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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

B1

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Example:

"and the same radio frequencies?"

catastrophe

B1

Any large and disastrous event of great significance

Example:

"Today the greatest risk of global catastrophe"

processed

A2

To perform a particular process on a thing.

Example:

"processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them."

background

A2

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

Example:

"lots of people who've got the training and background"

obvious

B2

Easily 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

A2

To practice an ability.

Example:

"NATO does a lot of war games to check, are people well trained?"

prepared

A2

To 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

B2

The study of all life or living matter.

Example:

"We have advances in biology"

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Chunking

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Intonation

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Video Difficulty Analysis & Stats

Category
news-&-politics
CEFR Level
B1
Duration
517
Total Words
1225
Total Sentences
137
Average Sentence Length
9 words

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