Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
B2 · IntermediateAmerican English14 minTim Urban
About this lesson
Shadow a fast, funny American storyteller. Good practice for linking words, comic timing and energetic delivery.
Pace: about 163 words per minute, 191 sentences.
Key vocabulary
The more advanced words in this lesson. Click any word in the sentence above for its meaning and pronunciation.
- hypothesis/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/C2
- nounA hypothesis is a guess about what will happen, usually in scientific experiments.
- scroll/skɹoʊl/C2
- nounA scroll is a writing that is formed into a roll of paper or parchment.
- mechanism/ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm/C1
- nounA mechanism is the way something works
- long-term/ˈlɔŋˈtɝm/B2
- adjectiverelating to or extending over a relatively long time
- thesis/ˈθisəs/B2
- nounA thesis is a long paper that university students at the masters or doctoral level write.
- project/ˈpɹɑdʒɛkt/B2
- nounA project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.
- banker/ˈbæŋkɚ/B2
- nounA banker is someone who works at a bank and helps in managing the money and finances of people.
- dread/dɹɛd/B2
- verbIf you dread something, you have a strong fear of meeting, facing, or dealing with it.
- ethic/ˈɛθɪk/B2
- nounAn ethic is a rule or idea that tells you something is good or bad.
- gear/ɡɪɹ/B2
- nounGear is clothing and other equipment, especially in sports.
- motion/ˈmoʊʃən/B2
- nounA motion is a movement, often not a big movement.
- overlap/ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/B2
- nounThe act of overlapping. The amount that two things overlap on each other.
Levels follow the CEFR scale and are approximate.
