The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.- [Derek] This tiny robot mouse can finish this maze in just six seconds
2.(dramatic music) Every year, around the world, people compete in the oldest robotics race
3.The goal is simple: get to the end of the maze as fast as possible
4.- The person who came second (announcer chattering) (people cheering) lost by 20 milliseconds
5.- [Derek] But competition has grown fierce
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
successors
B1A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
Example:
"They were ecstatic. Were these the successors to Theseus?"
ourselves
B1(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Example:
""Why couldn't we hold that competition ourselves?""
remaining
B1To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Example:
"Then they use their remaining tries"
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"though it's important to remember that,"
difficult
B1To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Example:
"and even just getting to the goal remains difficult,"
constructed
B2To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
Example:
"In 1952, mathematician Claude Shannon constructed"
controlled
B1To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Example:
"following an electromagnet controlled"
institute
B1An organization founded to promote a cause
Example:
"25 years later, editors at the Institute"
attracted
B1To pull toward without touching.
Example:
"attracted over 6,000 entrants,"
subdivided
B1To divide into smaller sections.
Example:
"subdivided by walls into corridors"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| successors | B1 | A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title. |
| ourselves | B1 | (reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. |
| remaining | B1 | To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| difficult | B1 | To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
| constructed | B2 | To build or form (something) by assembling parts. |
| controlled | B1 | To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. |
| institute | B1 | An organization founded to promote a cause |
| attracted | B1 | To pull toward without touching. |
| subdivided | B1 | To divide into smaller sections. |
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