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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49115 Long Elective Surgery
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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:

"I've been given an opportunity as one of the only players, the only one right now, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame with Tommy John surgery." The Great Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz at his induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NM, yesterday, July 26th. He was 34 when he had the procedure in which a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in the arm is replaced by a tendon from another part of the body. "It's an epidemic. It's something that is affecting our game. It's something that I thought would cost me my career, but thanks to Dr. James Andrews and all those before him performing the surgery with such precision, has caused it to be almost a false-read, like a Band-Aid you'd put on your arm. I want to encourage the families and parents that are out there to understand that this not normal to have a surgery at 14 and 15 years old." Smoltz then talked about why he thinks so many kids and early career.
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Printed "ravioli", the speaker says "ceremony"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "induction ceremony in Cooperstown". They start with different letters and end differently, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "postulate", the speaker says "replaced"

Explanation: Listen again to "arm is replaced by a tendon". The printed word 'postulate' does not make sense here, so follow the audio.

Printed "canneries", the speaker says "families"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "encourage the families and parents". The words start with different letters, but both end the same letters, so listen carefully.

"Tommy" matches the audio

Explanation: "Hall of Fame with Tommy John surgery" may look odd, but the speaker says it exactly. Do not click it.

"Andrews" matches the audio

Explanation: "thanks to Dr. James Andrews and all those before him" has a proper name you might doubt. The speaker says it exactly, so do not click it.

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