What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.While we’re already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges that would help thwart further warming
2.So, what will our world look like in the next 30 to 80 years, if we continue on the current path
3.While it’s impossible to know exactly how the next decade will unfold, and climate experts have made projections, in the current state of affairs
4.This future we’re about to describe is bleak, but remember there’s still time to ensure it doesn’t become our reality
5.It’s 2050
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
remaining
A2To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Example:
"Over half of our remaining glaciers have melted."
responsible
B1The individual who bears the responsibility for something.
Example:
"Yet many of the experts responsible for these assessments remain optimistic."
assessments
B1The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
Example:
"Yet many of the experts responsible for these assessments remain optimistic."
optimistic
A2Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Example:
"Yet many of the experts responsible for these assessments remain optimistic."
governments
B1The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
Example:
"governments continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges"
scientists
A2One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
Example:
"scientists and climate experts have made projections,"
factoring
A2To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
Example:
"factoring in the current state of affairs."
ambulance
B2An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
Example:
"Ambulance sirens blare through the night,"
australia
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"The southwestern United States, southern Africa, and eastern Australia"
experience
B1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
Example:
"experience longer, more frequent, and more severe droughts."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | A2 | To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. |
| responsible | B1 | The individual who bears the responsibility for something. |
| assessments | B1 | The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. |
| optimistic | A2 | Expecting the best in all possible ways. |
| governments | B1 | The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. |
| scientists | A2 | One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others. |
| factoring | A2 | To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly). |
| ambulance | B2 | An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. |
| australia | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| experience | B1 | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. |
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