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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49138 Long New Knowledge
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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:

Harold Kroto won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the soccer ball shaped form of carbon better known as buckyballs. On June 28, he spoke to students about science as a philosophical construct: I'm going to talk about what science is because it's a totally misunderstood sort of subject. There are aspects of science which are important, and of course we know the body of knowledge that you learn at school, alright. The applications of those knowledge, technology, the only thing that journalists ever ask in general, 99 percent of the time. Perhaps most important is that it's the way that we discover new knowledge. But for me the most important, by far, is that it's the only philosophical construct we have to determine truth with any degree of reliability. Think about that.
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Printed "expansible", the speaker says "philosophical"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "science as a philosophical construct". They start with different letters, so listen to the first letter.

Printed "comported", the speaker says "important"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Perhaps most important is that". They start with different letters, so listen to the first letter.

Printed "thermostat", the speaker says "construct"

Explanation: The speaker says "philosophical construct we have", not "thermostat". The printed "thermostat" does not make sense in the sentence, so trust the audio.

"buckminsterfullerene" matches the audio

Explanation: "discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the soccer" looks like a hard, rare word. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"technology" matches the audio

Explanation: "The applications of those knowledge, technology, the only" may look like a trick near the change. The speaker says "technology" exactly, so do not click it.

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