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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #47310 Short Nearby Star
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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:

There's an old-timer in the neighborhood, and it's got a story to tell. A new study of a relatively nearby star shows that it's almost as old as the big bang itself. The star HD 140283 lies about 190 light-years away in the constellation Libra. Astronomers have long known that it's ancient, because it contains mostly hydrogen and helium - which were present at the dawn of the universe - and few of the heavy elements that were forged later in stellar furnaces. With the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have now pinned down the distance to HD 140283, which allowed them to determine how bright the star is. Along with the chemical ceremonials of the star, the newly derived stellar properties allowed for a new age estimate. The study of HD 140283, in the Astrophysical Journal Letters found that the star is 14.46 billion years old. But the entire universe, as you may have noted heard, is only 13.77 billion years old.
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Printed "bold", the speaker says "old"

Explanation: Listen again to "almost as old as". The printed word "bold" starts with a different letter. Both words end the same, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "contrasted", the speaker says "contains"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "it contains mostly hydrogen". The first letter is the same, so listen to the whole word. The printed word is much longer and ends differently.

Printed "forecasted", the speaker says "forged"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "were forged later". Both words start with the same letter. The printed word is much longer.

Printed "celebrations", the speaker says "ceremonials"

Explanation: The speaker says "chemical ceremonials of the", not "celebrations". Both words start with c, so listen to the ending, the printed word ends differently.

"Hubble" matches the audio

Explanation: "With the Hubble Space Telescope" may look like a tricky name. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Libra" matches the audio

Explanation: "in the constellation Libra" is a short place name that can seem odd. It matches the audio exactly, so do not click it.

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