The power of introverts | Susan Cain | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the first time
2.And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do
3.Because in my family, reading was the primary group activity
4.And this might sound antisocial to you, but for us it was really just a different way of being social
5.You have the animal warmth of your family sitting right next to you, but you are also free to go roaming around the inside your own mind
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
extroverted
B2Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
Example:
"This is especially important for extroverted children too."
environments
B2The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
Example:
"when they're in quieter, more low-key environments."
maximizing
B1To make as large as possible
Example:
"So the key then to maximizing our talents"
institutions
B2A custom or practice of a society or community.
Example:
"Our most important institutions,"
qualities
B1Level of excellence.
Example:
"qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important."
magnetism
B2The property of being magnetic.
Example:
"qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important."
unimportant
B2Petty; not important or noteworthy
Example:
"Now none of this is to say that social skills are unimportant,"
adventureland
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"but you are also free to go roaming around the adventureland"
according
B1To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
Example:
"according to research."
carefully
B1Sorrowfully.
Example:
"you probably have the impulse to guard very carefully"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| extroverted | B2 | Turned or thrust outwards, especially: |
| environments | B2 | The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest. |
| maximizing | B1 | To make as large as possible |
| institutions | B2 | A custom or practice of a society or community. |
| qualities | B1 | Level of excellence. |
| magnetism | B2 | The property of being magnetic. |
| unimportant | B2 | Petty; not important or noteworthy |
| adventureland | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| according | B1 | To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. |
| carefully | B1 | Sorrowfully. |
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