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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #57151 Short Einstein
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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:

For thousands of years, philosophers and astronomers and thinkers of all sorts have imagined that the universe, the space around us, was rather like this floor in front of us. It was fixed and unchangeable, and things happen on it, just as people walk around. So the stars, the comets, and the planets, and the other heavenly bodies moved around and traced down their parts on this completely unchanging stage of space. In the 20th century, as a result of Einstein's work, that view of the universe was completely transformed. We began to understand that there was no absolutely fixed stage of space at all on which all celestial notions were played out. But in some sense, on the larger scale in the universe, the space itself was in this state of continuous dynamic change. That was a prediction made by Einstein, but it wasn't Einstein held the owner of making the discovery that our universe was really like that.
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Printed "university", the speaker says "universe"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "that the universe, the". You see "university" on the page. Both words start with "u", so listen to the whole word.

Printed "comments", the speaker says "comets"

Explanation: Listen again to "So the comets, and the". The printed word "comments" is shown here. Both words start the same and end the same, so focus on the middle sounds.

Printed "phase", the speaker says "stage"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "fixed stage of space". On the page it reads "phase". The first letters differ, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "dynasty", the speaker says "dynamic"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "continuous dynamic change". You can see "dynasty" printed there. Both words start with "d", so listen past the first letter for the difference.

"astronomers" matches the audio

Explanation: "philosophers and astronomers and thinkers" may look long and tricky. The speaker says "astronomers" exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"Einstein's" matches the audio

Explanation: "as a result of Einstein's work" has a name that might distract you. It matches the audio, so do not click it.

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