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Hi guys, in this English lesson for daily stand-ups,
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I want to talk about the question What is your biggest priority for today?
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Okay, the first thing is that we say big, bigger, biggest.
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It's my biggest priority.
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Not the more big, the bigger, not there, the biggest.
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The pronunciation, okay, so priority.
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Four syllables in priority, right?
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Syllable priority.
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Syllable three is weak.
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Priority.
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And this is the second syllable strong.
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Priority.
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Okay, my biggest priority.
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So different expressions to describe your biggest priority.
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You can say, my biggest priority is,
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my top priority for today is,
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the most important thing on my list today is,
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or my primary focus for today is,
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or today my main goal is to.
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The first expression we can use to talk about your biggest priority is to improve a feature.
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So maybe you want to improve the user authentication and authorization,
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data visualization, search functionality, who knows.
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For example, my biggest priority for today is to improve the user authentication
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and authorization feature to ensure that our users' data is secure and that access is granted only to those who are authorized.
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The most important thing on my list today is to improve the data visualization feature to ensure
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that our users can quickly and easily understand the data they are viewing.
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My biggest priority for today is to improve the search functionality feature to ensure
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that our users can quickly find the information they need.
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Now we have a number of different ways to say improve a feature.
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We have a lot of different verbs.
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For example, to improve a feature,
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you can also say to enhance a feature,
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to upgrade a feature, to refine a feature,
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to optimize a feature, and to polish a feature.
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The next expression is to address bugs and issues.
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So when we have this verb to address,
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it talks about to handle,
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to see and resolve problems in the software.
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But the first syllable is not address, but it's address.
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To address bugs and issues.
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Not address, but address.
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For example, my biggest priority is to address bugs and issues
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that have been reported by users and fix them as quickly as possible.
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The most important thing on my list today is to address
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and resolve the critical bug that has been impacting the performance of our software.
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Today, my main goal is to address the reported bugs and issues,
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then begin work on resolving them one by one.
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The next expression is to review and merge code.
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This is the idea or to verify,
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to check and incorporate changes made by other team members into the code base.
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You need to review it and merge.
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Now, the important thing is about in the past tense, I review, okay?
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And past pronunciations, I reviewed, reviewed.
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And the next one is I merge.
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So you can hear the jjjj at the end.
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Merge.
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Merge the code.
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And you take this jjjjj, okay?
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And then it becomes merged.
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So you have merge, jjjj.
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And then the D sound.
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I merged the code.
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And you also see this a lot in the passive voice as the code was merged or the code was merged successfully.
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For example, my biggest priority is to review and merge the code changes
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that were submitted by the development team to ensure that they have been merged successfully.
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My My primary focus for today is to review
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and merge the code changes that were submitted by the development team to ensure
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that they are in line with the project requirements and standards.
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My biggest priority for today is to check
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that the code has been reviewed and merged correctly and that there are no conflicts or issues with the latest updates.
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Next expression we can use to answer the question,
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what is your number one priority is to catch up on.
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To catch up on emails,
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to catch up on tasks.
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To catch up means to finish all the work you missed so that you are not behind and late.
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It's like you have extra work or maybe work from yesterday that was not completed,
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that you need to complete or for example you have 15 emails
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that you did not answer and now you need to catch up on the emails.
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So you can say to catch up on emails and tasks and the past of catch is caught.
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Caught.
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I know you can see c-a-u-g-h-t but the pronunciation is caught and another very common expression is to get caught up on.
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To get caught up on tasks,
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to get caught up on emails.
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This means again to finish all the work that you need to do
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so that you are up to date and not behind anymore.
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My top priority for today is to catch up on my emails
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and tasks that have accumulated over the past few days and respond to any urgent requests or inquiries.
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The primary focus for me today is to prioritize my tasks
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and make sure that I get caught up on the most critical ones first
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while delegating any non-essential tasks to other team members.
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Today my main goal is to organize my inbox and task list and create a plan to catch up on my workload.
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Next expression is to research and learn about something.
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The idea to invest time in learning and exploring new techniques or technologies.
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As you know, IT is an industry that moves very, very quickly.
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So research is a big part of the job.
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For example, my biggest priority is to invest time in learning
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and researching the new technology stack
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that we will be using in our upcoming project to ensure
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that I am up to speed and ready to contribute to the team.
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The most important thing on my list today is to attend
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a training session on the new tool we will be using to learn and research how to use it effectively.
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Today, my main goal is to research and experiment with the new technology stack
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and share my findings with the rest of the team to help them get up to speed as well.
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Okay guys, that ends this video on what is today's number one priority.
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I hope you are now ready to answer this question in your next daily stand-up.
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このレッスンについて
このレッスンでは、日常のスタンドアップミーティングにおける重要な優先事項について述べる方法を練習します。「今日の最も大きな優先事項は何ですか？」という質問を中心に、さまざまな表現を学び、自分の考えやタスクを明確に伝えるスキルを向上させます。このレッスンを通じて、特にソフトウェア開発やチームワークにおいて重要なコメントを行う能力が養われます。
キーワードとフレーズ
- priorities（優先事項）
- biggest priority（最も大きな優先事項）
- improve a feature（機能を改善する）
- address bugs and issues（バグや問題に対処する）
- review and merge code（コードをレビューし、統合する）
- top priority（最優先）
- primary focus（主要な焦点）
- optimize a feature（機能を最適化する）
練習のヒント
このビデオの速さとトーンに合わせて、効果的な練習を行うためには、まずシャドーイング（shadowspeak）を活用しましょう。具体的には、ビデオの内容をそのまま繰り返すことで、発音やリズムを習得できます。特に、IELTS スピーキング対策としても非常に役立ちます。
ビデオが速い場合は、最初に音声をゆっくり再生し、各フレーズを正確に発音することから始めましょう。慣れてきたら、シャドーイングのペースを上げて、自然に話すことを目指します。また、必要に応じて自分の言葉を使ってシミュレーションし、日常会話やスタンドアップミーティングの文脈で応用することも重要です。この練習を通じて、shadow speakのスキルを向上させ、スムーズなコミュニケーションを目指しましょう。
定期的に練習することで、英語力全般にわたる成長が期待でき、特に技術的な会話に強くなることができます。ぜひ、日常の練習やshadowing siteを活用して、あなたのスピーキング能力を成長させましょう。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。