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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #44049 Short Our answer
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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:

Let's say if I'm asking which source you often use to get information. Newspaper? Radio? TV? And the survey shows 62% of the people chose the internet. You might be thinking I am going to say, how important the internet is, or how quickly it has changed the world for a few years. But what if I tell you this survey is conducted on the website globalandmail.com? Our answer will be different because the people who did this survey on a websites must be frequent users of the internet. This sample is a biased sample. So we have to pay attention to how a survey is conducted.
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Printed "who", the speaker says "which"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "asking which source you". The first letter is the same, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "serving", the speaker says "survey"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "the survey shows 62%". Both words start with s, so listen to the ending.

Printed "thanking", the speaker says "thinking"

Explanation: The speaker says "You might be thinking I" not "thanking". Both words start and end the same, so listen to the middle of the word.

Printed "fast", the speaker says "quickly"

Explanation: Listen for "how quickly it has". The printed word starts with a different letter, so listen from the first sound onward.

Printed "concluded", the speaker says "conducted"

Explanation: You will hear "survey is conducted on". The words start and end the same, so focus on the middle to tell them apart.

Printed "better", the speaker says "different"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "will be different because". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so follow the audio meaning.

Printed "newspaper", the speaker says "websites"

Explanation: Listen again to "survey on a websites must". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so hear the whole word.

Printed "memory", the speaker says "attention"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "pay attention to how". The printed word starts with a different letter, so trust your ears for the full word.

"Let's" matches the audio

Explanation: "Let's say if I'm asking" looks like it might be odd here. The speaker says "Let's say if I'm asking" exactly, so do not click it.

"people" matches the audio

Explanation: "62% of the people chose" sits near changed words and may distract you. The speaker says "62% of the people chose" exactly, so do not click it.

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