A vaccine for cancer ⏲️ 6 Minute English – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Hello
2.This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English
3.I'm Neil
4.And I'm Beth
5.In our lifetime, one in five people will be affected by cancer, a disease where cells grow uncontrollably and cause tumours in the body
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
successful
A2Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
Example:
"but which disease did the first successful vaccine treat?"
explained
A2To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Example:
"explained to BBC World Service programme, The Inquiry."
developed
A2To change with a specific direction, progress.
Example:
"the different techniques that the cancer has developed"
receptors
A2A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
Example:
"and so it's actually been hijacking these receptors"
reality
B2The state of being actual or real.
Example:
"So could a vaccine for cancer soon become a reality?"
treated
A2To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
Example:
"I asked which disease was first successfully treated by a vaccine?"
surface
A2The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
Example:
"on the surface of the cancer cells, to tell the immune system 'Go away!"
revealed
A2To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
Example:
"Isn't it time you revealed the answer?"
starting
A2To begin, commence, initiate.
Example:
"starting with 'breakthrough', a sudden, dramatic and important discovery."
dramatic
A2Of or relating to the drama.
Example:
"starting with 'breakthrough', a sudden, dramatic and important discovery."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| successful | A2 | Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect |
| explained | A2 | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| developed | A2 | To change with a specific direction, progress. |
| receptors | A2 | A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions. |
| reality | B2 | The state of being actual or real. |
| treated | A2 | To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with). |
| surface | A2 | The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. |
| revealed | A2 | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| starting | A2 | To begin, commence, initiate. |
| dramatic | A2 | Of or relating to the drama. |
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