跟读练习: Pushing Back on an Unrealistic Deadline - 通过视频学习英语口语
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So he wants the whole platform live by the twentieth?
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That's what the email says. Three weeks, no exceptions.
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Priya, that's not ambitious. That's delusional.
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I know. Which is why I'm going to push back.
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Mark, have you got five minutes? It's about the launch date.
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Sure. Though I should warn you, the date isn't up for debate.
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Understood. I'd still like to flag a few risks before we commit.
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Go on. I'm listening.
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To be candid, three weeks only works if nothing goes wrong.
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And in my experience, something always goes wrong.
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That sounds like a convenient way of saying no.
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It's a way of saying we'd be cutting corners on testing.
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If we ship with bugs, the launch becomes a liability, not a win.
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I hear you. But the board has been promised a date.
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Moving it now would make us look like we can't deliver.
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That's a fair point. So let's not move the date.
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Let's narrow the scope instead.
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Narrow it how?
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We launch the core features on the twentieth, fully tested.
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The reporting dashboard follows two weeks later, as a phase two.
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And the board gets their launch, just without the bells and whistles.
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Exactly. We under-promise now and over-deliver in phase two.
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Alright. I can sell that upstairs, provided phase two doesn't slip.
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It won't. I'll build in a buffer this time.
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Good. And Priya, I appreciate you raising this early.
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Most people would've just nodded and burned out by week three.
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I'd rather have an awkward conversation than a failed launch.
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Well? Are we still doomed?
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We're launching the core on the twentieth. Dashboard is phase two.
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You actually got him to budge? How?
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I didn't argue about the date. I argued about the risk.
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Remind me never to negotiate against you.
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情境与背景
视频展现了职场中常见的场景：面对不切实际的截止日期，如何有理有据地沟通。对话中，Priya通过聚焦风险而非直接反对日期，成功说服上级调整方案。这样的真实场景非常适合雅思口语练习，能帮助学习者掌握职场沟通的实用技巧，同时提升语言表达的逻辑性。
日常沟通必备的5个短语
- push back：表示“反驳、拒绝”，如“我打算反驳这个截止日期”。
- flag a few risks：意为“指出一些风险”，适用于提出问题时，如“在承诺前，我想指出几个风险”。
- cut corners：指“走捷径、偷工减料”，如“我们不能在测试上偷工减料”。
- narrow the scope：表示“缩小范围”，用于调整方案，如“我们可以缩小范围，先推出核心功能”。
- under-promise and over-deliver：即“少承诺，多交付”，是职场沟通的重要策略。
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