smart.fmでLesson 12 Death of the Power Lunch
のリストを作成しました。
表現の復習にどうぞ
英語コラムの連載15回目です。
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/bizenglish/015/index.html
ベルリッツ訪問の巻です。
グーグルの村上さんのくだりは、今年の「リスナーの集い」での話です。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Customer Service In a Down Economy (3) 9/25 2009
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
Many companies are using twofer campaigns to drum up
business during the recession.
I know of a major car dealership that's also offering
two-for-one sales, whereby they'll sell you a second
car for as little as $1.
It's mostly a conversation starter but could just be
another way to sell cars.
Speaking of which, I guess you've all seen the commercial
by another carmaker which would have been unimaginable
a few years ago.
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drum up business, 取引を得ようと努力する、業績 [売上げ] を伸
ばす
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If you drum up support for a cause or campaign, you do things
to get people's support for it.
cause 主義、目標
ex) We were busy canvassing and drumming up support.
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whereby, [関係詞] それによって
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A system or action whereby something happens is one that
makes that thing happen. [FORMAL]
ex) The system whereby Britons choose their family doctors
and the government pays those doctors, has been reasonable
successful.
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conversation starter, 会話のきっかけ、会話の糸口
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天気の話題もそうですね。
参考 時間がないからここだけの話。ズバリ点数アップ!TOEIC
http://archive.mag2.com/0000202136/20060810165317000.html
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Speaking o which, そういえば
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相手の話した全文をうけるようです。
Come to think of it,も同じ意味のようです。
参考 AllAbout 映画で学ぶ英会話
http://allabout.co.jp/study/cinemaenglish/closeup/CU20070222A/
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unimaginable, 想像できない、思いもよらない
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If you describe something as unimaginable, you are
emphasizing that it is difficult to imagine or understand
properly, because it is not part of people's normal
experience.
ex) The children here have lived through unimaginable horrors.
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その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
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twofer, 1つの値段で2つ買えるもの
