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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #4604 Short Australia
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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:

Visitors to Australia are always astonished by the number and variety of unusual animal and plant species that can be found throughout the country. Indeed, we can find both sea and land creatures there that exist nowhere else on earth. The drawback of such uniqueness, however, is that if an Australian species becomes extinct, all traces of that species disappear from the entire planet. According to Graham Edgar from the University of Tasmania, many of Australia's rarest life forms have not yet been discovered and, if scientists don't turn attention to them soon, they might disappear before we are even aware of their existence.
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Printed "amazed", the speaker says "astonished"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "always astonished by the". Both words start with a, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "Certainly", the speaker says "Indeed"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Indeed we can find". They start with different letters, so focus on the word start.

Printed "disadvantage", the speaker says "drawback"

Explanation: The speaker says "The drawback of such", not "disadvantage". Both words start with d, so listen to the middle or end.

Printed "remnants", the speaker says "traces"

Explanation: Listen for "all traces of that". They start with different letters, so listen to the beginning.

Printed "whole", the speaker says "entire"

Explanation: You will hear "the entire planet". The first letters differ, so pay attention to the word start.

Printed "strangest", the speaker says "rarest"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Australia's rarest life". They end the same, so listen to the start.

Printed "may", the speaker says "might"

Explanation: Listen again to "they might disappear". Both start with m, so listen for the end of the word.

"Australia" matches the audio

Explanation: "Visitors to Australia are" may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly. Do not click it.

"Tasmania" matches the audio

Explanation: "from the University of Tasmania" has a place name that may seem tricky, but it matches the audio. Do not click it.

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