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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #43548 Short American ladies
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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:

From the table which they had been lunching two American ladies of ripe but well-cared-for middle age moved across the lofty terrace of the Roman restaurant and, leaning on its parapet, looked first at each other, and then down on the outspread glories of the Palatine and the Forum, with the same expression of vague but benevolent approval. As they leaned there, a girlish voice echoed up gaily from the stairs leading to the court below. "Well, come along, then," it cried, not to them but to an invisible companion, "and let's lead the young things to their knitting," and a voice as fresh laughed beck: "OH, look here, Babs, not actually knitting." "Well, I mean figuratively," rejoined the first. "After all, we haven't left our poor parents much else to do... " At that point, the turn of the stairs engulfed the dialogue.
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Printed "what", the speaker says "which"

Explanation: Listen for "the table which they". Both words start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "towards", the speaker says "across"

Explanation: You will hear "moved across the lofty". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen to the first sound.

Printed "outside", the speaker says "outspread"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "down on the outspread". The spoken word is much longer than the printed one, so listen for extra letters.

Printed "ladder", the speaker says "stairs"

Explanation: Listen again to "from the stairs leading". The words start with different letters, so focus on the first sound.

Printed "slang", the speaker says "along"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "Well, come along, then". Both words end the same way, so listen to the whole word, not just the ending.

Printed "learn", the speaker says "lead"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "and let's lead the young". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word to decide.

Printed "volume", the speaker says "voice"

Explanation: The speaker says "and a voice as fresh". The printed and spoken words start with the same letter, so listen to the rest of the word.

"Palatine" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Palatine and the Forum" has a rare name that looks odd. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Roman" matches the audio

Explanation: "the Roman restaurant and, leaning" may seem like a trick, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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