What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? - Stefan Al – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Интерактивная стенограмма и выделения
1.This is the tale of two ancient cities and the trees that determined their destinies
2.In 3,000 BC Uruk was more densely populated than modern day New York City
3.This crowded capital had to continually expand their irrigation system to feed its growing population
4.2,500 years later in Sri Lanka, the city of Anuradhapura had a similar problem
5.They were also growing constantly, and like Uruk, their city relied heavily on an elaborate irrigation system
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Ключевая лексика (CEFR C1)
religious
B2A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
Example:
"Religious reverence slowed farmer’s axes"
evaporating
B1To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
Example:
"Evaporating water left mineral deposits,"
buildings
A2The act or process by which something is built; construction.
Example:
"buildings absorbed up to nine times more solar radiation"
radiation
B2The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
Example:
"buildings absorbed up to nine times more solar radiation"
resilience
B2The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
Example:
"This layout increased the city’s resilience"
including
A2To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
Example:
"including those within 50-meter tall vertical gardens called supertrees."
conservatories
B1That which preserves from injury.
Example:
"These structures sustain themselves and nearby conservatories"
conditioning
B1To subject to the process of acclimation.
Example:
"reducing the need for air conditioning"
humanity
B2Mankind; human beings as a group.
Example:
"Humanity has been uncovering these arboreal benefits for centuries."
combined
A2An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.
Example:
"Combined with the period’s poor sanitation standards,"
| Слово | CEFR | Определение |
|---|---|---|
| religious | B2 | A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun. |
| evaporating | B1 | To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state |
| buildings | A2 | The act or process by which something is built; construction. |
| radiation | B2 | The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. |
| resilience | B2 | The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune. |
| including | A2 | To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. |
| conservatories | B1 | That which preserves from injury. |
| conditioning | B1 | To subject to the process of acclimation. |
| humanity | B2 | Mankind; human beings as a group. |
| combined | A2 | An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers. |
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