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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words
ID: #48639
Medium
Kelvin
Instructions
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:
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has a thick atmosphere. Clouds. Complex organic molecules. NASA has called it "one of the most Earth-like worlds we have found to date." With one glaring exception. "It's awfully cold down there. It's about 94 degrees Kelvin. Which means that water would be a rock." Paulette Clancy, a chemical engineer at Cornell University. At temperatures that cold—minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit—one of the most basic biological structures, the cell membrane, can't exist. Because to form, the oily membranes depend on the presence of liquid water. That said, Titan does have plenty of liquid to go around—but it's liquid methane. So Clancy and her colleagues used computer models to determine whether any molecules on Titan might mimic the membrane-forming compounds here on Earth.
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Printed "chukka", the speaker says "computer"
Explanation: On the recording the words are "used computer models to". The printed word "chukka" is on the page. Both words start with c, so listen to the whole word.
Printed "grassroots", the speaker says "molecules"
Explanation: Listen again to "Complex organic molecules." The printed word "grassroots" is on the page. They start with different letters, so check the first part of the word.
"Paulette" matches the audio
Explanation: "Paulette Clancy, a chemical" looks like a strange name in this sentence. The speaker says it as printed, so do not click it.
"methane" matches the audio
Explanation: ", but it's liquid methane." looks technical and odd here. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.
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