Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast So I want to start by offering you a free no-tech life hack, and all it requires of you is this: that you change your posture for two minutes
2.But before I give it away, I want to ask you to right now do a little audit of your body and what you're doing with your body
3.So how many of you are sort of making smaller
4.Maybe you're hunching, crossing your legs, maybe wrapping your ankles
5.Sometimes we hold onto our arms like this
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
translator
B1A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language.
Example:
"Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast"
yourselves
B1You (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
Example:
"So how many of you are sort of making yourselves smaller?"
interacted
B1To act upon each other.
Example:
"but do we like that person and how they interacted?"
expression
B2The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
Example:
"I became especially interested in nonverbal expressions"
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"And this is really important in the MBA classroom,"
collaborator
B2A person who works with others towards a common goal.
Example:
"So my main collaborator Dana Carney, who's at Berkeley,"
manipulation
B2The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
Example:
"like this tiny manipulation, this tiny intervention?"
intervention
B2The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
Example:
"like this tiny manipulation, this tiny intervention?"
evaluated
B1To draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
Example:
"Where are you being evaluated, either by your friends?"
competence
B2The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
Example:
"related to competence, like, how well-structured is the speech?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| translator | B1 | A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language. |
| yourselves | B1 | You (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned. |
| interacted | B1 | To act upon each other. |
| expression | B2 | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| collaborator | B2 | A person who works with others towards a common goal. |
| manipulation | B2 | The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. |
| intervention | B2 | The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. |
| evaluated | B1 | To draw conclusions from examining; to assess. |
| competence | B2 | The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role. |
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