「NHK実践ビジネス英語 対話力アップ ビジネス英語フレーズ800」
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2週間で30個ずつ覚えるということにして、この2週間で30個覚えました。その中で英文がよくわからないものがありましたので、教えてください。
30番ですが、
Tess filed a claim to protest getting three-fourths the pay for the same workload as Joe.
(テスは、ジョーと同等の仕事量に対して4分の3の報酬しかもらえないことに抗議して、補償金の支払いを請求した。)
このthe payはなんなんでしょうか。
掲示板にてお待ちしています。
NHK実践ビジネス英語 対話力アップ ビジネス英語フレーズ800
■前回の復習です
retread
in good standing
keep up with the times
median tenure
rut
tolerant of
■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
I think a good manager should try to keep valued employees by offering them a better deal if they start to get itchy feet.
That explains why more employees are willing to take back former employees who've left the company amicably.
Smart managers make it clear that a parting of the ways needn't be permanent.
If anybody's considering leaving their job, Make graceful exits. Don't burn your bridges.
He was very familiar with the organization, so he could hit the ground running as soon as he returned.
He got a higher salary than he's had before. But he was also fired up by the challenge of restructuring things.
★get itchy feet, 足がむずむずする、どこかへ出かけたくてうずうずする
I think a good manager should try to keep valued employees by offering them a better deal if they start to get itchy feet.
★amicably, 穏便に、友好的に
That explains why more employees are willing to take back former employees who've left the company amicably.
★parting of the ways, 岐路、分かれ道
Smart managers make it clear that a parting of the ways needn't be permanent.
★Don't burn your bridges. 人間関係を悪くしないように。
If anybody's considering leaving their job, Make graceful exits. Don't burn your bridges.
★hit the ground running, 最初から全力で飛ばす
He was very familiar with the organization, so he could hit the ground running as soon as he returned.
★be fired up, 熱意に駆られる
He got a higher salary than he's had before. But he was also fired up by the challenge of restructuring things.
■前回の復習の答えです
retread, 再雇用者
in good standing, （関係、信用などが）良好な状態で
keep up with the times, 時代の流れについていく
median tenure, 平均在職期間
rut, 決まりきった型、マンネリ
tolerant of, ...に耐える、...に寛容な
