Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.When, in 1960, still a student, I got a traveling to study housing in North America
2.We traveled the country
3.We saw public housing high-rise buildings in all major cities: New York, Philadelphia
4.Those who have no choice lived there
5.And then we traveled from suburb to suburb, and I came back thinking, we've got to reinvent the apartment building
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
affordable
A2Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
Example:
"Could we make it more affordable?"
densities
A2A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
Example:
"in the densities that are prevailing today?"
prevailing
A2To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
Example:
"in the densities that are prevailing today?"
reconfigured
B1To arrange into a new configuration.
Example:
"On the right, we reconfigured it:"
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"And most important, permeable, open."
qinhuangdao
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"This in Qinhuangdao in China:"
opportunity
B2A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
Example:
"In Singapore, we had an opportunity:"
fellowship
A2A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
Example:
"I got a traveling fellowship"
realizing
A2To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
Example:
"realizing the quality of life of Habitat"
membranes
A2A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
Example:
"membranes of housing"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| affordable | A2 | Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced. |
| densities | A2 | A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume. |
| prevailing | A2 | To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. |
| reconfigured | B1 | To arrange into a new configuration. |
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| qinhuangdao | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| opportunity | B2 | A chance for advancement, progress or profit. |
| fellowship | A2 | A company of people that share the same interest or aim. |
| realizing | A2 | To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence |
| membranes | A2 | A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal). |
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