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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49114 Long Choir Practice
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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
Result:

Correct Transcript:

This isn't your typical choir practice. And it's not held in a traditional practice space either. These singers are all dealing with cancer, theirs or a loved one's. "There are people in our choirs who are undergoing treatment right now. There are some people who are waiting for treatment." Rosie Dow leads the choir groups at Tenovus Cancer Care, in the U.K. "We do have some terminally ill patients as well in our choirs, so people in palliative care. And then we also have people who've lost people to cancer. So carers and supporters." Anecdotally, chorus members have said that belting out tunes makes them feel good. But Dow and her colleagues wanted to see if that psychological effect might translate to a biological effect. So they selected five choir groups in Wales—with a total of 193 singers—and they took saliva samples both before and after an hour of singing. They found that singers had significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
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Printed "leakage", the speaker says "treatment"

Explanation: You will hear "undergoing treatment". The printed word shows "leakage" on the page. The first letters differ, and the spoken word is longer, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "moderately", the speaker says "terminally"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "terminally ill patients". You see "moderately" in the transcript. Both words end the same way, so listen to the start of the word to tell them apart.

Printed "alienate", the speaker says "translate"

Explanation: Listen again to "might translate to a biological". It shows "alienate" in the text. The two words start with different letters, so focus on the first sounds to spot the right one.

Printed "methodological", the speaker says "biological"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "a biological effect". The printed word is much longer than the spoken word. The spoken word is shorter, so listen for the brief word.

"Tenovus" matches the audio

Explanation: "at Tenovus Cancer Care" is a name you might not know. It can look odd, but the speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

"palliative" matches the audio

Explanation: "so people in palliative care" uses a less common word. It may seem wrong, yet the speaker pronounces it as printed, so do not click it.

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