Shadowing Practice: Business Partner B2 Unit 1.1.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Different businesses have different styles.
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We talk about the culture of a company,
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and this might mean its dress code or the way in which its staff communicate with their managers.
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Gravity Payments is a credit card processing company based in Seattle.
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It organizes the authorizations of fund transfers for credit card transactions.
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Its clients are retailers who accept card payments for purchases,
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and it aims to cut the cost of processing card payments.
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Gravity Payments, this is Corinne.
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Gravity Payments has grown quickly,
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from a small startup to a profitable mid-size operation.
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Company culture changed for the hundred employees of Gravity Payments when their boss,
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Dan Price, announced the company's minimum salary would go up to $70,000 a year.
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Effective immediately, we're going to put a scaled policy into place
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and we're going to have a minimum $70,000 pay rate for everyone that works here.
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And he cut his own salary from $1 million a year to $70,000.
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Curious if anyone has any questions.
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Let me see if I can find that for you.
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Corrine Ward in customer support used to have a long commute.
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Now she can afford to live close enough to walk to work.
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I'm able to afford, you know,
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the cost of living in Seattle, which is incredible.
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Gravity Payments, this is Alyssa.
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Alyssa O'Neill used to make $21,000 a year before coming to Gravity Payments.
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Now she makes almost $60,000 a year as a customer support representative.
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She's paid off her car loan,
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credit card debt, and moved into a better home.
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It's something I never could have imagined.
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Following the announcement, Dan Price was praised as America's best boss,
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and the company received a flood of job applications and new client inquiries.
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But there were negative effects as well.
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Gravity lost a few of its most senior staff.
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They felt their skills and experience were not recognized in the new more equal pay structure.
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Over time, however, Gravity reported a 75% increase in revenue and 67% increase in new clients.
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Harvard Business School researched the changes at Gravity Payments.
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Some of their success might be attributed to increased productivity on the part of the workers now who,
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you know, feel respected and understand that they're going to have a hard time finding another job that pays so well.
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But it also has generated a lot of publicity and that has been good in terms of pulling in business.
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Tom Osborne is a client of Gravity Payments.
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To me, if they're running their business in a way that their staff feel better about being part of the company,
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work harder with their customers,
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to me as a vendor, that's a good thing.
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And another good thing seems to be happening at Gravity's headquarters.
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The staff are up to something.
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We had tried to think of a way that we could thank Dan for what he's done for us.
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Customer support representative Alyssa O'Neill got the ball rolling.
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We have one more gift for you.
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All right.
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It's outside, though.
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Alyssa convinced the other employees to contribute hundreds of dollars each.
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They bought Dan a Tesla car worth $90,000.
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Are you kidding me?
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No. It happened.
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It was like it was meant to be.
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Oh my gosh!
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I'm really surprised by his reaction.
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Thank you.
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In the short term, Dan Price's strategy seems to have been a success,
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particularly in creating a new culture at Gravity Payments.
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And only time will tell if it's going to be a long-term success or whether other companies will take the same approach.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 59 frases y 587 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:38. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| salary sustantivo | /ˈsæləɹi/ | salario, sueldo |
| curious adjetivo | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | curioso, tener curiosidad |
| worker sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | trabajador, obrero |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
| headquarters sustantivo | /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ | cuartel general, cuarteles generales |
| contribute verbo | /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ | contribuir, aportar |
| flood sustantivo | /flʌd/ | inundación, avenida |
| announcement sustantivo | /əˈnaʊns.mənt/ | anuncio, anunciamiento |
| praise verbo | /pɹeɪz/ | alabar, elogiar |
| announce verbo | /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ | anunciar |
| convince verbo | /kənˈvɪns/ | convencer, llevar al huerto |
| inquiry sustantivo | /ɪnˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹi/ | indagatoria, pesquisa |
| generate verbo | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ | generar |
| transaction sustantivo | /tɹænˈzækʃən/ | transacción |
| productivity sustantivo | /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ | productividad |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| pay off verbo | valer la pena, salir a cuenta |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto | used to have · used to make |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was praised · were not recognized · might be attributed |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has grown · has generated |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, they're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, authorization /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: inquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹi/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, publicity /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/, authorization /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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 salary, curious, worker.
¿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.