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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #48661 Short Gun Control
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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:

Here's an impassioned plea for gun control. Of nail guns, that is. Because accidents involving nail guns have gone through the renovated roof. In 2005, almost 15,000 people were treated in US emergency rooms for nail gun injuries. That's twice the number in 2001 and three times the injuries back in 1991, according to data released in the April 13th issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, put out by the CDC. The rising popularity of do it yourselfing seems to be behind the unfortunate trend. Most injuries are puncture wounds to the hands, followed by hits to the forearms, legs and feet. Six percent of the wounded wind up being hospitalized. Although better safety instruction would no doubt help, the report's authors suggest a systems approach to the problem—they'd like nail guns to be impossible to fire until the nose was depressed, which would presumably happen only when the gun was flush up against whatever needed nailing.
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Printed "chesterfields", the speaker says "injuries"

Explanation: Listen again to "three times the injuries back". The first letters do not match, and the printed word is much longer.

Printed "minstrelsy", the speaker says "popularity"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "the rising popularity of do". They begin with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "remould", the speaker says "approach"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "suggest a systems approach to". The first letters differ, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "panhandle", the speaker says "impossible"

Explanation: The speaker says "to be impossible to fire until", not "panhandle". The initial letters are different, but both end with the same two letters.

Printed "foolery", the speaker says "presumably"

Explanation: Listen for "which would presumably happen only". The first letter differs, and the spoken word is longer.

"Morbidity" matches the audio

Explanation: "the April 13th issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" has a rare name that might look odd. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"CDC" matches the audio

Explanation: "put out by the CDC" has a short abbreviation that can seem like a trick. The speaker says CDC exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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