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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #4028 Short Snakes
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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(s) 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:

Recent reports of a world shortage of anti-venom have drawn attention to the dangers of snake bite. Bites are particularly hazardous in rural areas of developing countries where many people work in the fields, often without shoes to protect their feet and ankles. Although most of the world’s 3,000 or more snake species are not venomous, several hundred species are. Among them is the Australian brown snake. Judged to be the world’s second most venomous land snake after the Black Mamba, it thrives in the populous eastern side of Australia. The brown snake only attacks humans as a last resort but, if untreated, its bite can prove fatal. Snakes store venom in glands in their mouth and deliver it into their victims through hollow fangs.
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Printed "retention", the speaker says "attention"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "drawn attention to the". They start with different letters, but they end the same.

Printed "plural", the speaker says "rural"

Explanation: Listen again to "particularly hazardous in rural areas". The first letter is different, so wait for the rest of the word.

Printed "prospect", the speaker says "protect"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "without shoes to protect their". Both start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "drives", the speaker says "thrives"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "it thrives in the populous". The spoken word is longer, so listen for an extra sound.

Printed "report", the speaker says "resort"

Explanation: The speaker says "a last resort but, if" not "report". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "oliver", the speaker says "deliver"

Explanation: Listen for "and deliver it into their". The printed word makes no sense in this sentence, so click it.

"Australian" matches the audio

Explanation: "Among them is the Australian brown snake." has a country name that looks formal. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"Black" matches the audio

Explanation: "after the Black Mamba, it thrives" shows a rare animal name. This name is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

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