What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow? - Carolyn Beans – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Let's explore a hypothetical together
2.There are over four times as many livestock as people
3.Farmed cattle alone weigh nearly ten times as much as all wild mammals combined
4.So imagine if a wizard of meatless dining suddenly appeared and with one wave of a wand wiped away all meat from our shelves— along with any desire to eat it
5.Farm animals destined for food vanish— whisked away to another planet
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
following
A2To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Example:
"What happens in the following days, years, and even millennia?"
millennia
A2A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
Example:
"What happens in the following days, years, and even millennia?"
shellfish
A2An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Example:
"300 million cattle, and 200 million tons of fish and shellfish"
processed
A2To perform a particular process on a thing.
Example:
"processed for consumption each year."
threatened
A2To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
Example:
"Tens of millions of anglers lose work that was already threatened"
population
B2The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
Example:
"by dwindling fish populations."
meat-eating
B1That eats meat; carnivorous.
Example:
"Ultimately, vegetarianism becomes less expensive than meat-eating"
amazonian
A2Having characteristics of the mythical Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
Example:
"Amazonian birds have more forest to fly over."
throughout
A2Completely through, right the way through.
Example:
"Throughout history, humans in traditionally vegetarian regions"
happens
A2To occur or take place.
Example:
"What happens in the following days, years, and even millennia?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| following | A2 | To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction. |
| millennia | A2 | A period of time consisting of one thousand years. |
| shellfish | A2 | An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible. |
| processed | A2 | To perform a particular process on a thing. |
| threatened | A2 | To make a threat against someone; to use threats. |
| population | B2 | The people living within a political or geographical boundary. |
| meat-eating | B1 | That eats meat; carnivorous. |
| amazonian | A2 | Having characteristics of the mythical Amazons; aggressive and warlike. |
| throughout | A2 | Completely through, right the way through. |
| happens | A2 | To occur or take place. |
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