What Actually Happens When You Are Sick? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.There is this idea floating around that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger
2.That surviving a disease leaves you better off
3.And it seems to make sense because we have all experienced this
4.When you go through hardship, often you come out more resilient, more ready to face a in the future
5.But it turns out that sometimes, what doesn’t kill you makes you weaker
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
metabolism
B2The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
Example:
"Take fever: it speeds up your metabolism and makes your cells work harder and faster, while"
collectively
B1In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.
Example:
"Collectively, the immune system of the human species is a spectrum: most people respond"
challenges
A2A confrontation; a dare.
Example:
"We believe the same is true for climate change, one of the main challenges of our generation."
generation
B2The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Example:
"We believe the same is true for climate change, one of the main challenges of our generation."
passionate
A2A passionate individual.
Example:
"We are very passionate about this topic and we have covered it extensively in previous"
extensively
B1In an extensive manner, widely.
Example:
"We are very passionate about this topic and we have covered it extensively in previous"
difficult
A2To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Example:
"When you go through hardship, often you come out more resilient, more ready to face a difficult"
situation
B2The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
Example:
"situation in the future."
themselves
A2The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
Example:
"They are like air raid sirens that activate all sorts of immune cells, that then themselves"
mobilization
B2The act of mobilizing
Example:
"Mobilization is under way."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| metabolism | B2 | The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| collectively | B1 | In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately. |
| challenges | A2 | A confrontation; a dare. |
| generation | B2 | The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. |
| passionate | A2 | A passionate individual. |
| extensively | B1 | In an extensive manner, widely. |
| difficult | A2 | To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
| situation | B2 | The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. |
| themselves | A2 | The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis). |
| mobilization | B2 | The act of mobilizing |
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