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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #4601 Short Waste
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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:

In your mind, picture the Eiffel Tower. Then place another one on top of it. Then stuck another 4498 Eiffel Towers on top of those two and you'll come close to imagining how much electrical waste was created on the planet in 2016. That's 44.7 million metric tonnes of mobile phones, pc's, refrigerators and so on. By 2021, that figure is expected to rise to more than 52 million tonnes. Asia accounted for more than 40 per cent of this rubbish as a result of its growing economies and expanding middle classes. One industry publication blames the waste on the affordability of electronic devices now, and their wider availability.
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Printed "head", the speaker says "mind"

Explanation: You will hear "In your mind, picture the". The printed word "head" is on the page, not in the audio.

Printed "put", the speaker says "stuck"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Then stuck another 4498". You see "put" written, but the speaker uses a longer word.

Printed "produced", the speaker says "created"

Explanation: Listen again to "waste was created on". Both words end the same, so listen to the first letters to tell them apart.

Printed "computers", the speaker says "pc's"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "phones, pc's, refrigerators". The printed word "computers" is on the page, but the speaker says a much shorter word.

Printed "waste", the speaker says "rubbish"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "this rubbish as a result". The word on screen reads "waste", but the speaker uses a different word, so trust your ears.

Printed "cheapness", the speaker says "affordability"

Explanation: The speaker says "on the affordability of electronic" not "cheapness". The spoken word is much longer than the printed one, so listen for extra letters.

"Eiffel" matches the audio

Explanation: "picture the Eiffel Tower". It may look tricky, but the speaker says it as printed, so do not click it.

"Asia" matches the audio

Explanation: "Asia accounted for more than". It may catch your eye, but the audio matches the page, so do not click it.

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