Pratica di Shadowing: 8 Business English Phrases You Need to Know Now - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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now you think you know english then you walk into an office
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or you log on to a zoom call
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and you hear things like this we'll circle back
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and touch base later he has to take it offline it's just not in your wheelhouse
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and suddenly you're lost and that's
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because business english isn't just english it really is its own
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language now to help you level up your business english skills in this video i want to share eight expressions
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that you will hear every single day in the English -speaking workplace.
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So you can go from constantly confused to really speaking like a pro.
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All right, let's get started.
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Okay, the first phrase that you will absolutely hear every single day at work, a quick heads up.
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Quick heads up.
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A heads up is an advance notice that you give to your colleagues, a warning, so to speak.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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Hey, quick heads up.
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So as you just saw in that clip, the man was running into the room, giving everybody a heads up to tell his co -workers something that they needed to know about.
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You can give a heads up about upcoming changes, potential issues, maybe work that's coming somebody's way.
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Here's another example.
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Just a quick heads up.
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Sarah will need us to put together some slides for her presentation by the end of the day.
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Expression number two.
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Where do we stand on?
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Where do we stand on?
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You'll hear this one talking about updates or progress.
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Where do we stand on this?
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Where do we stand on this?
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Where do we stand on this?
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Now this is an idiom here.
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We're not really standing on anything.
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A prime example of why sometimes English can be so confusing.
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It just means what's the current status of this project or issue.
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Where do we stand on the website redesign?
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Is the first version ready for me to review?
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Expression number three, I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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This means I'll handle this task immediately and take full responsibility for it.
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I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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I'm on it.
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So you're working on it.
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Super common, super confident thing to say.
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Here's an example.
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Can you get some feedback from the client yep i'm on it all right guys expression number four
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that you will hear every day in the english speaking workplace i'll follow up on
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that i'll follow up on
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that now the phrasal verb to follow up means a couple
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of different things it means to check on something it means to remind somebody about something
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or it can just mean to take the next step to keep something moving forward.
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One thing I'd like to point out, we follow up with a person.
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I can follow up with them.
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I can follow up with them.
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I can follow up with them.
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So for example, let me follow up with the candidate who hasn't yet responded.
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And we follow up on a thing, a topic, a task.
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Did you follow up on that?
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Did you follow up on that?
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Did you follow up on that?
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For example, in emails, you could write I'm following up on my email below from last week.
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Expression number five, let's run it by someone.
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Let's run it by someone.
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To run something by someone means to get their approval
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or to get their opinion on something before you take action on it.
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So you use this when you need input from a decision maker.
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For example, maybe you're reviewing a document and you say to your colleague, hey this looks good but let's run it by legal first.
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Phrase number six, I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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If you don't have an answer now or if you don't have the information that somebody is asking you for right now, you can say this.
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I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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I'll get back to you.
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It just means I don't have the answer now.
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Let me research the question and I'll respond to you later with the answer, with the info that you're looking for.
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I'll get back to you.
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I don't have those sales numbers with me right now.
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I'll get back to you by the end of the day.
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Expression number seven, keep me in the loop.
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Keep me in the loop.
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This means please continue to update me on the progress.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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Keep me in the loop on that too.
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You say this when you want to stay informed about something.
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For example, I won't be in the meeting but keep me in the loop on any major decisions.
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And expression number eight that you will hear every day in the workplace, let's catch up.
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Let's catch up.
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This means to have an informal conversation, to share updates.
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Let's catch up later.
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Let's catch up later let's catch up later we often say this
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if we haven't talked to the person in a while or
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if we haven't spoken about the specific topic in a while
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so there's new information to exchange
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and share i want to hear how the rollout went let's
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catch up this week all right guys i hope you found these expressions helpful they really are a great start
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but phrasal verbs that is where the real language upgrade begins.
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I suggest you check out this video right here.
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I have 10 phrasal verbs that you will hear every single day in the English speaking workplace.
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So I recommend you watch that video next.
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All right, guys, thank you so much for watching.
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I appreciate all of you and I'll see you in this video next.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 100 frasi e 975 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:37. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 173 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 89% 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:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
loop sostantivo/luːp/cappio
workplace sostantivo/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/luogo di lavoro
verb sostantivo/vɝb/verbo
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
phrase sostantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/espressione, polirematica
colleague sostantivo/ˈkɒliːɡ/collega
confused aggettivo/kənˈfjuːzd/confuso
helpful aggettivo/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/disponibile, utile
worker sostantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/lavoratore, operaio
skill sostantivo/skɪl/abilità, capacità
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/ricordare
input sostantivo/ˈɪnpʊt/immissione
upcoming aggettivoprossimo, imminente
feedback sostantivo/ˈfiːdˌbæk/valutazione, riscontro
slide sostantivo/ˈslaɪ̯d/scivolo

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
check out verboinvestigare
point out verboadditare
put together verboassemblare, montare

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohaven't talked · haven't spoken
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewe'll circle · will hear · will absolutely
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoWe're not really standing · you're working · I'm following
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariohas to take · needed to know

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 36 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'll, I'm, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come loop, workplace, verb.

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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