Shadowing Practice: Talking about Work in English 💼 Beginner English listening practice Level A2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I work as a secretary so I work in an office.
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I start work at 9 o 'clock so I leave home at half past 8.
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I take 25 minutes to drive to work.
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I park in the car park and I take the lift to the floor where my office is and my desk.
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At my desk I have a computer and a very comfortable chair.
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It is important to have a comfortable chair because I spend 8 hours per day sitting down.
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I use my computer a lot during my day.
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I have a screen, a keyboard and a mouse.
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I also have some headphones because sometimes I have to have a video call with my boss.
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I also have a telephone on my desk.
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I need that to call my co -workers and sometimes my clients.
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Because I am a secretary,
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I have to write a lot of emails and create documents.
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Sometimes my boss sends me emails from the clients and I reply to them.
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I also have to attend meetings with my team.
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These meetings can be online but sometimes they are in the same building.
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We use emails, phone calls and messaging apps to stay connected because communication is very important in an office.
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My team is great.
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It feels like we are a small family.
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I work with seven people in my office and they are all young.
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They are 20 to 30 year olds.
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So that makes it very fun for us.
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At 12 o 'clock, we have lunch together.
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We rest a little and we go to the cafeteria in the building or we go to a cafe nearby.
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I normally have a coffee and a sandwich.
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only something small after lunch we go back to the office and we work for five more hours
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my favorite part of going to work is spending time with my co -workers or colleagues and and helping the clients.
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I think that it's very important to always be friendly with the clients and be helpful.
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Sometimes they have a problem and I call them to help them.
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It makes me very happy when they say that I help them a lot.
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But the worst part of my job is spending 8 hours in front of my computer and sitting down.
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It can be very stressful to send a lot of emails as well,
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and to receive a lot of phone calls.
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Also, the programs on my computer don't work sometimes,
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so that is very frustrating.
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I need my computer to work, so if it isn't working,
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then it is very difficult for me to work.
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At the end of the day,
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at 5 o 'clock, I tidy up my desk and turn my computer off.
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I leave the office at about 5 minutes past 5 and I drive home.
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But this doesn't happen every day,
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sometimes I have a lot of work and I have to stay in the office until 6 or 7 o 'clock.
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Other days I have special projects or courses for training.
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These projects and courses are to teach us new things about our job and I find it very interesting,
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but I leave work at 6 or 7 o 'clock, so I don't have a lot of free time.
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When I get home, I like to do some sport, like going for a run or going to the gym.
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Like I said, the bad thing about working in an office is
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that you are sitting down for a lot of hours per day and it is not good for your health,
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so it's important to stay active and do exercise.
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I go to bed at around 11 o 'clock and I wake up the next morning ready to go to work again.
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I like my job as a secretary and I like my daily tasks tasks.
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I am also very lucky to have great colleagues at work.
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But I still get the feeling
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that I spend too many hours at work and I am very happy
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when the weekend comes along and when I have holidays.
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Let me know in the comments section what you work as
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and if you have enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe.
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Thank you and I'll see you in another video.

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Deze video bevat 58 zinnen en 706 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:04. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 88 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

  • clock /klɑk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — teller, kilometerteller. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
  • desk /dɛsk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bureau, schrijftafel. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
  • worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — arbeider, arbeidster. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  • colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — collega, medewerker. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
  • helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — behulpzaam. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
  • telephone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — telefoon, beltoestel. A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to…
  • connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (werkwoord) — verbinden. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  • mouse /maʊs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — muis. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
  • keyboard /ˈki.bɔɹd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — toetsenbord, klavier. A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
  • subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (werkwoord) — abonneren. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
  • thumb /ˈθʌm/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — duim. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
  • headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — hoofdtelefoon, koptelefoon. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
  • stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — stressvol. Irritating; causing stress.
  • tidy /ˈtaɪ.di/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — net, proper. Arranged neatly and in order.
  • café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — café, koffiehuis. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

  • sit down (werkwoord) — gaan zitten. To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
  • wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — wakker worden, ontwaken. To stop sleeping; to awake.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, doesn't, I'll. 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 clock, desk, worker.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtis spending · isn't working · are sitting
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishave to have · have to write · have to attend

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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