The Billionaire Who Gave Away All His Money – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Интерактивная стенограмма и выделения
1.When Forbes magazine released its list of the richest people in America in 1988, it ranked Chuck Feeney, 23rd, declaring him to be worth $1.3 billion, wealthier than Rupert Murdoch, David Rockefeller, and Donald Trump
2.What Forbes didn’t know was that Chuck Feeney had quietly given away most of his wealth by then
3.This is the story of the man who built a multi-billion-dollar empire and then decided to quietly give it all away
4.Chuck Feeney was born in New Jersey in 1931 during the Great Depression
5.Though his family wasn’t wealthy, they were rich in kindness
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Ключевая лексика (CEFR C2)
remaining
B1To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Example:
"Instead, he used his remaining government scholarship to enroll"
billionaire
B2Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency.
Example:
"author of a great book on Chuck Feeney called The Billionaire Who Wasn’t describes, Bob said:"
describes
B1To represent in words.
Example:
"author of a great book on Chuck Feeney called The Billionaire Who Wasn’t describes, Bob said:"
colleague
B1A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Example:
"for Japanese tourists, who traditionally brought back gifts for colleagues and loved ones."
explained
B1To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Example:
"As his close friend and colleague Bob Matousek explained to author Conor O’Clery: “Who would"
reflected
B1To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
Example:
"He once reflected: “How much is rich? Beyond"
donations
B1A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
Example:
"He insisted that all donations remain anonymous,"
anonymous
B1Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
Example:
"He insisted that all donations remain anonymous,"
protestant
B1A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or sometimes later).
Example:
"where Protestant Unionists sought to remain part of the United Kingdom"
unionists
B1An advocate or supporter of unionism
Example:
"where Protestant Unionists sought to remain part of the United Kingdom"
| Слово | CEFR | Определение |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | B1 | To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. |
| billionaire | B2 | Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (109) dollars, or other currency. |
| describes | B1 | To represent in words. |
| colleague | B1 | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate. |
| explained | B1 | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| reflected | B1 | To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. |
| donations | B1 | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. |
| anonymous | B1 | Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species. |
| protestant | B1 | A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or sometimes later). |
| unionists | B1 | An advocate or supporter of unionism |
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