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Thanks for making time, Graham.
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I'd like to go through the third quarter figures.
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Of course. I gather they're not brilliant.
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Not quite. Revenue is up, but so are our costs.
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In fact, our profit margin has dropped by four percent.
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That's worse than I'd anticipated.
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What's driving the increase?
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Mainly energy bills and overtime payments.
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The overtime was unavoidable, I'm afraid.
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We were short-staffed for most of the summer.
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I appreciate that, but it can't carry on.
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We've already overspent the annual budget.
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So where do you suggest we cut back?
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I've identified three areas worth looking at.
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Firstly, we could renegotiate with our main supplier.
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We've been with them for years without a review.
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Exactly. I reckon we could save around five percent.
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I'll set up a meeting with them next week.
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Secondly, the company cars are costing a fortune.
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Half of them are barely being used.
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That's true. We could switch to a shared pool.
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That alone would save thirty thousand pounds a year.
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And what's the third area?
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Travel. A lot of those trips could be video calls.
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The sales team won't be happy about that.
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Perhaps not, but we have to be realistic.
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Otherwise we'll be forced to freeze recruitment.
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I'd much rather avoid that if possible.
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What about investing in new equipment, though?
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The old machines are pushing up our energy costs.
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It's worth considering, provided it pays for itself.
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Could you put together a rough estimate?
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I'll have the numbers ready by the end of the month.
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Lovely. Then we can present everything to the board.
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Fingers crossed they'll see the bigger picture.
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I'm sure they will, if the figures add up.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 36 frasi e 280 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:01. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 139 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| overtime sostantivo | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ | straordinario |
| finger sostantivo | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | dito, dita |
| invest verbo | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | investire |
| fortune sostantivo | /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ | sorte, destino |
| estimate sostantivo | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | stima |
| margin sostantivo | /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/ | margine |
| gather verbo | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | raccogliere, bottinare |
| realistic aggettivo | /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | realistico |
| freeze verbo | /ˈfɹiːz/ | gelare, ghiacciare |
| recruitment sostantivo | /rɪˈkruːt.mənt / | reclutamento |
| secondly avverbio | /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ | secondamente |
| supplier sostantivo | /səˈplaɪə/ | fornitore, fornitrice |
| anticipate verbo | /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ | anticipare |
| firstly avverbio | /ˈfɜɹstli/ | dapprima, prima |
| renegotiate verbo | rinegoziare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| add up verbo | sommarsi | |
| go through verbo | attraversare | |
| put together verbo | assemblare, montare | |
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 15 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'd, I'll, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thirty /ˈθɝti/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
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 overtime, finger, invest.
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.