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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words
ID: #48692
Long
Baby Meaning
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:
Babies sometimes laugh and sometimes cry. It doesn't take a genius to decode the meaning of these sounds. But it isn't quite as straightforward to decide the meaning, if any, of an infant's babbles. And humans a little older can make the same sounds regardless of how you actually feel—you're able to say "I'm hungry" whether you're ravenous or just gorged yourself. Scientists think that the ability to make the same sounds across a range of emotional states is critical to language development. They also believe it to be uniquely human, because in previous studies of animal communication, researchers only observed fixed vocalizations. For example, bonobo chimpanzee pant-laughs and threat barks are tied to a specific emotion or behavior. But the new study finds evidence that bonobos in the wild are also capable of flexible vocalizations.
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Printed "supplier", the speaker says "decide"
Explanation: The speaker says "straightforward to decide the meaning", not "supplier". The two words start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.
Printed "preparedness", the speaker says "evidence"
Explanation: Listen for "finds evidence that bonobos". The printed word is much longer and makes no sense here.
"gorged" matches the audio
Explanation: "just gorged yourself" may look like an odd word choice. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.
"chimpanzee" matches the audio
Explanation: "bonobo chimpanzee pant-laughs" has a specific animal name that looks tricky. It is spoken the same way, so do not click it.
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