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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50961 Medium Patriotism
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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:

"Our health care is too costly...and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet... "We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its costs. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age... "Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be new, but those values upon which our success depends, honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism—these things are old. These things are true."
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Printed "magician", the speaker says "strengthen"

Explanation: Listen for "the ways we use energy strengthen". On the page you see "magician". The two words start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "lamaseries", the speaker says "adversaries"

Explanation: You will hear "energy strengthen our adversaries". The printed word "lamaseries" appears in the text. Both words end with the same two letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "firewall", the speaker says "rightful"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "restore science to its rightful place". You see "firewall" in the text. The words do not start with the same letter, so follow what you hear at the start.

Printed "conductresses", the speaker says "challenges"

Explanation: Listen again to "Our challenges may be new". The printed word "conductresses" is on the page. Both words start with the same letter and end the same way, so hear the whole word carefully.

"commerce" matches the audio

Explanation: "feed our commerce and bind us together" has a simple word for business. It looks like a trick, but the speaker says it exactly. Do not click it.

"universities" matches the audio

Explanation: "colleges and universities to meet the demands" has a long familiar word. It may seem odd, but the speaker says it as printed. Do not click it.

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