Why Mushrooms are Starting to Replace Everything – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown
2.Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon
3.It’s turning agricultural waste into walls, hemp into compostable packaging, and fungal threads into leather that even luxury brands are eyeing
4.This mushroom material is set to insulate the façade of a 300-unit housing project in California
5.And now, innovators are swapping out the sensors of robots for the electrical pulses of living mycelium
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
ubiquitous
C2Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
Example:
"how long until mycelium is just as ubiquitous as wood, metal, and plastic?"
renewable
B1A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy.
Example:
"the past. Y’know, a sort of “Where Are They Now?” for renewable technologies. And with "
technologies
B2The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
Example:
"the past. Y’know, a sort of “Where Are They Now?” for renewable technologies. And with "
pioneered
B1To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
Example:
"I toured the farm of the company that pioneered it all: Ecovative. They walked me through their "
biopolymer
B1Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.
Example:
"create this biopolymer in our lab at this scale, at a really low cost?”"
upcycling
B1To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.
Example:
"wood chips — upcycling waste into versatile building blocks. Water use is minimized, too:"
minimized
B1To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
Example:
"wood chips — upcycling waste into versatile building blocks. Water use is minimized, too:"
myceli-yum
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"a way to make bacon out of mycelium. They call it MyBacon, or maybe it should be…myceli-yum? "
intensities
B2The quality of being intense.
Example:
"either: different intensities of light made the robot speed up, slow down, "
regenerative
B2That serves to regenerate.
Example:
"but regenerative. Mycelium is part of a cycle: grown from agricultural waste, "
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ubiquitous | C2 | Being everywhere at once: omnipresent. |
| renewable | B1 | A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy. |
| technologies | B2 | The organization of knowledge for practical purposes. |
| pioneered | B1 | To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow. |
| biopolymer | B1 | Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life. |
| upcycling | B1 | To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality. |
| minimized | B1 | To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible. |
| myceli-yum | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| intensities | B2 | The quality of being intense. |
| regenerative | B2 | That serves to regenerate. |
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