How Airbus Surpassed Boeing To Become The World’s Top Plane Maker – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Airbus and Boeing have been competing head to head for decades as the world's largest commercial airplane makers
2.The European based Airbus entered the market 56 years after its rival, and today, 76% of the world's fleet is made up of Airbus and Boeing planes
3.But over the last few years, Airbus has edged out Boeing for market dominance
4.Airbus is clearly in the lead and they have a good lead
5.And if you just want to measure that, it's by backlog of the airplanes
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
maintenance
B2Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Example:
"because your maintenance costs are a lot lower."
difference
B2The quality of being different.
Example:
"This is still a key difference between Airbus"
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"important mid market segment."
overwhelmingly
B2In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
Example:
"overwhelmingly dominant player on the market?"
estimated
B1To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
Example:
"estimated to take almost 13 years to complete."
completely
B1(manner) In a complete manner
Example:
"completely new platform."
financial
B1Related to finances.
Example:
"It's also been dealing with significant financial"
intermediate
B2Anything in an intermediate position.
Example:
"Not a lot of people saw the need for an intermediate"
expansion
B2The act or process of expanding.
Example:
"creating more competition, new airlines and expansion"
competitor
B1A person or organization against whom one is competing.
Example:
"to put pressure on its US competitors."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| maintenance | B2 | Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. |
| difference | B2 | The quality of being different. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| overwhelmingly | B2 | In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely. |
| estimated | B1 | To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data. |
| completely | B1 | (manner) In a complete manner |
| financial | B1 | Related to finances. |
| intermediate | B2 | Anything in an intermediate position. |
| expansion | B2 | The act or process of expanding. |
| competitor | B1 | A person or organization against whom one is competing. |
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