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If you want to sound more advanced in your English, more professional and make a stronger impression at work, well, you've clicked on the right video
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because today I'm going to give you 10 easy ways to change your basic English to business English
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and really start speaking like a pro.
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Hi everyone, I'm Maria and this is English to Excel, where I help you to speak better English for better opportunities.
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Now, if you wanna advance your career globally, business English is a must.
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And notice I didn't just say English, I said business English, because it really is kind of its own language.
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So by the end of this video, you're gonna have 10 new words that we use in the English speaking workplace every day.
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I'll start with the English word you probably already know
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and then I'll give you the higher level business equivalent okay
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let's dive in the word contact is used in professional settings
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but in all my 15 years of working for global companies
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it's much more common to hear people use the phrasal verb to reach out
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when people are talking about calling emailing or even texting someone I'll reach out to my manager to see about budget approval.
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Number two, if you've discussed something with someone and you agree on how you're going to proceed,
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in business English, you align with them and you align with someone on something.
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I've aligned with my team on the plan, so let's get started.
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Number three, Now at work we do use the verb to schedule all the time when we're talking about planning or organizing something.
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So you can absolutely use schedule and you'll sound very professional.
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But if you want to sound a little more like a native speaker and really take your English up a notch, you'd say set up.
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So set up a meeting, set up a Zoom, set up a conference call.
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Let's set up a time to talk and discuss this further.
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Number four, the more professional version of the word change is modify.
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And you can modify really anything that you create, a presentation, a report, a budget, a document.
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We had to modify the presentation to better suit the client's needs.
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Number five, when you're talking about the main ideas or the main points of a presentation, a webinar, even a meeting,
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you're talking about the key takeaways because it's the ideas
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or the points
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that you want to take away i had to miss the webinar what were the key takeaways number six
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when we want to tell someone what we think about an
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idea they have a presentation they gave even how they're doing
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in their job a suggestion for improvement we give them feedback But watch out, there's a common mistake here with this word.
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The word feedback never takes the plural form.
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So never add an S to the end.
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Can I give you some feedback on how you handled that meeting?
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And now that we're a little more than halfway through, I'd like you to give me some feedback on this video.
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So if you're finding it helpful so far, go ahead and hit the like button.
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Number seven.
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Now problems always come up at work, but the word issue is better to use in a professional context.
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That's because problem is very negative.
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The word issue is a little softer, so we tend to use it more often.
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The project got off to a rough start due to some communication issues.
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Number eight.
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When we talk about something that has to be completed or has to be provided as part of a project.
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We have a really nice word for this in business English.
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It's deliverable.
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Something that you have to provide is something that you have to deliver.
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The project deliverables include some ads for social media.
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Number nine.
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If we have the capacity or the time to work on something, like a project or some other task, we have the bandwidth to do it.
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Now, this word is especially useful in cases where you have to tell a coworker
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that you really don't have time to do what they're asking you to do, but in a way that's very polite and professional.
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I'm sorry, I just don't have the bandwidth to review that document today.
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And last but not least,
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someone or something who's very flexible and can adapt well to changing situations is called agile in business English.
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Now, a company, a team, or even a person can be agile.
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Agile businesses were better able to succeed during the pandemic.
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So there you have it.
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10 ways to replace the English that you already know with better business alternatives.
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So you can really take your English to the next level at work.
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Thank you for watching my very first video here on YouTube.
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If you want to keep sounding more advanced in your English and more professional, subscribe to my channel.
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Thanks again for watching and I'll see you next time.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “10 Words: Change Your Basic English to Business English”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: English, word, professional, presentation, feedback. Questo video contiene 62 frasi e 840 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:25. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 155 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 87% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| align verbo | /əˈlaɪn/ | allineare |
| modify verbo | /ˈmɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/ | modificare |
| deliverable sostantivo | /dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/ | prodotto finale |
| takeaway sostantivo | /ˈteɪkəweɪ/ | da asporto, da portare via |
| webinar sostantivo | /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/ | teleseminario, seminario in rete |
| bandwidth sostantivo | /ˈbændwɪdθ/ | larghezza di banda |
| verb sostantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| plural sostantivo | /ˈplʊəɹəl/ | plurale |
| notch sostantivo | /nɑtʃ/ | tacca |
| globally avverbio | /ˈɡloʊbəli/ | globalmente |
| polite aggettivo | /pəˈlaɪt/ | cortese, educato |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizzare |
| adapt verbo | /əˈdæpt/ | adattare |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abbonarsi |
| workplace sostantivo | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | luogo di lavoro |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | procedere, andare avanti |
| reach out verbo | protendersi | |
| take away verbo | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | togliere |
| watch out | attenzione! |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've clicked · you've discussed · I've aligned |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | be completed · is called |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 27 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'll, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: bandwidth /ˈbændwɪdθ/, verb /vɝb/, notch /nɑtʃ/, polite /pəˈlaɪt/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: agile /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, bandwidth /ˈbændwɪdθ/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come align, modify, deliverable.
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.