Shadowing Practice: Realistic Day Working in Tech | London (office vlog) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Let's go.
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I'm going to cook it.
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Good morning.
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I've just jumped into a meeting room because I have a doctor's appointment in a couple of minutes.
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I figured I'd just take it from work, save to me the trip of going in, and also I don't have to wait around in a doctor's meeting room, which is always a plus.
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It's actually a beautiful Friday morning, as you may have seen on my commute in.
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I realized the hack with winters here is you just have to be well prepared.
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Do you have the right thermals?
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Do you have the right gloves?
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My favorite hack is having these pocket warmers.
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They're these nifty little electrical hand warmers.
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You just turn them on.
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They have three settings.
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They've literally gotten me through negative 12 degrees in Korea, negative 5 degrees in Norway,
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and I swear by them and they can get me through a one degree morning in London.
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Mornings are so cozy especially when the sun's coming in the UV is like virtually zero
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and you can soak up the sun guilt-free and everyone's all rugged up and cozy so I love it.
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It's shaping up to be a pretty good Friday so I'll take you along.
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If you're new here I'm Elasha and I moved from Australia to London a little over two years ago.
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I work in cloud growth and sales at Microsoft and this is typically what a Friday my life looks like.
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Fridays in the office are usually pretty quiet.
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During the week meeting rooms can be impossible to get
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but I had lots of choices today given a very quiet office
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and I I managed to slip into one this morning for
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a quick virtual doctor's appointment before jumping straight into my morning meetings.
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Following lunch, I settled into a solid work block.
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I work as a conduit between Microsoft and Microsoft Azure reseller organisations, who each have a number of customers at various points across their cloud journey.
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So a big part of my role is helping enable them to grow more.
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I've been out and about a lot over the past couple of weeks just out visiting clients.
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So this work block was really to tie up any loose ends to make sure I can start Monday strong.
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Fridays are also when we have our pod or team syncs.
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And it's a great chance to catch up with my direct team, share updates and fill each other in on what we've been working on.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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Oh, my God so
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it's terrible lighting in here
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but this is going to be my favorite spot in the office to watch the sunset
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or lack thereof for sunset because I think the sun has already set the days are
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so short now it's basically sunset by mid-afternoon fridays are the time to wrap up any loose ends
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and action any actions that slip through the cracks during the week and I feel like
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I've done a pretty good job at getting some emails out
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that have been sitting in my inbox and also doing my expenses Which is extremely boring to do, but it's got to be done I also keep getting this notification for some training
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that I have due at the end of this month So i'm thinking now that i've made myself a tea.
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I might get to that training.
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It's actually really funny We have this global standard training
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that we have to do Whoever's created it from a microsoft education standpoint kudos to them
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because it's honestly so funny The training itself is in the form of a TV show.
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So there are different seasons for every year.
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There are the same characters that reappear in the seasons that are following their own character arc.
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I was going to say customer journey.
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That's not it.
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It's so funny because I've been doing this training for a few years now.
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And the characters have evolved as I've evolved.
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And some of the conversations they talk about have evolved.
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Like, you know, when I joined, AI probably wasn't as big of a deal as it is now.
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So now there's a bigger focus on security and compliance.
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It's really interesting and I'm actually quite looking forward to it.
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It's definitely not one of those trainings that I just skipped through.
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Because let's be honest, there's always some of those.
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Microsoft runs on trust and our success depends on each of us taking action okay i hope this isn't confidential
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oh no no no this isn't good oh no oh no
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bang on This is the most dramatic thing I've ever seen.
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I'm hooked.
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This is where I'll be for the next half an hour.
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By the time I'm sending out these last couple of messages, the sun is already long gone.
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There's something
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so satisfying about closing all my tabs on a Friday evening
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it just feels symbolic like I'm officially wrapping up the work week.
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Just a few final touches and then I'm off to dinner with friends,
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which in my books feels like the perfect way to end a work week. so
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 71 zinnen en 869 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:48. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 111 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| sunset zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ | zonsondergang |
| evolve werkwoord | /ɪˈvɑlv/ | ontwikkelen |
| cloud zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | wolk |
| slip werkwoord | /ˈslɪp/ | slippen, uitglijden |
| wrap werkwoord | /ɹæp/ | inpakken, omhullen |
| pocket zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | zak |
| crack zelfstandig naamwoord | /kɹæk/ | barst, breuk |
| dramatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɹəˈmætɪk/ | dramatisch |
| hook zelfstandig naamwoord | /hʊk/ | haak |
| bang zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbæŋ/ | knal, klap |
| virtual bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/ | virtueel |
| enable werkwoord | /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ | inschakelen, in staat stellen |
| virtually bijwoord | /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/ | nagenoeg, quasi |
| expense zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | uitgave |
| skip werkwoord | /skɪp/ | huppelen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| wrap up werkwoord | inpakken, omhullen |
| look forward to werkwoord | uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op |
| tie up werkwoord | vastbinden |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | we've been working · have been sitting · I've been doing |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've just jumped · I've been · has already set |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | room, which is · expenses Which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 27 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: electrical /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, virtually /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/
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 sunset, evolve, cloud.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.