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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49132 Medium Mercury Theater
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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:

"That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch. And if your doorbell rings and nobody's there, that was no Martian—it's Halloween." That's how Orson Welles ended his Mercury Theater version of HG Well's War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938. The broadcast was designed to sound like live news coverage of an invasion of Earth by Martians. And a lot of people fell for it. Now there's some more Martian misinformation fooling folks. This one's not so scary. A lot of people are getting email claiming that in the next few weeks the planet Mars will get close enough to the Earth so that it will appear to be about the same size as the moon. Our friends at Sky and Telescope magazine report that email dating back to 2003 mentioned that in a 75x magnifying telescope Mars would look about as big as the moon does—to the naked eye. Somewhere along the line the telescope part got lost. So don't worry. Mars, even at its closest, is still small and safely far away. Welles: "It's Halloween."
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Printed "barterer", the speaker says "globular"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "That grinning, glowing, globular". They start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "warfare", the speaker says "doorbell"

Explanation: The speaker says "And if your doorbell rings", not "warfare". "warfare" makes no sense in the sentence, so follow your ears.

Printed "undertaken", the speaker says "invasion"

Explanation: Listen for "live news coverage of an invasion". The two words start with different letters, so wait for the first sound.

Printed "soloed", the speaker says "Telescope"

Explanation: You will hear "Sky and Telescope magazine report". The spoken word is much longer than the printed one, so listen for the extra letters.

Printed "carfare", the speaker says "Somewhere"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "Somewhere along the line". They start with different letters, but both end with the same two letters.

"pumpkin" matches the audio

Explanation: "an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch" looks unusual in writing, so it may seem like a trick. The speaker says it exactly as printed, do not click it.

"Mars" matches the audio

Explanation: "the planet Mars will get close enough" may seem like a changed word because it is important. The speaker also says Mars exactly, so do not click it.

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