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2015年06月

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi,everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
Thank you for joining us today.
 
This month, we are talking about gaining skills for a win-win negotiation.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Our strategy has three pillars.
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
All right, everyone. Let's begin.
 
Great job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
They should know this. わかっているはずです。
 
Actually I found that some Japanese people I've worked with explain almost 
too much.
 
Really?
 
So that I thought like we were actually wasting time with explanations.
But in the end I'm always grateful for the explanations because you never know 
what information might end up being really important later on.
 
Oh, that's a very valid point.
 
 
We hope you enjoyed learning with us.
 
And we'll see you next time. Bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
 
This month, we are learning how to gain skills for a win-win negotiation.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Yes. Let's listen to today's scene once more.
 
I specialize in speech and acting.
 
Let's practice.
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
All right. Let's begin.
 
Great Job, everyone.
 
Yes. Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
Too polite / too aggressive
 
Ah... I think he handles the situation well. I think he sets a positive mood.
 
Ah. Well, when working with the people the first time,
I try to be very polite and respectful.
Since I don’t know them well.
I spend a lot of time in the beginning getting to know their working style.
And that way I know how to do my part in making sure
things go smoothly because I understand them better.
 
 
We'll see you next time. Bye.




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Business Communication in Action  実践ビジネス英語 
Hello everyone.   こんにちは。みなさん。
 
Hello and welcome to the show.
This is Heather Howard.
Let'stake a look at conversation at work.
 
Conscious Listening (6)
 
Talk the talk
 
S: Our current vignette starts off with Umemura Seiji being complimented 
on his listening skills. 
He says living in a sea of native English speakers has helped him 
on those skills. 
Now have you experienced anything similar in this sea of native Japanese 
speakers, Heather?
 
H: I found that such a situation can also be dangerous actually. 
When someone else is speaking English nearby, it almost always gets into 
my head. 
That's why I can't work with music playing if their English lyrics is too distracting. 
But with a foreign language, I have to focus to take in what the other person 
is saying. 
So if I'm tired, or I have something on my mind, it's all too easy 
for my thoughts to wander. 
I can completely miss what the other person is saying.
 
S: I see. Are there any other listening related dangers in living abroad?
 
H: I think we expats can also be very eager to use our developing language 
skills, to practice as much as possible. Especially in our early days. 
So we run the risk of talking too much, and not listening enough.
 
S: So what do you think are some good ways to improve our listening skills?
 
H: Umemura's practice of taking notes is an excellent idea, and maintaining 
eye contact. 
We should also consciously ask questions. 
And we can summarize the other person's remarks at certain intervals. 
Say things like: "OK, let me make sure I understand your idea: 
You think the company should do A & B, and then follow up with C." 
Or "Your trip sounds wonderful -snorkeling around a reef, 
and then a whale-watching tour. I'd love to take a vacation like that."
 
S: Now Breakstone says that people often don't make an effort to remember 
things nowadays because they know they can look them up online.
 
H: I've also been guilty of not checking things until the last minute, 
like how to get to a certain location. 
Because I've thought, oh, it probably takes about this long to get there, 
and I can check on my smartphone for the details. 
Luckily I never missed an appointment because of that, 
but I had a couple close shaves.
So finally I told myself not to be so careless and always check at least 
the day before.
 
S: Breakstone also mentions how American students are encouraged to be 
confident speakers. 
How did your teachers go about that, Heather?
 
H: All sorts of ways, ah, actually. We had to prepare reports on a lot of 
different subjects, for example, and present them to our classes. 
We also had to put together visual aids and be ready to answer questions 
from the other students.
The method I like least and the method I like most for both in English class.  
We sometime had to write poems and short stories and read them out 
to everyone, which always made me feel very embarrassed. 
But I loved acting out plays.
 
S: Did the word bouillabaisse ever trip anyone up?
 
H: No. But I remember another French term coming up during an audition 
for a school play. 
One of the students pronounced "faux pas" as [fox pas]. 
There were three other people on the stage with them. 
And they all looked down at their scripts in perfect unison, saying "Huh?"
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.
 

 
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'stake a look at conversation at work.
 
 
Conscious Listening (5)
 
Lyons mentions a now shattered computer company that ran a successful 
ad campaign based on listening. 
Breakstone describes how the company tried to find a way to stand out 
from the crowd and shows its ability to listen as its key sales point.
Lyons adds that the company ended up delaying the campaign by six months 
to make sure that its message was true.
 
 
Now-defunct: No longer exists, now gone. 
Things like: He's a graduate of the now-defunct XYZ University. 
Or, many investors lost money in the now-defunct hedge fund.
 
B bunch of:
 
Get gobbled up: To gobble is to eat quickly or greedily. 
Lyons uses it metaphorically, of course. 
Things like: All the tickets were gobbled up within an hour. 
Or, our new model was gobbled up as soon as it reached the stores.
 
Industrial giant:
 
Positioning strategy:
 
Find away to stand out from the rest of the pack: 
Find a way to stand out in the group among other similar people or things. 
For example, keeping our promises is a good way to stand out from the rest 
of the pack. 
Or, his experience makes him stand out from the rest of the pack.
 
Customer audit: media audit メディアの調査
 
Bluntly: This is saying something in a very direct way that might upset someone. 
For example, she bluntly told Jess that her work was sloppy. 
We also have the expression "not to put too fine a point on it." 
Which means, to state something bluntly. 
If I say, "This product is junk." 
You could reply, "Not to put too fine a point on it."
 
Nationwide launch:
 
Credible:
 
Undergo listening training: To undergo something is to go through it  
or submit to it. 
As in: Our product line up underwent a major over whole last year. 
Or, all our executives have to undergo sensitivity training.
 
Rip-roaring success: Rip-roaring is something very lively or successful or both.
You could say, "We had a rip-roaring debate yesterday about the merits of 
our new model."
 
Fall victim to:
 
M & A War: mergers and acquisitions
 
Come up with: Around the middle, Lyons says, "They came up with a campaign 
with one key idea." "Come up with" is think of, devise, manage to obtain.
For example, he came up with a great new slogan. 
Or, we need to come up with 10 new clients this month.
 
Or whatever: Lyons goes on to say, "Everybody says they're the greatest,
fastest in service or whatever."  Or something, he means. 
For example, he's got an ABC phone or whatever. 
We also say, wherever. As in, she's moving to England or France or wherever.
 
Only then: Lyons says, "The whole company underwent listening training. 
And only then did they begin the campaign." 
This emphasizes that something was done after  something else 
or at a certain significant point. 
Things like: He always checks his data twice. 
Only then will he submit his report.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

「心にナイフをしのばせて」 奥野修司

P250-251
 二〇〇四年度で、日本政府が犯罪加害者の更正にかける支出は年間四百六十六億円。これでも他の先進諸国にくらべたら少ないといわれるが、被害者のための予算が年間わずか十一億円と聞けばいかにこの数字がいびつかがわかる。これも神戸の連続児童殺傷事件以降であり、それ以前はわずか数千万円と、加害者にかける費用の一千分の一以下であった。
 莫大な予算を組み、加害者の人権にはきめ細かく配慮しながら、被害者の遺族には何のケアもせず、さらに彼らを癒そうとする手だてすら持たないというのは、どう考えても納得できない。配慮すべきは、不条理な手段でわが子の命を奪われた親たちの無念や悲しみを癒すことであり、少年法が問われるとすれば、この一点にあるのではないかと思う。
 

 
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'stake a look at conversation at work.
 
 
Conscious Listening (4)
 
Umemura says he thought U.S. schools emphasize speaking skills. 
And Breakstone confirms that American students are encouraged to express 
their thoughts and be confident using words. 
She also says that attention wasn't really paid to learning listening skills 
until the 1970s and that nowadays many people don't try to remember things 
because they can look it up on the Internet.
 
 
Count for: Is important. Value is placed on. 
You could say, "Talent counts for more than seniority at that company"
 
Abacus:
 
Place emphasis on:
 
Speak one's mind: Honestly express what one is thinking. 
Things like: He just joined the company. So he's reluctant to speak his mind. 
Or, the boss wants everyone to speak their mind.
 
Express oneself verbally: In this case, "verbally" means "in spoken words" 
as opposed to "written." 
The opposite expression would be"express oneself in writing." 
Such as: Expressing yourself clearly in writing is a valuable business skill.
 
Learned behavior: Something we are taught to do rather than do naturally. 
Table manners are a learned behavior, for example.
 
Look something up online: When we look something up, we search for it 
in a source. A book, encyclopedia, whatever. 
If someone asks you, "What's the second highest mountain in Japan?" 
You can say, "Ah hold on. I'll look it up online." 
Or, I had to looked up the kanji for rose the other day.
 
Communicate face-to-face: When people are face-to-face, they're in 
each other's presence,they're interacting in person. 
As in: We need to discuss the contract details face-to-face, not through email. 
There's also the expression, "to someone's face", which means, 
"directly to a certain face." 
Such as: You have to tell John to his face that his idea was rejected.
 
Eyeball-to-eyeball
 
Tete-a-tete
 
 
Take notes:
 
Make a point of: Make sure to do something that we consider important. 
Treat a certain action as essential. 
She makes a point of always putting her keys in the same place, for example. 
Or, he makes a point of avoiding caffeine
 
Maintain eye contact:
 
Keep one's mind from wandering:
 
My impression is: At the very beginning, Lyons says, "My impression is that 
in many places, talking counts for more than listening." 
This is the impression I've gotten, he means. 
The opinion I have formed from observation. 
For example, my impression is  that the market is ready for a new product. 
Or, my impression is that Sam is very shy.
 
Be busy doing something, Down towards the bottom, 
Breakstone says, "We're often busy thinking about what we want to say next." 
This is a good way to say that some activity prevented us from doing 
something else. 
Things like: I was busy finishing my presentation this week. 
So I couldn't work on a translation.
Or, I can't do any more work right now. 
I'm really busy preparing for the product launch.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
We hope you enjoy learning with us today.
 
This month, we are discussing how to conduct an effective meeting.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
Let's practice.
 
Great job, everyone.
 
Yes. Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
Hmm. I'd like to treat the interruption as if it were just another part of
the day's agenda rather than an interruption about the agenda.
For instance, I might say something like:
This is all really interesting. But since it's time for a break,
why don't we take 10 and pick up from here when we get back.
That way you don't necessarily feel like the conversation will stop
but rather simply continue after a brief break.
 
Oh, that's a useful expression. Thank you.
 
We hope you enjoyed today's lesson.
 
And we'llsee you next time. Bye.


あのような凶悪事件を引き起こした者でも、


更生させるのが可能だと考えること自体が

傲慢だと思う。

少年法をはじめとする法体系が全く想定していなかった

事件なのだから、

その法体系の文脈で事件を処理したこと自体が誤りだ。


 
Welcometo business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
 
Thank you for joining us today.
 
This month, we are learning how to conduct an effective meeting.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Yes. Let's listen to today's scene once more.
 
Okay. Let's practice.
 
Great Job, everyone.
 
Yes. Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
I think that Christine might be a little annoyed with Oliver.
But I think she knows it was a joke.
 
I think that in this sort of a discussion creative environment,
telling a joke is a good idea. It's a good thing to do.
When you bring humor into the situation,
it makes people feel more comfortable and
puts people at ease if you don't take yourself too seriously. 
 
 
We hope you enjoyed learning with us today.
 
And we'll see you next time. Bye.

p72-73

 間もなく五十がらみの刑事さんが入ってきて、静かに私たちの前に座りました。
「淳が見つかったんですか」
 私は、刑事さんが口を開く前に、尋ねました。
 その人は、黙ってうなずきました。私が、
「どんな状態だったんですか?」
 とさらに聞くと、刑事さんは、自分の首を指さしながら、
「首から上が見つかりました」
 と、ひとこといいました。
 首から上? 一瞬にして少なくとも、淳がまともな状態にないということが頭を駆け巡りました。
「ひどい! 怖い!」
「こんなところイヤ!」
 私より先に妻が叫びました。号泣。
 それから、ただ、妻は号泣しました。

 
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.
 
 
Conscious Listening (3)
 
Lyons says the company president told him about listening related mistakes
made by two of his employees, which resulted in his company losing a bid
that he should have easily won.
McMillan says not listening can result in things like rescheduled appointments
and rerouted shipments, which lowers productively and profits.
While Breakstone suggests that many divorces may be caused by partners
not listening to each other.
 
 
Travel companion:
 
Perk up: Become brighter, more lively.
Things like: The stock market perked up last week on strong economic data.
Or, he perked up after his morning coffee.
 
Late by half an hour: 30 minutes late.
You can also say things like, "My report was late by three days."
 
On top of: In addition to. And we use this in good situations and bad.
For example, the hotel lets customers recharge their devices in the lobby
and it provides free Wi-Fi on top of that.
Or, Company X had to recall all the defective products and pay compensation
on top of that.
 
Way off: Far away from the target that someone was trying to hit.
Things like: His economic predictions were way off.
Or, Company X's sales were way off what it had been expecting.
 
Outcome:
 
Inattention: Lack of attention, not paying attention.
You could say, "Her inattention to detail is dangerous.
She's going to miss something important."
Or, he's inattentive during meetings.
 
Lose out:
 
Multimillion-dollar bid:
 
Personal relationship front:
 
Unfortunate episode: At the beginning, Lyons says that his travel companion
told him about an unfortunate episode related to listening.
In this case, "unfortunate" means, "regrettable, deplorable."
For example, we've had some unfortunate production delays this month.
Or, the failure of that product was really unfortunate.
We had high hopes for it.
 
Misinterpret: One employee misinterpreted what the customer really wanted.
He judged incorrectly what something meant.
You could say, "He misinterpreted her statements as doubting his abilities."
 
Misunderstand
 
Reroute: or [reraut].
Down towards the bottom, McMillan says, "Listening mistakes can lead to
shipments being rerouted."
And this is to send something by a different route than originally planned.
Things like: Our plane was rerouted due to heavy snow. 
Or, traffic has been rerouted due to construction.
 
Reroute: 経路を変更する
 
Damage: Down at the bottom, Breakstone says, "Not listening properly
can do a lot of damage on the personal relationship front."
I'd like to bring up a usage point here.
The singular word "damage" refers to "harm, or losses."
Things like: The tornado caused a lot of damage to the neighborhood.
Or, the recall scandal did a lot of damage to their reputation.
The plural term "damages."
This is how much people are owed for some loss or harm.
Such as, the company was ordered to pay $10 million in damages
for harming the environment.
 
Damages 損害賠償金
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

p124-125
 あとから人に聞いた話ですが、テレビや新聞に登場する評論家やジャーナリストたちの意見は、次のようなものだったようです。

少年はなぜあの犯罪に走ったのか。
少年の心の闇を理解しよう。
学校教育が、少年をあそこまでに追い込んだ。
少年を更生させるのには、どうしたらいいか。

 その主張や意見は、問題を少年そのものにあったのではなく、少年を取り巻く学校や社会にあった、というものでした。
 それはそのまま、少年への「同情」へと流されていきます。
-A少年は、歪んだ教育、そして病んだ社会の被害者なのです。
 一見、耳に心地よいこの意見は、しかし、私たち被害者にとって耐えられるものではありませんでした。
 あの少年が歪んだ学校教育の被害者なのでしょうか。
 病んだ社会の被害者といえるのでしょうか。
 もし、本当に少年がそうしたものの被害者なら、友が丘中学にはA少年のような生徒がいくらでもいなければなりません。
 しかし、実際に彼のような生徒は、これまでだってあの中学に現れたことはありません。
 かわいそうだったのは、逮捕直後から起こった友が丘中学へのバッシングでした。
 生活指導の先生が少年に暴力をふるい、それが事件の引き金になったようなことまで新聞やテレビが報じるようになりました。
 私たちの家にその当の生活指導の先生が事情を説明にやってきてくれたことがありました。
 その先生は、報道されていることと実際はまったく違うことをきちんと私たちに説明してくれました。
 私たちは、警察の人からも少年の学校に関する供述の極く一部について聞いていましたので、学校や生活指導への反発が事件の引き金になったのではないことをあらかじめ知っていました。
 しかし、マスコミは「社会」、特に「友が丘中学」に原因を求めていったように思います。
 非行を防ぎ、乱れかけた生徒を矯正する役目を負った生活指導の先生が生徒に煙たがられるのはごく当然のことで、それをあたかも事件の原因のように持ってくるマスコミの主張には、違和感を超えて、脱力感、虚しさを感じてしまいました。
 

 
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.
 
 
Conscious Listening (2)
 
Breakstone says most people can think much faster than they can speak
so there's a danger people's minds will wander instead of listening carefully
to the person speaking.
McMillan says not listening well can draw out meetings and discussions
as well as hurt relationships and careers.
Lyons describes how he met a company president on a flight to L.A.
and asked how his business was flowing.
 
 
Solid: Reliable, sound, good quality.
You could say, "This marketing plan is quite sound.
I think it would be very effective."
Or, we'd had solid sales growth this past year.
 
Scope to wander:
 
If anything:
 
Fly on business: Lyons says, "I was flying to L.A. on business a while back."
For business purposes.
She goes to Europe twice a year on business, for example.
And when someone is going on a trip, we often ask,
"Is it business or pleasure?"
 
Medium-sized: Lyons found himself sitting next to the president of
a medium-sized manufacturing company.
He could have also said, " a mid-size company"or "mid-sized company."
She bought a mid-sized sedan, for example.
Or, he bought a mid-size house.
 
Small talk:
 
Conversational nuance:
Here, "nuance" refers to differences in meaning, tone, feeling.
You could say, "Susan's very good at picking up the nuances in people speech.
She can tell when they're nervous or hiding something."
 
Sociable:
 
Sound out: Down at the bottom, Lyons says,
"I also take advantage of opportunities to sound out people
on what they think of the business climate."
To see what someone thinks of something, get their opinion of it.
Things like: We've prepared a questionnaire to sound out our customers
on the new product line.
Or, let's sound out the boss on the basic idea first.
Then we can prepare a detailed proposal.
 
Business climate: "Climate" can be the typical weather conditions
in a certainarea: a tropical climate, a dry climate.
Here it's the prevailing conditions or attitudes involving people.
Things like: The political climate in that country is very acrimonious.
The different parties are always fighting viciously.
 
Climate survey 会社の勤労意欲の調査
 
It pays to keep your ears open.
 
I'll keep my eyes and ears open. 何かいい仕事の口があったら気をつけておきますよ。
 
Keep one's ears open. 注意してよく聞く。
 
Poor: At the beginning,
Lyons says "There's solid research that shows just how poor most people's
listening skills are." How inferior they are. What bad quality they are.
 
You could also say, "He's a poor negotiator."
Or, their customer service is very poor.
 
Prolong:
McMillan says, "The failure to listen well can prolong meetings and discussions."
Make them last longer. But that can be a good thing too.
Scientists have developed a life-prolonging drug, for example.
And we also say, "prolonged" to mean "lasting a long time."
The negotiations were quite prolonged. They lasted for a week.
 
life-prolonging drug 寿命を延ばす薬
 
Genuinely: Down at the bottom, Umemura asks,
"Were you making small talk, or were you genuinely interested in the state
of his company?"  Were you honestly interested? / sincerely interested?
Things like: I wasn't trying to flatter him. I genuinely think it's a good idea.
Likewise the adjective, "genuine" refers to something real, not faked.
Genuine designer watch, for example. Not a knockoff.
 
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
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.
 
 
Conscious Listening (1)
 
Umemura tells McMillan that he went to a French restaurant McMillan
recommended.
And McMillan praises him for listening attentively to and remembering
something hes poke of the previous year.
Umemura says he's worked to develop his listening skills
and that being shy and living among native English speakers has helped.
Breakstone says listening is just as important as speaking
in effective communication.
 
 
Conscious:
 
Marseilles:
 
Bed-stuy(=Bedford-Stuyvesant):
 
Quaint: Umemura calls the Marseilles restaurant a cute, quaint place.
We use this about cutely old-fashioned things.
But be careful not to offend anyone.
It can sound like we're putting something down like oh, it's so cute.
It works with things like we saw the quaintest cottage on the coast.
Or, the resort is on a quaint, secluded island.
 
Bouillabaisse: Another food word with daunting spelling and pronunciation is
"vichyssoise."  This is a cold potato soup flavored with onions.
 
Out of this world: Wonderful, amazingly good.
Japanese hot springs are out of this world, of course.
Or, the hotel was out of this world: so luxurious and amazing service.
And I would use this mostly about fun things, not too serious.
It sounds odd to say Mary's report was out of this world.
 
Joint:
 
Attentively: Paying careful attention, being mindful, observant.
The adjective is "attentive."
And these can also refer to being solicitous of other people's needs.
Like, the restaurant's service was very attentive.
The waiters,  waitresses are always watching,
always ready to jump in and get you something.
 
Adrift in a sea of native English speakers:
A boat that's adrift is floating withoutpower or an anchor.
So an adrift person doesn't have guidance, purpose or support.
You could say, "he felt adrift at his new school until he made some friends."
 
Hone one's listening skills: To hone is to improve, perfect a skill.
It uses the image of sharpening a blade.
Things like: His negotiating skills are well-honed.
 
Two-way street: Something needs to be reciprocal.
It needs to flow both ways between two sides.
Like, traffic on a two-way street.
One very common expression is "love is a two-way street",
meaning both partners have to be good to each other,
have to be attentive to each other.
I've also read that job interviews are a two-way street,
meaning the candidate should also ask good questions
and volunteer information about themselves.
 
Find time: At the very beginning, Umemura Seiji says,
"I finally found time to check out that Marseilles restaurant."
He managed to do something in a busy schedule, amid limited time.
You could say, "I finally found time to renew my passport."
Or, I can never find time to read lately.
 
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

p70-71
 
 正門へ続く遊歩道の坂を登りながら、彼はどちらの凶器で目の前の女の子を襲うか迷ったそうです。

……………………………………………………

 少年は、彩花に声をかけました。
 「お礼をいいたいので、こっちを向いてください」
 先を歩いていた彩花は、振り返りました。
 その刹那、少年は手にしたハンマーを彩花の左後頭部付近に振り下ろしたのでした。
 彩花は、沈むように路上に倒れました。
 少年は、その彩花に向かって、さらにハンマーを振り下ろしたのです。
 十二時二十五分頃のことでした。

p76-77

 「こんなひどいケースはみたことがない」
 先生は、そうおっしゃいました。
 「手の尽くしようがないんです」
 と厳しい表情をされました。

……………………………………………………

 「これは、ハンマーか金属バットか鉄パイプで殴られた傷です。バットなら、思い切りスイングしたと思います。仮に、どこかから落ちて骨折したとするなら、この左後頭部の部分だけをぶつける形でビルの高いところから落ちなければ、こんなふうにはなりません。あり得ないことです」
 先生の口から出た恐ろしい言葉で、私たちは初めて、彩花が何者かに凶器で殴られたことを知りました。先生はこのとき、ハンマーといい当ててらっしゃったのです。
 そして、沈痛な顔で先生はおっしゃいました。
 「まだ彩花ちゃんが生きているのが不思議なくらいなんです」
 それは、死の宣告に等しいものでした。




 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
Let's learn about business English together.
 
This month, we are learning how to conduct an effective meeting.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Choose 3out of 10 candidates
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
Let's practice.
 
Great job, everyone.
 
Yes.
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
I think finding a link between the unrelated and the main topic is very important.
Now if you always have that link in mind, you can easily steer the conversation
back to the main topic at the first opening.
And to do this so politely, you can say something like:
That's very interesting. And to relate that back to our original discussion
and then you can continue on.
 
Ah, okay. That's a very...a good phrase.
 
Sure. Yes.
 
Could you repeat that a little slowly? More slowly?

 
Sure.
 
That's very interesting. And to relate that back to our original discussion...
 
Hmmm. Okay. Thank you very much.
 
 
We hope you learned lots of new phrases today.
 
We'll see you next time. Bye.

 
Welcometo business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
Thank you for joining our program.
 
This month, we are talking about how to run an effective meeting.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Okay. Let's practice.
 
Great Job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
I kind of view brainstorming like the creative process at the beginning of
rehearsals for a play.
In the very beginning of a rehearsal, all the actors start to bring forward
their ideas and try new and experimental things to figure out the scene.
And in the beginning, the director just lets everybody try things.
That way everybody feels free to experiment before the director
makes the final decision.
I feel like the brainstorming session in a meeting is  kind of like that.
If each member can feel free to express ideas without judgement,
then you never know what great idea might come up
and you'll never know whether somebody who normally would be quiet
might say something really interesting that you can use later on.
Just because whoever's running the meeting made them feel safe
and free to express that idea.
 
Hmmm. Very important point.
 
Without being judged
 
We hope you learned a lot.
 
And we'll see you next time. Bye.

ものすごく怖い思いをしただろうに。

殺された、この二人。

土師淳さん 山下彩花さん …いろいろ話したいことがあっただろうに。

土師淳さん 山下彩花さん …はなんにも言うことができない。

オレは、改めて、「淳 Jun」 土師守

彩花へ「生きる力」をありがとう 山下京子

の2冊を読みたいと思う。

 
 
Business Communication in Action  実践ビジネス英語 
Hello everyone.   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.
 
Living the American Dream (6)
 
Talk the talk
 
S: Our current vignette looks at the difficulty of achieving the so-called
American dream.
One of the key components of that dream is a college education
for one's children.
But Steve Lyons points that many middle-class families can't afford
that anymore.
 
H: I'm sure they can't.
Remember when we talked about this before?
I said that my undergraduate tuition in U.S. was $16000 
in my final school year: the 1991 to '92 school year.
But when I checked the university's website to see what it was
a few years ago, tuition had climbed to $41000.
Well, I checked the website again for today's Talk the talk, and guess what.
One year at the same university is now nearly $49000.
Is one year someday going to cost as much as four did back in my day?
Even with financial aid, the burden is going to be crashing.
 
S: It makes you wonder whether college will be a privilege only
for the rich someday.
 
H: Exactly.
And if that's not a violation of American ideals,
I don't know what would be.
A college degree can make such a difference in a person's life,
and not just in terms of how much money they'll earn.
It happens and broadens the mind.
It helps people live a richer, fuller life.
To take that away from anyone, to keep them down because their parents
aren't rich?
That goes against the most fundamental of American principles:
the belief that everyone deserves an equal chance to get ahead.
 
S: I take it you feel strongly about this.
 
H: I do. I come from a middle-class family myself.
You know I had a lot of financial aid in college and I had part-time jobs.
But if the tuition had been three times as much,
I don't think I would have been able to go.
 
S: What about your personal American and Japan dream, Heather?
How do you define it?
 
H: I've mentioned my fantasy about retiring to a Tuscan villa or
a traditional house in Kyoto, but those are just fantasies.
I've spent so much of my life living in rented apartments
that I've never really thought about owning a home.
I don't think I'd need that to feel I'd achieved "the dream."
For me it's awkward mobility for my daughter that matters most.
I will probably feel that I've made it when my daughter graduates from college.
Aside from that, I just wanna enough to get by.
 
S: The vignette also touches on the idealized image many people have
of the late 1940s and 1950s.
 
H: I think we have idealized views of the past in general.
Movies and TV shows are always portraying the past as a golden time
when people had better morals and behaved more elegantly.
There were good things, certainly, but there was also a lot more racism
and sexism.
Society's rules were much stricter about how people were supposed to behave,
and the penalties were much harsher for people who broke those rules.
And that's not factoring in all the scientific and technological improvements.
A famous American comedian was once asked where he would go
if he could travel back in time.
He said, "Nothing before penicillin." I'm with him.
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
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.
 
 
Living the American Dream (5)
 
Breakstone says it's much harder to live a middle-class lifestyle in places
like New York or San Francisco than Wyoming or Ohio.
Nissen says many people are living the American dream without realizing it
but feel too insecure financially to enjoy what they've achieved
like owning their own home.
Umemura and Lyons agree the American dream still inspires many people
to go to the United States.
 
 
Be hollowed out: At the beginning, Breakstone says,
"The middle class is being hollowed out."
She means it's disappearing.
Like: Someone's carving an empty space inside it. 
We also say, "Industry is being hollowed out when companies start doing their
manufacturing overseas instead of domestically."
 
Tough to live a middle-class lifestyle:
 
Poll:
 
Traditional benchmark: Towards the middle, Nissen says,
"One poll found that many people have actually achieved the traditional
benchmarks, like owning a home."
A benchmark is a standard by which other things can be judged.
So having a house is a standard by which you can judge whether someone
has achieved the American dream or not.
You'll also hear about benchmark treasury notes, for example.
And benchmark interest rates.
 
Personal wealth:
 
Insecure financially: Nissen says, "Many people feel too insecure financially
to enjoy what they've achieved."
They feel too unstable, not secure in financial terms.
And the opposite is "secure financially."
Things like: He's very secure financially thanks to his careful investing. 
Or her inheritance makes her secure financially.
 
In search of: Lyons says, "Millions of people from all over the world have
come to the United States in search of freedom and opportunity."
Looking for freedom and opportunity, seeking.
For example, he came to the city in search of fame and fortune.
Or, she joined the volunteer corps in search of truly fulfilling work.
 
The same all over the country: In the beginning, Umemura asks,
"But is it the same all over the country?"
We also have the expression "the same all over", which means
the situation is the same everywhere or at a large number of places.
Imagine someone says, "My company is doing more and morework
with fewer employees."
You could reply, "It's the same all over. Most companies are doing that."
 
Without even realizing it: Nissen says,
"There's evidence that many people in the U.S. are living the American dream
without even realizing it."
Or, without even knowing it.
They're doing something without being aware that they're doing it.
For example, he set a new sales record without even realizing it.
Or, she upset the client without even knowing it.
 
Define: Towards the bottom, Nissen says,
"Lately a lot of people are defining the dream more in terms of personal wealth."
To define is to state the meaning of something, give the meaning of something.
For example, he doesn't define success as making a lot of money.
He's more concerned about having a happy family.
 
Very muchalive: At the bottom, Umemura says,
"The American dream seems very much alive to all the people
who want to work in the U.S."
It's still very active. It's actively continuing.
Things like: That project is still very much alive.
We're having a meeting about it today.
 
Inspire: At the bottom, Lyons says, "The power of the American dream
has inspired millions of people."
We also say, "be an inspiration to."
Such as: His creativity is an inspiration to everyone in the office.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
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.
 
 
Living the American Dream (4)
 
Nissen says the cost of the American dream has been estimated at $ 130000
a year, which, Lyons says, includes expenses like paying for a home
at least one car and a family vacation.
He also mentions saving to send one's kids to college
and for one's own retirement.
Breakstone says what people basically want is security
: the confidence they can give their kids a better life.
 
 
Subjective:
 
Work out to: This means some calculation results in this figure.
If you book a hotel room at 15000 yen a night for 4 nights,
that works out to 60000 yen total.
Or, if I'm trying to save 1 million in 1 year,
that works out to about 83000 yen a month.
 
Oodles of money:
 
Top of the heap: Towards the beginning, Breakstone says,
"We're not talking aboutoodles of money and belonging to the top of the heap."
The top of the heap is the pinnacle, the top of some group.
For example, Jeremy is at the top of the heap when it comes to monthly sales.
He always has the highest figures.
 
Security:
 
Gradual upward mobility:
 
At the heart of:
 
To start with: Around the middle, McMillan asks,
"What do households that make $130000 a year spend it on?"
And Lyons replies, "A home of one's own, to start with."
Initially, in the first place.
This expression is also useful when you're ordering in a restaurant.
You can say, "We'll have three pitchers of beer and a plate of French fries,
to start with."
 
Classic:
 
In the neighborhood of: Lyons lists a whole bunch of things that are part of the
classic American dream and then says at the bottom,
"That all adds up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 130 grand a year."
Around 130 grand, approximately 130 grand.
You could say, "He makes in the neighborhood of $50000 a year."
Or, "she reads in the neighborhood of 20 books a year."
 
Grand: Soin the States, 5 grand would be $5000.
Or you could say, "She bought a used car for 6 grand."
 
One in eight households: At the beginning, Nissen says, 
"Only 16 million U.S. households made $130000 a year in 2013.
And that works out to one in eight households."
He could also say, "one out of eight households."
For example, one in 10 employees takes company office supplies home.
Or, one in five has left over vacation days.
 
I must say: In the middle, McMillan says,
"I must say that $130000 a year sounds like an awful lot of money."
We use this before statements that might be unpopular or unpleasant
to some when there's a risk of conflict or tension.
So for example, I must say I don't think Karen's really trying.
She needs to work a lot harder.
Someone might object to that statement.
They might say, "No.You're wrong."
 
Not add up: At the very bottom, Breakstone says, "What doesn't add up is that
the median household income these days is a little over $50000 in the U.S."
Breakstone's playing with the words here a little bit.
"Not add up" means "not make sense, not be reasonable."
We use it when the facts don't lead to the explanation or the conclusion
that someone is trying to make.
Something like: Jason says he didn't have time. But that doesn't add up.
He had plenty of time to go out with his friends this week.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
We're so happy you joined us today.
 
This month, we are learning about running productive and efficient meetings.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
 
All right. Let's practice.
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
All right, everyone. Let's begin.
 
Great job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips about interacting in a business environment.
 
That means spinach, right?
Is that the vegetable, right?
 
Reporting / informing / consulting
 
I don't need to report it to you so often.
I can do it myself.
 
Actually I think it's a very natural reaction for an American.
Yes. I think that in the situation, an American might feel like their superior
doesn't trust them.
So like: Why don't you trust me? I can take care of this. That feeling.
I actually feel differently. I like to report in quite a bit to my superiors
when I'm working on a project.
But some superiors don't even want it.
They feel like it's too much trouble to always get reports.
So I usually take that on a case-by-case basis.
And when I start working for somebody I report in a lot.
And when I discover they don't want it.
Then I might slow down. They I only report a little bit.
 
Oh, that's interesting.
 
We hope you enjoyed this lesson with us.
 
And we'll see you next time. Bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace. 
 
This month, we are talking about running productive and efficient meetings.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Okay. Let's practice.
 
Let's practice.
 
Great Job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
I'm afraid it's difficult for us to participate.
Difficult.You said it was difficult. But you didn't say it's impossible.
It's difficult. But it's not impossible.
 
Oh, yes. Definitely.
I discovered early that I did not fully underhand the nuance of 大丈夫.
For instance, when I was at that convenience store, when they asked me
if I wanted a bag, I said, "Ah. 大丈夫", because I thought it meant that's okay,
or that's fine.
So I thought that meant I accepted the bag.
I didn't understand in this context, 大丈夫 means "No, thank you."
So I didn't realize that 大丈夫 was one of those words
that has different meanings in different contexts.
 
 
We'll see you next time. Bye.


Pitch Perfect 2 - Flashlight Acapella

 
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.
 
ぶっちぎりで世界一の強大国アメリカで、こういう状況なら、日本の現状も理解できるな。
極端に裕福な人と極端に困窮している人の差が無視できない位に開き過ぎている。
いわゆる中間層の人ですらこんな悲惨な状態というのなら、
そろそろ価値観の見直しの時期にきているような気がする。
特に日本の大学は、行く価値があるのかな、って感じ。
国立大学でさえ、金儲け主義だ。
 
そして、以前なら給料をもらうことで、普通に生活できていたはずの職業も
今では必要とされなくなりつつある。
例えば、事務職。
これだけ、IT が進歩して、なおかつ、媒体の記憶容量が人間の容量を
はるかに超えてしまっている今、事務職に必要な人員の数は恐ろしい位に、
ゼロに近づいている。
 
つまり、人間にとって「便利な」はずだった進歩が、逆に人間を苦しめている、という事態。
そして、もはや、進歩した時点からは後戻りはできない。 
 
それにしても、途中で大学をやめなくてはいけなくて学位も取得できなかったというのは辛いな。
大体、それまでに支払った授業料とかももったいない。
大学側がそんなにぼったくるんなら、みんな大学に行くのを拒否したらいいと思う。
そしたら連中も目が覚めるよ。暴力バーじゃないんだから。
 
 
Living the American Dream (3)
 
Lyons says the cost of post-secondary education has gone up more than
500 percent since 1985.
While consumer prices have only gone up 120 percent.
Breakstone cites a poll that found 60 percent of respondents don't believe
the American dream can be achieved anymore.
Lyons says nearly 50 percent of college students don't get a degree
due to problems like heavy debt and a lack of family support.
 
 
The thing is: Lyons says,
"The thing is, a university education is increasingly unaffordable
for many middle-class families."
He means the key issue, the point or problem in a certain situation is.
Like Lyons we often use this expression to present
a contradicting or contrasting fact.
Something like: That job has a really high salary.
But the thing is, I'm not really interested in money.
 
Unaffordable: Beyond the range that people can reasonably pay.
For example, that neighborhood has become completely unaffordable
for low-income earners.
 
Post-secondary education:
Post doctoral course 博士号を取った後のコース
Right.Post-secondary is college on up.
So undergraduate and graduate education are both post-secondary.
 
Sobering: Breakstone hears how much the cost of post-secondary education
has risen compared to inflation and says,
"Those are sobering statistics."
 
Decrease or stay flat:
 
Crushing debt burden:
 
Maintain a balance between:
 
Dollars and cents:
 
Increasingly: As Lyons says at the beginning: increasingly unaffordable
for many middle-class families.
Increasingly means "more and more a certainly way."
If I say, "He's increasingly hard to work with lately."
Then it's becoming harder and harder to work somebody.
Or, the depreciation of the yen is making exports increasingly profitable.
So exports are becoming more and moreprofitable
 
To give you an idea: In the middle, Breakstone says,
"To give you an idea  how people feel these days."
And then she quotes a figure from a survey.
Like Breakstone, we use this when we're proving some information
that illustrates a point.
For example, a friend of mine is a lawyer.
To give you an idea how hard he works.
He once slept at his office for two weeks.
 
Shock: Breakstone says that 60 percent of people in the survey don't believe
the American dream can be achieved.
And Umemura responds, "That's a real shock."
We also have the expression "shocker", which refers to
something that shocks or startles people.
You could say, "Company X's earnings report was a shocker this year.
No one expected such a huge drop intheir profits."
 
Close to: Lyons says,  "Close to 50 percent ofcollege students leave school
without a degree." Nearly 50 percent, almost50 percent.
He's visited close to 30 countries.
Or, she spent close to 1 million yen refurbishing her home.
 
Too much to handle: Lyons cites reasons like crushing debt burden
and a lack of family support and says, "It's just too much for many students
to handle. "We also say, it's too much, just that.
And both these expressions can refer to an emotional burden
as well as a financial or physical one.
Things like: All that overtime and the long commute. It's just too much.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
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.
 
 
Living the American Dream (2)
 
Nissen describes the rosy image many modern Americans have of
the late 1940s and '50s.
And Breakstone says young families then longed to flee crowded cities
for the suburbs.
She lists a good career, being healthy and a comfortable retirement
among the elements of American dreams.
And McMillan expresses interest in the business leader's emphasis
on a college education.
 
 
Idealized image: "Idealized" often refers to something that isn't actually ideal.
For example, he has an idealized image of that company.
But working there is actually very hard.
 
Golden age:
 
Race out of the front door: Nissen says, "We see it as a golden age of kids
racing out the front door to greet dads coming home from work in
a gray flannel suit and fedora." 
Run out of the front door very quickly, dash out.
As far as I know, door exit which is a kind of a door is the only expression
where we leave out the "of."
With other "race outs" we do "race out of somewhere."
Like, he raced out of the office when he realized he was late for his appointment.
 
Fedora:
When I was a little girl, I had a great uncle, who was about 90 something.
And he always wore a fedora.
 
Shiny:
 
Driveway:
 
Perfectly manicured lawn:
In this case, "manure" means "clip or trim evenly and meticulously."
You hear about manicured grounds or manicured greens on a golf course.
"Manicure" is also a Japanese word of course, meaning
"to put nail polish on your nails."
But in English, a manicure can just mean trimming the nails or shaping them.
It doesn't have to include "polish."
 
Picture-perfect:
 
Suburban:
 
Gold mine: The source of a lot of money or some other beneficial things.
Things like: That ad was a gold mine for the company.
It made a huge profit.
Or, the company struck a gold with that app.
 
Consumer spending:
 
Escape: Breakstone says, "The suburban ideal had a powerful appeal,
especially for young families that wanted to escape noisy, crowded cities."
Here "escape" is a verb. But it can also be a noun.
You could say,
"I'm taking a vacation. I need an escape from all this pressure."
Or, reading is a great escape from the cares of life.
 
Power: Nissen says, "Consumer spending powered economic growth."
He could also say, "It fueled economic growth" or "spurred economic growth."
 
Fulfilled: Breakstone says, "Part of the American dream is being personally
fulfilled."
And she means happy and satisfied because we're doing something
that's meaning to us or uses our abilities fully.
Many people find volunteer work fulfilling.
Or you could say, "His job pays well. But it's not fulfilling.
He wants to work in education."
 
Open doors: Lyons says, "Having a college degree opens many doors
career-wise."  It gives someone an opportunity or access to something.
For example, his development of that successful app opened a lot of doors.
Many companies contacted him for freelance work.
And investors wanna meet him.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
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.
 
 
Living the American Dream (1)
 
Umemura tells the H & B staff about a prominent business leader who feels
the American dream is broken
and is offering to help his employees go to college.
Nissen says most Americans used to believe that hard work would lead to
success and advantages for their children.
And Breakstone adds that the pinnacle of the American dream
was in the late 1940s and '50s.
 
 
Financial aid: I think this expression is mostly used about monetary support
for schooling.
I had financial aid when I went to college, including scholarships
and student loans.
 
Commendable: Deserves to be commended, deserves to be praised.
Things like: She's been saving since her twenty's. That's really commendable.
 
Corporate citizen:
 
Take classes online:
 
Monetary assistance:
 
Times have changed: Things are no longer the way they once were.
Umemura asks, "Has the American dream really become difficult to achieve?"
And Nissen replies, "A lot of people think so these days.
Times have certainly changed.
Remember those huge cellphones in the 1980s? And the thickTVs?
Times have certainly changed.
 
Those were the days. Those were the times. good old days.
 
Not so long ago: At a fairly recent time.
We also say, "It wasn't long ago."
Such as: It wasn't long ago that no one had smartphones.
Or, not so long ago, people wrote each other letters on paper.
 
Widespread belief:
 
Choose one's path: Choose the course you want to follow in life.
You could say,"He's decided to be an artist. That's a difficult path.

But it's what he wants."
 

 
Give someone a head start:
Nissen says, "People believed that if you workedhard and had the freedom
to choose your path, you could succeed and give your children
a heard start in life."
A head start is letting someone else gofirst, leave before others in a race.
We also use it like this metaphorically to mean give someone an advantage
by doing something early.
For example, reading to little children gives them a head start
in developing languageskills.
Or, he got a head start on the project by doing research online.
 
Prefab house: "Prefab" is short for "prefabricated."
 
Sprout up: Breakstone says, "Cheap prefab houses sprouted up all over the
country."
To appear in many places like plants emerging out of the ground.
Something like: Charging stations for electric vehicles have sprouted up
around the city.
 
雨後の竹の子のように発生する  mushroom
 
Scholarship: In the middle, Umemura says,
"The company will provide scholarships and other types of monetary assistance."
Just a usage note here, in English, when we say scholarship,
most of the time you don't have to pay that back. It's a gift of money.
 
Student loan / educational loan
 
Fellowship / associateship
 
Add up to: Right after Umemura's comment, Breakstone says,
"That could add up to a lot of money."
And she means numerically combine to reach some figure.
But add up to can also mean a number of elements combine
to result in something.
Like, we hope our new ads and lower prices will add up to higher sales.
 
 
That's all for today.
 
See you next time. Bye, bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace.
 
This month's theme is running productive and efficient meetings.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
Let's practice.
 
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
Okay, let's practice.
 
All right. Let's begin.
 
Great job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips about interacting in a business environment.
 
Oliver, that's a good idea. Oliver, I have a question.
 
Actually I have something I do which is sort of halfway between interrupting
and letting the other person finish. I will start to speak in a slight pose
and then I'll stop and acknowledge that oh, sorry you had something more
to say. 
So this way they can finish their statement but they know
and everyone knows I would like to speak also.
So I can usually get to speak after that.
 
Oh, that's interesting.
 
Thank you for joining us in today's lesson.
 
We'll see you next time. Bye.

 
Welcome to business communication in simple English.
 
Yes. Our theme is business communication around the world.
 
Hi, everyone. I'm Hanna Grace. 
Let's learn business English together.
 
This month's theme is running a productive and efficient meeting.
 
Let's listen to today's business scene first.
 
All right. Let's practice.
 
Great Job, everyone.
 
Let's discuss some tips for interacting in a business environment.
 
Yes. I have definitely been frustrated in meeting when the facilitator of
the meeting let the conversation and discussion way way off the topic.
Honestly at those times I have occasionally when it's appropriate
suggested to everyone that we get back on topic and back on
the focus of the discussion that we are supposed to have for the meeting.
 
 
We'll see you next time. Bye.

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