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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #45378 Short Joanne
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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:

As Joanne pointed out only one country tiny little Bhutan wedge between China and India has adopted the gross national happiness as the central index of government policy and actually has had a good deal of success in education and in health and in economic growth and in environmental preservation and they have rather sophisticated way of measuring the effects of different policies on people's happiness but they're the only country to go that far but you're now beginning to get other countries interested enough to do kind of white paper policy analyses about whether happiness research what effects would it have we used it more for public policy you're beginning to get to countries like Australia, France, Great Britain that are considering pushing regular statistics on happiness so it's beginning to become a subject of greater interest for policymakers and legislators and different advanced countries.
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Printed "showed", the speaker says "pointed"

Explanation: Listen again to "Joanne pointed out". The printed word "showed" starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "weight", the speaker says "wedge"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "tiny little Bhutan wedge". Both words start with w, so listen to the end of the word.

Printed "known", the speaker says "actually"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "and actually has had". The printed word "known" does not fit the sentence meaning, so trust your ears.

Printed "weighing", the speaker says "measuring"

Explanation: The speaker says "way of measuring the effects", not "weighing". The words end the same letters, so listen to the first sounds.

Printed "countries", the speaker says "country"

Explanation: Listen for "they're the only country". Both words start with c, so wait for the whole word to decide.

Printed "policing", the speaker says "policy"

Explanation: You will hear "white paper policy analyses". The printed word "policing" is longer, so listen for the shorter spoken word.

Printed "Finland", the speaker says "France"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "countries like Australia, France". Both start with F sound, so hear the rest of the word.

"Joanne" matches the audio

Explanation: "As Joanne showed out only" is in the printed transcript. It looks like a trick, but the speaker says Joanne exactly, so do not click it.

"Bhutan" matches the audio

Explanation: "tiny little Bhutan weight between" is in the printed text. It looks odd next to weight, but the speaker says Bhutan exactly, so do not click it.

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