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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #45643 Short Household
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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:

Household debt is the amount of money that household have borrowed and need to re-pay. Their most recent debt indicate that households are in debt somewhere around $14 trillion. Most of that $14 trillion, $9 trillion or so is debt that's due from mortgages and the rest of the debt are things like cars, college debt which is growing and becoming a problem and credit card debt. I think it's not just the bottom end, it's certainly greater at the bottom end since they have less income and less ability to get out of debt but it also is becoming a problems for the middle class.
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Printed "housing", the speaker says "household"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "money that household have". Both words start with h, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "date", the speaker says "debt"

Explanation: Listen again to "recent debt indicate". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "houses", the speaker says "cars"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "things like cars, college". They start with different letters, so listen from the start.

Printed "large", the speaker says "growing"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "which is growing and becoming". The spoken word is longer and starts with a different letter.

Printed "loans", the speaker says "debt"

Explanation: The speaker says "credit card debt", not "loans". They start with different letters, so listen closely to the word.

Printed "solution", the speaker says "problems"

Explanation: Listen for "becoming a problems for the". The printed word 'solution' does not make sense here, so trust your ears.

"Household" matches the audio

Explanation: "Household debt is the amount" may look like a trick near 'housing'. The speaker actually says it exactly, so do not click it.

"mortgages" matches the audio

Explanation: "debt that's due from mortgages and" is a long word that can look wrong. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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