Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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challenges /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪz/ B1 |
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misinformation /ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/ C1 |
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inequality /ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti/ B2 |
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infectious /ɪnˈfektʃəs/ B2 |
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artificial /ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl/ B2 |
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society /səˈsaɪəti/ A2 |
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vibing /ˈvaɪbɪŋ/ C1 |
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conspiracy /kənˈspɪrəsi/ C1 |
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underestimate /ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt/ B2 |
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hydrocarbons /ˌhaɪdrəˈkɑːbənz/ C2 |
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activists /ˈæktɪvɪsts/ B2 |
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breakthroughs /ˈbreɪkθruːz/ B2 |
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obscene /əbˈsiːn/ C2 |
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eradicate /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ C2 |
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innovation /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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The world is facing a lot of big challenges right now.
➔ Present Continuous
➔ Used "is facing" to describe an ongoing action happening at the current moment.
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At a certain point AI will be good enough to build a better AI.
➔ Future Simple and Infinitive structures
➔ Used "will be" for future prediction and "to build" (infinitive) to express purpose.
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There's always been conspiracy theories.
➔ Present Perfect
➔ Used "has been" to indicate something started in the past and continues to the present.
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We underestimate how creative Americans are.
➔ Noun Clauses with "how"
➔ "how creative Americans are" functions as the object of the verb "underestimate".
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I operate from love of my home and the people I learned from them.
➔ Relative Clauses (omitted relative pronoun)
➔ The phrase "the people [whom] I learned from" uses an omitted "whom".
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We have the obscene situation where there are three people who own more wealth.
➔ Defining Relative Clause
➔ The clause "who own more wealth" identifies which specific three people are being discussed.
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My hope is to eradicate malaria in my lifetime.
➔ Infinitive as a Subject Complement
➔ "to eradicate" acts as the complement describing what the "hope" is.
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If Bill Gates didn't exist, we'd have to make him up.
➔ Second Conditional
➔ Used for hypothetical situations: "didn't exist" (past simple) + "would have to" (would + infinitive).
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