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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38472 Short US law
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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:

So much less interesting. This is a very boring looking document, which is what U.S. law looks like, and this is a law called the data access or quality law. And this law was sponsored by and heavily lobbied by the tobacco companies, the National Rifle Association. And a wide variety of chemical companies. And I blew up some texts from that law because it sounds so great on the surface. The point was to increase the quality, objectivity, integrity of research that could be cited in any government document, including statistical information. But when you look at that, what this law actually did was it changed the level of statistical significance that was required to call something significant for measures of harm. So think about that. Why would the chemical companies sponser this bill? Because it would make it harder statistically to show that something was harmful, and this is still happening today.
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Printed "spaced", the speaker says "sponsored"

Explanation: The speaker says "was sponsored by and", not "spaced". Both words start with s, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "chemos", the speaker says "chemical"

Explanation: Listen for "wide variety of chemical companies". The first letter is the same, so wait for the full word.

Printed "propensity", the speaker says "objectivity"

Explanation: You will hear "quality, objectivity, integrity". The words start with different letters, so follow the sound, not the page.

Printed "importance", the speaker says "significance"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "level of statistical significance that". The words start with different letters, so listen carefully to the whole word.

Printed "spill", the speaker says "sponser"

Explanation: Listen again to "chemical companies sponser". Both words begin with the same letter, so wait for the full word.

Printed "healing", the speaker says "happening"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "still happening today". They both start with h and end the same, so check the middle of the word.

"Rifle" matches the audio

Explanation: "the National Rifle Association" has a name that may distract you. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"statistical" matches the audio

Explanation: "including statistical information" sits near a changed word and may look odd. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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