Hello everyone!
As part of our long-forgotten Short Transcript Challenge, I propose this short video. It's a short description of desert climates and landscapes.
It's one minute long, but it's clear and the speed is quite reasonable. I would like to see your transcriptions in the comments, although I'll be posting a key soon (not too soon this time, though, to make sure you try!)
There are two words that you will need to know in advance, as they are very specific: erg and reg (better known as "desert pavement").
Go for it!
As part of our long-forgotten Short Transcript Challenge, I propose this short video. It's a short description of desert climates and landscapes.
It's one minute long, but it's clear and the speed is quite reasonable. I would like to see your transcriptions in the comments, although I'll be posting a key soon (not too soon this time, though, to make sure you try!)
There are two words that you will need to know in advance, as they are very specific: erg and reg (better known as "desert pavement").
Go for it!
Hi Bea!
ReplyDeleteThere's kind of problem with the video. i've tried several times but i can't watch it.
I'll try the previous post.
Best
Belén
Thank you for telling me, Belén! Sometimes these links can be a bit tricky, I'll check it out.
ReplyDeleteHi! Thank you for fixing it so quickly.
DeleteMy transcription..
"One quarter of the planet landmasses have desert climates.
Dessert regions are characterized by very low precipitation. In some places an underground water table is exposed and life can develop.
But beyond this oasis vegetation is rarely and irregularly irrigated and plants have difficult to growing.
The exposed ground is constantly at the mercy of the wind which often blows at storm strength.
The wind sculpts sand dunes and form sandy desserts called “ergs”. It may also completely sweep away the soil and expose great stretches of rocks called “regs”.
Every continent has a dessert zone. With an area of eight million square kilometers, the Sahara Desert, in Africa, is the largest dessert in the world.
But the Atacama Desert, in Chile, holds the record for dryness. It’s not received a drop of rain for fifteen years, from 1903 to 1918."
Best,
Belén
Hi Belén!
ReplyDeleteSo accurate!
Let me point out the only inaccuracy you wrote, "plants have difficult to growing."
This idea can be expressed in two ways: "plants find it difficult to grow", or "plants have difficulty growing".
The right and wrong answers, "have difficulTY growing" and "have difficult TO growing" , seem to be identical. Which is why knowledge of collocations is so important. It helps you identify correctly these weak syllables.
Your answer is just impressive, a fantastic job. Hats off to you!
Bea
One quarter of the planet land masses have desert climate. Desert regions are characterized by very low precipitation. In some places an underground water table has exposed and life can develop. But beyond theses oasis, vegetation is rarely and irregularly irrigated and plants are difficult to growing.
ReplyDeleteThe exposed ground is constantly at the mercy of the wind which often blows storm-strength. The wind sculpts sand dunes and forms sandy deserts called ‘ergs’. It may also completely sweep away the soil and expose great strata of rock called ‘regs’.
Every continent has a desert zone. With an area of 8 million square kilometres, the Sahara desert, in Africa, is the largest in the world, but the Atacama desert, in Chile, holds the record for dryness: it did not receive a drop of rain for 15 years, from 1903 to 1918.
Great, Verónica!
ReplyDeleteThere are a couple of details in your transcription where grammar may help you choose the best option. Just as it happened to Belén, because what makes us choose is either knowledge of the collocation, or that of a certain grammar point.
So check my comment to Belén for the expression "have difficulty +ing", and check the use of plurals in "have desert climate". Another useful collocation here: wind blows AT storm strength. Hard to tell!
I'd go for Belén's version for "great stretches of rock", but I go for your transcription of the last tense, "it did not receive a drop of rain".
Great job! Hats off to you too! You understood the plural in "these", by the way, so it's time for irregular plurals: oasis (sg) - oases (pl). You can look it up on the dictionary widget on the right.
Thanks for commenting!