How to make meetings less rubbish | BBC Ideas – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.FARREL HEGARTY: We've all been here
2.You're stuck in a meeting
3.Graeme from Accounts is droning on and on
4.Half the people are either sneakily looking at their phones or mentally planning their next holiday
5.Most people are wondering what the point of this meeting is, and why couldn't it have been an email
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B2)
handforth
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"HANDFORTH PC CLERK: You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver."
preparation
B2The act of preparing or getting ready.
Example:
"Firstly, preparation is key."
something's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Something's been going on here. Where are my glasses? Oh, there!"
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"are able to share their views is also important."
something
A2An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
Example:
"Something's been going on here. Where are my glasses? Oh, there!"
according
A2To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
Example:
"according to one survey. And even if your job isn't office-based,"
extroverts
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"A plan to manage extroverts"
mindfulness
B2Awareness.
Example:
"Research shows that a few moments of mindfulness"
impromptu
A2A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
Example:
"Impromptu breathers can be particularly good"
disrupt
A2To throw into confusion or disorder.
Example:
"JACKIE WEAVER: If you disrupt this meeting,"
Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
---|---|---|
handforth | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
preparation | B2 | The act of preparing or getting ready. |
something's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
something | A2 | An object whose nature is yet to be defined. |
according | A2 | To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. |
extroverts | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
mindfulness | B2 | Awareness. |
impromptu | A2 | A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo. |
disrupt | A2 | To throw into confusion or disorder. |
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