Pratica di Shadowing: 同事總是把我的名字念錯，我一直不好意思糾正，直到整個辦公室都跟著叫錯｜Real Life Office English - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Thanks everyone, and Emily Chan will take it from here.
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I looked up from my laptop.
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There it was again.
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Chan?
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My last name is Chan, not Chan.
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I had already heard it from Ben. From Rachel.
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From people I had never even met.
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Somehow, one small pronunciation mistake had spread through the office, and the worst part was, I knew exactly how it started.
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I had never corrected anyone.
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When I first joined the company, one of my co-workers mispronounced my last name during a meeting.
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Welcome, Emily Chan, I noticed immediately.
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But there were 15 people on the call.
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Everyone was looking at me, and I had been at the company for exactly three days.
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So instead of saying, actually, it's pronounced Chen, I smiled and said, thank you.
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Happy to be here.
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I told myself it was fine.
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It was close enough.
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Surely, someone else would say it correctly later.
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No one did.
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A few days later, Ben stopped by my desk.
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Hey, Emily Chan, how's the new job treating you?
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I almost corrected him.
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I really did.
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I opened my mouth.
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Then Ben handed me a coffee.
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This is for you.
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I accidentally ordered two.
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I looked at the coffee.
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Then I looked at Ben.
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And somehow, correcting my name suddenly felt ungrateful.
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So I just said thanks.
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A week later, Rachel introduced me to someone from another team.
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This is Emily Chan.
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She just joined our group.
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I almost corrected her too.
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But now another thought stopped me.
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Maybe it was too late.
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If I corrected them now, would they wonder why I had waited two weeks?
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So I decided I would wait for a better moment.
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That moment never came.
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What came instead was a company meeting.
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About 40 people were on the call.
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Sarah was introducing the people working on a new project.
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She said, Ben will handle the client side, Rachel will coordinate with operations, and Emily Chan will take care of the reporting.
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There it was again.
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Except this time, forty people heard it.
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A few minutes later, someone I had never met sent me a message.
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Hi, Emily Chan, nice to meet you.
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I stared at the screen.
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My name was now spreading.
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This was no longer one pronunciation mistake.
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It was becoming company knowledge.
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At lunch, I finally told Ben.
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Can I ask you something slightly awkward?
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Ben looked worried.
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That sentence has never led to anything good.
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I laughed.
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It's nothing serious.
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Okay, I took a breath.
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My last name is actually pronounced Chen.
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Ben stopped chewing.
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What?
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Chen?
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He stared at me for about two seconds.
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Then he slowly put down his sandwich.
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Have I been calling you Chan this entire time?
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Kind of.
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Kind of.
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Yes.
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Emily.
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Yes.
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Why did you not tell me?
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I laughed.
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I don't know.
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It felt awkward.
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Ben looked genuinely horrified.
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I have introduced you to people.
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I know.
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I said it in front of Sarah.
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I know.
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I think I said it to a client.
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I stopped smiling.
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You did, Ben thought for a second.
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Actually, no, that might have been Rachel.
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That is somehow worse.
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Ben covered his face with one hand.
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This is terrible.
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It's really not, it is for me.
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Then he looked at me.
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Okay, teach me.
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I said my last name again, Chen.
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He repeated it carefully.
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Chen, yes, Chen, Chen, yes.
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Okay, Chen.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Got it.
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Then he pointed at me.
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You have to correct people.
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I know.
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No, seriously, please correct us.
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I will.
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You promise?
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I promise.
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Five minutes later, Rachel walked over.
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Hey, Emily, Sarah's looking for you.
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Ben immediately said, before you go, we need to talk about Emily's name.
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I nearly dropped my fork.
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Ben, what?
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I said I would correct people.
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I did not say you should hold a press conference.
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Rachel looked confused.
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What happened?
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I smiled awkwardly.
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My last name is actually pronounced Chen.
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Rachel blinked.
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Then her eyes got very wide.
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Oh no. That was not the reaction I was hoping for.
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She said, I've been saying, Chen.
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I know.
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For weeks, I know.
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Why didn't you tell me Ben pointed at her?
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Exactly, I said.
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I just didn't want to make it awkward.
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Rachel laughed.
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Emily, this is way more awkward.
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She was right.
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Then she smiled.
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Okay, Chen.
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Yes, Chen.
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Perfect.
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Thank you for telling me.
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That surprised me.
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Thank you for telling me.
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She was not offended.
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She was embarrassed for maybe five seconds.
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Then she moved on.
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She just wanted to say mine incorrectly.
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Later that afternoon, Sarah sent me a message.
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Do you have a minute?
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I went to her office.
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She smiled.
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Ben told me I've been pronouncing your last name wrong.
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Of course he did.
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I said, yeah, it's Chen.
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Sarah repeated it, Chen.
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Exactly.
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Then she said, I'm sorry, I wish you had corrected me earlier.
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I didn't want to interrupt you.
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Sarah looked surprised.
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You can always correct me on your name.
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I nodded.
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I know that now.
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She smiled.
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Names matter.
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Then she added, and for the record, if I ever pronounce someone's name wrong, I'd much rather they tell me.
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That stayed with me, Because I had spent weeks imagining the correction would create some huge, uncomfortable moment.
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But the actual correction took about three seconds.
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The awkward part had been everything I did to avoid it.
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The next morning, I joined another meeting.
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There were about 20 people on the call.
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Marcus was presenting.
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Halfway through, he said.
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I'm going to hand this over to Emily Chan.
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My heart dropped.
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Not again.
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For one second, I almost let it go.
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Then I remembered my promise to Ben.
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I unmuted.
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Thanks, Marcus and just a quick correction, my last name is pronounced Chen.
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There was a tiny pause, Marcus said, Chen.
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Got it, sorry about that, I smiled.
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No worries, it happens all the time.
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And that was it, no disaster, no long awkward silence.
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We simply continued with the meeting afterward marcus sent me a
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message thanks for correcting me i want to make sure i get people's names right
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that was when i realized something i had been treating correction like criticism
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but it wasn't i was simply giving someone the information they needed and usually one sentence is enough Actually, it's pronounced Chen.
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Or in a meeting, just a quick correction.
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It's pronounced Chen.
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If you waited longer than you meant to, you can say, I should have mentioned this earlier, but it's pronounced Chen.
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And if the other person feels embarrassed, no worries.
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It happens all the time.
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That's really all you need.
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A few days later, a new employee joined our team.
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Her name was Marisol.
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Before the meeting, Ben looked at her name on the screen.
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Then he looked at me.
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Then he looked back at the screen.
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I knew exactly what he was thinking.
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When Marisol joined the call, Ben said, Hi, welcome.
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And before I say your name wrong for three weeks, could you tell me how you pronounce it?
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Marisol laughed.
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She said her name.
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Ben repeated it carefully.
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She smiled.
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Perfect.
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Ben looked at me.
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I'm learning.
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I smiled.
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Slowly.
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I used to think correcting someone would make things awkward.
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Now I think the opposite is true.
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Most people do not want to keep saying your name wrong, they just do not know they are doing it.
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So if someone mispronounces your name, you do not need to wait three weeks.
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You definitely do not need to wait until half the office learns the wrong version.
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You can simply smile and say, actually it's pronounced, then say your name.
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And if you are the person who is not sure, you can ask, could you tell me how you pronounce your name?
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Or I want to make sure I'm saying your name correctly.
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A few seconds of awkwardness can save weeks of awkwardness later.
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Trust me, I have experience.
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A lot of experience.
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If you enjoy learning real workplace English through situations that actually happen, subscribe to Fluentrail English.
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And if I ever pronounce your name wrong, please correct me.
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I'll see you in the next episode.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “同事總是把我的名字念錯，我一直不好意思糾正，直到整個辦公室都跟著叫錯｜Real Life Office English”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Ben, Chen, looked, Chan, Emily. Questo video contiene 215 frasi e 1371 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:05. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 170 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Solo il 79% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| pronounce verbo | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | dichiarare |
| awkward aggettivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | maldestro, impacciato |
| correction sostantivo | /kəˈɹɛkʃən/ | correzione |
| pronunciation sostantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronuncia, pronunzia |
| stare verbo | /stɛɚ/ | fissare |
| embarrassed aggettivo | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ | imbarazzato |
| correctly avverbio | /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/ | correttamente |
| ungrateful aggettivo | /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/ | ingrato, irriconoscente |
| unmute verbo | /ʌnˈmjuːt/ | smutare |
| offend verbo | /əˈfɛnd/ | offendere |
| incorrectly avverbio | /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/ | erroneamente |
| interrupt verbo | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | interrompere, tagliare |
| chew verbo | /tʃuː/ | masticare |
| blink verbo | /ˈblɪŋk/ | sbattere le ciglia, ammiccare |
| nod verbo | /nɑd/ | annuire, accennare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| walk over verbo | mettere i piedi in testa |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Can I ask you something slightly awkward?
- Why did you not tell me?
- It's really not, it is for me.
- I just didn't want to make it awkward.
- Do you have a minute?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | I've been saying · I've been pronouncing |
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | If I corrected them now, would they |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is actually pronounced · was not offended · is pronounced |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has never led · have introduced |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, didn't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: correction /kəˈɹɛkʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, incorrectly /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: horrify /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: pronounce /pɹəˈnaʊns/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/, mispronounce /ˌmɪspɹəˈnaʊns/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, unmute /ʌnˈmjuːt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/
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 pronounce, awkward, correction.
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.