How Gen Z and TikTok are changing the way we speak - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings
2.From the BBC World Service, this is The Global Story
3.For many thousands of years, language has been changing
4.Here in the UK, the gradual departure from what became known as the Queen's English is a trend which has often been characterised as a threat to cultural identity
5.But with the advent of social media, the pace of change may be running away from us
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
generations
B2The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Example:
"generations, Neil, what sort of words are you seeing emerge at the moment? "
mentioning
B1To make a short reference to something.
Example:
"mentioning AI. Oh yeah. Is there an influence there as well? Is that going "
rebellion
B1Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
Example:
"young as well it's a bit of an act of rebellion? Yeah absolutely yes and I think the interesting "
distinction
B2That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
Example:
"now said in a much more American way? There used to be a much greater distinction "
prescribe
B1To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
Example:
"prescribe the way it ought to be. What about the future of language? If "
especially
B1(manner) In a special manner; specially.
Example:
"made, especially out of endangered languages where accuracy is so important because "
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"made, especially out of endangered languages where accuracy is so important because "
attribute
B1A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Example:
"Phrases like "it's giving", "rizz", "no cap", these are all terms which we attribute"
themselves
B1The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
Example:
"themselves in English. Well, language is obviously the social "
interview
B1An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
Example:
"interview around the word rizz when it was the Oxford word of the year."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| generations | B2 | The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. |
| mentioning | B1 | To make a short reference to something. |
| rebellion | B1 | Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. |
| distinction | B2 | That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination. |
| prescribe | B1 | To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). |
| especially | B1 | (manner) In a special manner; specially. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| attribute | B1 | A characteristic or quality of a thing. |
| themselves | B1 | The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). |
| interview | B1 | An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. |
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