Superfoods – is healthy eating just hype? | DW Documentary – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.They’re hip and healthy, and more than just a passing trend: superfoods
2.For me, superfood means what does you good, because superfoods are super for my body
3.Quinoa, goji berries, and chia seeds: just three of the countless superfoods in big demand due to their nutritional credentials
4.The points is what a person needs
5.There's complete confusion on that issue
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
destroying
B1To damage beyond use or repair.
Example:
""How can we produce quinoa without destroying the whole region here?""
freshness
B2The state or quality of being fresh.
Example:
"The freshness of the products is important to Florian when he’s shopping."
florian's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"The mix is key to Florian's menu."
ploughing
B1To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
Example:
"Instead of saying: "Ok, stop ploughing all that up,""
differently
B2(manner) In a different way.
Example:
"People need to ask, above all: what can we actually do differently?"
discovering
B2To find or learn something for the first time.
Example:
"So how do you feel about Germany and Europe suddenly discovering quinoa as a superfood?"
chicken-feed
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"And these little ones here, they're nothing. That's chicken-feed!"
fertility
B2The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
Example:
"This is one of the most important species to maintain fertility"
bolivia's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"if the ecosystems in Bolivia's highlands are to remain intact —"
potential
B1Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)
Example:
"Does the continually increasing demand have the potential"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| destroying | B1 | To damage beyond use or repair. |
| freshness | B2 | The state or quality of being fresh. |
| florian's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| ploughing | B1 | To use a plough on to prepare for planting. |
| differently | B2 | (manner) In a different way. |
| discovering | B2 | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| chicken-feed | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| fertility | B2 | The condition, or the degree, of being fertile. |
| bolivia's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| potential | B1 | Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to) |
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