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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50958 Medium Huh
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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:

What's the most universal utterance in languages across the globe? Huh? Correct! Huh? That's right. Huh? Exactly. Because a new study finds that everybody around the world does indeed say "huh?" The finding is the journal PLOS One. The researchers were exploring linguistic tools people use to assure fluid communication. In this case, they were looking for an interjection that signals that a listener missed something, and prompts the speaker to repeat or rephrase the original statement. In other words, something that works like the English word "huh?" So they eavesdropped on nearly 200 conversations in 10 different tongues, from Italian to Icelandic. And they found that, in language after language, a word that sounds a lot like "huh?" gets the job done. For example. It's short and sweet so it's likely to stop the speaker before the listener gets too lost. And it sounds like a question, so it warrants a response.
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Printed "treatises", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "the researchers were exploring". "treatises" starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "cistern", the speaker says "interjection"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "an interjection that signals". "cistern" begins with another letter and is much shorter than the spoken word.

Printed "kissable", the speaker says "original"

Explanation: The speaker says "the original statement", not "kissable". Both words start with different letters, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "conducting", the speaker says "something"

Explanation: Listen for "something that works like". The printed word "conducting" ends the same way, so focus on the start of the word.

Printed "coalitionist", the speaker says "different"

Explanation: You will hear "10 different tongues". "coalitionist" begins with a different letter and is longer than the spoken word.

Printed "unravelled", the speaker says "language"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "language after language". The printed "unravelled" starts with another letter and does not fit here.

"PLOS" matches the audio

Explanation: "The finding is the journal PLOS One" has an uncommon name, so it may look like a trick. The speaker says PLOS exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Exactly" matches the audio

Explanation: "Huh? Exactly." may seem like a change because it is short and common. The speaker says Exactly as printed, so do not click it.

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