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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #38587 Short Volunteer
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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:

Just to return to that earlier point about altruism and how that's related to longevity, particularly, with respect to you know, people who volunteer altruistically only and only people who volunteer altruistically actually get the health benefits from that. I'm just curious whether you think there might be any some like neurobiological underpinnings to that and whether or not that effect has been replicated, because, yeah, coming from a some of scientific background, looking at it, that seems like a factor that you could, you know, when you break down, volunteering to grow its different facets seems like one of the things that might emerge just from a false positive.
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Printed "playfully", the speaker says "particularly"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "longevity, particularly, with respect". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "statistically", the speaker says "actually"

Explanation: Listen again to "volunteer altruistically actually get". They start with different letters, and the printed word is much longer than the spoken one.

Printed "state", the speaker says "some"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "might be any some like". They start with the same letter, but the words end differently.

Printed "repeated", the speaker says "replicated"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "that effect has been replicated". Both words start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "sort", the speaker says "some"

Explanation: The speaker says "some of scientific background", not "sort". They start with the same letter, so listen to the end which is different.

Printed "failure", the speaker says "factor"

Explanation: Listen for "seems like a factor". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the middle of the word.

Printed "amend", the speaker says "emerge"

Explanation: You will hear "might emerge just from a". They start with different letters, so trust the sound from the start.

"altruistically" matches the audio

Explanation: "people who volunteer altruistically only" has a long word that looks tricky. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"altruism" matches the audio

Explanation: "that earlier point about altruism and how" has a less common word that may catch your eye. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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