Prática de Shadowing: Budget Review: Where Can We Cut Costs? - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Thanks for making time, Graham.
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I'd like to go through the third quarter figures.
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Of course. I gather they're not brilliant.
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Not quite. Revenue is up, but so are our costs.
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In fact, our profit margin has dropped by four percent.
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That's worse than I'd anticipated.
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What's driving the increase?
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Mainly energy bills and overtime payments.
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The overtime was unavoidable, I'm afraid.
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We were short-staffed for most of the summer.
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I appreciate that, but it can't carry on.
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We've already overspent the annual budget.
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So where do you suggest we cut back?
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I've identified three areas worth looking at.
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Firstly, we could renegotiate with our main supplier.
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We've been with them for years without a review.
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Exactly. I reckon we could save around five percent.
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I'll set up a meeting with them next week.
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Secondly, the company cars are costing a fortune.
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Half of them are barely being used.
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That's true. We could switch to a shared pool.
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That alone would save thirty thousand pounds a year.
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And what's the third area?
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Travel. A lot of those trips could be video calls.
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The sales team won't be happy about that.
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Perhaps not, but we have to be realistic.
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Otherwise we'll be forced to freeze recruitment.
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I'd much rather avoid that if possible.
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What about investing in new equipment, though?
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The old machines are pushing up our energy costs.
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It's worth considering, provided it pays for itself.
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Could you put together a rough estimate?
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I'll have the numbers ready by the end of the month.
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Lovely. Then we can present everything to the board.
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Fingers crossed they'll see the bigger picture.
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I'm sure they will, if the figures add up.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Este vídeo tem 36 frases e 280 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 2:01. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 139 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 84% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
overtime substantivo/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/hora extra
finger substantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dedo (da mão)
invest verbo/ɪnˈvɛst/investir
fortune substantivo/ˈfɔːtjuːn/destino, fortuna
estimate substantivo/ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/estimativa, cálculo
margin substantivo/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/margem
gather verbo/ˈɡæðɚ/colher
realistic adjetivo/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/realístico
freeze verbo/ˈfɹiːz/gelar, congelar
recruitment substantivo/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /recrutamento
secondly advérbio/ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/segundamente
supplier substantivo/səˈplaɪə/fornecedor, fornecedora
reckon verbo/ˈɹɛkən/contar, calcular
anticipate verbo/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/antecipar-se
firstly advérbio/ˈfɜɹstli/primeiramente

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
put together verbomontar, construir
set up verbo/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/preparar

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 15 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'd, I'll, I'm. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “th”: thirty /ˈθɝti/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como overtime, finger, invest.

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

Técnica de shadowing: leia o guia completo passo a passo →