3.実践ビジネス英語
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2012/11/9 Lesson 15 Meaningful Internships (3)
■前回の復習です
pick someone's brain about
■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
We don't just throw interns into the office and expect them to fend for themselves.
We try to hook them up with one or two employees or a small group.
What should they do to make sure they get the most out of them?
I would recommend trying to stand out from other interns by doing things like working later than everyone else.
That helps interns develop solid working relationships within the company, and can lead to a mentoring situation.
At H&B, our policy is to make the interviewing, hiring and orientation of interns as professional as we do with other potential employees.
★fend for oneself, 自力でや組ませるっていく、自活する
look after and provide for oneself, without any help from others:
ex) Many single mothers find it hard to fend for themselves.
★hook someone up with, （人）を...と組ませる、（人）に...を紹介する
hook up
<informal> (of two people) meet or from a relationship:
ex) He hooked up with a friend in Budapest.
■その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。
get the most out of, ...を最大限に生かす
stand out from, ...から抜きん出てる、...よりずっと優れている
solid working relationship, 仕事上の強固な関係
■そのほかの気になる表現
as professional as we do, 本格的に
At H&B, our policy is to make the interviewing, hiring and orientation of interns as professional as we do with other potential employees.
ですが、インターンは他の人より遅くまで仕事してアピールすべきというのも、アメリカも変わったな、という印象です。
昼休みもないし、家でもソーシャルメディアにかかりきりだし、若い社員はサービス残業でアピールするなど、日本以上ではないでしょうか。
■もう一度読んでみよう
We don't just throw interns into the office and expect them to fend for themselves.
We try to hook them up with one or two employees or a small group.
What should they do to make sure they get the most out of them?
I would recommend trying to stand out from other interns by doing things like working later than everyone else.
That helps interns develop solid working relationships within the company, and can lead to a mentoring situation.
At H&B, our policy is to make the interviewing, hiring and orientation of interns as professional as we do with other potential employees.
■前回の復習の答えです
pick someone's brain about, ...のことで（人）の智恵を借りる、...に関して（人）に助言してもらう
