Shadowing Practice: Sales Call: Pitching Software to a Small Business - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Afternoon! I'm Tom, from a small software company in town.
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Ugh, you're the third salesperson in here this week.
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You've got two minutes, while the bread's in the oven.
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Fair enough. Actually, I'd rather ask a few questions first.
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How do you take orders for custom cakes at the moment?
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Phone calls, mostly. I write them all down in this notebook.
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And does anything ever slip through the cracks?
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Well... funnily enough, we lost an order last Saturday.
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A whole wedding cake. It was an absolute nightmare.
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Ouch, that sounds stressful. That's exactly what we solve.
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Customers order online, and everything lands in one place.
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You'd even get a reminder the day before each order.
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Sounds lovely. But how much is it going to cost me?
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It's thirty pounds a month, with everything included.
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Thirty pounds? That's a lot for a tiny bakery!
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I understand. But how much was that wedding cake worth?
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Hmm... about four hundred pounds, actually.
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So if it saves one order a year, it pays for itself.
19
Fair point. But honestly, I'm hopeless with technology.
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And I simply don't have time to learn something new.
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That's what everyone says, and I completely get it.
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Most owners pick it up in about ten minutes.
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Ten minutes? Really? I find that hard to believe.
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Don't take my word for it. Try it free for a month.
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I'll set everything up myself, so there's no extra work.
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Free for a whole month? So, what's the catch?
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No catch, and no contract. You can cancel anytime.
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Alright, you've convinced me. Can you show me how it works?
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Absolutely! How about a quick demo on Monday morning?
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Monday's perfect. Come early, before the morning rush.
31
Brilliant! I'll bring the coffee... or maybe you will!
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Ha! Deal. And you can try our croissants, too.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Sales Call: Pitching Software to a Small Business”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: pounds, cake, month. Deze video bevat 32 zinnen en 302 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:09. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 140 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 11 van de 32 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
croissant zelfstandig naamwoord/kɹəˈsɑnt/croissant
salesperson zelfstandig naamwoordverkoper, verkoopster
ouch/ˈaʊt͡ʃ/au, auw
bakery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/bakkerij
hopeless bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhoʊplɪs/hopeloos, uitzichtloos
notebook zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/schrift, cahier
stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈstɹɛsfəl/stressvol
oven zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʌ.vn̩/oven
demo zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɛm.oʊ/demo, demonstratie
reminder zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/geheugensteuntje
cancel werkwoord/ˈkæn.sl̩/doorhalen, schrappen
nightmare zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/nachtmerrie
anytime bijwoordaltijd, wanneer dan ook

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Ugh, you're the third salesperson in here this week.
  • Actually, I'd rather ask a few questions first.
  • How do you take orders for custom cakes at the moment?
  • That's exactly what we solve.
  • Can you show me how it works?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'll, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als croissant, salesperson, ouch.

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.

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