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Have you ever wondered what your boss thinks of your English?

Well, I'm here with Mike, who is a boss, a business owner from Cardinal Exteriors.

We're going to just get to know him a little bit, and I want to ask a little bit about,

you know, what it's like working with people who are also learning English as a second language. But first,

hi, Mike, how you doing? good how are you good um

so can you tell me where are you from i'm right from portland maine yeah born

and raised awesome never left that's awesome

so would you say you have a main accent yes absolutely new england accent i've heard stronger accents sure

but you have a little bit

southern main accent southern more urban okay very cool very cool

so um so we met because mike's actually putting in all new windows in my home

and I'm very excited they're looking awesome

so shout out to you for doing a great job on those

and I was curious like how long have you had your business oh that's a long time

so how's going i guess it's going all right good the first four

or five years were really of my own business were a struggle yeah

but we found our niche and now we're doing really well

and and we did a lot of word of mouth business

and things have been going great so what would you say your niche is

so a lot of what we do is exterior renovations

so siding and windows are what we specialize in we do a little bit of roofing okay but

and some decking for the most part we'll do anything on

the exterior of your home to give it a little bit more curb appeal oh i like

that curb appeal is important um

and how did you learn how to do this like did you go to school

or did you learn as an apprentice or did someone in your friends or family teach you

Believe it or not, I went to school for a history degree with a minor in education.

Oh my gosh!

Yeah, so I got into coaching while I was still in college,

and the guy that I was coaching with for his kids got me into this business.

Wait, what were you coaching?

I was a baseball coach.

Wow.

Yeah.

So it was really kind of like luck?

It was kind of luck, yeah.

I was kind of in between finishing up college, finishing up playing college baseball,

coaching young teenagers and I own this company that did exterior renovations

and asked me to come to work as a sales guy.

That's how I got into the business.

I've been around construction my whole life.

So I knew a little bit,

enough about it to be dangerous yeah 2000 I started in this business as a salesman that's so cool

and now what do you what do you spend most of your days doing is it also sales

so yeah I so I have a business partner

and then I both I do most of the project management going job to job

and uh doing sales okay

and he does a lot of the administrative stuff uh where he does the bookkeeping oh

that's a good partner to have and he also does a lot of sales

and project management depending on you know where the projects are at okay yeah okay very cool um

i did want to ask you because i thought it was very interesting

that you work with people from brazil and probably other countries too um

so i i i was able to talk to some of your guys

and they're super nice because i speak portuguese but i was curious

if you're working with people

and you don't speak their language are there ever communication issues yeah you're always seeing it today firsthand

i think some issues could happen even

if everyone's a native english speaker you know like scheduling or miscommunication

but yeah tell me more i think the biggest challenge is isn't necessary

it would speak first of all i don't speak another second language yeah

so i use a lot of google translate oh yeah that's a good tool um

but the biggest challenge with communication is the dialect

so i could have you know i could say something

that may make sense to me yeah

but it doesn't make sense to someone from a different language for example

I'll use like columns columns yeah columns of a house I'm trying to explain that for someone that doesn't speak English.

I have to show them a picture.

Okay.

And then they'll say it in their language and then we're on the same page.

Oh, that's so interesting.

So visuals help a lot.

Visuals do help a lot, yeah.

Is there anything

that you feel like is a big difference in culture? like i don't know

i mean anything like oh just the way people communicate

or i don't know i think that it's interesting to me

that the so i i work with a lot of resilient culture

and i find them to be very calm and very relaxed yeah in their communication yeah it's very quiet

It's a much quieter way of communicating, which I appreciate.

I feel like from my standpoint, I'm always raised and amped up and trying to get things done.

The clients take their time, they think it through, and then move forward.

So it just feels like a much calmer way of communicating.

I feel that.

Yeah, I can definitely relate to that.

There's probably a lot of stress, a lot of logistics, a lot of people you're trying to make happy including me and

but things get done work ethic is second to none

that's a really good phrase how they communicate versus how they work very quickly systems in place okay they're very efficient workers

but the communication is very, I think it's methodical and well thought out, that's why they're so successful with their own business model.

Is there any advice you would give someone who is learning English about how to communicate with their American boss?

That's a great question.

So a lot of what we do is through text messaging.

Okay.

And that helps because they can text message in our language and it comes across to me in English.

Oh, cool.

Yeah.

So I think there's never, in any language, there's never over a community.

The more you communicate, the better off everybody is.

So you're not going to get in trouble for over -communicating if you text an extra text just to confirm information.

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But if you don't text or you don't confirm or you don't ask the question,

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that's where things could get kind of hairy.

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If I don't have an answer from the night before, it's hard for me to know where we're at the next morning.

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So communicate as much as you need to understand what the assignment is the next day.

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And honestly, that's been the most successful is the communication

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that happens after 5pm at my house is probably the most I communicate with the guys throughout the work day.

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To set up the next day.

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Oh, that's such a good tip.

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So over -communicate, even if you think maybe you're asking too much or, you know, confirming too many times.

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You're never going to bother a boss.

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During the work day, for me, I want as little responsibility as possible.

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I want to know everybody's in there everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing right

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and where they're going even though i have a family at home yeah

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i can always respond through texts okay always uh

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you know get to you back in fact i can't always talk on the phone right

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and then talking on the phone is a challenge yeah

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if you have different languages different accents different understandings of what things mean sure

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and on the phone you can't really i guess you could send a picture of columns

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or something but it's tricky you can't use google translate on the phone you can't use photos you can

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but it's kind of a but so yeah i think texting is

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that is a great way to communicate yeah

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and you know encourage your boss to learn your language well yeah i mean yeah it takes time though

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and you've got a lot on your plate

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so um i mean it's certainly fun to learn under other languages

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but um i mean yeah you've got a lot on your plate

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and it kind of goes both ways too you gotta

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you know learn each other's languages learn how to communicate best

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and yeah i like the text message tip though and over communication would you tell someone if they were

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communicating too much would you be like hey i think yes i would i think it gets to the point where

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you know it's like over over we're talking about the same thing over

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and over it's okay now we understand have a good night

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but you would prefer that to not having the communication assuming there's

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that phrase it shows you that she also shows us

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that they care oh yeah

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if they're over communicating then they care just as much as we do i like that because i think some people

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worry about bothering their boss like oh i don't want to send the message

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because i don't want to seem needy

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or annoying you're not being annoying better to confirm awesome very cool any other last tips

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or is that that's a good one no I think just keep communicating don't be shy about

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or embarrassed about not understanding our language yeah you know

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so that's one thing i think that happens as well is is

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if you don't understand the english language they tend to um go quiet

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and silent that's huge don't be shy don't be shy

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if you don't understand something feel free to just spill it talk to us

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and just say like i didn't get that

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or i don't quite understand i don't understand yeah yeah that's really good tip

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because uh yeah people feel like oh you know my boss is gonna think i'm not very smart

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but that's not it right and

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that happens you know from an english language to english language people aren't um

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they're too afraid to speak up whether

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or not not knowing how to do something

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or not understanding the assignment always speak up

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if you don't understand that's how you find it i love

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that yeah it's it doesn't have to be embarrassing

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it happens with native speakers too like hey

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i didn't understand what you said can you uh tell me in other words

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or yeah explain to me again explain to me like i'm five what's going on

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because i don't always know all the contractor terms either

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so i have to say what was

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that you know what are you talking about exactly very cool

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so what else is on your agenda for today for your work day

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so today now

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that we kind of got a little bit of a behind

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on this i gotta go get some trim yeah for your job yeah

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so that now that i know what we need so i'll have

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that delivered and then i've got a deck that uh stairs

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that i'm building over in another area in portland

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that needs a little of tending to with some material okay uh after

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that i have a sales call at 12 30 in cape elizabeth oh wow another siding job nice

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and then uh from there i'll start uh figuring out what my kids need this afternoon

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and then what's for dinner awesome

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so a lot on my plate today that's awesome um thank you

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so much for the interview and uh if

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if people want to find you are you on social media

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or anything your business it's cardinal exteriors social media

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you can find us on facebook you can find us on instagram okay awesome well thank you

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and linkedin all right thanks so much thank you

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このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Learning English: How to Communicate with an American Boss」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：language, english, communicate。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が178文、単語が2077語あります。音声の長さは13:17です。話す速さは1分あたり約156語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。単語の85%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
communicate 動詞	/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/	伝える
accent 名詞	/ækˈsɛnt/	強音, 強調
confirm 動詞	/kənˈfɝm/	確認する
curious 形容詞	/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/	好奇心の強い, 知りたがる
deck 名詞	/ˈdɛk/	デッキ, 甲板
phrase 名詞	/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/	句, 語句
translate 動詞	/tɹænzˈleɪt/	訳す, 翻訳する
cardinal 名詞	/ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/	枢機卿
niche 名詞	/nɪt͡ʃ/	壁龕
curb 名詞	/kɝb/	縁石
renovation 名詞	/ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/	改装, 修築
encourage 動詞	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	勇気付ける, 奨励する
silent 形容詞	/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/	静かな, 無音の
worker 名詞	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	労働者, 勤労者
skill 名詞	/skɪl/	腕, 技

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

Wait, what were you coaching?
That's how I got into the business.
I've been around construction my whole life.
You're never going to bother a boss.

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話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	Have you ever wondered · i've heard · have you had
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加える	people who are · someone who is

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, they'reなど、短縮形や弱形を71回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

「th」の音: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, ethic /ˈɛθ.ɪk/, methodical /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/
「sh」と「zh」の音: renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, shout /ʃaʊt/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, administrative /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, methodical /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, relate /ɹɪˈleɪt/, resilient /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: renovation /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/, administrative /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/, versus /ˈvɝsəs/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: confirm /kənˈfɝm/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/, fluency /ˈfluːənsi/

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まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。communicate, accent, confirmなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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。

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