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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50954 Medium Accelerating Expansion
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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:

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Saul Perlmutter at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Brian Schmidt at the Australian National Lab and Adam Reiss at Johns Hopkins. The Royal Swedish Academy's Olga Botner: "In a universe which is dominated by matter, one would expect gravity eventually should make the expansion slow down. Imagine then the utter astonishment when two groups of scientists headed by this year's Nobel laureates in 1998 discovered that the expansion was not slowing down, it was actually accelerating.
By comparing the brightness of distant, far-away supernovae with the brightness of nearby supernovae, the scientists discovered that the far-away supernovae were about 25 percent too faint. They were too far away.
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Printed "nontransferable", the speaker says "National"

Explanation: Listen for "Lawrence Berkeley National Lab". Both words start with the same letter, so listen for the whole word.

Printed "draftsman", the speaker says "expansion"

Explanation: You will hear "make the expansion slow down". The printed word starts with a different letter, so the first sound will not match.

Printed "subcontinent", the speaker says "astonishment"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "utter astonishment when". The first letters differ, but both words end the same, so listen from the start.

Printed "silences", the speaker says "scientists"

Explanation: Listen again to "groups of scientists headed by". The printed word is much shorter, so the spoken word lasts longer.

Printed "nosiness", the speaker says "laureates"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "this year's Nobel laureates in 1998". The printed word begins with a different letter, so the start will not match what you hear.

Printed "tilting", the speaker says "comparing"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "By comparing the brightness". They start with different letters, but both end the same, so listen to the word start.

"Perlmutter" matches the audio

Explanation: "Saul Perlmutter at the Lawrence" has a less common name that may look odd. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Hopkins" matches the audio

Explanation: "Adam Reiss at Johns Hopkins" includes a well known place and looks like a trick. The audio matches the printed word, so do not click it.

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