每日口說挑戰【職場英文】怎麼用英文讚美神隊友？Manager Minute or Two! - Powerful Compliments

Jenny's transcript!
Intro:

Hi guys, do you like receiving compliments? In short, compliments are nice things we say to other people. I’m sure most of us enjoy hearing compliments every now and then. Do you feel a million bucks when someone gives you a compliment? In our video today, the speaker talks about the impact of powerful compliments in the workplace. A good compliment can go a long way; it will help boost confidence, make people feel that they are being appreciated for what they do and even improve their work performance.

Let’s pause for a moment and go over our pronunciation challenge first:

Sentence:
Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."
像是這樣：與其說「我很欣賞你的合作精神」，不如說「你很有合作精神」或者更好的用「你是一個強大的合作伙伴」

Pronunciation tips:
1.
Appreciate
2. Collaborative
3. Partner (t不發音）

Vocab:
1.
collaborative (v.) KK[kəˋlæbərətɪv]] IPA /kəˈlæb.ɚ.ə.t̬ɪv/
合作的；協作的 involving two or more people working together for a special purpose

collaboration (n.) KK[kə͵læbəˋreʃən] IPA /kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
合作；協作 the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing

In collaboration with a vocalist, the pipe organist performed several moving pieces of music at the National Concert hall last night.

昨晚在國家音樂廳，管風琴家與聲樂家合作，表演了好幾首非常動人的音樂。


2.
instead of (phr.)
作為…的替代 in place of someone or something

I’m absolutely buggered today, would you please take out the rubbish (trash) later instead of me?
我今天實在太累了，等一下你可以代替我，把垃圾拿出去嗎?

3.
better yet (phr.)
更好的是 “Better yet” means that what is about to be said is better than something formerly said, which was said to be good.

Angela! We are going to be in the same class again next semester, better yet, we’re going to sitting next to each other!
Angela! 我們下學期又能夠同班了，更好的是，我們能夠坐在一起呢!

Outro:

When it’s done right, a good compliment will surely make someone’s day! So here’s some advice on how to give a good compliment. First, you need to be sincere, and link your compliment to something you genuinely feel. Second, be authentic and not hyperbolic. Hyperbolic means it’s deliberately exaggerated. Don’t over exaggerate, OK?! I think the compliment would come off in a wrong way if you do that. Also, for a compliment to be effective, you can also try to be more specific. Let’s assume you’re trying to say something nice to a musician after their performance. Instead of just saying, “That was a great performance”, you can be more specific and say something like, “I really enjoyed your performance, especially during the climax of the last piece, I was at the edge of my seat and felt goosebumps all over my arms!”. See, much better right?

Compliments can be a useful tool to nurture and enhance relationships. Let’s practice by leaving a nice comment underneath someone else’s recording today! Actually, I see that some of you are already doing that! I’ve noticed a few of our very motivated listeners that make extra learning notes, are getting some nice feedback from other listeners. They’re being thanked for translating the transcripts and for helping each other learn. For our listeners that tune in via other mediums like Spotify, you can head on over to VoiceTube’s website and see what I’m talking about under the pronunciation challenge section. I think we have a really lovely community here and I’m super proud of our listeners that have kept up the habit of recording challenge sentences day after day for a long time! That’s amazing guys! You guys deserve a big compliment and should be proud of yourselves! Alright, promise you’ll join me again next time? Thanks for listening and see you later!

☺Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."
你可以這樣用：與其說「我很欣賞你的合作精神」，不如說「你很有合作精神」，或者更好的說法是「你是一個很有力的合作伙伴」。
■collaborative [kəˋlæbərətɪv] (adj.)合作的；協作的
■collaboration [kə͵læbəˋreʃən] (n.C)合作；協作
(n.U)勾結；通敵，叛國

Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."

明天上班用這幾句44看 (๑•̀ㅂ•́)✧

#也很適合鼓勵家中的神隊友
Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."
像是與其說「我很欣賞你的合作精神」，不如說「你很有合作精神」或者更好的用「你是一個影響力強大的合作伙伴」。
◆ better yet : 意思是「更好」，另一個相似的說法是 even better
Better yet, my dad will pick us up so we don’t have to walk home by ourselves. 更好的是，我爸會來接我們，所以我們就不用照原先計畫自己走回家。
◆ collaborative [kəˋlæbərətɪv] (adj.) 合作的,協作的
◆ collaboration [kə͵læbəˋreʃən] (n.) 合作,協作;勾結,通敵,叛國
◆ instead of : (preposition 介系詞) 作為…的替代
◆ appreciate [əˋpriʃɪ͵et]
(vt.)欣賞,賞識;感謝,感激;體會,領會,察知;正確地評價,鑑別
(vi.)(土地,貨幣等)增值

Intro: Hi guys, do you like receiving compliments([ˋkɑmpləmənt]讚美的話)? In short, compliments are nice things we say to other people. I’m sure most of us enjoy hearing compliments *every now and then(有時,偶爾). Do you *feel a million bucks(看起來/感覺非常好) when someone gives you a compliment? In our video today, the speaker talks about the impact of powerful compliments in the workplace. A good compliment can *go a long way(很有幫助); it will help boost(增加v.) confidence(自信n.), make people feel that they are being appreciated for what they do and even improve their work performance. Let’s pause(暫停v.) for a moment and go over our pronunciation challenge first.

Day 18

Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."

Day 2284-Thank Jenny and every friend who listens to my recordings.

Here's how it works: Instead of, "I appreciate how collaborative you are," try, "You are collaborative," or better yet, "You are a powerful partner."
像是這樣：與其說「我很欣賞你的合作精神」，不如說「你很有合作精神」或者更好的用「你是一個強大的合作伙伴」