'The Three Questions' read by Meryl Streep – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.[Storyline Online intro] Hi, welcome to Storyline Online to you by the SAG-AFTRA I’m Meryl Streep and today we’re going to read The Three Questions Based on a story by Leo and illustrated by Jon J Muth There once was a boy named Nikolai who sometimes felt uncertain about the right way to act
2.“I want to be a good person,” he told his friends
3.“But I don’t always know the best way to do that.” Nikolai’s friends understood and they wanted to help him
4.“If only I could find the answers to my three questions,” Nikolai continued, “then I would always know what to do.” When is the best time to do things
5.Who is the most important one
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
therefore
A2For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
Example:
"Therefore, the most important time"
foundation
B2The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Example:
"Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation"
answered
A2To make a reply or response to.
Example:
"“But your questions have been answered!” he said."
example
A2Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Example:
"For example, Gogol, a coconut is about to fall on your head!”"
coconut
A2A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
Example:
"For example, Gogol, a coconut is about to fall on your head!”"
mending
A2To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
Example:
"the most important time was the time you spent mending her leg"
brought
A2(ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Example:
"Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation"
tolstoy
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy"
written
A2To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
Example:
"Written and illustrated by Jon J Muth"
running
A2To move swiftly.
Example:
"Running down the path,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| therefore | A2 | For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated. |
| foundation | B2 | The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. |
| answered | A2 | To make a reply or response to. |
| example | A2 | Something that is representative of all such things in a group. |
| coconut | A2 | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| mending | A2 | To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement. |
| brought | A2 | (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere. |
| tolstoy | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| written | A2 | To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. |
| running | A2 | To move swiftly. |
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