Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.When my first children's book was published in 2001, I returned to my old elementary school to talk to the students about being an author and an illustrator, and when I was setting up my slide in the cafetorium, I looked across the room, and there she was: my old lunch lady
2.She was still there at the school and she was busily preparing lunches for the day
3.So I approached her to say hello, and I said, "Hi, Jeannie
4.How are you?" And she looked at me, and I could tell that she recognized me, but she couldn't quite place me, and she looked at me and she said, "Stephen Krosoczka?" And I was amazed that she knew I was a Krosoczka, but Stephen is my uncle who is 20 years older than I am, and she had been his lunch lady when he was a kid
5.And she started telling me about her grandkids, and that blew my mind
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
cafeteria
A2A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
Example:
"I thought she lived in the cafeteria"
projector
A2Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
Example:
"and when I was setting up my slide projector"
nunchucks
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"who uses her fish stick nunchucks"
programming
B1To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
Example:
"the lunch staff would be involved in the programming"
participate
B1To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
Example:
"participate in school lunch programs every day."
counselor
A2A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
Example:
"and then reports back to the guidance counselor"
neighborhoods
B1The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
Example:
"and they traveled around the neighborhoods"
alongside
A2Along the side; by the side; side by side with.
Example:
"alongside their actual lunch ladies."
proclaim
A2To announce or declare.
Example:
"and they proclaim, "Justice is served!""
justice
A2The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Example:
"and they proclaim, "Justice is served!""
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| cafeteria | A2 | A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat |
| projector | A2 | Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something. |
| nunchucks | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| programming | B1 | To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task. |
| participate | B1 | To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). |
| counselor | A2 | A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems. |
| neighborhoods | B1 | The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity. |
| alongside | A2 | Along the side; by the side; side by side with. |
| proclaim | A2 | To announce or declare. |
| justice | A2 | The state or characteristic of being just or fair. |
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