, while all one could see through the chinks in our bamboo awning were a few desolate villages, void of any sign of life, scattered far and near under the sombre yellow sky. I could not help feeling depressed. Ah! Surely this was not the old home I had remembered for the past twenty years?
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Printed "butter", the speaker says "better"

Explanation: Listen again to "Braving the better cold". The printed word "butter" is on the page. Both words start with b, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "I", the speaker says "we"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "As we drew near". They start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "would", the speaker says "could"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "one could see". The printed word "would" is on the page. Their first letters differ, but both end with the same two letters.

Printed "never", the speaker says "near"

Explanation: The speaker says "scattered far and near", not "never". Both words start with n, and the spoken word is shorter.

Printed "last", the speaker says "past"

Explanation: Listen for "the past twenty years". Their first letters differ, but they end the same way.

"bamboo" matches the audio

Explanation: "the chinks in our bamboo awning" may look odd. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"sombre" matches the audio

Explanation: "under the sombre yellow sky" has an uncommon word. The speaker says it exactly like the page, so do not click it.

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