Shadowing Practice: Two Is the Wrong Number of Days Off - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The way the work week works is the worst.
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Waking up on Monday, you've got five days in a row of work or school.
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It's too much, for but by Wednesday, withered is your soul, with two more days, nay, three more days until the weekend.
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But, alas, the weekend is also broken.
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Two is the wrong number of days off, because the first day off is just a collapse from the overly long work week,
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and the second day off is tainted by the looming Monday.
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The traditional weekend is, at best, 50% efficient.
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It takes three days off just to feel like two days off, and two days off feels like one day off.
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But here is where it gets interesting, because one day off isn't non-day off.
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A day off never goes unappreciated.
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Which brings me to a new schedule for new living.
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Weekend Wednesday.
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Take the last three work days, slide them over one slot, and bring the spare weekend day forward to Wednesday.
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Now, when you wake up on Monday, There's only two days to go until weekend Wednesday, then just three more days till Sunday.
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I've been working on this schedule and boy do I love it.
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Here are the advantages.
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Productivity goes down without breaks.
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That's true on the scale of a day to the scale of a year or a life, and it's certainly true on the scale of a week.
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Well-timed breaks equals a more effective you.
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A two-day push followed by a break, then a three-day push and rest feels amazing on both cycles.
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The days off are more relaxing and the days on more concentrated.
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If you're self-employed with control over your schedule or a student able to pick classes to keep days clear, I strongly suggest you give it a try.
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And if you're an employer your employee is enthusiastically sharing this video with, It's worth considering if everyone is on board.
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Now, of course, Weekend Wednesday won't work for the whole world, and that's fine.
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Better even, because that creates an off-cycle advantage for those of us who are on it.
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Having a free day when everyone else is working makes so many things easier and faster and crowdless.
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As for the Saturday, you now have time to wrap up the work week without interruptions from the rest of the world, leaving Sunday as a true day of rest.
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So that's the glory of Weekend Wednesday.
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More frequent days off that feel 100%, more concentrated and shorter work sprints with a bonus off-cycle advantage.
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If those sound intriguing, why not give it a try and see if Weekend Wednesday works for you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Two Is the Wrong Number of Days Off”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: weekend, Wednesday, cycle, schedule, advantage. This video has 30 sentences and 450 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:26. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
concentrate verb/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
crowdless adjectiveWithout a crowd.
enthusiastically adverbIn an enthusiastic manner.
interruption noun/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
intrigue noun/ˈɪntɹiːɡ/A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
unappreciated adjectiveNot deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated.
wither verb/ˈwɪðɚ/To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
alas/əˈlæs/Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
overly adverbTo an excessive degree.
sprint noun/spɹɪnt/A short race at top speed.
employ verb/ɪmˈplɔɪ/To retain (someone) as an employee.
slot noun/slɑt/A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
productivity noun/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
collapse verb/kəˈlæps/To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
wrap verb/ɹæp/To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go down verbTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
wrap up verbTo cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I've, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: interruption /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/

How to practise with this video

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

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