Shadowing Practice: Business Partner B1+ Unit 1.1.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The structure over the organization is key to its success.
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It is important that individuals and teams understand their roles and responsibilities within the organization.
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Business leaders have to ensure that different departments and operations coordinate and work together.
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The principle of clear structure applies to all companies, startups, small and medium enterprises, as well as multinationals.
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This company is one of the world's leading news organizations.
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It creates and distributes news and information on television and digital platforms 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Its teams operate all over the world.
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The newsroom is the hub of the operation.
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Staff here are responsible for coordinating the teams gathering news globally.
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My name is Arti Luca and I'm a news editor.
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My job involves news gathering for a major news organization in Britain.
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I'm in charge of our daily news gathering operations.
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I'm responsible for how we deploy our reporters, our producers, our cameras and our satellite trucks.
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When Artie decides to follow a particular news story, she gives a reporter the task of covering it.
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The reporter is then in charge of the team that produces a report on that story.
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Hello, I'm Nick Thatcher.
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I'm one of the general news reporters here and I work to the main bulletins that go out throughout the day.
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It's all about teamwork.
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If you're working with a camera operator, then together you're making sure you're getting the right pictures on the ground.
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Back at base, you're being supported and ensuring that if you need pictures from the library, from file if you like, then those are available to you in good time as well.
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And those conversations are ongoing all the time between you
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and the editor to make sure that you're telling the story in the best possible way.
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The news bulletins are broadcast live.
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John Roberts is the program director.
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He is responsible for making sure the bulletins run to plan.
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So my role as program director is to lead the production team
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and to be responsible for the technical and creative execution of the program.
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Teamwork is absolutely crucial in the build -up and during the program.
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There's no real one role who can do it by themselves, so we are very tightly coordinated.
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And my role as a director is really to be the conductor of that orchestra.
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In a large organization like this, there are a number of departments working behind the scenes to ensure the company runs well.
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Managing the staff is a key function.
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I'm Melanie Tamsey and I'm the director of human resources.
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So I'm responsible for the running of the human resources team, making sure that we are delivering on all our strategic and operational priorities for the company.
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The finance department is another important part of the organization.
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Hi Danny, it's Ray from finance.
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I'm Ray Snellen and I'm the finance supervisor.
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I look after all the billing for our customers
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and also collection of debts and maintaining customer queries and making sure that our customers are happy.
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It's important that we make sure that the payments are coming in on time
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and it can impact on payments that we make into our suppliers.
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So if we've got a lot of costs that we're incurring for a specific project, we need to make sure that we're getting the cash in to support that.
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So it can affect us quite a lot.
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These are just some examples of the roles in some of the departments in the company.
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There are many more, such as marketing and IT support, all working together to ensure the organization runs smoothly and successfully.
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We'll be right back.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Business Partner B1+ Unit 1.1.1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: organization, responsible, role, reporter, director. Este vídeo tiene 46 frases y 612 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:48. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bulletin sustantivo | /ˈbʊl.ə.tən/ | boletín, boletín informativo |
| coordinate verbo | /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ | coordinar |
| teamwork sustantivo | trabajo en equipo | |
| multinational adjetivo | multinacional | |
| query sustantivo | /ˈkwɪɹ.i/ | consulta, pregunta |
| smoothly adverbio | /ˈsmuːðli/ | suavemente, lisamente |
| deploy verbo | /dɪˈplɔɪ/ | desplegar |
| tightly adverbio | /ˈtaɪtli/ | herméticamente, estrechamente |
| distribute verbo | /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ | distribuir |
| conductor sustantivo | /kənˈdʌktɚ/ | director |
| globally adverbio | /ˈɡloʊbəli/ | globalmente |
| startup sustantivo | /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ | arranque |
| supplier sustantivo | /səˈplaɪə/ | proveedor, proveedora |
| supervisor sustantivo | /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/ | supervisor, director |
| orchestra sustantivo | /ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/ | orquesta, orquestra (disused) |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go out verbo | salir |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | you're working · you're being · you're telling |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | have to ensure · need to make |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: operational /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, operational /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, operator /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, startup /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: newsroom /ˈnjuːzɹuːm/, supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como bulletin, coordinate, teamwork.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.