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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #44515 Short Columbia
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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:

Take the coffee industry. The figures are roughly these. The coffee market in the world is worth about 60 billion.
The growers get 5.5 billion. Ten years ago, the market was about 30 billion and the growers got a third of that. What is happened? What is happened is that well-meaning people, Americans, Germans, Europeans, decided that they would help Vietnam. And so they created a coffee industry there, which is now the second-biggest producer in the world. This has serious effects on other countries like Columbia that depend on coffee exports.
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Printed "willing", the speaker says "worth"

Explanation: You will hear "worth about 60 billion". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "place", the speaker says "market"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "market was about 30". They start with different letters, so listen from the first sound.

Printed "Australian", the speaker says "Europeans"

Explanation: Listen again to "Europeans, decided that". They begin with different letters, so listen for the whole name.

Printed "seller", the speaker says "producer"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "second-biggest producer in". Both words end the same way, so follow the full sound, not just the ending.

Printed "parts", the speaker says "countries"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "other countries like Columbia". They start with different letters, so listen from the first sound.

"coffee" matches the audio

Explanation: "Take the coffee industry." The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Columbia" matches the audio

Explanation: "other parts like Columbia" may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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