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Do you remember the last time you had to explain a complex accounting problem to someone?
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And then after about five seconds of trying to explain, you get lost.
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The person you're speaking to gets lost.
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You know I don't speak Spanish.
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In English, please.
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And then it just turns into a mess.
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In today's class, I'm going to give you a five step process to be
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able to explain complex accounting problems in a simple way so that everyone will understand.
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If you've been following the channel for a while, you know that I love structures and frameworks to help students communicate more efficiently.
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And in today's class, I'm going to give you one more.
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Generally when we have a problem, our first instinct is to try and share it with someone.
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We get really excited.
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Sometimes we get a little bit panicky.
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and in our rush to explain what the problem is We actually give them all the details, but we don't tell them what the actual problem is.
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I was watching this great interview the other day with Simon Sinek, and he was saying that when you're explaining something complex, You need to make it so simple
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that it's repeatable because if it's repeatable it's understandable
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and that's what your goal should be
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when you're trying to explain a complex accounting problem make it so simple and concise
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that the person listening can repeat it back to you.
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And that's exactly what our five step process aims to achieve.
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Okay, so let's look at the first step.
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What's the issue?
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We want to give one sentence that describes what the problem is.
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We want to prepare the listeners brain for the information that they're about to receive.
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So let's imagine it's a revenue recognition problem.
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If I was speaking to a finance person, they'll know what revenue recognition means.
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But if I'm talking to a non -finance person, they would have no idea what I'm talking about in most cases.
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So I want to be very careful with the words I choose.
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So I would say something like, we discovered
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that the revenue on one of our contracts was recorded in
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the wrong month you notice here the word i used was recorded
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because that's a word everyone's going to know step number two is what is the specific issue
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and what is the impact on the business.
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So I could say the revenue was recorded before the service was delivered
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and this caused our Q2 revenue to be overstated by $50 ,000.
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Here, over -stated means that the number was too high.
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If you want the opposite of that, you can say, understated.
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If I was speaking to someone outside of finance, I'd probably give them an extra sentence, just something that explains how this problem is going to affect their area.
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So for example, if I was speaking to someone in sales, I would say that means that the commissions we calculated in Q2 were incorrect
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or if I was speaking to someone in commercial, I might say that Our rebates have been calculated incorrectly or our revenue share was wrong in Q2.
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So we'll need to fix it.
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Just before I forget, there is a free PDF download of this class with all the vocabulary and structures.
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as well as some other complex accounting problems.
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The link to that PDF is in the description of this video.
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Step three is what is the cause?
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So I could say, We used the contract date instead of the delivery date.
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Step 4 is: How do we prevent it happening again?
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So you can say, we have set up a 30 minute training session with a data entry team to do a review of the input procedure.
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- And the last step is how do we fix it?
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What's the solution?
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so i would say we have corrected the overstatement in q2 and moved the revenue into Q3.
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If I put everything together, it should now look like this.
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We discovered that the revenue on one of our contracts was recorded in the wrong month.
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The revenue was recorded before the service was delivered and this caused our Q2 revenue to be overstated by $50 ,000.
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The issue occurred because we used the contract date instead of the delivery date.
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We've set up a 30 minute training session with the data entry team to do a review of the data input procedure.
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We've corrected the overstatement and moved the amount to Q3.
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You notice here with the example, I keep the language very simple and easy to understand.
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Thank you.
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I worked with a CFO once and he said, "You don't win any awards for using more words." And that's a problem I see with English learners.
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Their focus is on trying to show off, to use the most sophisticated words,
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But your focus should be trying to get your message across in the most efficient way using the least amount of words.
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The last piece of advice I would give you is always prepare
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and practice a few times before you go and speak to someone.
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Remember, keep it simple if the person wants more details they'll ask you
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if you like today's class let me know in the comment section below remember
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that there is a free pdf of everything we learned and you can find that in the description of this video
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誰適合看這個影片？
無論是備考雅思口語練習的學生，還是想提升職場溝通能力的上班族，只要你需要用簡單英語解釋複雜概念，這個影片都能幫到你。它不僅教你會計領域的表達，更提供了一套通用的邏輯框架，適合所有希望清晰傳遞資訊的英語學習者。通過看YouTube學英語，你能邊學專業知識邊練口語，一舉兩得。
值得借鑑的詞彙和表達
- overstated/understated：高估/低估。例："Q2 revenue was overstated by $50,000"（第二季度收入高估了5萬美元）。
- repeatable：可重複的。影片中提到，複雜內容要“simple and repeatable”（簡單且可重複），這樣聽眾才能理解。
- revenue recognition：收入確認（會計術語）。講解時可簡化為“revenue recorded in the wrong month”（收入記賬月份錯誤）。
如何練好發音和語調？
影片主講人語速適中，邏輯清晰，非常適合shadow speak（影子跟讀法）練習。建議重點關注以下幾點：
1. 弱讀：如“was”“the”等虛詞要輕讀，突出關鍵名詞和動詞（如“revenue”“recorded”）。
2. 停頓：在“step one”“step two”等結構後稍作停頓，模仿主講人清晰的層次感。
3. 重音：遇到“overstated”“prevent”等關鍵詞時，適當加重語氣，增強表達力。
每天用shadowspeak方法跟讀5分鐘，堅持一週就能明顯提升口語流暢度。
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 |
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| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if the person wants more details they'll ask |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | was recorded · be overstated · have been calculated |
| 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 | have been calculated · have set · have corrected |
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。