Shadowing Practice: 老闆明明寫著「No rush」，星期一卻問我怎麼還沒處理｜Real Life Office English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The email arrived at 4 .45pm on a Friday.
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I was already packing my bag.
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My laptop was still open, but mentally, I was already halfway into the weekend.
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I was thinking about dinner, a hot shower, maybe a movie, and most importantly, not thinking about work for two days.
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Then a new email popped up.
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The subject line said, quick question
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when you have a second i looked at the clock four four forty five i almost left it for monday
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but then i thought it says quick question
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so i opened it it was not a quick question it
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was three full paragraphs about a project we have been working
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on sarah had questions about the timeline she wanted me to double check a few numbers
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and she wanted me to review three slides i scrolled down
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near the end she wrote i'm hoping to include your notes in monday's update Then, on the last line, she added, No rush whenever you get a chance.
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I immediately relaxed.
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No rush.
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Those were the words my brain decided to remember.
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The project itself was not due for weeks.
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Monday was only a couple of days away, so I thought, perfect, I'll look at it Monday morning.
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Then I hesitated.
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Maybe I should reply before I left.
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I clicked reply.
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I typed, sure, I'll take a look tonight.
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Then I stared at the sentence, did I really want to promise
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that I deleted it then I typed I'll check this on Monday
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that sounded a little too cold I deleted
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that too I sat there for another few seconds looking at
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the empty reply box then I thought she said no rush
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so I closed the reply I closed my laptop put in my bag
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and left the office for once I felt like I had
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protected my weekend Monday morning I came in feeling rested coffee
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in one hand bag in the other i sat down
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and opened my laptop i had barely started checking my inbox
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when i saw sarah walking toward my desk she smiled morning
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morning i said then she asked did you get a chance to look at
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that email from friday i froze for half a second oh
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not yet i said i saw the no rush part
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so i was going to look at it this morning sarah paused she did not look angry.
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That somehow made it worse.
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She gave me a small smile.
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Right?
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Then she said.
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If you could jump on it soon, that would be great.
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I'm hoping to send the update before lunch.
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Of course, I said.
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No problem.
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She walked away.
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I stared at my screen.
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Then I opened Friday's email again.
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I read the last line.
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No rush.
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Whenever you get a chance.
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It still sounded relaxed.
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Then I looked one line above it.
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I'm hoping to include your notes in Monday's update.
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I stared at that sentence.
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Oh, that sentence had been there the whole time.
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I had read it on Friday, but the moment I saw no rush, everything above it had disappeared from my brain.
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I leaned back in my chair.
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Had Sarah expected me to answer on Friday?
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Was I supposed to work over the weekend?
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Did no rush secretly mean please do this as soon as possible?
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Or had I dismissed something obvious.
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The more I thought about it, the more confused I got.
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I understood every word in the email.
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That was not the problem.
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The problem was that I had understood the words but not the expectation behind them.
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Later that afternoon, I took my coffee over to Maya's desk.
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She looked up.
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You look worried.
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I think I failed another office English test.
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She laughed.
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What happened?
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I told her about the Friday email.
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I told her I had typed two different replies
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and deleted both of them then i said she literally wrote
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no rush maya smiled yeah i waited that's all you're going
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to say what do you want me to say i want
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you to tell me what i was supposed to do maya
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thought for a second first stop treating no rush like it's a deadline it isn't no it's tone
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that made me stop what do you mean it usually means this isn't an emergency I'm not trying to pressure you, she pointed at my screen,
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but that doesn't tell you when they actually need it.
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I looked at Sarah's email again.
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So the important part was the Monday update.
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Exactly.
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I groaned.
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I saw that line.
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I know.
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I just didn't know what to do with it.
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Maya nodded.
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That's the real problem.
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Not the phrase.
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Not really.
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Then what?
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You didn't confirm the timeline.
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I looked at her.
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So what would you have replied?
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probably something simple.
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She said, got it.
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I can review this first thing Monday morning and send you my notes by 10.
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Does that work for your update?
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I stared at her.
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That's it?
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That's it?
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So I don't have to guess whether she wants it Friday night or Monday morning?
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No. I just tell her what I can realistically do.
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Exactly.
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And if that timing doesn't work, then she tells you.
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That sounded almost too simple.
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I had spent the whole weekend trying to decode a phrase, but maybe I did not need to decode anything.
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maybe i just needed to be clear then i asked what about
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when you get a chance same idea it sounds less urgent
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sometimes it is i gave her a look she laughed you
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really want every polite phrase to come with an exact number of hours don't you yes
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that is not how humans work i laughed then maya said there's one question
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that solves most of this what when do you need this by i repeated it When do you need this by?
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Simple, right?
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Very.
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And if you already know when you can do it, give them a time.
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I looked down at my coffee.
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That was the part I had been missing.
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I had been trying to understand every hidden meaning perfectly.
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But maybe professional communication was not about reading minds.
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Maybe it was about making expectations clear.
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A week later, I got another chance.
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Thursday afternoon, a client sent me an email.
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The first line said, when you have a second, could you review the latest version of the deck?
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Then at the bottom it said, no rush.
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I stared at those two words.
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A week earlier, I would have relaxed immediately.
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No rush.
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Great.
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I'll do it whenever.
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This time I stopped.
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I checked my calendar.
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I already had another task I needed to finish that afternoon.
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If I rushed through the deck, I would probably miss something, but I had time the next morning.
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So I replied, got it.
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I'm finishing another task this afternoon, but I can review the deck tomorrow morning and send you feedback by 11am.
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Does that timeline work for you?
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Then I went back to work.
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Five minutes later, a reply came in.
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Perfect, thanks.
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I smiled.
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That was it.
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No guessing.
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No wondering whether no rush secretly meant now.
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No checking my email at night because I was afraid I had misunderstood something.
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No awkward Monday morning conversation.
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Just a clear timeline.
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And that was when something finally clicked for me the hardest part of office English is not always the vocabulary.
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Sometimes you understand every word and still do not know what the other person expects
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because real workplace communication also depends on tone, timing, context, and what is happening around the sentence.
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No rush does not always mean do this immediately, but it also does not automatically mean do this whenever you feel like it.
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And when you get a chance does not give you a deadline.
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It just makes the request sound softer.
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So now when I see phrases like that, I do not try to read someone's mind.
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I look at the context.
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And if I am still not sure, I ask, when do you need this by?
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Or I give them my own realistic timeline.
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I can get this to you tomorrow morning.
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Does that work?
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That is usually enough.
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I used to think professional English meant understanding every hidden meaning.
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Now I think it means something much simpler.
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Don't guess.
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Clarify and make sure both people know what happens next.
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If you have ever sat in front of a late Friday email wondering whether you should answer now or wait until Monday, you are definitely not the only one.
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That is the kind of English we are going to keep learning here.
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The English people actually use at work.
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See you in the next episode.
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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה
שיעור הדיבור הזה ברמה B2 מבוסס על הסרטון “老闆明明寫著「No rush」，星期一卻問我怎麼還沒處理｜Real Life Office English”. המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: rush, email, monday, friday, looked. בסרטון הזה יש 170 משפטים ו-1462 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 8:05. הדובר מדבר מהר, כ-181 מילים בדקה, אז צפו לצלילים מחוברים ומקוצרים. רק 81% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית, כך שאוצר המילים מאתגר.
אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה
15 המילים המתקדמות ביותר בסרטון, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:
| מילה | הגייה | משמעות |
|---|---|---|
| stare פועל | /stɛɚ/ | בָּהָה |
| nod פועל | /nɑd/ | הרכין |
| hesitate פועל | /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/ | היסס |
| vocabulary שם עצם | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | אוֹצַר מִלִּים |
| dismiss פועל | /dɪsˈmɪs/ | לפטר |
| clarify פועל | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/ | הבהיר |
| scroll שם עצם | /skɹoʊl/ | מגילה, מְגִלָּה |
| polite שם תואר | /pəˈlaɪt/ | מְנוּמָס |
| pause שם עצם | /pɔːz/ | אתנח |
| paragraph שם עצם | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | פִּיסְקָה \ פִּסְקָה |
| workplace שם עצם | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | מקום עבודה |
| disappear פועל | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | נֶעֱלַם |
| freeze פועל | /ˈfɹiːz/ | קָפָא |
| urgent שם תואר | /ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/ | דחוף |
| realistic שם תואר | /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | רֵיאָלִיסְטִי |
Phrasal verbs שתשמעו
| מילה | משמעות |
|---|---|
| sit down פועל | התיישב \ הִתְיַשֵּׁב |
משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם
משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:
- I typed, sure, I'll take a look tonight.
- I'm hoping to send the update before lunch.
- Was I supposed to work over the weekend?
- Does that work for your update?
- Does that timeline work for you?
הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה
הדובר משתמש ב-19 קיצורים וצורות מקוצרות, כמו I'm, I'll, don't. אמרו אותם בצורה הקצרה, כפי שאתם שומעים אותם.
- מילים ארוכות — שימו לב להטעמה: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:
- /w/ — שפתיים מעוגלות, לא /v/: workplace /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/
- /æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, clarify /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/
- /r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: secretly /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, clarify /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/, scroll /skɹoʊl/
איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה
- הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
- התחילו במהירות 0.75×, תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט, וחזרו למהירות רגילה כשזה מרגיש קל.
- הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו stare, nod, hesitate.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.