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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50965 Long Friday 13th
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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:

It's Friday the 13th. "You've gotta ask yourself a question: 'Do I feel lucky?"' If you don't, you could be suffering from triskaidekaphobia. That's a fear of the number 13. Napoleon, Herbert Hoover and FDR are well-documented triskaidekaphobics. But why do folks think 13 is unlucky? Particularly when it falls on a Friday, as it will three times this year? The University of Delaware's Thomas Fernsler is known as Dr. 13. He's an expert on the number's bad reputation, which may date back to biblical times. After all, the 13th guest at the Last Supper was Judas.
And you know how that worked out for Jesus, who was crucified on a Friday. Other factoids from Fernsler: The first person to die in a car accident was killed in New York City on September the 13th in 1899, although that was a Wednesday. And the ill-fated flight of Apollo 13.
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Printed "welcome", the speaker says "well documented"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "are well-documented triskaidekaphobics". Both words start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word, not just the first sound.

Printed "gobbler", the speaker says "Fernsler"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "Thomas Fernsler is known". The printed word and the spoken word start with different letters, so they do not match.

Printed "consummate", the speaker says "accident"

Explanation: The speaker says "to die in a car accident", not "consummate". The printed word is much longer, so trust the shorter spoken word you hear.

"Judas" matches the audio

Explanation: The phrase "the 13th guest at the Last Supper was Judas" looks odd. The speaker says Judas, so do not click it.

"Apollo" matches the audio

Explanation: "the ill-fated flight of Apollo 13" has a familiar name, which can trick you. The speaker does say Apollo as printed, so do not click it.

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