Topic: Instinctual Fear of Humans
Part1:Video
Vocabulary:
uncanny: (adj.) something that causes discomfort because it resembles something else that’s familiar, but can’t be fully recognized as such; for example, a very good AI-generated voice that carries a lot of human emotions, but still sounds different from a real human
revulsion: (n.) a deep feeling of disgust
dip into: (v.) (in this case) briefly engage with or be related to a topic or activity
hominid: (n.) a scientific term referring to modern humans, extinct human species, and some apes like gorillas; (casual usage) early human species, like the Neanderthals.
Part1: Vieo
Vocabulary:
boil: (n.) a pus-filled swelling on the skin, typically from infection / grooming: (n.) taking care of one’s appearance and hygiene / gaunt: (adj.) looking too thin and sickly / heck: (n.) (casual) added to phrases for emphasis; polite version of ‘hell’ / sound off alarms: (idiom) make people concerned or alert / adept: (adj.) skilled / preposterous: (adj.) completely absurd and hard to believe / untold millennia: (n.) many thousands of years / vicious: (adj.) cruel and violent.