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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #50985 Short Pollinators
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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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The widespread death of honeybees has some farmers fretting, 'cause if honeybees disappear, who will pollinate their crops? "Almost any kind of insect you can think of." Margie Mayfield, an ecologist at The University of Queensland in Australia. "Globally speaking flies are probably the second largest group of crop pollinators. In particular a group called hoverflies, or syrphid flies. And these are these sort of large-eyed flies that if you take a hike you sometimes see them hovering in front of your face." Along with hoverflies, the army of under-appreciated pollinators includes butterflies, moths, beetles, ants and wasps. Mayfield and her colleagues analyzed more than three dozen studies on pollination, covering 17 crop plants grown on five continents. And they found that some of these underdog insects accounted for some 40 percent of the flower visits.
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Printed "Somberly", the speaker says "University"

Explanation: Listen again to "The University of Queensland". They start with different letters, so listen from the first letter to tell which is said.

Printed "retina", the speaker says "particular"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "In particular a group". The spoken word is much longer, so listen for the longer word.

Printed "lop", the speaker says "large eyed"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "these sort of large-eyed flies". Both words start with l, so listen to the whole word to tell them apart.

Printed "bollocking", the speaker says "hovering"

Explanation: The speaker says "see them hovering in front", not "bollocking". They end with the same letters, so focus on the start to decide which you hear.

Printed "croons", the speaker says "includes"

Explanation: Listen for "pollinators includes butterflies". "croons" makes no sense in this sentence, so trust the spoken word here.

"honeybees" matches the audio

Explanation: "The widespread death of honeybees" may look like a trick because the word is common. The speaker says these words exactly, so do not click honeybees.

"Mayfield" matches the audio

Explanation: "Margie Mayfield, an ecologist" has a full name that might catch your eye. It is spoken exactly as printed, so do not click Mayfield.

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