跟讀練習: Business Partner B2 Unit 1.1.1 - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Different businesses have different styles.
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We talk about the culture of a company,
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and this might mean its dress code or the way in which its staff communicate with their managers.
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Gravity Payments is a credit card processing company based in Seattle.
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It organizes the authorizations of fund transfers for credit card transactions.
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Its clients are retailers who accept card payments for purchases,
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and it aims to cut the cost of processing card payments.
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Gravity Payments, this is Corinne.
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Gravity Payments has grown quickly,
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from a small startup to a profitable mid-size operation.
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Company culture changed for the hundred employees of Gravity Payments when their boss,
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Dan Price, announced the company's minimum salary would go up to $70,000 a year.
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Effective immediately, we're going to put a scaled policy into place
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and we're going to have a minimum $70,000 pay rate for everyone that works here.
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And he cut his own salary from $1 million a year to $70,000.
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Curious if anyone has any questions.
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Let me see if I can find that for you.
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Corrine Ward in customer support used to have a long commute.
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Now she can afford to live close enough to walk to work.
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I'm able to afford, you know,
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the cost of living in Seattle, which is incredible.
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Gravity Payments, this is Alyssa.
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Alyssa O'Neill used to make $21,000 a year before coming to Gravity Payments.
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Now she makes almost $60,000 a year as a customer support representative.
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She's paid off her car loan,
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credit card debt, and moved into a better home.
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It's something I never could have imagined.
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Following the announcement, Dan Price was praised as America's best boss,
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and the company received a flood of job applications and new client inquiries.
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But there were negative effects as well.
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Gravity lost a few of its most senior staff.
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They felt their skills and experience were not recognized in the new more equal pay structure.
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Over time, however, Gravity reported a 75% increase in revenue and 67% increase in new clients.
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Harvard Business School researched the changes at Gravity Payments.
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Some of their success might be attributed to increased productivity on the part of the workers now who,
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you know, feel respected and understand that they're going to have a hard time finding another job that pays so well.
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But it also has generated a lot of publicity and that has been good in terms of pulling in business.
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Tom Osborne is a client of Gravity Payments.
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To me, if they're running their business in a way that their staff feel better about being part of the company,
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work harder with their customers,
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to me as a vendor, that's a good thing.
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And another good thing seems to be happening at Gravity's headquarters.
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The staff are up to something.
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We had tried to think of a way that we could thank Dan for what he's done for us.
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Customer support representative Alyssa O'Neill got the ball rolling.
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We have one more gift for you.
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All right.
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It's outside, though.
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Alyssa convinced the other employees to contribute hundreds of dollars each.
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They bought Dan a Tesla car worth $90,000.
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Are you kidding me?
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No. It happened.
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It was like it was meant to be.
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Oh my gosh!
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I'm really surprised by his reaction.
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Thank you.
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In the short term, Dan Price's strategy seems to have been a success,
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particularly in creating a new culture at Gravity Payments.
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And only time will tell if it's going to be a long-term success or whether other companies will take the same approach.
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背景與背景
在當今商業世界中，公司文化扮演著至關重要的角色。從著裝規範到員工與管理層的溝通方式，這些都是影響公司氛圍和工作效率的重要因素。這段影片介紹了位於西雅圖的信用卡處理公司Gravity Payments的故事。透過該公司對最低工資的改變，員工們感受到的尊重與滿足感，顯著提高了工作效率，從而促使公司的迅速成長。
日常溝通的五個關鍵短語
- Minimum salary: 最低工資
- Cost of living: 生活成本
- Customer support: 客戶支援
- Praise as America's best boss: 被讚譽為美國最佳老闆
- A new pay structure: 新的薪資結構
這些短語不僅在商業環境中常見，還可以幫助你在不同的對話中更加流利地表達自己的想法。可以在 看YouTube學英語 的時候，尋找相應的上下文來加深理解。
逐步跟讀指導
如果你想提升你的英語口說能力，可以遵循以下的逐步跟讀指導，幫助你更好地掌握這段影片的內容：
- 首先，觀看整個影片，瞭解大意。
- 然後，將影片分成幾個部分，逐段播放。
- 每播放一句話後，暫停並重複說出來，這是shadow speak的練習，能夠幫助你加強語音和語調。
- 每次重複時，試著模仿發音和語速，這會讓你的口語表達更加自然。
- 最後，將影片的關鍵短語納入日常對話中，融入到你自己的交流中。
透過這種方式，不斷地進行shadow speech的練習，能讓你的英語口語變得更加流利。持之以恆地運用這些技巧，並通過我們的shadowing site進一步深化學習，將會取得顯著的進步。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| “used to” used to + 動詞 — 過去的習慣或狀態，現在已不再如此 | used to have · used to make |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | was praised · were not recognized · might be attributed |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | has grown · has generated |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。