How do bees make honey? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.(phone ringing) - Hi, it's Doug
2.Honey, that sweet delicious stuff that just tastes so good
3. nothing quite like honey, is there
4.Syrup is similar in color, and it's sweet, but it tastes different
5. named Linda has a question about honey
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
poisonous
A2Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
Example:
"is poisonous or not?"
constructed
B1To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
Example:
"constructed by people."
containers
A2Someone who contains; something that contains.
Example:
"they store the liquid honey into little containers"
substance
B2Physical matter; material.
Example:
"to mix with a special substance"
there's
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"There's nothing quite like honey, is there?"
chlorine
A2A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
Example:
"What is chlorine?"
invented
A2To design a new process or mechanism.
Example:
"Or, who invented fans?"
someone
A2A partially specified but unnamed person.
Example:
"Someone named Linda has a question about honey."
figuring
A2To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
Example:
"Figuring this out isn't easy."
beehive
A2A 12- to 13-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
Example:
"But there is a way to get inside a beehive"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| poisonous | A2 | Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. |
| constructed | B1 | To build or form (something) by assembling parts. |
| containers | A2 | Someone who contains; something that contains. |
| substance | B2 | Physical matter; material. |
| there's | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| chlorine | A2 | A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17. |
| invented | A2 | To design a new process or mechanism. |
| someone | A2 | A partially specified but unnamed person. |
| figuring | A2 | To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. |
| beehive | A2 | A 12- to 13-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church. |
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