ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Reporting to the Steering Committee: The Project Is Behind Schedule

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Good morning. Thanks for making time for this.
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Morning. Let's get straight to it, shall we?
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Of course. Overall, we've made solid progress this month.
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Good. So, are we still on track for go-live?
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Well... that's the difficult part.
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I'm afraid our status has moved from green to amber.
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Amber? Last month you said everything was fine!
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The supplier delivered the migration tool three weeks late.
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And unfortunately, that task sits on the critical path.
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So how much slippage are we talking about?
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Um, around four weeks, if we do nothing.
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Four weeks? Ugh, the board won't accept that.
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Why wasn't this escalated earlier?
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That's fair. I should have flagged it sooner.
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We honestly believed the supplier could catch up.
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Hmm. And where are we on the budget?
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Don't worry, the budget variance is under two percent.
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Okay, I've prepared two options for a mitigation plan.
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First, we bring in two extra developers,
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paid for from the contingency budget.
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And the second option?
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We go live on time with a reduced scope,
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and deliver the reporting module a month later.
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Right. Which one would you recommend?
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The first one. It protects both the scope and the date.
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But it uses most of our contingency, doesn't it?
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It does, but the risk of further delays is low.
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The dependency on the supplier has now been resolved.
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Fine. I'll approve the extra resources, on one condition.
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I want a weekly report until we're back to green.
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Absolutely. You'll have it every Friday morning.
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And next time, escalate early. No surprises.
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Understood. Thank you — that's a real relief!
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Good. Let's get the change request signed off today.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Reporting to the Steering Committee: The Project Is Behind Schedule”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: supplier, budget, weeks, month. This video has 34 sentences and 275 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:12. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 34 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
supplier noun/səˈplaɪə/One who supplies; a provider.
contingency noun/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
escalate verb/ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
amber noun/ˈæm.bəː/A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and…
mitigation noun/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
slippage noun/ˈslɪpɪdʒ/The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
variance noun/ˈvæɹ.i.əns/The act of varying or the state of being variable.
dependency noun/dɪˈpɛndənsi/A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
module noun/ˈmɑd͡ʒul/A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
approve verb/əˈpɹuːv/To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
migration noun/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
resolve verb/ɹɪˈzɑlv/To find a solution to (a problem).
developer noun/dɪˈvɛləpɚ/A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
catch up verbTo pick up suddenly.
sign off verbTo log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Let's get straight to it, shall we?
  • Overall, we've made solid progress this month.
  • Why wasn't this escalated earlier?
  • Which one would you recommend?
  • But it uses most of our contingency, doesn't it?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mitigation /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/, migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Long words — get the stress right: contingency /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/, mitigation /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/, dependency /dɪˈpɛndənsi/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like supplier, contingency, escalate.

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