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English in 3 Minutes Welcome to EnglishClass101 .com's English in 3 Minutes, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn English.
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Hey everyone, I'm Alisha.
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In this series, we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English.
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English.
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It's really useful, and it only takes three minutes.
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In this lesson, you're going to learn how to ask what someone's job is in natural English.
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Of course, you can just say, what is your job?
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This is correct English, but it sounds too direct and awkward.
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Native English speakers almost never say this in a social situation.
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Instead, they use a different question.
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But before we master that, we need to compare it to a very similar question.
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What are you doing?
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I'm presenting a video about English.
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What do you do?
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I'm an English teacher.
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Do you see the difference?
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These two questions, What are you doing? and What do you do? sound similar but mean different things.
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The first one is asking what you are doing right now, this minute.
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You answer it using an ing verb.
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What are you doing?
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I'm reading.
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I'm watching TV.
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While the second is actually a shortened version of what do you do for a living?
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This is how we ask, what is your job, in natural English.
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Let's practice this question.
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What do you do?
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What do you do?
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When native speakers of English ask this question, it can come out very fast and sound more like, What do you do?
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In order to tell it apart from, What are you doing?
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Just listen for the ing sound on the end of the question.
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If it's not there, then you're being asked what your job is.
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So, how would you answer this question?
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Just think of it as if the other person is asking you, What is your job?
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You could answer with, I am, plus your job.
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I'm a teacher.
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I'm a teacher.
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Or, I'm an engineer.
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If you want to learn more job names, go to EnglishClass101 .com and check out the core word lists.
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These cover job vocabulary and more, and include a picture and audio to help you perfect your pronunciation.
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You can also mention the place that you work at, starting with I work at.
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I work at a hospital.
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I work at a hospital.
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I work at a law firm.
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I work at a law firm.
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If you work for a big company that is well known, you can say, I work for, and then the name.
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I work for Microsoft.
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I work for Microsoft.
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I work for the New York Times.
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I work for the New York Times.
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Now it's time for Alicia's advice.
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When you ask the question, what do you do? and the other person tells you their job,
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it's polite to make some kind of positive comment about his or her job.
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For example, how interesting, or that must be exciting, or even, oh, really?
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Remember to sound sincere.
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Do you know how native English speakers ask each other what their hobbies are?
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Hint, we don't use the word hobbies.
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Find out next time in the third English in 3 minutes lesson.
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See you next time.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “Learn English - Asking About Occupations, What is your Job?”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: English, sound, learn, answer, speakers. Questo video contiene 59 frasi e 540 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:53. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 139 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. 17 delle sue 59 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
12 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| lesson sostantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lezione |
| hobby sostantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, passatempo |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | paragonare |
| awkward aggettivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | maldestro, impacciato |
| hint sostantivo | /hɪnt/ | accenno, allusione |
| polite aggettivo | /pəˈlaɪt/ | cortese, educato |
| sincere aggettivo | /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ | sincero, fervido |
| vocabulary sostantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabolario |
| verb sostantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| pronunciation sostantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronuncia, pronunzia |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | stimolare, eccitare |
| shorten verbo | /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/ | accorciarescorciare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigare |
| find out verbo | scoprire |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Of course, you can just say, what is your job?
- What are you doing?
- What do you do?
- Do you see the difference?
- When you ask the question, what do you do?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | are you doing · I'm presenting · is asking |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivare | we're going to learn · you're going to learn |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hint /hɪnt/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/, hint /hɪnt/, polite /pəˈlaɪt/, verb /vɝb/, excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/
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 lesson, hobby, compare.
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.