Pirate Ships of the Caribbean (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans | National Geographic – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1. NARRATOR: Tropical, beautiful and deadly
2.The Caribbean, for centuries home to adventurers, heroes and villains
3.DR DELGADO: The Caribbean has hundreds of islands and deadly reefs and yet, what made it all the more was that it was a lawless place
4.NARRATOR: Above all other seas, the Caribbean is famous for pirates
5.DR BEEKER: Pirates of the Caribbean
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
frightening
B2To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Example:
"DR DELGADO: The Caribbean has hundreds of islands and deadly reefs and yet, what made it all the more frightening was that it was a lawless place."
everyone's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"DR BEEKER: Pirates of the Caribbean. How can you not be excited about pirates and pirate ships? Everyone's intrigued by this golden age of piracy."
intrigued
B1To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
Example:
"DR BEEKER: Pirates of the Caribbean. How can you not be excited about pirates and pirate ships? Everyone's intrigued by this golden age of piracy."
depending
B1(followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
Example:
" of the Spanish Empire passed through here. PROF GROVE: Spain is depending on bullion supplies"
crocodile
B1Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
Example:
" NARRATOR: Here in these crocodile infested waters, Henry Morgan pulls off the greatest pirate raid of all time."
attacking
B1To apply violent force to someone or something.
Example:
"attacking pirates if there were pirates. NARRATOR: Michael's research can now reveal"
phenomenal
B1Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
Example:
"DR HANSELMANN: For an archaeologist, Panama's a phenomenal place to work. It all happened here and especially piracy."
especially
B1(manner) In a special manner; specially.
Example:
"DR HANSELMANN: For an archaeologist, Panama's a phenomenal place to work. It all happened here and especially piracy."
difficult
B1To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Example:
" NARRATOR: It's this secrecy that makes finding hard evidence of Pirates extremely difficult."
determined
B1To set the boundaries or limits of.
Example:
" NARRATOR: No one has ever found the Satisfaction, but Fritz and Jim are determined to try."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| frightening | B2 | To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright. |
| everyone's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| intrigued | B1 | To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. |
| depending | B1 | (followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. |
| crocodile | B1 | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials. |
| attacking | B1 | To apply violent force to someone or something. |
| phenomenal | B1 | Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. |
| especially | B1 | (manner) In a special manner; specially. |
| difficult | B1 | To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
| determined | B1 | To set the boundaries or limits of. |
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