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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #37708 Short Sulmona
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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
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Correct Transcript:

The passengers who had left Rome by the night express had had to stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in order to continue their journey by the small old-fashioned local joining the mainline with Sulmona. At dawn, in a stuffy and smoky second-class carriage in which five people had already spent the night, a bulky woman in deep mourning was hosted in almost like a shapeless bundle. Behind her puffing and moaning, followed her husband a tiny man; thin and weakly, his face death-white, his eyes small and bright and looking shy and uneasy.
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Printed "have", the speaker says "had"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "who had left Rome". Printed shows "have", but both words begin with h, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "long", the speaker says "local"

Explanation: The speaker says "small old-fashioned local", not "long". They both begin with l, so wait for the rest of the word.

Printed "four", the speaker says "five"

Explanation: Listen for "in which five people". The page reads "four", so check the number you hear.

Printed "smelly", the speaker says "already"

Explanation: You will hear "had already spent the night". The printed word "smelly" starts with a different letter, so the first letter does not match.

Printed "tall", the speaker says "tiny"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "a tiny man". The page shows "tall" instead, so hear which describing word is said.

"Fabriano" matches the audio

Explanation: "the small station of Fabriano" looks like a rare name here. It may seem odd, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"Sulmona" matches the audio

Explanation: In the phrase "the mainline with Sulmona" that place name may look like a trick. The speaker also says it exactly, so do not click it.

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