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Unit 1A/American English File 1 – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

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1.1.1 hi hi I'm Tom what's your name two hi Dad this is Dave Hello nice to meet you nice to meet you three foreign what's your name my name's Janet Lee you're in room five four hello John how are you I'm fine thanks and you I'm okay thank you listening 1.2 one two [Music] three [Music] four listening 1.3 fish e cat ah boot ooh train a bike I 1.4 fish it this is tree he she we cat am thanks boot you train they name bike I am my 1.5 coffee sandwich email internet Hotel Pizza Airport computer thing 1.6 one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen sixteen Seventeen twenty listening 1.7 one a grilled cheese sandwich please that's five dollars and 20 cents two Airlines flight to Madrid is now boarding at gate number nine three foreign 16 Townsend Road please four here's your key sir room 12

2.thank you 1.8 okay bye yes goodbye see you tomorrow not tomorrow Saturday oh yeah see you on Saturday see you good night 1.9 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)

fourteen

A2

The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.

Example:

"twelve thirteen fourteen"

fifteen

A2

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

Example:

"fifteen sixteen Seventeen eighteen"

eighteen

A2

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

Example:

"fifteen sixteen Seventeen eighteen"

nineteen

A2

The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

Example:

"nineteen twenty"

canadian

A2

A A2-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"Canadian Airlines flight to Madrid is"

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Video Difficulty Analysis & Stats

Category
basic
CEFR Level
B1
Duration
415
Total Words
194
Total Sentences
91
Average Sentence Length
2 words

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