What’s Under Antarctica’s Ice? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Antarctica is famous for one thing: [Off Screen:] Penguins
2.Well, yes
3.But I was going for “It’s covered in ice!” [Off Screen:] Ice
4.Thank you
5.But it hasn’t always been this way
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
uncovered
A2To remove a cover from.
Example:
"They’ve also uncovered nearly 700 lakes down there!"
crustaceans
B1Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
Example:
"little crustaceans called amphipods!"
amphipods
A2A member of taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
Example:
"little crustaceans called amphipods!"
long-dead
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"long-dead organisms that the now-living organisms could be eating!"
now-living
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"long-dead organisms that the now-living organisms could be eating!"
delicious
B2Pleasing to taste; tasty.
Example:
"That sounds delicious!"
scratched
A2To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
Example:
"And we’ve barely scratched the surface! That icy, icy surface."
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"there gets more important every day."
everything
A2All the things under discussion.
Example:
"everything looked pretty much like it does today."
supercontinent
B1A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
Example:
"supercontinent Gondwana hundreds of millions of years ago."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| uncovered | A2 | To remove a cover from. |
| crustaceans | B1 | Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice. |
| amphipods | A2 | A member of taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. |
| long-dead | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| now-living | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| delicious | B2 | Pleasing to taste; tasty. |
| scratched | A2 | To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc. |
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| everything | A2 | All the things under discussion. |
| supercontinent | B1 | A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past. |
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