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Here's what's going to happen. I am going to have to fix you.
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Manage you two, on a more personal scale. A more micro form of management. Jim, what is that called?
3
"Micro-gement?" Boom. Yes.
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Now Jim is going to be the client.
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Dwight, you're going to have to sell to him without being aggressive, hostile or difficult. Let's go.
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All right fine.
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bbbrrring Hello.
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Hello, this is Dwight Schrute from the Dunder Mifflin paper company.
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Well that's great, because I need paper.
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Excellent, then you are in luck because we are having a limited time offer, only on EVERYTHING.
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Wow, this is my lucky day!
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Ask him his name.
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What is your name sir?
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I am Bill Buttlicker.
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Really, that's your real name?
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How dare you?
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My family built this country by the way, Be respectful Dwight, please.
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Yes, Michael.
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Could you hold on one second, it's my other line.
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What? No, but I...
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Hello? Yeah No, I'm just on the phone with this STUPID salesman. He's so dumb.
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Probably just gonna keep him on the line forever and not buy anything.
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Okay! It's up to you to change his mind.
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Sorry, that was a family emergency.
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Oh no, what's wrong?
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You know what? That's private.
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Boundaries, Dwight! C'mon!
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Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Buttlicker! As I was saying: we are having a limited- Sorry could you speak up a little bit louder?
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I'm hard of hearing.
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It's hard if he's an old man.
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Okay, as I was saying right now - You gotta talk louder.
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Okay. Our prices have never been lower - Son, you have to talk louder!
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... Never been lower!
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LOUDER, SON!
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BUTTLICKER! OUR PRICES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER!
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Stop it, stop it!
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That is totally inappropriate.
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You never yell at the client!
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Now you listen to me, sir.
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Here we go.
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The three words I would describe you as, is aggressive, hostile and definitely difficult!
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Please Mr Buttlicker.
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Am I right, right now?
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Give me the phone.
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Please give me another chance. Mr Buttlicker?
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Give me the phone.
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I have to put you on with my boss.
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Well I should hope so.
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Who is this?
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Hello. This is Michael Scott, regional manager.
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Well, this is William M. Buttlicker.
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Hello, Mr. Buttlicker. How may we help you?
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Michael, I like the sound of your voice. You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna buy 1 million dollars worth of paper products today.
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See how it's done? Thank you very much, sir. I don't think you'll regret it. See what I did?
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You're the master.
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There is one condition Michael.
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Yes? You have to fire the salesman that treated me so terribly.
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Don't do, it Michael.
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It's a million dollar sale.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “'OUR PRICES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER!' - The Office US”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: buttlicker, Michael, Dwight, louder, sir. Questo video contiene 60 frasi e 452 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:45. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 164 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 17 delle sue 60 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 14 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| aggressive aggettivo | /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/ | aggressivo |
| microwave sostantivo | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | microonda |
| salesman sostantivo | venditore | |
| regret verbo | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | rimpiangere, rammaricarsi |
| dare verbo | /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ | osare, azzardarsi a |
| boundary sostantivo | /ˈbaʊndɹi/ | confine, limite |
| terribly avverbio | /ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/ | estremamente |
| yell verbo | /jɛl/ | urlare, gridare |
| respectful aggettivo | /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/ | rispettoso |
| loud aggettivo | /ˈlaʊ̯d/ | rumoroso |
| dollar sostantivo | /ˈdɑ.lɚ/ | dollaro |
| client sostantivo | /ˈklaɪ.ənt/ | cliente |
| describe verbo | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | descrivere |
| manage verbo | /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ | dirigere |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What is your name sir?
- Really, that's your real name?
- Am I right, right now?
- How may we help you?
- You know what I'm gonna do?
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 | have never been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was saying |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivare | what's going to happen · is going to be · you're going to have |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | have to fix · have to sell · have to talk |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 14 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, gonna, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: aggressive /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/, loud /ˈlaʊ̯d/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come aggressive, microwave, salesman.
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.