'The Giving Tree' read by Keith Carradine – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1. to Storyline Online, brought to you by the
2.I'm Keith , and today I'm going to be reading 'The Giving Tree' by Shel
3.Once there was a tree
4.and she loved a little boy
5.and every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
welcome
A2The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
Example:
"Welcome to Storyline Online, brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation."
sag-aftra
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Welcome to Storyline Online, brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation."
foundation
B2The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Example:
"Welcome to Storyline Online, brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation."
carradine
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"I'm Keith Carradine, and today I'm going to be reading"
silverstein
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein."
hide-and-go-seek
B1Hide and seek
Example:
"And they would play hide-and-go-seek."
whispered
A2To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
Example:
""Come , Boy," she whispered, "come and play.""
something
A2An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
Example:
""I wish that I could give you something . . .""
straightening
B1To cause to become straight.
Example:
"straightening herself up as much as she could,"
beautiful
A2Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
Example:
"It's a beautiful story about love and giving."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| welcome | A2 | The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. |
| sag-aftra | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| foundation | B2 | The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. |
| carradine | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| silverstein | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| hide-and-go-seek | B1 | Hide and seek |
| whispered | A2 | To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. |
| something | A2 | An object whose nature is yet to be defined. |
| straightening | B1 | To cause to become straight. |
| beautiful | A2 | Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address. |
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