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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50963 Short Expelled
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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:

By now, you've probably heard of Expelled, the new Ben Stein anti-evolution crockumentary. It officially opens today as I speak, that's April 18th. Because of my job, I've had the misfortune of sitting through this film twice now. As least I was getting paid. The film tries very hard to connect Darwin with the Holocaust. Toward the end, Stein reads the following quote from the book Descent of Man: With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination. We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man. Hardly anyone is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed.
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Printed "cloven", the speaker says "misfortune"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "I've had the misfortune". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, and the spoken word is much longer.

Printed "disinclined", the speaker says "civilized"

Explanation: Listen again to "We civilized men". They start with different letters, and both end with 'ed'.

Printed "restring", the speaker says "breeding"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "attended to the breeding". They start with different letters, and both end with 'ng'.

"Expelled" matches the audio

Explanation: "heard of Expelled, the new Ben Stein" contains the film title. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Holocaust" matches the audio

Explanation: "connect Darwin with the Holocaust" has a strong topic word that may look odd. The speaker uses the same word, so do not click it.

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