Answer to Dictation 1
People who like foul smelling flowers were in luck this week.
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Answer to Dictation 2
They had a chance to see and smell the world's smelliest plant.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Some people had to hold their nose when they were near the flower.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Others coughed and held their breath because of the foul smell.
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Visitors described the smell as being like a dead mouse or rotting garbage.
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An international conservation group listed it as an endangered species.
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Answer to Dictation 7
There are only a few hundred of the plants left in the wild.
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Answer to Dictation 8
A lot of the forest in which the plant grows has been cut down.
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Answer to Dictation 9
It blooms just once a decade and opens only for a day or two.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The insects pollinate the flower so it can bloom again.
See the corpse flower lesson for the whole text.
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