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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #37842 Short Latin neighbors
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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:

In the very olden time, their lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammelled, as became the half of him which was barberic. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, with all, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing; and, when he and himself agreed upon any thing, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but whenever there was little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight, and crushed down uneven places.
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Printed "they", the speaker says "their"

Explanation: The speaker says "time, their lived a", not "they". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "distance", the speaker says "distant"

Explanation: Listen for "progressiveness of distant Latin", not "distance". The first letter is the same, so wait for the rest of the word.

Printed "barber", the speaker says "barberic"

Explanation: You will hear "which was barberic." not "barber". The spoken word is much longer than the printed word, so listen to the extra ending.

Printed "gone", the speaker says "given"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "was greatly given to" not "gone". The first letter is the same, so follow the whole word carefully.

Printed "mowed", the speaker says "moved"

Explanation: Listen again to "systems moved smoothly in" not "mowed". Both words end the same way, so listen to the middle sounds to tell them apart.

Printed "her", the speaker says "him"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "nothing pleased him so" not "her". The words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "cool", the speaker says "crushed"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "and crushed down uneven" not "cool". The spoken word is much longer, so listen for the extra letters.

"exuberant" matches the audio

Explanation: "He was a man of exuberant fancy" looks rare and may trick you. The speaker actually says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"florid" matches the audio

Explanation: "were still large, florid, and untrammelled" has a describing word that looks odd. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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