Why going to the cinema is good for you | BBC Ideas – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.One of my earliest memories is seeing The Lion King and being absolutely when Mufasa - spoiler alert - gets killed by the stampede
2.That had a massive profound effect on me and showed me how much a 2D cinema screen can make you feel so much
3.We did a screening of Get Out in 2017
4.At the end of the film there was this massive, rapturous applause in the cinema
5.It made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"And that's a really important thing for us"
traumatised
B1To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
Example:
"and being absolutely traumatised"
neuroscientist
B1A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.
Example:
"And as a neuroscientist"
reactions
A2An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
Example:
"there's much stronger emotional reactions"
challenged
A2To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
Example:
"challenged or whether I feel empowered"
empowered
A2To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
Example:
"challenged or whether I feel empowered"
ourselves
A2(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Example:
"about ourselves"
surrounded
A2To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
Example:
"surrounded by strangers"
disappearing
B1To vanish.
Example:
"I can't see that ever disappearing"
they're
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"when they're in audiences?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| traumatised | B1 | To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents. |
| neuroscientist | B1 | A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience. |
| reactions | A2 | An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event. |
| challenged | A2 | To invite (someone) to take part in a competition. |
| empowered | A2 | To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. |
| ourselves | A2 | (reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. |
| surrounded | A2 | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| disappearing | B1 | To vanish. |
| they're | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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