Travel to the Depths of Our Mysterious Oceans | 4K UHD | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Over half of all animals in the open ocean drift in currents
2.Jellyfish cross entire oceans, feeding on whatever happens to tangle with their tentacles
3.Some can grow to a metre, even two metres, across
4.And when, by lucky chance, they encounter a patch of sea rich in plankton, their numbers explode
5.It's such a successful strategy that jellies are one of the most common life forms on the planet
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
maintains
B1To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
Example:
"With that serving as a sail, it maintains a steady course through the waves."
successfully
B2In a successful manner; with success; without failing.
Example:
"successfully moulted."
specialised
B2To make distinct or separate, particularly:
Example:
"Specialised muscular tentacles transfer the victim to others that digest the catch,"
liquefying
B1To make into a liquid.
Example:
"liquefying it with powerful chemicals."
attracted
B1To pull toward without touching.
Example:
"attracted by this abundance of potential prey."
temperatures
B2A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
Example:
"In the underwater forests off northern Japan, the residents of this sunken wreck are waiting for the summer temperatures"
fisherman
B1A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
Example:
"The puffin. He's a fisherman"
alien-like
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Alien-like creatures produce dazzling displays of light."
communication
B2The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
Example:
"This language of light is so widespread here that these signals are probably the commonest form of communication"
siphonophores
B2Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
Example:
"Siphonophores are virtually eternal. They repeatedly clone themselves,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| maintains | B1 | To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. |
| successfully | B2 | In a successful manner; with success; without failing. |
| specialised | B2 | To make distinct or separate, particularly: |
| liquefying | B1 | To make into a liquid. |
| attracted | B1 | To pull toward without touching. |
| temperatures | B2 | A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. |
| fisherman | B1 | A fisher, a person engaged in fishing: |
| alien-like | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| communication | B2 | The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. |
| siphonophores | B2 | Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps. |
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