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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #48690 Medium Budget Bill
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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:

The Environmental Protection Agency got its budget, for instance, but with strings attached: although agriculture is a major source of atmospheric methane, the EPA now is prohibited from using its money to require farmers to report greenhouse gas emissions. And the agency cannot regulate farm ponds and irrigation ditches under the Clean Water Act. In another example, the Department of agriculture must speed up permits for companies making genetically modified organisms. And the feds must loan money to firms to build coal-fired power plants overseas. That requirement reverses a previous ban. These rules and others last through September 2015, when this budget bill runs out. And then, if history is any guide, the whole stealth legislation process will start all over again.
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Printed "vigilant", the speaker says "prohibited"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "EPA now is prohibited". They start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "canker", the speaker says "agriculture"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Department of agriculture must". They start with different letters and the spoken word is much longer.

Printed "night", the speaker says "modified"

Explanation: The speaker says "genetically modified organisms", not "night". The printed word makes no sense before "organisms", so follow the audio.

Printed "floggings", the speaker says "reverses"

Explanation: Listen for "requirement reverses a previous". The printed word makes no sense before "a previous ban", so click the printed word.

"agriculture" matches the audio

Explanation: "although agriculture is a major" may seem like the later word. The speaker says it exactly here, so do not click it.

"irrigation" matches the audio

Explanation: "farm ponds and irrigation ditches" has a technical word that may seem wrong. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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