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In developing countries, rural populations have limited access to banks.
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In some sub-Saharan African countries, like Uganda, less than a quarter of the population have a bank account.
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One of the reasons for this is that there are very few branches.
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The average Uganda, the average East African, has no time to come to the bank.
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Two, some of the banks are situated very far from where the people are, where they live and where they do their businesses.
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And in countries like Uganda, one of the key issues is that bank accounts are simply too expensive for many.
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Secondly, the cost of opening a bank account in this part of the world is still very prohibitive.
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Sadly, the cost of maintaining a bank account is very high.
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However, there are other ways of accessing the services banks can provide.
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In 2018, 70% of the Ugandan population had a mobile phone.
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This is why the mobile money service, MSENTE, has become popular and has significantly improved many aspects of people's lives.
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Mobile money is typically a money transfer service.
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It is in the ordinary language, sending of money from one person to another.
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Sending money through a mobile phone is safe and easy.
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An agent, usually a shopkeeper, can accept your deposit and top up your balance, which is saved to the SIM card in your phone.
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Most of people use mobile money because it's very easy.
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There's no need of carrying money, taking to bank, we are carrying money paying somebody.
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Once a customer has made a deposit, money can then be transferred to another account through a text message for a small fee.
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This system doesn't require an internet connection, so people can use even a very basic phone.
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It can be used to pay for anything from food to gas and electricity.
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They are in control of their money and expenses without having to open a bank account.
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Customers can also use the system to send money to friends
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and relatives relatives and can even have their salary paid directly into their MSENTE account.
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The success of MSENTE's mobile money services in Uganda has encouraged companies in other African countries
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and in other continents to set up similar models.
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It is spreading quickly through Asia where rural communities also face challenges with traditional banking.
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Wherever they are used, mobile money services provide financial freedom for people in developing countries
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and benefit the economy from the bottom up.
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The simpler it is to make transactions, the easier it is for poorer or rural communities to do business.
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And more business means more economic growth.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Business Partner B2+ Unit 3. Video 3.1.1. Online task in the description👇”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: bank, mobile, account, countries, Uganda. Questo video contiene 31 frasi e 437 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:25. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 128 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
Le 13 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| relative sostantivo | /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ | parente, congiunto |
| deposit sostantivo | /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ | deposito, versamento |
| encourage verbo | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | incoraggiare, raccomandare |
| ordinary aggettivo | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | ordinario, ordinaria |
| aspect sostantivo | /ˈæspɛkt/ | aspetto |
| salary sostantivo | /ˈsæləɹi/ | stipendio, salario |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | dovunque |
| expense sostantivo | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | spesa |
| situated aggettivo | /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/ | situato |
| continent sostantivo | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | continente |
| secondly avverbio | /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ | secondamente |
| prohibitive aggettivo | /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ | proibitivo |
| shopkeeper sostantivo | /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/ | bottegaio, bottegaia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
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 | has become · has made · has encouraged |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | are situated · is saved · be transferred |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, shopkeeper /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, prohibitive /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, prohibitive /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, deposit /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/, encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, expense /ɪkˈspɛns/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, salary /ˈsæləɹi/, transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, sadly /ˈsædli/
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 relative, deposit, encourage.
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.