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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38418 Short BLOB
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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:

This is one of the probably a really early photograph of jellyfish, and it's one of the few ways that before about 1940 you could see them, you could study them, you could learn about them in this kind of setting. And as all of the talks have shown, this is the way we now know jellyfish. We know them through photography. More than almost anything else. And the other way of course is by sensation and like everyone, I was talking to my partner who's also from Limerick. We have quite an Irish contingent in our talks. And for me, my memories in Sydney are walking along the beaches as a girl and wanting to go in the water and not being able to because Richard Blue bottles were everywhere or you know, there was a squishing, nasty ones and they just looked like this one on the here just a BLOB and nothing. And this is also the problem that faced many historical biologists in the past because this is all you could get to study.
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Printed "fenced", the speaker says "few"

Explanation: You will hear "one of the few ways". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the end of the word.

Printed "sampling", the speaker says "setting"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "in this kind of setting". Both words end the same way, so listen for the middle sounds.

Printed "sensing", the speaker says "sensation"

Explanation: Listen again to "by sensation and like everyone". The printed and spoken words start the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "bench", the speaker says "beaches"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "walking along the beaches as". The printed word is much shorter, so focus on the longer spoken word.

Printed "sampling", the speaker says "squishing"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "there was a squishing nasty ones". Both words start with the same letter and end the same, so listen for the middle.

Printed "hinged", the speaker says "historical"

Explanation: The speaker says "many historical biologists in the past". The printed word is much shorter, so listen for the longer spoken word.

"photography" matches the audio

Explanation: "We know them through photography." It may look odd. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"jellyfish" matches the audio

Explanation: "photograph of jellyfish". This phrase appears as printed and matches the audio, so do not click it.

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