Conan At The 2000 Olympics In Sydney | Late Night with Conan O’Brien – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Here I am, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney,
2.Got the Olympic torch burning right behind me, got my , my Stone Phillips field shirt
3.I'm wearing a lot of sun block and I'm ready to find out what's going on
4.(energetic music) One of the biggest of the 2000 Olympics is why they built the Sydney Olympic Park, which is , majestic, a gather place for world-class athletes, why they built it on the edge of this huge smoldering dump
5.This is actually the site of the 2002 Hobo Olympics
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
australians
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"You like Australians better than Americans?"
medication
B2A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
Example:
"Do you take medication?"
enjoying
A2To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
Example:
"Are you enjoying Australia?"
drinking
A2To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
Example:
"When did you start drinking?"
australia
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Here I am, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia."
americans
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"A little bit they are better than Americans."
credentials
B1(chiefly in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
Example:
"got my credentials, my Stone Phillips field reporting shirt."
reporting
A2To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
Example:
"got my credentials, my Stone Phillips field reporting shirt."
mysteries
A2A number of secret societies or cults
Example:
"One of the biggest mysteries of the 2000 Olympics"
fantastic
A2A fanciful or whimsical person.
Example:
"which is fantastic, majestic,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| australians | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| medication | B2 | A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient. |
| enjoying | A2 | To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something |
| drinking | A2 | To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. |
| australia | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| americans | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| credentials | B1 | (chiefly in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges |
| reporting | A2 | To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). |
| mysteries | A2 | A number of secret societies or cults |
| fantastic | A2 | A fanciful or whimsical person. |
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