VOA慢速英语:Is Writing Notes by Hand Better Than Typing?

distract – (v.) to cause (someone) to stop thinking about something and to think about something else instead; distracting is the adjective.

conceptual – (adj.) based on or relating to ideas or concepts

academic -  (adj.) of or relating to schools and education

transcribe - (v.)  the act or process of making a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken; transcription (n.) a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

summary – (n.) a brief statement that gives the most important information about something; summarize – (v.) to tell (information) again using fewer words

compromise - n. a way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute; v. to give up something that you want in order to reach an agreement