How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.- [Derek] This is a video about how Japanese swords are made, swords that are strong enough and sharp enough to slice a bullet in half
2.The access we got for this video is incredible
3.We were able to film everything from gathering the iron sand to smelting the iron, forging the sword, to sharpening and polishing it
4.They even let us use it
5.- [Petr] That is so cool
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
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:
"to evaporate any remaining water."
unchanged
B1To revert or reverse a change
Example:
"has remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of years,"
ceremonial
B1A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
Example:
"Just after 9:00 AM, the ceremonial prayers are said"
ingredients
B2One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
Example:
"So where did they get the raw ingredients?"
furnace's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"by many men to maintain the furnace's temperature."
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"Well, because folding does two very important things."
evaporate
B1To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
Example:
"to evaporate any remaining water."
recognize
B1To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
Example:
"This is what most people would recognize"
precipitating
B2To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
Example:
"precipitating out of solution"
resulting
B1To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
Example:
"resulting in a few thousand layers of steel."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| unchanged | B1 | To revert or reverse a change |
| ceremonial | B1 | A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. |
| ingredients | B2 | One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. |
| furnace's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| evaporate | B1 | To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state |
| recognize | B1 | To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. |
| precipitating | B2 | To make something happen suddenly and quickly. |
| resulting | B1 | To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor. |
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