英語コラムの連載26回目です。
必要以上!?のビジネス英語マスター術
英語でプレゼン実践編(1) -
スライド棒読みに終始しないためにすべきこと
たまーに、年に2回くらい、このように
英語を使う仕事がやってきます。
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/bizenglish/026/index.html
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 High-Tech Parenting (6) 1/29 2010
今回のListening Challenge 2は難しかったですね。
ということで、今日の単語はListening Challenge 2から5つです。
■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。
Bill's not an original thinker.
Bill would be humiliated.
You have a point there.
Maybe the project should be led by Max but we can assign Bill
as a consultant to keep them on track.
We just have to make sure Bill isn't too overbearing.
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an original thinker, 独創的にものを考える人
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Listening Challenge 2より
a careful thinker 注意深くものを考える人
a shallow thinker 浅薄にものを考える人
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humiliate, 恥をかかせる、屈辱を与える
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Listening Challenge 2より
To humiliate someone means to say or do something which
makes them feel ashamed or stupid.
ex) I have never felt so humiliated in my life.
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You have a point. , 一理ある
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Listening Challenge 2より
If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their
point, you mean that you accept that what they have said
is important and should be considered.
ex) Oh I take your point, John, about that.
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on track, 順調にすすんで
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Listening Challenge 2より
If someone or something is on track, they are acting or
progressing in a way that is likely to result in success.
ex) David put me back in track.
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overbearing, 横柄な、高圧的な
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Listening Challenge 2より
An overbearing person tries to make other people do what
he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way.
ex) My husband can be quite overbearing with our son.
