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B2.2 · Escucha primero el texto completo. Después oirás cada fragmento dos veces: escribe durante las pausas. Escucha de nuevo el texto completo y compara con el modelo. Puedes repetir la escucha o consultar el texto como apoyo.
Revisar
We were about to announce the results of the photography competition when one of the judges noticed a mistake in the entry list. Two pictures had been recorded under the same number, although they belonged to different participants. The exhibition was due to open that evening, and delaying the announcement would disappoint people who had travelled a long way. Nevertheless, publishing an uncertain result seemed less fair than asking everyone to wait. We explained the problem without naming either photographer and offered to send an update as soon as the records had been checked. The correction took an hour, rather than the whole afternoon we had feared. By then, most visitors had begun looking at the pictures for themselves. Several said they appreciated being told what had gone wrong, even if the delay had changed their plans.
- one of the judge → one of the judges
«one of the judges»: La referencia es plural; conserva la terminación -s del sustantivo en este pasaje.
- had been record → had been recorded
«had been recorded»: En esta pasiva, been va seguido del participio terminado en -ed; no de la forma base.
- they belong → they belonged
«they belonged»: La acción se sitúa en el relato pasado; conserva -ed en lugar de trasladarla al presente.
- less fare than → less fair than
«less fair than»: Fair significa justo en esta comparación; fare es tarifa o pasaje.
- as soon has → as soon as
«as soon as»: As forma la expresión temporal as soon as; has sería una forma de have.
- for them selves → for themselves
«for themselves»: Themselves es el pronombre reflexivo plural y se escribe como una palabra.
Compara por separado palabras oídas y ortografía. No hay nota automática. Se admite otra puntuación normativa que conserve relaciones y sentido; un cambio de coma no implica una palabra mal oída. Revisa mayúsculas y diacríticos después con el modelo.
Conserva las palabras, su orden, artículos, preposiciones y terminaciones. No sustituyas por sinónimos ni expandas contracciones. Las seis notas son ejemplos de revisión: coteja el texto entero, no solo esas seis zonas. Se incluyen transcripciones completas alternativas en variantes_aceptadas: son variantes de escritura del mismo mensaje, no sinónimos.
Apóstrofos rectos y curvos son equivalentes; conserva contracciones y posesivos.
- We were about to announce the results of the photography competition when one of the judges noticed a mistake in the entry list. Two pictures had been recorded under the same number, although they belonged to different participants. The exhibition was due to open that evening, and delaying the announcement would disappoint people who had traveled a long way. Nevertheless, publishing an uncertain result seemed less fair than asking everyone to wait. We explained the problem without naming either photographer and offered to send an update as soon as the records had been checked. The correction took an hour, rather than the whole afternoon we had feared. By then, most visitors had begun looking at the pictures for themselves. Several said they appreciated being told what had gone wrong, even if the delay had changed their plans.