The clock is ticking for TikTok and its 170 million American users – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.both the Biden Administration and president-elect Donald Trump weighed in today on the future of Tik Tock and this country with the company threatening to go dark ahead of a ban set for tomorrow cbs's Ali Balman is tracking all of the twists and turns Jer Tik Tok claims it will be forced to go dark at midnight the Biden Administration today calling that a stunt before 170 million users about half US population the clock is ticking in case we only have a few more days together on this app thank you serial are saying goodbye to Tik Tok even posting tongue-and-cheek messages to their quote Chinese spy Friday the Supreme Court sided with concerns about National Security and upheld a federal law that would shut the app down unless its Chinese owner sells the platform by this weekend for many users going dark would impact their bottom line Oxford estimates the total value of Tik Tok to its American users at$ 117 billion A Year Without Tik Tok we honestly would not be doing what we are today food critics Audrey jongin and Meg rtis of the VIP list say they make six figures through their Tik toks Tik Tok just has such a broader audience than any other social media platform it's the like Tik Tok is just it's so Niche it's where you can be many users are already moving to other platforms like red note also chinese-owned of Colorado professor and tick tocker Casey fer you can try to reconstitute a community on a different platform but it's always not going to be exactly the same and sources close to president-elect Trump told CBS news today that he's considering a 90-day extension for Tik tok's parent company to find a non-chinese buyer but they say discussions behind the scenes continue Jerica Alibama Forest in New York thank you
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
scrollers
A2One who, or that which, scrolls.
Example:
"scrollers are saying goodbye to Tik Tok"
government
B2The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
Example:
"Supreme Court sided with government"
unanimously
B1In a unanimous manner; without objection.
Example:
"unanimously upheld a federal law that"
economics
A2The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
Example:
"economics estimates the total value of"
algorithm
A2A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
Example:
"algorithm like Tik Tok is just it's so"
fearlessly
A2In a fearless manner; without fear.
Example:
"Niche it's where you can be fearlessly"
authentic
A2Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Example:
"authentic many users are already moving"
university
B2Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
Example:
"University of Colorado professor and"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| scrollers | A2 | One who, or that which, scrolls. |
| government | B2 | The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. |
| unanimously | B1 | In a unanimous manner; without objection. |
| economics | A2 | The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production. |
| algorithm | A2 | A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps. |
| fearlessly | A2 | In a fearless manner; without fear. |
| authentic | A2 | Of the same origin as claimed; genuine. |
| university | B2 | Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered. |
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