Jeffrey Brenzel: The Essential Value of a Classic Education | Big Think – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Интерактивная стенограмма и выделения
1. What is the best sort of life for a human being
2.Socrates claimed in 400BC that a man lives a happier life if he’s just, even if he is thrown starving into prison for the rest of his life than if he is unjust and he is celebrated and honored all of his days and is never caught for his crimes
3.Could that possibly be correct
4.If not, why not and what difference should the question make to us now
5.What moves the human heart
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Ключевая лексика (CEFR C2)
elizabethan
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"and why Shakespeare whose Elizabethan English is very difficult for us who speak modern English to understand? Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651 a book called Leviathan, one of the"
personally
B1In a personal manner.
Example:
" The question still remains. Do I think you can be happy without these works, without ever reading any of them? Of course I do, otherwise, the world would be full of very miserable and unhappy people because most folks don’t dive very far into these kinds of works, but that’s not exactly the right question. Is it? The right question is the one posed to you. Could your life be better personally if you invited some of these authors into it and how so? Though I think I've given you some good reasons to"
definition
B2A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
Example:
"on books that by definition are outdated? Why not go after the books that bring every"
four-year
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"what is Directed Studies? In Directed Studies you take three four-year courses in the history"
originals
B1An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
Example:
"digests cannot be substituted for the originals, and this is the important point, because you"
generation
B2The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
Example:
"works, whether directly or indirectly. Mark number four is that many generations of the best readers and the most expert critics have rated the work highly, one of the best or"
materials
B1Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Example:
"of odd. We don’t think about going back to books that we’ve already read and you might say acquired or put into our storehouse of knowledge and we certainly don’t expect books to change just because we read them the second time. Isn’t that boring? Well one of the interesting things about the kinds of books that I'll be recommending to you in the materials for this lecture is that nothing about the book changes. The text is just the same as it has always been. The words are there just as you remember them."
connection
B2The act of connecting.
Example:
"mighty fable, a fable about good and evil, about the human will, about the mysterious connections that bind people together or the differences that drive them apart and about"
experiencing
B2To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
Example:
"between people or the emotions that they’re experiencing are actually more important than the discussion that they’re having. It takes you awhile to pick this up in Plato"
serpentines
B2Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
Example:
"says: “The graceful repose of the line, as it silently serpentines about the oarsmen"
| Слово | CEFR | Определение |
|---|---|---|
| elizabethan | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| personally | B1 | In a personal manner. |
| definition | B2 | A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions). |
| four-year | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| originals | B1 | An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived |
| generation | B2 | The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. |
| materials | B1 | Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. |
| connection | B2 | The act of connecting. |
| experiencing | B2 | To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills. |
| serpentines | B2 | Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites. |
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