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Welcome to course one technical support fundamentals.
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My name is Kevin Limehouse and I work as a support specialist for platforms building double click at Google.
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Looking back, I can trace where my passion for IT began to an actual moment when I was eight years old.
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My parents were about to throw away our old busted computer, but I managed to convince my mom to let me keep it.
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I remember the moment when I slowly started disassembling it.
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I kept digging deeper and deeper, unscrewing every little piece I could get my hands on, and I was hooked.
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By the time I was 12 or 13 years old, I became the de facto IT support for my entire family,
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and that's no small feat considering I have 11 aunts and uncles and over 35 cousins.
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My parents both grew up in very small rural towns in South Carolina.
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Growing up in the Jimco South through the mid 1950s and 1960s, they were taught at an early age that one of the better methods to get ahead was through education.
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This lesson was instilled in me and my sister and I ended up going to university to study computer science.
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I graduated school right at the end of the 2007-2009 recession, but thankfully I secured a job at Google
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and IT support where I work with users solving their issues and supporting the IT inventory.
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And now I've been working at IT for seven years.
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In my current role as a support specialist, I provide technical and billing support to Google sales teams,
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which involves everything from troubleshooting to creating forms or editing automation scripts.
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And now you know a little bit about me.
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Let's start from the beginning.
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What is information technology?
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Information technology has completely transformed your life in ways that you may not even realize.
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Thanks to IT, we can communicate massive amounts of information to people
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and organizations across the world in the blink of an eye.
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Computers power everything from calculators to medical equipment to complex satellite systems and the trading desk of Wall Street.
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They're powerful and invaluable tools to help people get their work done and enable us to connect with one another.
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So what exactly is information technology?
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IT is essentially the use of digital technology like computers
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and the internet to store
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and process data into useful information the IT industry refers to the entire scope of all the jobs
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and resources that are related to computing technologies within society
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and there are a lot of different types of jobs in
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this field from network engineers who ensure computers can communicate with each other to hardware technicians who replace
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and repair components to desktop support personnel who make sure
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that end users can use their software properly
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but it isn't just about building computers
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and using the internet it's really about the people that's the heart
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and soul of IT support work what good is technology
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or information if people can't use technology
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or make sense of the information IT helps people solve meaningful problems by using technology
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which is why you'll see its influences in education medicine journalism construction transportation entertainment
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or really any industry on the planet IT is about changing the world through the ways we collaborate, share, and create together.
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IT has become such a vital tool in modern society
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that people and organizations who don't have access to IT are at a disadvantage.
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IT skills are becoming necessary for day to day living, like finding a job, getting an education, and looking up your health information.
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Maybe you're from a community where there wasn't any internet, or you couldn't afford a super fast computer and had to use one at your school or library instead.
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There are many social and economic reasons why some people have digital literacy skills and other people do not.
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This growing skills gap is known as the digital divide.
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People without digital literacy skills are falling behind, but people like you are the real solution to bridging that digital divide.
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Overcoming the digital divide not only involves confronting and understanding the combination of socioeconomic factors that shape our experience,
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but also helping others confront and understand those experiences.
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By getting into IT, you'll help serve those in your communities
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or organizations and maybe even inspire a new generation of IT pioneers.
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When I think about solving the digital divide, I can't help but think of all the opportunities and breakthroughs
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that folks from diverse backgrounds and perspectives in the industry can bring.
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By bringing more people of color, more women, more ethnically diverse people into the IT
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we're bound to see unique new ideas and products that we haven't even begun to imagine that benefits everybody.
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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Technical Support Fundamentals Official Course”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: digital, computer, technology, divide, skills. Deze video bevat 58 zinnen en 819 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:48. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 171 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| divide werkwoord | /dɪˈvaɪd/ | verdelen |
| confront werkwoord | /kənˈfɹʌnt/ | confronteren |
| literacy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/ | alfabetisering, alfabetisme |
| subscribe werkwoord | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abonneren |
| compute werkwoord | /kəmˈpjuːt/ | uitrekenen, berekenen |
| disassemble werkwoord | /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/ | demonteren |
| instill werkwoord | /ɪnˈstɪl/ | bijbrengen |
| collaborate werkwoord | /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ | samenwerken |
| calculator zelfstandig naamwoord | /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/ | rekenmachine, zakrekenmachine |
| technician zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɛkˈnɪʃən/ | technicus, technieker |
| disadvantage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ | nadeel |
| blink werkwoord | /ˈblɪŋk/ | knipperen |
| thankfully bijwoord | gelukkig | |
| automation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | automatisering |
| breakthrough zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/ | doorbraak |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken | |
| look up werkwoord | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | opkijken |
| throw away werkwoord | weggooien |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were taught · was instilled · is known |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has become · haven't even begun |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, don't, you'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: technician /tɛkˈnɪʃən/, automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, recession /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: literacy /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/, disassemble /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als divide, confront, literacy.
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