Business Communication in Action 実践ビジネス英語
Hello everybody. こんにちは。みなさん。
Hello and welcome to the show.
This is Heather Howard.
Let's take a look at conversation at work.
Hi, everybody. It's great to be back.
Here's to another fun year.
TheBenefits of Being Bilingual (1)
Salmans complimentsUeda on his recent interpreting for the CEO
and an executive visiting from Japan.
Ueda says Alvarez is much better at moving between Spanish and
English and that he can never fully relax while speaking English.
Mcmillan says switching between languages helps make the brain
more flexible.
And Salmans imagines a world in which everyone shares
a common language.
Be impressed: When we're impressed, something has gained
our admiration or our interest.
Like, I'm very impressed by his negotiating skills.
Or, she learned to speak English that well in just a year?
I'm impressed.
Pinch-hit as:
Negotiating session:
Switch from A to B: Change from A to B, basically.
We switched from Supplier X to Supplier Z, for example.
SupplierZ's products are better and they're less expensive.
Without missing a beat:
Go back and forth between: Ueda says, "Nancy is much better
going back and forth between English and Spanish."
This is moving repeatedly between two different points.
Like, I've been going back and forth between my office
and the marketing department all day.
So she's been going to those places, alternating between them.
Or, I'm going back and forth between these two apartments.
I can't decide which one I should pick.
In that case, you're probably not actually moving.
You're just thinking about it. You're moving in your brain.
優柔不断である
Native tongue:
Make a conscious effort to:
A conscious effort is an intentional effort, a deliberate effort.
For example, she's making a conscious effort to listen more
and talk less.
It's also common to hear about a conscious decision
or a conscious attempt.
He made a conscious decision to join a small company.
Watch: In this case, "watch" means
"pay close attention to something, be careful about it."
For example, I have to watch how much I talk.
Sometimes I dominate a conversation without meaning to.
Or, we have to watch our spending. We don't want to go over-budget.
Watch your manners.
Watch your language.
Grammar, syntax and pronunciation:
Admire: McMillan says, "I really admire your ability."
"Admire" is "have a high opinion of someone or something."
Think of them with approval, respect.
Imagine a friend who opens her own business.
You could say, "I really admire her courage. That takes guts."
Or, a whistleblower who exposes corruption.
I admire their honesty and integrity
Admirer
From your secret admirer
密かにあなたのことを尊敬している 敬服している一人より
Old gray matter:
Monolingual: This refers to a single language.
Ah, so if a company has a monolingual staff,
then the employees only speak one language.
And of course, two languages is bilingual. Three is trilingual. And so on.
Trilingual
Bilingual
American
Harsh, but true.
Envy:
"Envy" is "coveting an advantage or possession that someone else has."
I envy Fred's language skills.
Or, I envy his big house with a garden.
There's also the expression "green with envy."
And that means "very jealous, very envious."
I'm green with envy over her promotion.
And back again: Up at the top, Salmans says,
"You switched from English to Japanese and then back to English
again without missing a beat."
This is "and returning to where we were before."
Like, I walked from Shinjuku to Shibuya and back again. I'm exhausted.
Or, the stock market has been very volatile.
Investors went from joy to despair and back again this month.
VOLATILE 気まぐれな 乱高下する
Think of: Down at the bottom, Salmans says
"Think of how much that could help human society."
Or just"think."
We often use these expressions to invite someone
to contemplate something.
Imagine this we're saying.
Like, think how much easier work would be with better computers.
Or, think what the world could accomplish if there was no war.
That's all for today.
See you next time. Bye, bye.
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