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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #52230 Short Balance of Trade
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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:

When a country is shipping more goods in the form of things than she is receiving, it is said that the balance of trade is favorable. The term “balance of trade” is apt to be misleading. It is a convenient phrase relating to commodity shipments alone as they appear on the record of outgoing and navy ships, which are always subject to Government inspection and from which a definite and accurate compilation can be made and is made. If such “balance of trade” runs against a place the actual balance of commodity indebtedness must be made up by shipments of gold, securities or transfer of credits. Outside of commodities which appear in making up the balance of trade there are a number of invisible factors, not of statistical public record, which go to determine the extent to which the natives of one country may be indebted to those of another, and by which the international debts are actually settled. These elements are not absolutely available in the form of statistics.
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Printed "items", the speaker says "things"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "in the form of things". "items" is printed in the passage, so click it. They start with different letters, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "merchant", the speaker says "navy"

Explanation: Listen again to "outgoing and navy ships". The printed word "merchant" appears on the page. The words start with different letters and end differently.

Printed "village", the speaker says "place"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "runs against a place the". "village" is shown in the text, so click that printed word. The two words start with different letters, so follow the sound.

Printed "people", the speaker says "natives"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "the natives of one country". "people" appears in the written passage instead of that, so click the printed word. The words start with different letters and have different lengths.

"balance" matches the audio

Explanation: "the balance of trade is favorable" has the word balance. It looks like a possible change, but the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

"ships" matches the audio

Explanation: "navy ships, which are always" contains the word ships. It may seem tricky, yet the speaker says it exactly as printed. Do not click it.

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