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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49101 Medium Mars Missions
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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:

After its ongoing Mars missions, NASA will concentrate less on the red planet and more on the solar system's other planets and moons, including our own. That's what NASA administrator Mike Griffin told an audience of researchers last week at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Conference in Texas. The Mars Science Laboratory lands in 2010. Griffin said that NASA is now planning in earnest for an outer planets flagship mission to Europa, Titan or Ganymede. Europa and Ganymede are moons of Jupiter. Titan is a moon of Saturn. The reorientation of NASA's planetary exploration programs is in response to a recent National Research Council report card. The NRC gave NASA an A for its Mars work but only a C for its overall research and analysis program and a dismal D for outer planets efforts. Griffin also noted that NASA is now planning seven different small and medium class missions to the moon by 2014. And the Messenger spacecraft goes into
orbit around Mercury in 2011.
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Printed "nastiness", the speaker says "audience"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "an audience of researchers". The printed word "nastiness" is on the page, not in the audio. The two words start with different letters and they end differently, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "charting", the speaker says "planning"

Explanation: Listen again to "is now planning in earnest". The printed word here is "charting", so click "charting" on the page. Both words end the same, so the first letter is different and you must hear the whole word.

Printed "maximal", the speaker says "National"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "recent National Research Council". The printed word on the page is "maximal". The first letters differ, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "batch", the speaker says "Research"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Research Council report card". The printed word is "batch" on the page. The first letters are different, so trust the audio, not the printed word.

Printed "maximums", the speaker says "analysis"

Explanation: The speaker says "overall research and analysis program", not "maximums". The printed word is "maximums" on the page. The two words start with different letters and mean different things, so follow the sound.

"Ganymede" matches the audio

Explanation: "Europa, Titan or Ganymede" looks like a rare name here. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"Messenger" matches the audio

Explanation: "And the Messenger spacecraft goes" may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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