This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.For a really long time, I had two mysteries that were hanging over me
2.I didn't understand them and, to be honest, I was quite afraid to look into them
3.The first mystery was, I'm 40 years old, and all throughout my lifetime, year after year, serious depression and anxiety have risen, in the United States, in Britain, and across the Western world
4.And I wanted to understand why
5.Why is this happening to us
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B1)
doubleness
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
""Why am I feeling this strange doubleness?""
alcoholics
B1A person addicted to alcohol.
Example:
"it was like a kind of Alcoholics Anonymous for consumerism, right?"
anonymous
B1Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
Example:
"it was like a kind of Alcoholics Anonymous for consumerism, right?"
consumerism
B2A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc
Example:
"it was like a kind of Alcoholics Anonymous for consumerism, right?"
alongside
B1Along the side; by the side; side by side with.
Example:
"alongside the option of chemical antidepressants."
including
B1To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
Example:
"including many in the way we're living."
psychiatrist
B2A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Example:
"when one day, I went to interview a South African psychiatrist"
traumatic
B1Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
Example:
"and I'm guessing it was pretty traumatic"
suggesting
B1To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
Example:
"suggesting it can produce real and meaningful falls"
resources
B1Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
Example:
"does not lie in drawing more and more on your resources"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| doubleness | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| alcoholics | B1 | A person addicted to alcohol. |
| anonymous | B1 | Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species. |
| consumerism | B2 | A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc |
| alongside | B1 | Along the side; by the side; side by side with. |
| including | B1 | To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. |
| psychiatrist | B2 | A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. |
| traumatic | B1 | Of, caused by, or causing trauma. |
| suggesting | B1 | To imply but stop short of saying explicitly. |
| resources | B1 | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
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