How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.My name is Scott Galloway, I teach at NYU, and I appreciate your time
2.I have 44 slides and 720 seconds
3.Let's light this candle
4.(Laughter) OK so for those of you who don't know me, I'm actually a global television store
5.True story
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
brilliant
B1A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
Example:
"“The Brave and the Brilliant?”"
illegitimate
B2A person born to unmarried parents.
Example:
"Sounds like an illegitimate question, right?"
colleague
B1A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Example:
"Because me and my colleagues are drunk on luxury,"
compensation
B2The act or principle of compensating.
Example:
"How can I increase my compensation while reducing my accountability?"
accountability
B2The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.
Example:
"How can I increase my compensation while reducing my accountability?"
recommendation
B2An act of recommending.
Example:
"My first recommendation:"
happening
B1To occur or take place.
Example:
"How is this happening?"
27-year-old
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"that a 27-year-old single mother faces?"
shouldn't
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Shouldn't it be flipped?"
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"if you acknowledge that our kids are the most important thing in our lives,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| brilliant | B1 | A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone. |
| illegitimate | B2 | A person born to unmarried parents. |
| colleague | B1 | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate. |
| compensation | B2 | The act or principle of compensating. |
| accountability | B2 | The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for. |
| recommendation | B2 | An act of recommending. |
| happening | B1 | To occur or take place. |
| 27-year-old | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| shouldn't | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
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