Shadowing Practice: 我剛抱怨完工作，一轉身才發現老闆全都聽見了｜Real Life Office English - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It happened on a Tuesday afternoon, and the worst part was that I wasn't even having a terrible day.

I was just tired.

The week had been busy.

Our team was preparing a presentation for a client, and the deadline kept getting closer.

Every morning, something changed.

A new slide, a new number, a new request, a new small update that somehow took two hours.

By Tuesday afternoon, I had already changed the same presentation three times.

At around three o'clock, my co-worker Jason walked over to my desk.

He looked at my screen and said, still working on that.

I leaned back in my chair.

Unfortunately.

Jason laughed.

I thought we were done yesterday. So did I.

He pointed at the screen.

What changed this time?

I sighed.

The whole first section.

Again.

Jason shook his head.

That's rough.

Normally I would have just smiled and gone back to work, but I was tired, and Jason was someone I felt comfortable around.

So I said something I probably should not have said, Honestly, I don't think anyone knows what they want anymore.

Jason smiled.

I kept going.

That's the problem.

We change one thing, then someone changes it back.

Then we have a meaning about why it changed.

And after the meeting, we change it again.

Jason laughed.

And because he laughed, I got a little more confident.

That was my mistake.

I said, At this point, I think we're just moving things around so everyone can look busy.

Jason's face changed.

Not dramatically.

Just slightly.

His eyes moved past me.

Then he stopped smiling.

I noticed, what?

He didn't answer.

He looked behind me again.

And suddenly I knew.

I turned around.

My boss, David, was standing about six feet behind me, holding a coffee.

He had definitely heard me.

I don't know how long he had been standing there.

Maybe five seconds.

Maybe thirty.

It felt like three hours.

David looked at me.

I looked at David.

Jason suddenly became extremely interested in his laptop.

David took a small sip of coffee.

Then he said, sounds like you've had an interesting afternoon.

I wanted the floor to open.

I wanted the ceiling to fall.

I wanted the fire alarm to go off.

Anything.

Instead, I said, yeah, that was all I could think of.

Yeah.

David nodded once.

Then he said, carry on.

Then he walked away.

I stared at my screen.

Jason waited about two seconds.

Then he whispered, Wow.

I turned to him.

Do not say anything.

I wasn't going to.

You were absolutely going to.

He tried not to laugh.

I'm sorry.

This is not funny.

It's a little funny.

I looked toward David's office.

His door was closed.

My stomach dropped.

What do you think he heard?

Jason said, probably enough.

Enough for what?

I don't know.

Enough to fire me.

Jason gave me a look.

No one is firing you because you complained about PowerPoint.

It wasn't about PowerPoint.

You know what I mean.

I lowered my voice.

I basically said management has no idea what it's doing.

You didn't say management.

I said no one knows what they want.

That could mean anyone.

I also said we're moving things around to look busy.

Jason paused.

Okay.

Exactly.

That part was not ideal.

For the next 20 minutes I got almost nothing done.

I kept replaying the conversation in my head.

Maybe David hadn't heard everything.

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Maybe he had only heard the last sentence.

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Actually, that was worse.

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Maybe I should go to his office and explain.

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No, that might make it bigger.

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Maybe I should send him a message.

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What would I even say?

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Hi David, just wanted to clarify the insulting comment you overheard five minutes ago.

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Absolutely not.

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At 3.27, a message appeared on my screen from David.

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Do you have five minutes?

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My heart stopped.

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Everyone knows that five minutes is never five minutes.

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I stared at the message.

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Then I typed, sure.

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I deleted it.

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It sounded too relaxed.

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I typed, yes, of course.

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That sounded guilty.

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Finally, I wrote, yep, I can come by now.

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I walked toward his office.

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Jason looked at me.

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I pointed at him.

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If I don't come back, delete my browser history.

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He laughed.

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I did not.

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I knocked on David's door.

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He looked up.

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Come in.

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I sat down.

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He closed his laptop.

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That made me even more nervous.

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Then he said, so?

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I waited.

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He waited.

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I hate when people do that.

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Finally, I said, I'm guessing this is about what you heard.

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David nodded.

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Partly.

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I took a breath.

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I'm sorry.

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He didn't say anything.

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So I kept going.

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I said was unprofessional.

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I was frustrated, but I shouldn't have said it like that, and I definitely shouldn't have said it in the middle of the office." David leaned back in his chair.

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Okay.

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That okay gave me nothing.

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I added, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful.

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I know everyone is under pressure right now.

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He looked at me for a moment, then he asked, Do you believe what you said?

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That was not the question I expected.

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I thought he would tell me to be more careful.

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I thought he would remind me about professionalism.

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Instead, he was asking if I meant it.

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I said, some of it.

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David raised his eyebrows slightly. Which part?

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Now I had a choice.

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I could apologize again and get out of there.

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Or I could actually answer.

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I looked down at my hands.

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Then I said, I do think we're changing direction too often.

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David stayed quiet.

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So I continued.

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For example, yesterday we changed the opening because the client wanted more context.

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This morning we shortened it because we were told there was too much context.

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And this afternoon we added some of it back.

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David nodded slowly.

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I said, I understand that priorities change.

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That's normal, but sometimes we make changes without knowing which request is actually the priority.

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And then the team ends up redoing work.

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David asked, how much time do you think we're losing?

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I hadn't expected that question either.

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I don't know exactly.

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A few hours?

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More than that?

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I thought about it.

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Probably more.

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He nodded again.

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Then he asked, why didn't you bring this up earlier?

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That question made me uncomfortable.

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Because I knew the answer.

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I said, I didn't want to sound difficult.

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David almost smiled.

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So you complained to Jason instead?

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I closed my eyes for half a second.

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Apparently, yes.

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That made him laugh.

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Just a little.

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And suddenly I could breathe again.

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I said, I know that sounds terrible.

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It sounds human.

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Then his expression became serious again.

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But there's a difference between being frustrated and being disrespectful.

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I know.

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If you think a process is wasting time, tell me.

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Don't wait until you're angry enough to say something you don't really mean.

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I nodded.

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That's fair.

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Then David said something I definitely didn't expect.

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For what it's worth, I agree with you.

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I looked at him.

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You do?

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Yes.

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He turned his laptop slightly toward me.

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There were several versions of the presentation open.

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I've been getting different instructions too.

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Some changes are coming from the client.

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Some are coming from our side, and some are probably unnecessary." I stared at the scream.

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For the first time all afternoon, I realized something.

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I had assumed every confusing decision came directly from David, but apparently he was also dealing with changing instructions.

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He said, "'That doesn't mean we can ignore requests, of course, but we can do a better job of clarifying what is actually final.' I nodded.

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Then I said, "'Can I ask something?' "'Sure,' when we get two different requests.

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Could we confirm which one takes priority before we start changing everything?" David said, yes.

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And if something isn't urgent, could we maybe finish the current version first?

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Yes.

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I hesitated.

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And maybe stuck calling every request a quick change?

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David laughed.

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I can't promise that.

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Fair enough.

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Then he said, how about this?

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Before you make another major change today, send me the list of open requests.

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I'll tell you which ones actually need to be done for tomorrow.

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That would help a lot.

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And going forward, if the team is getting conflicting direction, flag it.

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You don't have to solve it yourself." I nodded.

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Got it.

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I stood up.

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Then I stopped.

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There's one more thing.

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David looked at me.

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I really am sorry about what you heard.

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He nodded.

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I appreciate that.

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Then he said, and Emily me.

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Yes, next time you want to complain about management, I froze, he continued.

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At least check who's standing behind you.

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I stared at him.

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Then he smiled.

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I laughed, noted.

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When I walked back to my desk, Jason immediately looked at me.

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Well?

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I sat down.

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I still have a job.

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I told you.

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And apparently David agrees that the process is messy.

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Jason looked surprised.

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Seriously?

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Yeah.

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Then he said, so technically you were right.

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I pointed at him.

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No, this is not the lesson.

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What is the lesson?

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The lesson is that if you have a problem, talk to the person who can actually fix it.

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Jason nodded.

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That sounds mature.

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And check behind you before complaining.

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That sounds more useful.

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I laughed.

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Then I opened the presentation again.

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A few minutes later, David sent me a message.

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Only update slides 3, 6, and 9 today.

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That was it.

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Three slides, not 12.

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I almost wanted to frame the message.

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At 4.30, I finished the changes.

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For the first time that week, I closed the file without wondering if someone would ask me to redo the whole thing.

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That afternoon taught me something I still think about.

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Complaining feels easier than speaking up.

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When we complain to a co-worker, there is very little risk.

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They understand us.

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They agree with us.

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We feel better for a few minutes, but nothing changes.

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Speaking directly to the person involved is harder.

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You have to explain the problem clearly.

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You have to stay calm.

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And you have to be ready for the possibility that you don't know the whole story.

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That was exactly what happened to me.

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I thought David was creating all the confusion.

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He wasn't.

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He was dealing with it too.

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I still think I was right that the process needed to improve, but I could have handled it much better.

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Instead of saying no one knows what they want anymore i

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could have said i'm getting a few conflicting requests can we clarify

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which one takes priority instead of saying we're just moving things

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around to look busy i could have said i'm worried we're

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redoing the same work is there a way we can confirm changes before we start same problem very different conversation

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and much lower chance of turning around

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and finding your boss holding a coffee behind you

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “我剛抱怨完工作，一轉身才發現老闆全都聽見了｜Real Life Office English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: David, Jason, looked, nodded, laughed. This video has 290 sentences and 1862 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:56. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
nod verb	/nɑd/	To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
stare verb	/stɛɚ/	To look fixedly (at something).
redo verb	/ɹiˈduː/	To do again.
clarify verb	/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/	To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
frustrate verb	/ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/	To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
disrespectful adjective	/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/	Lacking respect.
lean verb	/ˈliːn/	To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
instruction noun	/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/	The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
eyebrow noun	/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/	The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
overhear verb	/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/	To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
professionalism noun	/pɹəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm/	The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and…
shorten verb	/ˈʃɔɹtn̩/	To make shorter; to abbreviate.
unprofessional adjective		Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.
fluent adjective	/ˈfluənt/	That flows; flowing, liquid.
confuse verb	/kənˈfjuːz/	to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
sit down verb	To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
turn around verb	To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
come back verb	To return to a place.
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
go off verb	To explode.
going forward adverb	In the immediate future and beyond.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

What do you think he heard?
What would I even say?
Do you have five minutes?
David asked, how much time do you think we're losing?
Then he asked, why didn't you bring this up earlier?

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנה	בסרטון
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה	was closed · was frustrated · were told
עבר ממושך (Past continuous) was/were + -ing — פעולה שהייתה בתהליך בזמן מסוים בעבר	wasn't even having · was preparing · was standing
פועל + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — פעלים שמתחברים ל-ing אחריהם	kept getting · stopped smiling · kept replaying
עצה עם “should” should + verb — לומר מה כדאי או מומלץ לעשות	should not have · should go · should send

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 43 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, professionalism /pɹəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/
Long words — get the stress right: disrespectful /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/, professionalism /pɹəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like nod, stare, redo.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?