Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast The story starts: I was at a friend's house, and she had on her shelf a copy of the DSM manual, which is the manual of mental disorders
2.It lists every known mental disorder
3.And it used to be, back in the '50s, a very slim pamphlet
4.And then it got bigger and bigger and bigger, and now it's 886 pages long
5.And it lists currently 374 mental disorders
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B1)
translator
B1A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language.
Example:
"Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast"
pseudo-science
B2Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.
Example:
"that psychiatry is a pseudo-science that can't be trusted?""
completely
B1(manner) In a complete manner
Example:
"Anyway, he seemed completely normal to me, but what did I know?"
statistics
B1A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
Example:
"So, here's the statistics:"
basically
B1In a fundamental, essential or basic manner
Example:
"basically turning it into "Who Moved My Cheese?""
returning
B1To come or go back (to a place or person).
Example:
"He said, "Why haven't you been returning my calls?""
categorized
B2To assign a category; to divide into classes.
Example:
"which is categorized"
outstretched
B2To extend by stretching
Example:
"And he had his arm outstretched"
businesses
B1A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
Example:
"He would come into failing businesses"
over-diagnoses
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"And you know, this is a country that over-diagnoses"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| translator | B1 | A person who translates text, film or other material into a different natural language. |
| pseudo-science | B2 | Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. |
| completely | B1 | (manner) In a complete manner |
| statistics | B1 | A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation. |
| basically | B1 | In a fundamental, essential or basic manner |
| returning | B1 | To come or go back (to a place or person). |
| categorized | B2 | To assign a category; to divide into classes. |
| outstretched | B2 | To extend by stretching |
| businesses | B1 | A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. |
| over-diagnoses | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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