How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed | Daniel Levitin | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.A few years ago, I broke into my own house
2.I had just driven home, it was around midnight in the dead of Montreal winter, I had been visiting my friend, Jeff, across town, and the thermometer on the front porch read minus 40 degrees -- and don't bother asking if that's Celsius or Fahrenheit, minus 40 is where the two scales meet -- it was very cold
3.And as I stood on the front porch fumbling in my pockets, I found I didn't have my keys
4.In fact, I could see them through the window, lying on the dining room table where I had left them
5.So I quickly ran around and tried all the other doors and windows, and they were locked tight
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Schlüsselvokabular (CEFR B1)
passports
A2An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
Example:
"So this is why we lose car keys and reading glasses and passports."
locations
A2A particular point or place in physical space.
Example:
"to keep track of the locations of important things --"
prescription
B2The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..
Example:
"Why not, doc? Give me the prescription anyway.""
recognizing
B1To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
Example:
"I think the important point here is recognizing that all of us are flawed."
experiment
B2A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
Example:
"And if you're wondering, somebody actually did the experiment"
situation
B2The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
Example:
"And there's perhaps no more stressful a situation"
procedure
A2A particular method for performing a task.
Example:
"or undergo a surgery or any medical procedure"
estimates
A2A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
Example:
"But GlaxoSmithKline estimates"
independently
B1In an independent manner.
Example:
"independently confirmed by Bloomberg.com."
debilitating
B1To make feeble; to weaken.
Example:
"debilitating muscle and joint pain, gastrointestinal distress --"
| Wort | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| passports | A2 | An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued. |
| locations | A2 | A particular point or place in physical space. |
| prescription | B2 | The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc.. |
| recognizing | B1 | To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. |
| experiment | B2 | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried. |
| situation | B2 | The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. |
| procedure | A2 | A particular method for performing a task. |
| estimates | A2 | A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. |
| independently | B1 | In an independent manner. |
| debilitating | B1 | To make feeble; to weaken. |
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