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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38320 Short Coral reefs
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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:

Those that exist without cyclones, hurricanes, tropical storms in general. And those that are affected regularly but coral reefs, but tropical storms. And those are about 70% of the coral reefs of the world are regularly affected by tropical storms. So, the first thing that we're seeing when we find this information is that these bus must be modifying the coral reefs somehow. And it does. OK, so what we have here is a cross section of a typical coral reef and we have the ocean side which is called the four reef and we can sit here in this image of a one tree island is where we have the sparse and grooves which are these linear indentations which are perpendicular to the coast. Then if you can see them but. And then we have the reef flats where we have reef islands and other deposits and then we have the lagoon and the back reef.
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Printed "resemblance", the speaker says "regularly"

Explanation: You will hear "affected regularly but". The first letters match, so listen to the whole word and note the ending is different.

Printed "reserved", the speaker says "regularly"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "are regularly affected". They begin with the same letter, so wait for the full word to hear the ending.

Printed "moralizing", the speaker says "modifying"

Explanation: Listen again to "these bus must be modifying". The printed word is "moralizing", so click it. They share the first letter and the last two letters, so focus on the middle.

Printed "instinct", the speaker says "image"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "in this image of". The first letters match, so listen to the whole short word to hear the different ending.

Printed "permanent", the speaker says "perpendicular"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "perpendicular to the coast". They start the same, but the spoken word is much longer than the printed word.

Printed "deforms", the speaker says "deposits"

Explanation: The speaker says "and other deposits and", not "deforms". They start with the same letter, so listen for the different ending.

"cyclones" matches the audio

Explanation: "cyclones, hurricanes, tropical storms" looks like a long list and may distract you. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"lagoon" matches the audio

Explanation: "we have the lagoon" may seem unexpected in this part, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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