Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1. in your body, your immune system just quietly killed one of your own cells, stopping it from becoming cancer, and saving your life
2.It does that all the time
3.The vast majority of cancer cells you develop will be killed without you ever noticing
4.Which is an hard job because of what cancer cells are: parts of yourself that start to behave as individuals even if it hurts you
5.What is cancer and how does your body kill it all the time
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
incredibly
A2(manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
Example:
"noticing. Which is an incredibly hard job because of what cancer cells are: "
determine
A2To set the boundaries or limits of.
Example:
"of proteins your cells make determine what they can do. The important thing here is "
appropriately
B1In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
Example:
"The first key mutation is in the appropriately named tumor suppressor genes, or TSGs. "
suppressor
A2A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
Example:
"The first key mutation is in the appropriately named tumor suppressor genes, or TSGs. "
indistinguishable
B1Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
Example:
"you identify and kill corrupted cells that seem indistinguishable from healthy ones?"
circumvent
A2To avoid or get around something; to bypass
Example:
"What if a cancer cell mutates and finds a way to circumvent this process? All it "
fortunately
B1In a fortunate manner.
Example:
"which unfortunately has been corrupted."
ingenious
B2Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
Example:
"Fortunately evolution found an ingenious solution: "
beginning
A2The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Example:
"of Natural Killer cells! Right now a number of therapies are beginning to show amazing promise, "
somewhere
A2Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
Example:
"Somewhere in your body, your immune system just quietly killed one of your own cells, "
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| incredibly | A2 | (manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed. |
| determine | A2 | To set the boundaries or limits of. |
| appropriately | B1 | In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably. |
| suppressor | A2 | A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device. |
| indistinguishable | B1 | Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished. |
| circumvent | A2 | To avoid or get around something; to bypass |
| fortunately | B1 | In a fortunate manner. |
| ingenious | B2 | Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent. |
| beginning | A2 | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
| somewhere | A2 | Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location. |
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