6 TOP Crops to Grow at Home to Save You From STARVING – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.- Oh, good day
2.I'm Mark from Self Sufficient Me
3.Are you worried about the rising cost of food or even worse, a food crisis, running out of food, no food at all
4.Well, a worldwide fertilizer shortage, supply problems, energy crisis, and even a lack of fruit and veg workers is putting pressure on food supplies
5.And how about
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
inflation
B2An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
Example:
"And how about inflation? It's out of control."
antioxidants
B1Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical.
Example:
"important cancer preventative antioxidants we can eat."
preventative
B2A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
Example:
"important cancer preventative antioxidants we can eat."
basically
A2In a fundamental, essential or basic manner
Example:
"that the Irish population basically"
devastated
A2To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
Example:
"and when the crops were suddenly devastated"
depending
A2(followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
Example:
"depending on how it's consumed."
interplanted
B1To alternate plantings of two or more species.
Example:
"which saves space. It can be interplanted"
continent
A2Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
Example:
"And, now it's grown on every continent"
sauerkraut
A2A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
Example:
"or ferment it to make tasty foods like kimchi and sauerkraut"
containing
A2To hold inside.
Example:
"containing most vitamins, nutrients,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| inflation | B2 | An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas. |
| antioxidants | B1 | Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical. |
| preventative | B2 | A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to. |
| basically | A2 | In a fundamental, essential or basic manner |
| devastated | A2 | To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest. |
| depending | A2 | (followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. |
| interplanted | B1 | To alternate plantings of two or more species. |
| continent | A2 | Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc. |
| sauerkraut | A2 | A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage. |
| containing | A2 | To hold inside. |
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