The Most Terrifying Things in Our Universe – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Let's start with the scary and slowly work our way towards the most terrifying ones on the list
2.Number ten
3.Space Junk As it turns out, our planet is not the only thing we treat like a giant trash can
4.Since space is slowly becoming a giant landfill as well
5.there are currently millions of pieces of manmade junk in Earth's orbit with over 30,000 of them being over ten centimeters long or around four inches
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
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:
"through their last remaining energy that they will ever have."
wormholes
B1A hole burrowed by a worm
Example:
"Are they just wormholes?"
spaghetti
B1A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
Example:
"Out like a giant piece of spaghetti?"
dimension
B2A single aspect of a given thing.
Example:
"Or could it be a portal to an alternate dimension?"
shouldn't
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"But this really shouldn't"
exploration
B2The process of exploring.
Example:
"exploration and travel."
spaceships
B1A vehicle that flies through space.
Example:
"There have been many reports of large pieces of metal, spaceships"
atmospheric
B2Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
Example:
"atmospheric pressure. Dead."
relatable
B1Able to be related to something else; connected with.
Example:
"and when Hollywood finally attempted to create a friendly and relatable"
scientists
B1One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
Example:
"Scientists say"
| 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. |
| wormholes | B1 | A hole burrowed by a worm |
| spaghetti | B1 | A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings. |
| dimension | B2 | A single aspect of a given thing. |
| shouldn't | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| exploration | B2 | The process of exploring. |
| spaceships | B1 | A vehicle that flies through space. |
| atmospheric | B2 | Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere. |
| relatable | B1 | Able to be related to something else; connected with. |
| scientists | B1 | One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others. |
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