How to stay calm under pressure - Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Your favorite athlete closes in for a victorious win
2.The crowd holds its breath, and, at the crucial moment, she misses the shot
3.That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as "choking," where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most
4.Choking is common in sports, where performance often occurs under intense pressure and on key
5.And yet, performance anxiety also haunts public speakers, in spelling bees, and even world-famous musicians
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
undermine
A2To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
Example:
"but why does being nervous undermine expert performance?"
contestants
B1A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
Example:
"contestants in spelling bees,"
preoccupied
B1Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
Example:
"These suggest that performance suffers when the mind is preoccupied"
something
A2An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
Example:
"something has to give."
explanations
B1The act or process of explaining.
Example:
"Explicit monitoring theories make up the second group of explanations"
repeating
A2To do or say again (and again).
Example:
"repeating a cue word,"
consistent
A2(in the plural) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
Example:
"find that short rituals can lead to more consistent"
moments
A2A brief, unspecified amount of time.
Example:
"and depends on key moments."
depends
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:
"and depends on key moments."
nervous
A2Of sinews and tendons.
Example:
"but why does being nervous undermine expert performance?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| undermine | A2 | To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. |
| contestants | B1 | A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show. |
| preoccupied | B1 | Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. |
| something | A2 | An object whose nature is yet to be defined. |
| explanations | B1 | The act or process of explaining. |
| repeating | A2 | To do or say again (and again). |
| consistent | A2 | (in the plural) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another. |
| moments | A2 | A brief, unspecified amount of time. |
| depends | 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. |
| nervous | A2 | Of sinews and tendons. |
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