The Role of Art and Forgiveness in Democracy | Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Wendy Whelan | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.About five years ago, I moved to Washington, DC, to become one of the vice presidents of the Kennedy Center
2.For the last 25 years, I've made a living writing everything from poems in Oakland to operas in Amsterdam
3.Living in DC, though, has made me obsessed with forgiving
4.And also with forgetting
5.Forgiving requires a deeply personal commitment to healing
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
equitable
A2Marked by or having equity.
Example:
"what can art do to help create an equitable society?"
healthcare
A2The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
Example:
"why aren't our healthcare systems more like music?"
apparatus
A2The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
Example:
"Why doesn't our political apparatus operate more like the flow of a poem?"
remembrance
B2The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Example:
"for both remembrance and forgiveness?"
propagated
A2(of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production
Example:
"that propagated them?"
president
A2An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
Example:
"to become one of the vice presidents of the Kennedy Center."
historical
B2A historical romance.
Example:
"Historical erasure in schools is how forgetting happens in a systemic way."
realities
A2The state of being actual or real.
Example:
"But forgetting also happens through disputed realities"
structure
A2A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
Example:
"How do we elevate the stock of art that helps create an infrastructure"
structured
A2To give structure to; to arrange.
Example:
"structured in parallels about animals."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| equitable | A2 | Marked by or having equity. |
| healthcare | A2 | The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. |
| apparatus | A2 | The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. |
| remembrance | B2 | The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. |
| propagated | A2 | (of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production |
| president | A2 | An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. |
| historical | B2 | A historical romance. |
| realities | A2 | The state of being actual or real. |
| structure | A2 | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. |
| structured | A2 | To give structure to; to arrange. |
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