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Speaker 2: In this episode, we'll uncover Sophie's journey from a quiet
Speaker 2: in turn to a confident achiever, proving that courage and
Speaker 2: determination can lead to a breakthrough under the summer sun.
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Speaker 5: rain was benewed who the trestashiers at Sauda dun Martin
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Speaker 5: the fore mored border broke and the conceptor mater outlet.
Speaker 5: She taken the un spruck down look and left the
Speaker 5: complexity day is simple and held her out turn the
Speaker 5: present tasi for baivos dunce their applause to the round
Speaker 5: young cake Trotzner Sophie Fantasti's work, Sophie say Hey the
Speaker 5: initiative and Problamo plossoms from o have indruk omaked it
Speaker 5: kept be slowly and contract anti bidder, Sophie connar or
Speaker 5: Nitralov Sahata tradan, sahta stop rasette and at first Hill
Speaker 5: remarked in the day darna foolish, as if sacred or done.
Speaker 5: Owt So realized if nit A lay in her father
Speaker 5: head mar okharmut and door settings from the stud blunk
Speaker 5: about in the Zohmer zone, and Sophie stu comest Sachantso
Speaker 5: held it out.
Speaker 2: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 2: may have missed.
Speaker 5: Open zuni jui strong de het licht open contoura to bin.
Speaker 2: On a sunny morning in July, light streamed into the
Speaker 2: open office space.
Speaker 5: Hetros moya zomerda mar beIN detra semura fa contour was
Speaker 5: igerin hart an at erk.
Speaker 2: It was a beautiful summer day, but within the glass
Speaker 2: walls of the office everyone was hard at work.
Speaker 5: Sophi sat at her bourou deep I.
Speaker 2: Sophie sat behind her desk, deep in thought.
Speaker 5: Sigeik narmaarte di met coolejas lochte saint charmante Zelvos.
Speaker 2: She watched Martin, who was laughing with colleagues and being
Speaker 2: his charming self.
Speaker 5: Sophie Vos fasparade.
Speaker 2: Sophie was determined.
Speaker 5: Fonda vos her comes m d lucte mac o parmenager.
Speaker 2: Today was her chance to impress her manager.
Speaker 5: Sevist deltar family hoped to do side sistachis unset inumfostebaan.
Speaker 2: She knew that her family hoped she would turn this
Speaker 2: internship into a permanent job.
Speaker 5: My darfour must out her sub coombe.
Speaker 2: But for that she needed to come out of her shell.
Speaker 5: Then fusstebam zau buvet dot stkom delta inset and study
Speaker 5: the mutevartvar based.
Speaker 2: A permanent job would prove that she could do it,
Speaker 2: that her hard work and studies had been worthwhile.
Speaker 5: The drux vos o.
Speaker 2: The pressure was high.
Speaker 5: Martin was alted al hut in soclasis.
Speaker 2: Martin was always good at social relationships.
Speaker 5: Hey thist prussis juhei menssen komt kre.
Speaker 2: He knew exactly how to win people over.
Speaker 5: Mar Sophie was umblers still and nocur.
Speaker 2: But Sophie was different, quiet and meticulous.
Speaker 5: The media tied inste lunch Bauser. For example, the Sophi
Speaker 5: alharmut and klopto op the dur from her maniature Yonnahi.
Speaker 2: That afternoon, during the lunch break, Sophie gathered all her
Speaker 2: courage and knocked on her manager Jan's.
Speaker 5: Door, Young vas friend l ehudel.
Speaker 2: Jan was friendly and patient.
Speaker 5: Hooknichi help Sophie.
Speaker 2: How can I help you, Sophie fourche, He asked.
Speaker 5: Equil feedback over mainvertelnutu on forward is Sophie arslans.
Speaker 2: I would like some feedback on my work so far.
Speaker 2: Sophie responded hesitantly, and al sair.
Speaker 5: Mart lequet design ville egraen present atsi.
Speaker 2: Laide and if there are opportunities, I would like to
Speaker 2: lead a presentation jum klimlacht. Jan smiled, ik farder ye initchettiv,
Speaker 2: I appreciate your initiative.
Speaker 5: Las of the cake, vot fool carcune greg.
Speaker 2: Let's see what we can arrange.
Speaker 5: Di freidach vos de d'orf on the Presentazi.
Speaker 2: That Friday was the day of the presentation.
Speaker 5: Heads contour was full spawning.
Speaker 2: The office was full of tension.
Speaker 5: I the rain vos beneute, who the tresteasier, said saud Doun.
Speaker 2: Everyone was curious about how the two interns would do.
Speaker 5: Martin bauhonzel frejaecret marhl fervee greche de marc metithi semon commend.
Speaker 2: Martin started confidently, but half way through he encountered technical difficulties.
Speaker 5: The dia sverk de neet mer and heracked in Panique.
Speaker 2: The slide stopped working, and he panicked.
Speaker 5: Sophie sprung hope.
Speaker 2: Sophie jumped up.
Speaker 5: Fain zorphan eg help is a calm.
Speaker 2: No worries. I'll help, she said, calmly.
Speaker 5: Sestil the four almost borte braig and the concept romp matre.
Speaker 2: She suggested, using the board to explain the concepts manually.
Speaker 5: Sitakned and spruck down, look and left the complexy they
Speaker 5: is simple and held out.
Speaker 2: She drew and spoke clearly, explaining complex ideas simply and clearly.
Speaker 5: Toun de prisentatsi forbe vos dunst Aplau stood around.
Speaker 2: When the presentation was over, applause rang through the room.
Speaker 5: Young Kik Totzner Sophi.
Speaker 2: Jan looked proudly at Sophie Fontosti sverk Sophie say, hey,
Speaker 2: fantastic work, Sophie, he said.
Speaker 5: Ye inicche tif and probles moplosund for more Hebeindri Kopem remarked.
Speaker 2: Your initiative and problem solving skills have impressed me.
Speaker 5: Akept buslowti in contract antibide.
Speaker 2: I've decided to offer you a contract.
Speaker 5: Sophie Coulnard or Nitrilov.
Speaker 2: Sophie couldn't believe her ears.
Speaker 5: Sahrate tredain she had done it, sah hat stop presite
Speaker 5: and at first Hill remarked she had taken the step
Speaker 5: and made the difference in the da d'arna fool ish,
Speaker 5: az if sacred or dom ot.
Speaker 2: In the days that followed, she felt more confident than ever.
Speaker 5: Serrea Liz desif del nit a lain vardehid mar o
Speaker 5: kharmut and doors hittings for more are fair.
Speaker 2: She realized that not only her skills, but also her
Speaker 2: courage and perseverance had brought her far.
Speaker 5: This Stutt blunk bout in the zomer zom and Sophie
Speaker 5: stukomst sachranitso held out.
Speaker 2: The city shone outside in the summer sun, and Sophie's
Speaker 2: future looked just as bright.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 5: Stromde strom dee stromde streamed, fosparade, fosparade, fossparade, determined, stashe, stashe, stashe,
Speaker 5: internship foster foster foster, permanent, swoop swoop swoop shell now
Speaker 5: curre now cur now curre meticulous, arsilent, arsilent, arsilent hesitantly
Speaker 5: initiative initiative, initiative, initiative regele regele, rechele arrange, spawning, spawning, spawning, tension, benut, beneut, benute, curious,
Speaker 5: griechtemachmet grichte makemet grichtemachmetz encountered, moncamente, moncummente, moncamente, difficulties lock
Speaker 5: the impannique luck to impannique loch the impannique.
Speaker 2: Panict calm, calm come calmly.
Speaker 5: Conceptor concept concept concepts hunt matter, humph matter, hunt matter,
Speaker 5: manually outletch out leach outletch explaining complex complex complex complex applause, applause, applause, applause, initiative, initiative,
Speaker 5: initiative initiative. Pro blame oblossomed, pro blame oblasomed, pro blame oblossomed.
Speaker 5: Problem solving Indru Commacht Indru Commacht Indru Commacht impressed contract
Speaker 5: contract contract contract opened, opened opened, perspective zaycre saycre Zacre, Confident, Moot, Moot, Moot, Courage.
Speaker 5: Door settings from OH. Door Settings for more, Door settings
Speaker 5: from OH.
Speaker 2: Perseverance Helder, Helder, Helder Bright.
Speaker 5: Forzambled Forsamled Forgamlde gathered.
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