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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50981 Medium Happy New Year
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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:

Happy New Year! And if you've been away from work for a few days, you deserve some time off. After all, you've traveled far. Even if you just stayed at home. According to NASA, just by being on the planet Earth in the last year, you've zipped about 584 million miles around the sun. At an average speed of about 67,000 miles per hour. Hey, I wasn't speeding—in my inertial reference frame. Of course, the trip was not a perfect circle. As Kepler showed, the Earth's orbit is an ellipse, with the sun at one of the two focal points. He also figured out the planet goes faster when it's at perihelion, nearer the sun, than when it's at aphelion, its furthest distance. Which would explain why summer seems to zip by, except that the seasons are a function of the tilt of the Earth's axis, not its different distances from the sun. And the Earth rotated 365 and a quarter times during its sweep around the sun. The trip took 8,766 hours.
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Printed "initial", the speaker says "inertial"

Explanation: The speaker says "in my inertial reference", not "initial". Both start with the same letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "eclipse", the speaker says "ellipse"

Explanation: Listen for "is an ellipse". The first letter is the same, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "vocal", the speaker says "focal"

Explanation: You will hear "the two focal points". The first letter is different, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "crust", the speaker says "axis"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "the Earth's axis, not". The printed word "crust" makes no sense here, so click it.

"perihelion" matches the audio

Explanation: "when it's at perihelion, nearer the sun" has a long rare word. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

"aphelion" matches the audio

Explanation: "than when it's at aphelion, its" may look unusual and seem wrong. The speaker says it as printed, so do not click it.

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