King Charles Reveals His First Official Portrait Since the Coronation – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.done that and there yeah it's remarkable actually how it has turned out has it changed that much since you last saw it a little bit I had to put on the extra Metals in the then you fiddled away didn't you up here somewhere I did yes exactly I'm trying not to make it worse basically ask if I get nervous before and well no not normally but then the subject doesn't normally become king halfway through the process so um so bear with me a bit um uh and than you obviously it's a joy and honor to be here um I think on behalf of everyone I that's pretty safe to say um and uh I just thank the Drapers for giving you know this lovely opportunity to do this and William Charley for the one for it um um but above all to the subject um for you know trusting me with it and giving me so much of his time um and um uh people often say do you know is there is there a secret to doing a good portrait and uh I used to say well I don't know really good actually I think there is one and that's basically have a interesting subject to start with U and she couldn't ask for a better one than this other than her majesty who years ago I'm very I won't bang on about the except um to explain two bits of license I took while doing it one is the color obviously which you notic uh and which um was by the um the bright red tunic of the Welsh guards and then the other thing is the and that um well I I'd love to take full credit for that um it was actually the subject's idea and I think so it's a little s visual device and then um and then when yeah he he he he changed jobs halfway through the process then had added resonance because you have um you the buz play in art terms is the symbol of the at so we you got a spot fruit to hang well um Mr Philip mold is going is going to house it next two months um to deal with all the amazing publicity be and then um I'm afraid moving your mother's portrait where she'll move into the court there is some I [Music]
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
unveilings
A2The act of unveiling or uncovering.
Example:
"ask if I get nervous before unveilings"
instigating
B1To incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
Example:
"instigating it um um but above all to"
butterfly
A2A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
Example:
"butterfly and that um well I I'd love to"
morphosis
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"terms is the symbol of the at morphosis"
careful
A2Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Example:
"careful I won't bang on about the"
picture
A2A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
Example:
"picture except um to explain two bits of"
artistic
A2Having or revealing creative skill.
Example:
"artistic license I took while doing it"
probably
A2In all likelihood.
Example:
"probably notic uh and which um was"
inspired
A2To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
Example:
"inspired by the um the bright red tunic"
history
A2The aggregate of past events.
Example:
"have um you the buz play in art history"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| unveilings | A2 | The act of unveiling or uncovering. |
| instigating | B1 | To incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging |
| butterfly | A2 | A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |
| morphosis | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| careful | A2 | Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. |
| picture | A2 | A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc. |
| artistic | A2 | Having or revealing creative skill. |
| probably | A2 | In all likelihood. |
| inspired | A2 | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration. |
| history | A2 | The aggregate of past events. |
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