Pratica di Shadowing: 03.e Solve a Problem Commentary - Effortless Business English - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

okay welcome to the commentary for solve a problem just going to talk a little bit about this article

and about my experience with these ideas

so the article focuses on this idea of solving a problem

and more specifically the idea of becoming an expert at solving a specific kind of problem.

This idea of specific is important because sometimes, I think a lot of times,

people try to do too much in their job or with their business.

They try to do too much.

But we can't be good at everything.

And also, even if we are good at everything,

we can't communicate our special quality about everything let me tell you what i mean by that

it's really talking about marketing here marketing and advertising really

but it's it's true for a job too so this idea is

that you know people have a you know small ability to think about you

and or your business right so usually they think of one

or two qualities one or two adjectives one or two ideas strong ideas

about your business or about you okay more than that and people are confused they don't remember

so you need to be really remarkable you need to be really good at one or two things

you can be good at other things also it's okay

but you need to be super good at one or two things

and not just things when i say things i mean problems solving problems

so in this article i talk about my my example

that for me i'm really good at solving the problem of

speaking english well the problem is people cannot speak english well they can't speak fast

they can't understand fast right they know all these grammar rules

they studied in school you give them a grammar test they get a good score yay

if they have time they can read slowly

maybe even faster and they can use a dictionary if necessary so they can read they can understand reading.

But the problem is most people cannot speak well, most students, right?

That's the big problem.

That's the one that I see most of all.

Some people can speak great.

Okay, they don't need me, right?

So I decided this is the problem I want to solve.

This is the problem I will be an expert at solving.

It's also important to decide what you will not do.

In fact, that's just as important, right?

Sometimes people, we think, I will do this, but you also must say, what will you not do?

I decided I would not teach reading and writing.

Now, writing is a big problem also, right?

A lot of students need help writing it's a it's a problem it's a very big problem it's a common problem

but i decided you know it's too different than speaking it's a very different kind of problem

solving the speaking problem is very different uses different methods than solving the writing problem

and i decided okay i'm not going to try to do everything

because then i won't be a true expert at anything, right?

I'll be like every other English teacher.

Almost every English teacher, they try to do everything.

They try to teach reading.

They try to teach grammar.

They try to teach writing and speaking and listening, right?

They're trying to do everything, and in fact, they do nothing well.

Everything is just so -so.

Everything is, you know, not bad, Not good.

Just kind of medium, average, normal.

Being normal is a formula to fail in business.

If you're normal, if you are average, if you are good but not remarkable, you're invisible.

Nobody will talk about you, right?

Nobody will care about you.

You will not have excited customers.

You want the opposite of normal, right?

You want to be different, special.

Now, when you're special, sometimes there are problems.

Not everybody will like you.

So in this article, I talk about my bosses.

So my students loved me, most of my students, not all, but most.

They really loved my approach.

Why?

Because I was focusing on their number one problem.

I was focusing on this speaking problem, and that's what they wanted to learn.

But my bosses did not like my method.

They wanted me to do everything.

They wanted me to be normal.

Bosses like normal.

Bosses are usually afraid.

Anyone who has a job, they know what I'm talking about.

Well, you know.

Look at your job.

Is your boss an exciting person who wants you to do new things, try new ideas, be really super great at something?

Does your boss encourage you to try new things?

Is your boss happy when you fail?

if you tried something interesting

and you fail is your boss say good job i'm glad you failed

that was a good idea now try something else

if so well you're lucky you have a special boss

but most bosses don't do that right

if you fail your boss yells at you your boss is upset mostly your boss tells

you to follow the rules follow the rules.

Follow the rules. Be normal. Be normal. Be normal.

That's how you make your boss happy.

Follow the rules.

Be the same.

That's not how you succeed.

That's not how you get big success.

That's small, small success.

If you're a business owner, well, then you definitely can't do this because you're going to fail.

You're going to have big problems if you are normal.

I see this all the time.

Everywhere I see this.

For example, in San Francisco, my neighborhood, on my street, we always have new businesses coming and going.

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They come, they open, everybody's happy, but then one year later, they close.

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What happened?

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Why did the business fail?

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Well, usually it's because they're boring, not because they're bad, right?

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They're usually okay.

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They're usually good, but they're always normal.

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They're average.

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For example, they open a restaurant, but the food is just the same.

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You know, they open a Thai restaurant.

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It's the same as every other

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Thai restaurant in San Francisco.

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So why should I go to the restaurant?

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I already have another restaurant I like.

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Why should I change if the new one is the same?

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I'm not going to change my habit unless it's closer or something,

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but I'm not going to go to a new place unless it has something interesting, special.

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Now, my favorite

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Thai restaurant, for example, it's different than the other ones.

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What's different?

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Well, it's much spicier, right?

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The other Thai restaurants, all the other

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Thai restaurants, it's the same.

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They're not spicy.

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They think, oh, Americans don't like spicy food.

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But this one restaurant is called Thai House.

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Thai House decided to be different.

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They decided we're going to cook real

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Thai food like you find in Thailand, really spicy.

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We're not going to be boring like everybody else.

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We don't care if some

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Americans don't like us.

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You know, maybe some customers will complain.

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It's too spicy, too spicy.

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We don't care.

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We don't care.

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We are going to be different.

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So what happened?

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What happened?

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They opened, right?

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And people come to the restaurant.

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Some American people come.

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And the food is too spicy.

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They complain.

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Oh, my God.

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This food is too hot.

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It's too spicy.

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then what happens they go home they talk to their friends

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they say oh i went to this new thai restaurant

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but my god the food is

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so spicy well guess what happens some of those friends like spicy food some of those friends think oh well

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i'll try it that's interesting it's really extra spicy it must be different so they go and they try it

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and they like it why because they like spicy food

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and it's spicy yummy what happens next they tell other friends hey

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this thai restaurant it's not like the other ones

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it's really really spicy you should try it people talk about it why do they talk about it because it's different

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something else happens thai people thai people who live in san francisco they go to this restaurant

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and it tastes good it's more like real thai food it's more like food in thailand

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and they think oh this is great you know the other restaurants

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they suck they're terrible the food is boring this one's really good

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they tell all their thai friends try this restaurant it's it's spicy

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it's good what happens next what happens next is lots of thai people go to this restaurant so people american people

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they're walking by they look in the window what do they see in this restaurant

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they see a lot of thai people a lot of thai people in this one restaurant

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and they think oh wow look at all the thai people

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this must be real thai food look it must be good

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so many thai people in here it must be good

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so they try it and they talk about it

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if they hate it they talk about it

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if they love it they talk about it and

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so this business this restaurant is super successful always crowded

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they're open like until midnight it's fantastic they have a great business they're doing very well.

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They're opening a new, in a new location.

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I think they have two or three locations now.

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I'm sure they're making lots of money.

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They're doing very well.

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Why?

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Well, because they solved the problem.

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What problem did they solve?

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They solved the problem of boring food, right?

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There's no spices.

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They solved this problem of boring

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Thai food with no spice.

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Now, is that a problem?

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Well, it is for Thai people.

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Thai people think it's a problem.

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If you're a Thai person and you live in San Francisco, it's a problem.

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It's a problem.

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I can't find real Thai food.

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All the restaurants, they're so boring.

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No spices.

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Then you have this new restaurant.

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It's not boring.

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Problem solved.

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I'm going to talk about it to everybody. So that's what happens.

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That's how you become successful.

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It's one example.

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What about the business that fails?

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The opposite happens, right?

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They're boring.

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They open a Thai restaurant in my neighborhood, and the food is the same as every other Thai restaurant.

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They're afraid.

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They're afraid.

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People will complain.

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Oh, American people don't like spicy, so they don't use spices.

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So an American person goes to the restaurant, and they eat there.

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and they there's nothing special it's not bad but it's not great

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so maybe they like it they like it

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but do they tell their friends probably not they probably don't talk about it even

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if they like it even if they come back again

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and again they probably don't tell their friends oh wow this restaurant it's uh terrible

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or it's great right it's just normal nobody talks about normal.

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Nobody talks about average.

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So the new restaurant, they have a hard time getting new customers.

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They don't get a lot of new customers.

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They have some.

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Maybe they make a little money.

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Maybe it's a little successful, but not so successful.

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It doesn't do very well.

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And eventually, they probably close the business.

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Or maybe they continue year after year.

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Just making a little bit, you know, a little bit stressful about money.

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Never really successful.

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That's what usually happens.

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People are afraid, so they play it safe.

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People play it safe.

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They do what's normal.

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They're afraid to be an expert at solving a problem.

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They're afraid to be special.

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They're afraid to do just one thing.

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You can't be afraid.

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If you're in a job, you can't be afraid of your boss.

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Your boss will not like what you do sometimes if you become an expert at solving a problem.

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He'll want you or she'll want you to do things that you think are not important.

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So don't listen to your boss.

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It's the same with your customers.

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Some customers will love you.

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Some will hate you.

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That's good with effortless English.

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Most of my students love me, but some students really hated my teaching. Which ones?

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Well, students who wanted grammar, who like to take tests, who are focused on test, test, test, grammar, grammar, grammar.

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They hate effortless English.

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They hate my teaching, right?

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I don't do what they want me to do.

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I don't teach them grammar rules.

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I don't teach them about tests and how can I use this question and how can I do the TOEFL,

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how can I get five points here.

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I don't do that.

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Also, students who really want to focus on writing, writing, writing, writing, they don't like effortless English either because I don't focus on writing.

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That's okay.

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There are other writing teachers they can find another writing teacher.

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I'm happy.

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That's fine.

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So it's okay, because other people love me, and those are the ones who want to speak well and understand.

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There's the ones who want to speak fast.

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They want to speak automatically.

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They want to understand fast.

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They want to understand automatically, and they love my approach.

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It's different.

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It's not normal.

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It's not average.

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so you have to think about this you have to become serious you have to decide

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are you going to solve a problem one or two problems only

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and be great at it or are you going to play it safe and be average try to do everything so -so

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it's an important decision very important decision it this decision will decide whether you become very successful

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and have the life you dream about or whether you have a boring normal disappointing life think very carefully about this decision

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I hope you'll decide to solve a problem and to do it in a great, fantastic, interesting, remarkable way.

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I hope you'll be passionate about solving a problem.

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I hope you'll become famous for solving this one problem.

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I know you can do it, and I hope you will.

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Good luck.

📺 Stesso Canale

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “03.e Solve a Problem Commentary - Effortless Business English”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: thai, restaurant, normal, spicy, boss. Questo video contiene 269 frasi e 2355 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 18:18. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 129 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 90% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
solve verbo	/sɒlv/	risolvere
spicy aggettivo	/ˈspaɪsi/	piccante
bore verbo	/boɹ/	annoiare, tediare
grammar sostantivo	/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/	grammatica
remarkable aggettivo	/ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/	notevole, degno di nota
complain verbo	/kəmˈpleɪn/	lamentarsi, lagnarsi
spice sostantivo	/spaɪs/	spezie
confused aggettivo	/kənˈfjuːzd/	confuso
carefully avverbio	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	minuziosamente, accuratamente
encourage verbo	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	incoraggiare, raccomandare
formula sostantivo	/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/	formula
suck verbo	/sʌk/	succhiare, suggere
midnight sostantivo	/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/	mezzanotte
habit sostantivo	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	abitudine, consuetudine
communicate verbo	/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/	comunicare, informare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
come back verbo	tornare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

That's the one that I see most of all.
Does your boss encourage you to try new things?
Is your boss happy when you fail?
That's how you make your boss happy.
That's not how you succeed.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa	Anyone who has · person who wants · people who live
Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fare	should I go · should I change · should try
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato	was focusing
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivare	i'm not going to try · you're going to fail · You're going to have

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 79 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, don't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, commentary /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: solve /sɒlv/, spice /spaɪs/, confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, suck /sʌk/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come solve, spicy, bore.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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