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Hi everyone.
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In this video, we will listen to a dialogue in which colleagues share their experiences with a toxic manager.
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Listen carefully and at the end you can take a comprehension test.
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Let's begin.
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Emma, have you heard the news about John?
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Apparently, he's not coming back.
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And there's even talk of him being fired.
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really i knew he was on leave but i assumed it was for personal reasons what's going on
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i don't think it's as simple as that have you ever worked with him directly
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not recently but i've heard plenty of stories about him over the years
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i've never worked with him myself but people who have say he was always yelling threatening to fire people.
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Jessica told me he stole one of her ideas.
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She pitched this amazing project at the monthly creative workshop, and everyone loved it, John included.
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But when she saw the meeting notes, her name was nowhere to be found.
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He basically repeated her ideas and made it seem like they were his.
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He even made her do all the planning.
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And then, when the project, the one about cars, finally started, she was reassigned to something else.
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Didn't that project win an award?
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It did.
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But Jessica got no credit for it.
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She was livid, but what could she do?
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Speaking up would have risked her job.
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Definitely.
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It's nearly impossible to challenge someone as senior as John, or as he was.
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What was your experience working with him?
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well you mentioned the shouting i've been in meetings with him
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and we all learned to stay quiet
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it was awful people were genuinely scared of him did you ever notice him taking credit for others ideas
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it wasn't always obvious he was brilliant no doubt about that but he had a whole team behind him.
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Not every idea was his, but after a while, it's hard to say, this was mine and that was yours.
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For me, the bigger issue was how unpredictable he was.
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One day, you were in his good graces, and the next, you were out, no explanation.
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And once you were out, things got really tough.
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I've heard women especially struggled working with him.
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Absolutely.
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Like I said, you had to stay on his good side.
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If he made a comment that made you uncomfortable, you just had to let it go.
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May I ask if this has ever happened to you?
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Not directly, no. But we all knew it happened.
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And no one dared to speak up.
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I was lucky.
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I didn't have to interact with him much.
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They're launching a full investigation.
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So I guess a lot of this come out eventually.
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I hope so.
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Honestly, I hope he's gone for good.
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Thanks for listening.
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I hope this helps you improve your English.
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Feel free to share your opinion about this manager in the comments section.
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You can also find a link to a comprehension test, as well as other useful materials, in the pinned comment.
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See you!

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “B2 English Listening Practice with Test - Toxic Boss”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: comment, project, heard. Questo video contiene 51 frasi e 505 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:35. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 141 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 88% 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
comprehension sostantivo/ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/comprensione
awful aggettivo/ˈɔːfʊl/pessimo, terribile
carefully avverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/minuziosamente, accuratamente
explanation sostantivo/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/spiegazione, esplicazione
pitch sostantivo/pɪt͡ʃ/tiro, lancio
steal verbo/stiːl/rubare, derubare
nowhere avverbio/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/da nessuna parte, in nessun posto
dare verbo/dɛ(ə)ɹ/osare, azzardarsi a
dialogue sostantivo/ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/dialogo, conversazione
pin sostantivo/pɪn/spillo
toxic aggettivo/ˈtɒk.sɪk/tossico
uncomfortable aggettivo/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/scomodo
workshop sostantivo/ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/laboratorio, bottega
genuinely avverbio/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/veramente, genuinamente
scare verbo/skɛɚ/spaventare, impaurire

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
come back verbotornare

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Didn't that project win an award?
  • What was your experience working with him?
  • I've heard women especially struggled working with him.
  • May I ask if this has ever happened to you?
  • I didn't have to interact with him much.

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 adessoi've heard · i've never worked · i've been
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fabeing fired · be found · was reassigned

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 9 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I've, didn't, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, shout /ʃaʊt/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: pitch /pɪt͡ʃ/, dialogue /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/, toxic /ˈtɒk.sɪk/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, shout /ʃaʊt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

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

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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