SOUTH KOREA IS OVER – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.South Korea is over
2.This sounds brutal, but South Korea will soon start melting on all fronts – demographically, economically, socially, culturally and militarily
3.Because for decades the country has been experiencing a fertility crisis in human history
4.And we’ve probably reached a point of no return
5.By 2060, the South Korea we know and love today will no longer exist
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
impossible
B1An impossibility
Example:
"What will the collapse look like and why is it now almost impossible to stop?"
scenarios
B1An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
Example:
"They envisage 3 scenarios: low fertility, medium and high."
prospects
B1The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
Example:
"What kind of job prospects will they face and what will politics look like?"
overwhelmed
B2To engulf, surge over and submerge.
Example:
"While many men are overwhelmed by the societal expectation to be the main breadwinner"
expectation
B2The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
Example:
"While many men are overwhelmed by the societal expectation to be the main breadwinner"
breadwinner
B2The primary income-earner in a household.
Example:
"While many men are overwhelmed by the societal expectation to be the main breadwinner"
importantly
B2(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
Example:
"Most importantly, you can clearly compare how the issue was covered: "
unprecedented
B2Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
Example:
"unprecedented in human history."
estimates
B1A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
Example:
"Estimates vary, but for a pension system to work, the minimum a society needs"
significantly
B2In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
Example:
"Significantly fewer people working also means way less tax for the government,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| impossible | B1 | An impossibility |
| scenarios | B1 | An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work. |
| prospects | B1 | The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook. |
| overwhelmed | B2 | To engulf, surge over and submerge. |
| expectation | B2 | The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. |
| breadwinner | B2 | The primary income-earner in a household. |
| importantly | B2 | (sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance. |
| unprecedented | B2 | Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent. |
| estimates | B1 | A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. |
| significantly | B2 | In a significant manner or to a significant extent. |
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