The next outbreak? We’re not ready | Bill Gates | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.When I was a kid, the disaster we worried about most was a nuclear war
2.That's why we had a barrel like this down in our basement, filled with cans of food and water
3.When the nuclear attack came, we were supposed to go downstairs, hunker down, and eat out of that barrel
4.Today the greatest risk of global doesn't look like this
5.Instead, it looks like this
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
frequencies
B1The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
Example:
"and the same radio frequencies?"
catastrophe
B1Any large and disastrous event of great significance
Example:
"Today the greatest risk of global catastrophe"
processed
A2To perform a particular process on a thing.
Example:
"processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them."
background
A2One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
Example:
"lots of people who've got the training and background"
obvious
B2Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Example:
"In fact, there's some pretty obvious key missing pieces."
reserve
A2(behaviour) Restriction.
Example:
"We have reserves that can scale us up to large numbers."
trained
A2To practice an ability.
Example:
"NATO does a lot of war games to check, are people well trained?"
prepared
A2To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
Example:
"And we need preparedness."
getting
A2(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
Example:
"getting the thousands of workers into these countries."
biology
B2The study of all life or living matter.
Example:
"We have advances in biology"
Word | CEFR | Definition |
---|---|---|
frequencies | B1 | The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period. |
catastrophe | B1 | Any large and disastrous event of great significance |
processed | A2 | To perform a particular process on a thing. |
background | A2 | One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. |
obvious | B2 | Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory. |
reserve | A2 | (behaviour) Restriction. |
trained | A2 | To practice an ability. |
prepared | A2 | To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip. |
getting | A2 | (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. |
biology | B2 | The study of all life or living matter. |
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