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Why do beavers build dams? – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

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Transcripción interactiva y destacados

1.(phone ringing) - Hi, it's Doug

2.You see this, this is the Hoover Dam in Nevada, USA

3.A dam is a place where people have walled off part of a river and created a lake behind the wall

4.Hoover Dam is huge, but isn't even the or the longest dam in the world

5.Check out this one in Alberta, Canada

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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B1)

magicians

A2

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

Example:

"How do magicians trick people?"

especially

A2

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

Example:

"especially since beavers are so small,"

scientists

A2

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

Example:

"scientists have discovered that they have a lot to do"

outside

A2

The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.

Example:

"have to go outside to build dams or collect food?"

collect

A2

To gather together; amass.

Example:

"have to go outside to build dams or collect food?"

couldn't

A2

A A2-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"Couldn't they get attacked by a predator then?"

attacked

A2

To apply violent force to someone or something.

Example:

"Couldn't they get attacked by a predator then?"

rainbow

A2

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

Example:

"Or, how is a rainbow made?"

tallest

A2

(of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

Example:

"Hoover Dam is huge, but isn't even the tallest"

someone

A2

A partially specified but unnamed person.

Example:

"Someone named Mateo has a question about beavers and dams."

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Análisis de dificultad y estadísticas del vídeo

Categoría
science-&-technology
Nivel CEFR
B1
Duración
400
Total de palabras
1069
Total de frases
145
Longitud media de frase
7 palabras

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