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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38322 Short BBC
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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:

We're tackling possibly the most urgent and contentious issue of the day climate change. What are the most effective ways to communicate about climate change? A few years ago, I had a crack at it myself, and I co presented a BBC documentary called climate change by numbers. We tried to find entertaining ways to make some of the numbers around climate change come alive. I remember firing a paintball gun in a forest to illustrate Monte Carlo modeling. We were hoping to entertain and inform. But of course, there are lots of groups both individuals and governments who urgently want much, much more. They want to achieve major transformational change, change in the way we behave as individuals and change in the way whole industries and economies operate. Now, communication is going to be vital if any of this is going to happen. Today all have skin in the game as climate change communicators themselves and as behavioural scientists studying climate communications.
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Printed "contended", the speaker says "contentious"

Explanation: Listen again to "the most urgent and contentious issue". Both words start with c, so listen to the end of the word.

Printed "case", the speaker says "crack"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "a crack at it myself". The printed word "case" is on the page. The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "freeing", the speaker says "firing"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "firing a paintball gun in". Both words start with f, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "really", the speaker says "urgently"

Explanation: The speaker says "urgently want much, much more", not "really". The words start with different letters, so listen from the start of the word.

Printed "system", the speaker says "economies"

Explanation: Listen for "whole industries and economies operate". The first letters differ, and the printed word "system" does not make sense here.

Printed "benched", the speaker says "behavioural"

Explanation: You will hear "behavioural scientists studying climate communications". The printed word "benched" is on the page. The first letter is the same, and the spoken word is much longer.

"numbers" matches the audio

Explanation: "climate change by numbers" may look odd, but it is exactly what the speaker says. Do not click it.

"climate" matches the audio

Explanation: "communicate about climate change" appears many times and may distract you. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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