शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Learn English With Podcasts | Real-Life Listening Practice at Native Speed! - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें
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This is Max and Mia podcast.
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Hello, everyone.
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Welcome back to another episode of Max and Mia podcast.
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I'm Max.
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And I'm Mia.
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Really glad you're here with us today.
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So, Mia, honest question.
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How's your week been?
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And I mean, actually, not just, yeah, it was fine.
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Okay.
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Honestly, it started rough.
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I had one of those Mondays where everything takes twice as long as it should, and by Tuesday, I was already done with the week mentally.
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I feel that?
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Mine was kind of the opposite, though.
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Started slow and then Thursday just hit like a wall.
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Back -to -back stuff all day.
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Ugh, the Thursday wall.
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That's a real thing.
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It absolutely is.
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Okay, so I've got a question for you all listening right now.
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and be honest with yourselves here.
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When something goes wrong during the week, Do you tend to just push through it?
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Or do you actually stop and deal with it?
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Because we were talking about this before the episode, and it's kind of surprising how different people handle that.
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Right.
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There's no wrong answer.
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Just something to think about.
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Alright, so it's Friday, which means we do things a little differently around here.
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Every Friday we take things up a notch.
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This episode is aimed at B1 and B2 levels.
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So if you're intermediate and you've been feeling like you're almost ready to push into advanced territory, this one's for you.
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And if you're still building up from a more basic level, don't go anywhere.
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Think of this as a challenge.
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A good one the best kind.
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Today we're diving into something that comes up constantly in real conversations.
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And yet, most learners never feel fully comfortable with it.
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Stay with us.
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So here's what we've got for you today: Three scenarios.
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Three real -life conversations.
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And the thing these three have in common is that none of them happen when you're relaxed and comfortable.
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They happen when you're under pressure, when something's at stake.
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and when the wrong words can actually cost you.
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That's what makes them so important to practice.
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It's not just about knowing English, it's about knowing exactly what to say in the moment.
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We're starting with something a lot of people dread.
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Picture this: You need to cancel your gym membership.
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You've got a valid reason: You're moving, or you're leaving the country for a while.
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You give them a month's notice.
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Totally reasonable, right?
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And then the person at the front desk tells you it's impossible.
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Classic.
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So in this first conversation, we're going to hear how Allison handles that.
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Watch how she pushes back without ever being rude or dismissive.
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The words she chooses, the arguments she makes, That's what we want you to pay attention to.
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Alright, let's get into it.
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Good morning.
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Welcome to FitZone.
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How can I help you?
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Hi, good morning.
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I'd like to cancel my membership, please.
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I'm relocating next month, so I wanted to give you as much notice as possible.
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Oh, I see.
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Um, cancellations are actually pretty complicated with our system.
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There's usually a six month minimum commitment and I'd have to check where you are in your contract.
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Sure, I completely understand.
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I've actually already looked into that.
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I signed up seven months ago, so I'm past the minimum.
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And I believe the contract includes a relocation clause.
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A force majeure relocation clause, to be specific.
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That should cover situations like mine.
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"I'm not really familiar with that clause.
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I don't think we process cancellations that way here." You'd probably need to send an email to our head office, and they usually take a few weeks to get back to people.
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I appreciate you mentioning that, but I'd really prefer to handle this in person today, if possible.
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The clause is in the original membership agreement, Section 4, I believe.
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It states
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that members who are required to relocate more than 50 miles
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from the nearest branch are entitled to cancel without a penalty fee.
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Look, even if that's the case, I don't have the authority to process that kind of cancellation.
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My manager is not in until Thursday.
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I understand you might need your manager's approval, and that's completely fine.
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What I'd like to do today is submit a formal written cancellation request, with today's date on it, so that the notice period starts from now.
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Could you help me with that?
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We don't really have a form for that.
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That's okay.
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I can write it by hand or even send an email right now
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while I'm here and you can confirm you've received it.
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I just want to make sure there's a record of when I submitted this.
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I'm giving you more than 30 days of notice, which is what the contract requires.
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"Hmm, let me pull up your account.
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What's the name?" Allison Carter.
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And just so you know, I'm not trying to make this difficult.
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I've genuinely enjoyed being a member here.
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I just need this sorted before I leave.
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Okay...
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"Yeah, I can see your account." You've been here since March last year.
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I'm gonna flag this for my manager and have her call you tomorrow morning.
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Is that alright?
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That works for me.
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Could I get something in writing confirming that this request has been logged today?
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Even just an email to the address on file?
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Yeah, I can do that.
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Perfect.
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I really appreciate your help.
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Thank you.
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"No problem.
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Sorry for the back and forth." Don't worry about it.
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Have a good day.
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OK, that was a good one.
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Right?
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And what I love is that she never raised her voice.
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Not once but she was completely firm the whole way through.
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Let's break it down a little, because there's a lot to unpack there first thing.
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Did you notice how Allison came prepared?
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She didn't walk in and just say, "I want to cancel." She knew the clause,
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she knew the section, she even knew how long she'd been a member.
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That's huge.
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Because the moment you walk in with specific information, the dynamic changes.
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The employee can't just brush you off with That's not how it works here.
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You've already done the work.
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The other thing I want to highlight is the phrase "formal written cancellation request." That's a key move!
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She wasn't asking permission, she was creating a paper trail, and she made sure the employee understood that.
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And when the employee said they didn't have a form for it, She didn't back down.
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She said, "That's okay.
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I can write it by hand." She found a way around every obstacle without turning it into a confrontation.
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The tone stays professional the whole time.
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She even says, "I've genuinely enjoyed being a member here." That's not weakness, that's smart.
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It keeps the conversation human.
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Exactly.
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She's not the enemy.
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She just knows her rights, and she's not leaving without getting somewhere.
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Alright, hold onto that approach, because our next scenario is going to need it.
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Ok, picture this: you've just landed after a three -hour delay.
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Your connecting flight left 40 minutes ago.
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You're stuck in an airport you didn't plan to be in.
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Your luggage is somewhere no one can explain, and the airline's telling you there's nothing they can do.
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In the next conversation, we're going to hear how Peter handles that situation at the airline desk.
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Watch how he pushes for real compensation.
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Not a voucher, not an apology.
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and how he responds when the airline tries to walk away from responsibility.
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Let's see how Peter does it.
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Next in line, please.
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Hi there, how can I help you?
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Hi.
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I need to speak with someone about a missed connection.
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I was on flight DL -408 from Atlanta.
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It arrived almost three hours late, and I missed my connecting flight to Toronto.
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It left 40 minutes before I even got off the plane.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Let me pull up your booking.
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Can I get your last name?
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Morrison.
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Peter Morrison.
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Unfortunately, weather disruptions are considered outside the airline's control, so in this case we wouldn't be able to offer compensation.
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What I can do is rebook you on the next available flight to Toronto.
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I appreciate that, but I'd like to address the weather point first.
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I've actually checked the FAA delay logs from this morning,
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and the delay on DL -408 was logged as an operational issue—a late aircraft arriving from the previous leg.
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That's not a weather disruption.
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That falls under the airline's responsibility.
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I'd have to verify that. Of course.
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And while you do that, I want to make sure we're on the same page about what I'm entitled to.
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Under DOT regulations, when a significant delay is caused by the airline and results in a missed connection,
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passengers are owed a full rebooking at no charge on the next available flight, including on partner airlines if necessary,
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and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred during the wait.
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We can definitely rebook you, but reimbursements are handled through a separate claims process.
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I can give you a form to fill out.
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I'd like to do both, the rebooking now and the claim form before I leave this desk.
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But I also want to flag that I've been waiting here for over an hour, and I haven't eaten since this morning.
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Is there a meal voucher I can get in the meantime?
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I...Meal vouchers are usually only issued for delays over four hours.
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My total wait time between the delayed arrival and the next available flight is going to be well over four hours.
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I landed at noon, and if the next flight isn't until this evening, that's six hours.
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So I think that does qualify.
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All right.
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Let me get a supervisor to authorize that.
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That'd be great.
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Thank you.
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And one more thing.
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I checked in a bag this morning.
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Do you know where it is right now?
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Because if it went on the Toronto flight without me, I need to know how it's going to be returned.
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"Uh, your bag is actually still here.
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It didn't make the connection either." Okay, good.
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So it'll travel with me on the rebooked flight?
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It should, yes.
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Let me make sure that's flagged on your new booking.
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I'd really appreciate that.
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Look, I understand this is a tough situation for everyone, and I'm not here to make your day harder.
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I just need to get to Toronto, get my bag, and be taken care of while I wait.
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That's all I'm asking.
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All right, let me get my supervisor over here and we'll get this sorted for you.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate it.
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Okay, Peter.
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Where do I even start?
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The FAA delay logs.
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That's where you start.
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Because that was the move that changed everything in that conversation.
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Right.
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The agent came in with the classic weather disruption line.
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Which, by the way, is the airline's go -to excuse because it completely removes their liability.
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And Peter had already done the research to counter it.
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And here's the thing: most people don't do that.
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Most people hear weather disruption and just… accept it.
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Because it sounds official, and when you're exhausted and stranded in an airport, you don't have the energy to push back.
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I've been there.
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Years ago, I missed a connection in Frankfurt, and the agent told me the same thing.
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Weather, nothing we can do, here's a hotel voucher for the night, and I just took it.
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I didn't ask questions, I didn't check anything.
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I was tired, I was frustrated, and I didn't know I had options.
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Exactly.
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And that's exactly why we're doing this episode.
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Because the language barrier isn't just about vocabulary.
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It's about confidence.
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It's about knowing what to say when someone in a position of authority tells you something that may not be true.
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So here's a question for you listening.
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Think about the last time something went wrong in a situation like this.
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A delayed flight?
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A bad hotel room?
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A service that didn't deliver what it promised?
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Did you speak up?
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Or did you let it go?
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Because there's no shame in letting it go.
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Sometimes it's just not worth it.
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But there's a difference between choosing to let it go and feeling like you have no choice.
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That's the difference we want to close.
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Now, back to Peter.
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The other thing I want to highlight is how he layered his requests.
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He didn't dump everything on the agent at once.
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He tackled the delay classification first, then the rebooking, then the meal voucher, then the bag.
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One thing at a time.
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That's a really underrated technique.
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When you throw five problems at someone simultaneously, they get overwhelmed and start shutting down.
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By keeping it sequential, Peter stayed in control of the conversation the whole time.
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And then there's the phrase, "I'm not here to make your day harder." That's not small talk.
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That's a deliberate move.
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It shifts the dynamic completely.
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Suddenly the agent isn't defending the airline.
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They're just trying to help a reasonable person get home.
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We saw the same thing with Allison, and we're going to see it again in the next one.
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So keep that in mind, being firm on the facts and flexible on the tone.
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Those two things together are incredibly powerful.
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Alright, two down, one to go.
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OK, last one.
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And this one hits a little differently because it's not a big corporation you're dealing with.
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It's a person, someone who has a face.
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who you're standing in front of, inside an apartment you already paid for.
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You've just arrived after a long journey, You opened the door and it's not what you booked.
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The place is dirty, the wifi is down and the photos on the listing?
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Let's just say they were very creative.
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And when you bring it up, the host looks you in the eye and says everything is perfectly fine.
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In this last conversation, we'll hear how Sarah navigates that.
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She's polite, she's direct, and she knows exactly what leverage she has.
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Pay attention to how she documents the problem in real time and what she says when the host refuses to cooperate.
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This one's tricky.
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Let's listen.
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Ah, you must be Sarah.
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Welcome, welcome.
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Here are your keys.
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Thanks.
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Actually, can I ask you about a few things before you go? Of course.
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What is it?
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So the listing showed a fully cleaned apartment with high speed Wi -Fi.
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I'm looking around right now and the kitchen counter has dishes in the sink.
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There's dust on most of the surfaces and the bathroom.
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I'd rather not get into that.
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And I've tried connecting to the Wi -Fi three times.
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It's not working.
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Oh, that's all normal.
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The previous guests just left this morning, so there's a little bit of settling in to do.
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And the Wi -Fi, sometimes you just need to restart your phone.
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I've restarted my phone and I've tried my laptop.
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The network isn't showing up at all.
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I'm actually going to take a few photos of the current state of the apartment, just so we have a record of what it looks like on arrival.
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I hope that's okay.
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There's really no need for that.
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Everything is in perfectly fine condition.
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I understand you feel that way, and I'm not trying to be difficult.
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But the listing specifically states professionally cleaned between every stay and high -speed Wi -Fi included.
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Right now, neither of those is accurate.
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I'd like to find a solution together before I contact Airbnb support.
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Look, I can send someone to clean tomorrow morning.
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That's the best I can do.
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Tomorrow morning doesn't really work for me.
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I just got in after a 12 -hour trip and I was expecting to walk into a clean space.
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That's what I paid for.
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Is there anything I can do today?
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I can come by later and take a look at the Wi -Fi myself.
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That would help, yes, but I also want to address the cleanliness because I'm not comfortable staying here in this condition.
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If it can't be resolved today, I'd like to discuss either a partial refund or a relocation to an equivalent listing.
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A refund?
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That's not something I do.
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You signed the booking terms.
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I did, and Airbnb's terms also protect guests when a listing doesn't match its description.
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I'd prefer to sort this out directly with you, but if we can't reach an agreement, I'll need to open a case through the platform.
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They do have a resolution process for exactly this kind of situation.
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Fine.
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I'll come by in an hour to fix the wifi, and I'll bring someone to clean.
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I really appreciate that.
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If everything gets sorted, there's no need to take this any further.
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I just want the stay I booked.
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I'll be there at 6.
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Thank you. That one was tense.
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It really was.
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And I think that's what makes it the hardest of the three.
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With the gym and the airline, you're dealing with a system, a company, a policy, a desk agent who's just doing their job.
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With the Airbnb host?
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It's personal.
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They own that place.
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They're standing right in front of you.
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And that changes the pressure completely.
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A lot of people would have just said, "Okay, fine, I'll manage," and spent the whole trip uncomfortable and resentful.
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Because confronting a real person face to face is genuinely harder.
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So, what did Sarah do well?
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First thing.
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She documented immediately.
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The moment she felt something was off, she took out her phone.
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She didn't wait.
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She didn't ask permission.
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She just said, I'm going to take some photos, I hope that's okay.
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And that single move shifted the whole dynamic.
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Because documentation is leverage.
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It's not a threat.
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It's a fact.
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And the host knew that once those photos existed, the "everything is fine" argument was a lot harder to hold onto.
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The other move I loved, I'd like to find a solution together before I contact Airbnb support.
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She didn't lead with the threat.
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She offered collaboration first, but she made it very clear that the threat was there if needed.
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That's negotiation 101, honestly.
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You don't open with your strongest card.
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You give the other person a chance to do the right thing, and only if they don't, you escalate.
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and she stayed incredibly calm the whole way through.
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Even when the host got a bit defensive, she didn't match that energy.
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She just kept restating the facts.
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Here's something to think about.
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Of the three conversations today, which one would you find hardest to handle in real life?
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the gym, the airport, or the Airbnb.
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Because for a lot of people it's this one.
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And if that's you, that's worth knowing about yourself.
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It really is.
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All right, that's a wrap on today's episode.
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Three conversations, three very different situations, but the same core approach running through all of them.
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Come prepared, stay calm, know your rights, and never forget that being firm and being respectful aren't opposites.
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If you want to practice any of these conversations yourself,
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we actually recommend pausing the episode and trying to recreate the dialogue from memory.
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It sounds simple, but it's one of the most effective ways to make this kind of language stick.
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And if you've got a situation of your own, something that happened to you, A conversation you didn't feel ready for.
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Send it our way.
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We read everything.
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We'll be back next week.
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Take care of yourselves.
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See you then.
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To keep taking your English to the next level, click on the next video or explore the others we've made for you.
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शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?
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