5 signs you’re a good driver - Iseult Gillespie – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.As one of the agency’s best employees, you’ve been selected as a finalist to potentially take on a new top-secret mission
2.You've already shown your aptitude for surveillance and disguise, but the agency is looking to test one last skill: how well you can drive
3.To prove yourself, you’ll need to complete a series of complicated challenges behind the wheel
4.As the test begins, you notice that the distances between yourself and the cars around you are being meticulously monitored
5.One of the most widely recommended strategies when it comes to safe driving is known as defensive driving
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
increases
A2An amount by which a quantity is increased.
Example:
"increases your chances of stopping in time if traffic suddenly halts."
continuing
A2To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
Example:
"Continuing at a consistent speed until you reach the lane end point,"
decreases
A2An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
Example:
"decreases the number of potentially dangerous lane switches."
hands-free
A2A hands-free phone
Example:
"In one study, drivers who were talking on the phone hands-free"
simulator
A2One who simulates or feigns.
Example:
"In one study, participants who practiced using a driving simulator"
surroundings
B1An outlying area; area in proximity to something
Example:
"After all, controlling a vehicle while properly assessing your surroundings"
experiences
B1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
Example:
"when the brain is uniquely wired to learn from new experiences"
beginning
A2The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Example:
"beginning with short, familiar journeys to build confidence,"
critical
B2A critical value, factor, etc.
Example:
"but the agency is looking to test one last critical skill:"
obstacle
A2Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
Example:
"You soon approach your first obstacle: a sudden lane closure."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| increases | A2 | An amount by which a quantity is increased. |
| continuing | A2 | To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). |
| decreases | A2 | An amount by which a quantity is decreased. |
| hands-free | A2 | A hands-free phone |
| simulator | A2 | One who simulates or feigns. |
| surroundings | B1 | An outlying area; area in proximity to something |
| experiences | B1 | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. |
| beginning | A2 | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
| critical | B2 | A critical value, factor, etc. |
| obstacle | A2 | Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress |
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