A skateboard, with a boost | Sanjay Dastoor – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.: Geni : Bast Today I'm going to show you an electric vehicle that weighs less than a bicycle, that you can carry with you anywhere, that you can charge off a normal wall outlet in 15 minutes, and you can run it for 1,000 kilometers on about a dollar of
2.But when I say the word electric vehicle, people think about vehicles
3.They think about cars and and bicycles, and the vehicles that you use every day
4.But if you come about it from a , you can create some more interesting, more novel concepts
5.So we built something
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
translator
A2A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language.
Example:
"Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast"
components
A2A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
Example:
"But the best part about these components"
reviewer
A2A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.
Example:
"Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast"
example
A2Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Example:
"So today we're going to show you one example"
joseph
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast"
morton
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast"
electricity
B2Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
Example:
"on about a dollar of electricity."
motorcycles
B1An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Example:
"and motorcycles and bicycles, and the vehicles that you use every day."
different
A2The different ideal.
Example:
"But if you come about it from a different perspective,"
perspective
B2A view, vista or outlook.
Example:
"But if you come about it from a different perspective,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| translator | A2 | A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language. |
| components | A2 | A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. |
| reviewer | A2 | A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic. |
| example | A2 | Something that is representative of all such things in a group. |
| joseph | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| morton | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| electricity | B2 | Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field. |
| motorcycles | B1 | An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels. |
| different | A2 | The different ideal. |
| perspective | B2 | A view, vista or outlook. |
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