The Surprising Power of Your Nature Photos | Scott Loarie | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.I want to share what's possible when we notice nature
2.Let's start with this picture of a New Zealand moth from about a century ago
3.It's got this fantastic name
4.It's called the Frosted Phoenix
5.It's also been called the Holy Grail of New Zealand moths, and it's been missing for about a century and scientists thought that it was extinct
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
conservation
B2The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Example:
"And I think that's the most important tool for conservation of all of this."
challenge
A2A confrontation; a dare.
Example:
"So this is the City Nature challenge."
inspiration
B2The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.
Example:
"CA: Thank you for your inspiration, that was phenomenal."
phenomenal
A2Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
Example:
"CA: Thank you for your inspiration, that was phenomenal."
firsthand
A2Direct, without intermediate stages.
Example:
"So I've seen this firsthand"
ecosystem
A2A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
Example:
"to understand how ecosystems are changing,"
representing
B1To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
Example:
"representing one in four of all species on the planet."
collaboration
B2The act of collaborating.
Example:
"in honor of this kind of collaboration"
association
B2The act of associating.
Example:
"This one was organized by the Young Biologists Association"
competition
B2The action of competing.
Example:
"It started out as a friendly competition"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| conservation | B2 | The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. |
| challenge | A2 | A confrontation; a dare. |
| inspiration | B2 | The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration. |
| phenomenal | A2 | Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. |
| firsthand | A2 | Direct, without intermediate stages. |
| ecosystem | A2 | A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit. |
| representing | B1 | To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. |
| collaboration | B2 | The act of collaborating. |
| association | B2 | The act of associating. |
| competition | B2 | The action of competing. |
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