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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38417 Short Fairyland
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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:

I want to go into the amazing things that happened to our local food systems when we protect farmland, but first I'm starting with the literal big picture. This map was created only last year by the US Geological Survey, and it's the first one of its kind and what it shows that bright green. Is all of Earth's cropland all 1.87 billion hectares of it. And that's about 14% of the Earth's land area except excluding glaciered areas. So, we're already cropping 14% of the land surface. We also grazed another 25%, so about 39% of the Earth's surface. The non-ice surface is already being used for agriculture, so if you ever hear that old joke where you know the alien comes to earth, then they inevitably meet a farmer. It's actually pretty likely 4 out of 10 times they're going to land on a farm.
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Printed "labelled", the speaker says "local"

Explanation: Listen for "the amazing things that happened to our local food". The page shows "labelled" instead. They share the same first letter, so listen to the rest of the word.

Printed "fairyland", the speaker says "farmland"

Explanation: You will hear "when we protect farmland, but first". On the page it shows "fairyland". Both words end with the same two letters, so follow the sound, not the meaning.

Printed "Samples", the speaker says "Survey"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "by the US Geological Survey, and it's". Printed there is "Samples". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "iced", the speaker says "glaciered"

Explanation: Listen again to "except excluding glaciered areas. So, we're". The page has "iced" instead. They end with the same two letters, but start with different letters.

Printed "farming", the speaker says "agriculture"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "being used for agriculture, so if you". You see "farming" on the page. The words begin with different letters, so listen to the full word.

Printed "precious", the speaker says "pretty"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "It's actually pretty likely 4 out of". You see "precious" in the transcript. They share the same first letter, so listen to the rest of the word.

"map" matches the audio

Explanation: "This map was created only last year" may look odd next to the numbers. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Earth's" matches the audio

Explanation: "Is all of Earth's cropland" repeats Earth and may seem odd. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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