A Day In The Life At AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Good morning
2.Welcome to A day in the life at American Public School I'm going to take you guys along with me on video
3.Also, it's cold and I have to bike
4.Just like my last video, I gotta start it off with an American school bus
5.All right
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
americans
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"The worst part? Americans expect a lot from you... "
education
B1The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
Example:
"Come common core education You want to be in the video?"
university
B2Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
Example:
"Yo Davis tonight? (the local university library) Cause I like actually have to grind (he needs to get a lot of work done) "
balancing
A2To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
Example:
"balancing junior year while managing a YouTube channel?"
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:
"This is my radish plant: Day 36 (of the experiment)"
ziiaaaeee
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"At American public school Is that Ryan Ziiaaaeee???"
autograph
A2A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
Example:
"No way. Dude, can I get your autograph? Me? "
thinking
A2Thought; gerund of think.
Example:
"Oh, I'm thinking, What the hell are you doing? You ain't got that money 💀"
exactly
A2(manner) without approximation; precisely.
Example:
"Exactly!"
history
A2The aggregate of past events.
Example:
"Second period: American history"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| americans | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| education | B1 | The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment. |
| university | B2 | Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered. |
| balancing | A2 | To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights. |
| 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. |
| ziiaaaeee | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| autograph | A2 | A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. |
| thinking | A2 | Thought; gerund of think. |
| exactly | A2 | (manner) without approximation; precisely. |
| history | A2 | The aggregate of past events. |
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