Shadowing Practice: Business Partner A2. Unit 3. Video 3.1.1. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Postmark is a company based in London.
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It sells quality cards and gifts.
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The Cambridge Satchel Company makes and sells bags.
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These are their stories.
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My name is Leona Janssen-Smith and I am a director at Postmark. Who started the business?
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My husband, Mark, started the business in 2004.
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He wanted to sell really good quality cards at a great price.
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After two years in 2006, the annual turnover was approximately £120,000.
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Last year it was approximately £1.3 million.
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How many stores and how many employees do you have?
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We now have four stores and employ 24 people.
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Postmark hired Morgan Dudley as head of operations in 2015.
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Morgan has a lot of experience in sales.
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Leona thinks this was an important decision for the business.
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Morgan helped them to expand the business.
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My name's Morgan Dudley.
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I studied fashion design in South Africa from 2003 to 2006.
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When did you arrive in the UK and what did you do?
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I arrived in the UK in 2008 and I started as a sales assistant.
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When did you join Postmark?
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I joined Postmark in 2013.
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I started as a sales associate and then I managed a store and then I moved on to head of operations.
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I love the small business environment.
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Leona and Mark really look after their team, and you're allowed a lot of flexibility.
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My name is Julie Dean.
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I created the Cambridge Satchel Company.
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I started the company in 2008 with £600.
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Four years later, the company was valued at £40 million.
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When I started Cambridge Satchel, there were brown bags, dark brown bags, and black bags.
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But we then moved into a range of different colors.
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I decided to start a factory in 2011.
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We have 155 employees.
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Now we have shops in Cambridge, London, Oxford, Brighton, and Edinburgh.
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My name is Max Carey, and I am head of special projects with the cambridge satchel company
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before i joined cambridge satchel company i had my own shop
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i joined the cambridge satchel company in 2012 to manage the sales of bags and accessories to other shops.
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Max's job changed when the Cambridge Satchel Company opened their first shop in London.
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I started to work on store design, which is the look and the feel of the shop.
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My new job was to design our first shop.
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What I most enjoy about the Cambridge Satchel Company is that I have the freedom to work on creative projects.
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And that is a real joy.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Business Partner A2. Unit 3. Video 3.1.1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: cambridge, satchel, shop, Postmark, bags. Deze video bevat 41 zinnen en 401 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:44. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 107 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
12 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| arrive werkwoord | /əˈɹaɪv/ | aankomen, arriveren |
| hire werkwoord | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | huren |
| expand werkwoord | /ɪkˈspænd/ | vergroten, uitbreiden |
| employ werkwoord | /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ | tewerkstellen |
| turnover zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/ | omzet, zakencijfer |
| accessory zelfstandig naamwoord | /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ | accessoire, aanhangsel |
| satchel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/ | ransel, rugzak |
| approximately bijwoord | /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/ | ongeveer, ruwweg |
| manage werkwoord | /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ | beheren, leiden |
| employee zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/ | bediende, werknemer |
| creative bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/ | creatief |
| factory zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfæk.tɚ.i/ | fabriek |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, flexibility /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/, accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, approximately /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, expand /ɪkˈspænd/, manage /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/, creative /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: expand /ɪkˈspænd/, satchel /ˈsæt͡ʃəl/, manage /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/, factory /ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als arrive, hire, expand.
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