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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 Chris Matsushita. Let's take a look at conversation at work.
こんにちは。番組にようこそ。クリス松下です。実践的な会話を見てみましょう。
Bicycling to Work (2)
Hughes comments on the popularity of last year's bike-to-work week.
Tyson talks about how it reflects well on the companies that encourage their employees
to commute by bike.
Hughes talks about the greater Chicago area.
He's talking about the area where many people travel into the city for all kinds of reasons,
especially for work.
But by saying the greater Chicago area, it also means people who don't live in Cook County,
which is the county where Chicago is located.
Shiga uses the word "novice" to mean "beginner".
A novice is used when you're talking about someone who's new to a field or an activity.
You could say "beginner" as well.
If you're up for something, it means you're interested in it, you're excited about it,
you want to try it.
And please notice in the situation, you can't use the verb "challenge".
You can't challenge cycling to work.
corny 陳腐な
Kinkaid also describes some bike commuters as would-be.
That means people who are planning on it and want to do it.
There is a similar word. Well, actually it's a phrase. But it tends to be written as a word: wannabe.
And in that case, it also describes people who want to do something.
But it tends to include the idea of "envy"
A wannabe journalist, for example, they want to do that, they're trying to do that.
But they're also maybe a little bit envious of who are already there.
Tyson uses the word "belabor", "belaboring".
It has "labor" in the center of it.
To belabor something is to work on it, work on it, work over it too much.
That's all for today.では今日はここまでにしましょう。
Goodbye for now. ひとまずさようなら。
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 Chris Matsushita. Let's take a look at conversation at work.
こんにちは。番組にようこそ。クリス松下です。実践的な会話を見てみましょう。
Bicycling to Work (2)
Hughes comments on the popularity of last year's bike-to-work week.
Tyson talks about how it reflects well on the companies that encourage their employees
to commute by bike.
Hughes talks about the greater Chicago area.
He's talking about the area where many people travel into the city for all kinds of reasons,
especially for work.
But by saying the greater Chicago area, it also means people who don't live in Cook County,
which is the county where Chicago is located.
Shiga uses the word "novice" to mean "beginner".
A novice is used when you're talking about someone who's new to a field or an activity.
You could say "beginner" as well.
If you're up for something, it means you're interested in it, you're excited about it,
you want to try it.
And please notice in the situation, you can't use the verb "challenge".
You can't challenge cycling to work.
corny 陳腐な
Kinkaid also describes some bike commuters as would-be.
That means people who are planning on it and want to do it.
There is a similar word. Well, actually it's a phrase. But it tends to be written as a word: wannabe.
And in that case, it also describes people who want to do something.
But it tends to include the idea of "envy"
A wannabe journalist, for example, they want to do that, they're trying to do that.
But they're also maybe a little bit envious of who are already there.
Tyson uses the word "belabor", "belaboring".
It has "labor" in the center of it.
To belabor something is to work on it, work on it, work over it too much.
That's all for today.では今日はここまでにしましょう。
Goodbye for now. ひとまずさようなら。