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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #46019 Short Heritage
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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:

Heritage is what the present chooses to make of the past. That means that heritage is dynamic. It's a changing concept. And it also means that it tends to be defined in opposition to much that is going on in the present. It's endangered. Where there is heritage, there is often a sense of threat, you know, whether it's a building that's about to be bulldozed or a way of life that is dying out because of economic change. The heritage that we speak about in this country in terms of conservation tends to be a term that becomes very central or more central in new ways as the state becomes involved in this field of administering conservation.
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Printed "challenging", the speaker says "changing"

Explanation: Listen for "It's a changing concept". On the page it says "challenging", but you hear "changing". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "precise", the speaker says "defined"

Explanation: You will hear "tends to be defined in". It says "precise" on the page, but the speaker says "defined". The words start with different letters, so listen from the first sound.

Printed "identity", the speaker says "threat"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "a sense of threat, you". You see "identity" in the text, but the speaker says "threat". The two words mean very different things, so trust your ears not the written meaning.

Printed "prolific", the speaker says "economic"

Explanation: Listen again to "because of economic change". It ends the same, but the first letter differs, so listen from the start.

Printed "beckons", the speaker says "becomes"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "the state becomes involved in". The printed word "beckons" is on the page, but the speaker says "becomes". Both words start with the same letter, so wait for the whole word before you click.

"administering" matches the audio

Explanation: "this field of administering conservation" has a longer word that looks tricky. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"bulldozed" matches the audio

Explanation: "a building that's about to be bulldozed" has an action word that may look wrong. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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