Sesame Street: Anderson Cooper Reports – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.OSCAR: We this program just 'cause we feel like it
2.So there
3.And now, here's Anderson Cooper of CNN filling in for Oscar the Grouch of GNN
4.ANDERSON COOPER: This is Anderson Cooper in for Oscar the Grouch who's on assignment at the dump
5.I'm here with two legendary grouch newscasters, Dan Rather-Not and Walter Cranky to discuss today's letter in the news, the letter G
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
interrupt
A2An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
Example:
"OSCAR: We interrupt this program just 'cause"
elaborate
A2To develop in detail or complexity
Example:
"ANDERSON COOPER: Can you elaborate?"
grouchier
A2(originally student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
Example:
"How much grouchier can you get?"
irregularly
B1In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.
Example:
"irregularly scheduled program."
grrrrrrr
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"WALTER CRANKY: Grrrrrrrr RRRRRR!"
thought
A2To ponder, to go over in one's head.
Example:
"ANDERSON COOPER: I should have thought of that."
grrrrrrrr
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"WALTER CRANKY: Grrrrrrrr RRRRRR!"
nothing
A2Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
Example:
"nothing compared to this."
meredeth
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Join us tomorrow when our guest will be Meredeth"
beware-a
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Beware-a and Diane Spoiler."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| interrupt | A2 | An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition. |
| elaborate | A2 | To develop in detail or complexity |
| grouchier | A2 | (originally student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. |
| irregularly | B1 | In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order. |
| grrrrrrr | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| thought | A2 | To ponder, to go over in one's head. |
| grrrrrrrr | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| nothing | A2 | Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. |
| meredeth | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| beware-a | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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