Практика Shadowing: Effective Team Meetings - Getting it Right - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

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Welcome everybody today to today's team meeting.
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Thank you very much for attending.
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We are due to run today from 2.30 until 3 o'clock, so I am aware that we're quite tight on time, so I have put together an agenda for us to work through
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so that we can get through the topics that we need to cover.
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As we have a rotational minute taker at all of our meetings, Morgan will be taking the minutes of today's meeting.
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Amy, you'll be taking the minutes at our next meeting, so thank you.
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As I've said before, this is a great chance to kind of hone those minute-taking skills, so please do take up this opportunity in an informal setting that we're in at the moment.
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So our first agenda item then is apologies.
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So I do have apologies from Emma.
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She's unable to attend today as she's already at another meeting this morning.
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I don't have any apologies from Charles.
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Has anybody seen him?
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Yeah, I did see him in the kitchen making a cup of tea, so I'm sure he won't be long.
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That's fine not a problem we are quite short of time
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so I am going to make a start on the meeting anyway
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if that's okay our second agenda item then is team updates
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so we're just going to spend a couple of minutes providing
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a bit of an update to each other on our key priorities
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and work that we've got going on at the moment Morgan could we start with you please yes
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so I've completed my blog so
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that will go up soon the present place on shoes that's okay
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and we're just having a bit of an update at the moment on people's key priorities
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and where they're at with their work.
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So Morgan's just giving us his update first.
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Yeah, so I've completed my blog and that will go online soon.
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The apprentice networking events were set up and took place on Tuesday.
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The reports had no errors, which is really good.
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And that's all my updates for this week.
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Okay, fantastic, thank you very much.
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Amy, could we have your update please?
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Yeah, so just to say that the Welcome to Kill is at full capacity, so we'll need to get another one.
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Yeah, and that concludes my update.
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Fantastic, that's brilliant, thank you very much Amy.
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Charles, can we have your update please?
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Yeah, I thought I'd take the opportunity to give her an update on our project plan, so what actions we have.
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If you've got any comments or any feedback, if you want to get in touch with me, then I'll be able to put them on board.
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Lovely.
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Thank you very much Charles for that update.
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I do have a bit of an update as well.
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So I went to a meeting on Monday and we discussed some new training that we're going to be providing.
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Finally, I do have a strategic update to give to you, but that's part of a wider team update.
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I will do that following a wider team meeting that was going to take place in a couple of weeks.
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Has anybody got any questions at all regarding any of those updates?
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No, thank you.
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So we'll move on to Agenda Item 3, the OD Operating Plan.
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I did issue you all this in our last team meeting and ask you all to have a look at it, so thank you very much because I do know that you've done that.
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This is a great document now so
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that we can use this as showing what we've got going on in the coming year
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and our provision that we're going to be providing.
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Has anybody got any questions at all about this document?
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No, just feedback, but I think it's a really good dynamic document
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and I think it will help us plan things throughout the year.
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Fantastic, lovely, thank you very much.
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But can I just ask, how does it meet the appraisal objectives?
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So the tasks that you are completing within the document, they are individual tasks but I will build
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that into the appraisal meeting as part of the wider objectives that you were set in your last meeting.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, does that make sense?
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Yeah, thank you.
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Lovely.
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Any more questions at all?
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No. No. Okay, if we could move on to our next agenda item then which is the OD website.
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Amy have you got an update on that?
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Yeah so just to say that the OD website is due to go live next month.
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I've made some updates in terms of the program of events it's going to be continually updated
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so staff can see what workshops are going to be booked in on an ongoing basis.
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That sounds fantastic thank you very much I have seen it
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and it does look really good is there anything that we need to do to help you with that or?
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It'd be really useful if you could just take some time out just to review it
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and see if there's any issues and queries
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and just to get back to me
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that would be great thank you no problem morgan could you drop
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that down as an action for everybody please for the next meeting and then we'll update amy during our next meeting
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um our next agenda item then workshop numbers morgan could you
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provide an update on those please yes i have the workshop numbers for the month ahead
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so um we've got inclusive leadership on the 5th with 10
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booked to date um assertiveness is on the 7th with 12
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booked um on the 19th we have excel introduction with only three.
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I'm not sure what you want me to do with that one.
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I deliver that workshop so if we can perhaps give it a week
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and review it at the next team meeting that would be really good.
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Yeah I'll make an answer to review it next week.
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We have career planning on the 22nd which has eight people, so we can review that again next week.
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And the final one is project management on the 29th.
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It's fully booked and we're five people on the waiting list.
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Well, I deliver on that workshop, Morgan, so could we look at getting another one booked in for the beginning of next month, please?
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Yeah, that's why I'm making a note.
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That's all the numbers for the next four weeks and any queries in the meantime, just let me know.
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That's great, lovely.
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Thank you very much, Morgan, for providing that update.
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So our final agenda item then is any other business.
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So has anybody got anything they want to bring up or discuss that we haven't already mentioned?
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As you all know, I sit on the charity committee
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and we've been asked to come up with some creative ideas for events to run next year.
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So I thought maybe as we're all together, we could take the opportunity to brainstorm a few things to take forward.
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OK, I think that's a great consideration that we need to make.
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I would love to get involved in some of those events.
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I don't think we have the time to look at that today, unfortunately, because we are quite short on time.
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Morgan could you put
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that down as an action please for us to look at ready for the next meeting
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and if we could all look into that and get back to Charles
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when we meet again that would be great is
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that okay yeah that's really good thank you lovely thank you
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is there anything anybody else wants to mention no no okay
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that's everything from me I don't have anything else to add
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except thank you very much for all your hard work and
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if we could all meet again next week
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that would be lovely I will be in touch to extend
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that meeting so that we have enough time to allow for the discussion on the charity events.
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Morgan if you could circulate the actions by the end of the day
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that would be great so we've all got time to look at those ready for the next meeting.
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Thank you very much for attending everybody.
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Thank you.

Первое впечатление: почему этот видеоролик идеально подходит для практики разговора

Этот ролик — настоящий кладезь естественной английской речи в деловом контексте. Диалог на примере совещания команды демонстрирует живую речь: сокращения, плавные переходы и разговорный тон, которые редко встретишь в учебниках. Именно такие фразы нужны, чтобы говорить по-английски не только правильно, но и убедительно. Плюс, тема "эффективные совещания" универсальна — вы обязательно примените эти выражения в работе или учебе. И самое важное: речь здесь неспешная, с ясной интонацией, что делает его отличным материалом для shadowing (т.е. повторения за говорящим) — метода, который помогает улучшить произношение английского и чувство ритма.

Разбор: 3 фразы, которые делают речь естественной

  • "We are due to run today from 2.30 until 3 o'clock, so I am aware that we're quite tight on time" — Фраза "due to run" (планируется длиться) и "tight on time" (времени мало) звучат гораздо живее, чем формальные "the meeting will last" или "we have little time". Обратите внимание на интонацию: пауза после "so" подчеркивает важность пунктуальности.
  • "I have put together an agenda for us to work through" — "Put together" (составить) и "work through" (рассмотреть) — это глагольные сочетания, которые делают речь менее официальной. В деловых разговорах они используются чаще, чем "create" или "discuss", поэтому запомните их!
  • "Has anybody seen him? Yeah, I did see him in the kitchen making a cup of tea" — "Yeah" вместо "yes" и повторение "did see" (для подчеркания) — отличные примеры разговорной речи. Такие детали помогают вас звучать не как робот, а как настоящий носитель языка.

Рутина практики: как использовать этот ролик для shadowspeak

Попробуйте такой простой цикл: 1. Смотрите фрагмент видео (10-15 секунд) и слушайте внимательно интонацию и ритм. 2. Нажмите паузу и повторите фразу сразу же, стараясь подражать темпу и акцентам — это shadow speech. 3. Запишите себя на телефоне и сравните с оригиналом: заметите, где вы замедляли или ускорили речь. 4. Повторяйте каждый фрагмент 3-5 раз, пока не почувствуете, что речь выходит плавно. Этот метод поможет вам не только улучшить произношение английского, но и научиться мыслить на английском "на лету". Начните с коротких фраз, а потом переходите к более длинным абзацам — и через неделю вы заметите прогресс!

Не забывайте: shadowspeaks — это не о совершенстве, а о регулярности. Даже 10 минут в день дадут результат. Так что включи видео, закрой глаза и пусть твой голос повторяет за теми, кто говорит естественно и уверенно!

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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