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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #46936 Short Human overpopulation
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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:

Human overpopulation refers to the point in which a group exceeds the carrying capacity of the region occupied by that group. This also refers to the relationship between the entire human population and its environment, chiefly the Earth, or to smaller geographical areas such as countries, states and provinces. Overpopulation can be the result of several reasons or combination of reasons. These reasons include an increase in births, decline in mortality rates, increase in immigration, or a depletion of resources. It is entirely possible for sparsely populated areas to become overpopulated should the area have poor capabilities to sustain life, such as desert or sub-polar regions.
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Printed "ways", the speaker says "capacity"

Explanation: Listen for "carrying capacity of". These two words start with different letters, so listen for the whole word.

Printed "creation", the speaker says "relationship"

Explanation: You will hear "the relationship between the". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, and the spoken word is much longer.

Printed "Overtaking", the speaker says "Overpopulation"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Overpopulation can be the". The printed word and the spoken word both start with O, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "moral", the speaker says "mortality"

Explanation: Listen again to "decline in mortality". The printed word is shorter and the spoken word is longer.

Printed "scarce", the speaker says "sparsely"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "for sparsely populated areas". Both words start with S, so listen to the whole word, not just the first letter.

Printed "submit", the speaker says "sustain"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "to sustain life". Both words start with S, so listen to the whole word.

"immigration" matches the audio

Explanation: "increase in immigration" may look like a tricky phrase. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"countries" matches the audio

Explanation: "smaller geographical areas such as countries" has a common word that may seem odd. The speaker says 'countries' exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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