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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50967 Medium Music Evolution
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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:

That's Generation Zero of DarwinTunes. It's a Web site researchers are using to study how listener preferences affect the evolution of music. A new study claims that the taste of the public exerts a force on music similar to natural selection. The findings support the theory that culture and art are shaped not only by their producers, but by consumers too. The report is in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers created short tunes and allowed them to procreate—that is, they'd combine aspects of the parent tunes to produce a new generation of music. User ratings on the DarwinTunes site provided the evolutionary selection, with only the most appealing tunes allowed to create progeny. The researchers found that quality increased quickly at the beginning: the random sounds rapidly gave rise to something an awful lot like music. Here's generation 600.
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Printed "veggieburgers", the speaker says "researchers"

Explanation: The speaker says "researchers are using", not "veggieburgers". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen to the first sound.

Printed "macromolecular", the speaker says "listener"

Explanation: Listen for "listener preferences affect", not "macromolecular". The two words start with different letters, so wait and hear the whole word.

Printed "remuneration", the speaker says "generation"

Explanation: You will hear "new generation of music", not "remuneration". Both words end the same way, so listen to the start of the word to tell them apart.

Printed "tunics", the speaker says "DarwinTunes"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "DarwinTunes site provided", not "tunics". The printed word is much shorter, so check the full word you hear.

Printed "microfiche", the speaker says "increased"

Explanation: Listen again to "quality increased quickly", not "microfiche". The printed word makes no sense here, so follow the sound in the sentence.

Printed "falling", the speaker says "something"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "gave rise to something", not "falling". Both words end the same way, so listen to the beginning to decide.

"Proceedings" matches the audio

Explanation: "The report is in the Proceedings of the National Academy" looks formal and long. It matches the audio exactly, so do not click it.

"music" matches the audio

Explanation: "gave rise to something an awful lot like music" has a common word next to the change. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

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