ラジオビジネス英語 Interview（2-2） 12月15日(金
ラジオビジネス英語 Interview（2-2）6月16日(金)Tom Mayse
What would the program be like for someone who wants to become an HR professional?
inquisitive 知りたがる
are far more likely to..
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Tom Mayse
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What does Mr. Mayse encourage people to link their learning to?
-He encourages them to link learning to career aspirations or long-time career goals.
- I would recomend linking learning to for example career aspirations or long-time career goals. The second point is curation
What is the third and final point of building a proactive learning culture in a company ?
- It's the role of the leader.
-The third and final point to building a learning culture is the role of the leader.
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You mentioned that despite growing internal presence of institute, around seventy percent of the employees still did not actively perticipate in the programs. What do you think can be done to foster proactive learning culture in a company?
- It's not an easy question to answer, and I don't think we can force our employees to learn. But I would say that there are three things we can do to help promote learning culture. So one is direction. So it's very difficult to learn, actively learn something and really invest time in learning unless we have maybe an objective or aim or something you want to head toward. So I would recomend linking learning to for example career aspirations or long-time career goals. The second point is curation. In the modern age, we have so many learning resources. There are so many different ways to learn nowadays. I think we are really lucky. But at the same time that makes I think very difficult for individuals to decide what they should be learning. Because there are so many options. So one thing we tried to do when I was the head of the leaning institute was to help associates decide which learning sources were best for them. And then the third and final point to building a learning culture is the role of the leader. So we need leaders who are rolemodels, who are role model learning. We need leaders who come to meetings with a very inquisitive attitude, leaders who ask questions and encourage their teams to ask questions as well. So for that to happen, we need the leaders to cerate an atmosphere of psychological safety where team members can ask why. Why is this happning or Why do we this this way? And that is the essence of a learning culture I think. So we need to have this fundations in place. We also need to have learn leaders who are learning themselves, who are investing time in developing themselves and sharing their learning and sharing their knowledge with their teams. We've seen that teams with leaders who are rolemodel learning and the associates or members of those teams are far more likely to be active learners themselves.
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foster
To encourage or provede a suitable environment. To cultivate development.
head toward / head towards に向かう
asparation
A dream or ambition. Something you hope to do even if it may have seen unobtainable. Desire to do something big or bold.
curation
inquisitive 知りたがる
Curious ans an inquisitive person is someone who asks questions. Someone who is interested in learning. Mr. Mayse mentioned leaders who come to meetings with an inquisitive attitude or attitude of wanting to learn and willingness to ask questions.
foundation
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I understand that individuals are free to set career goals and decide what their personal developmment will entail. But it's difficult to picture the actual learning content.
For example, what would the program be like for someone who wants to become an HR professional?
want to become ...
What would ... be like + for ... to... ?
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We need the leaders to cerate an atmosphere of psychological safety.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Interview（2-4）6月30日(金) Tom Mayse
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In terms of learning, what have Japanese companies traditionally invested in?
-They have traditionally invested a lot in learning and development of their employees.
In global companies what is learning focused on?
-It focused on driving business.
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Then, in terms of learning, I think Japanese companies have traditionally invested a lot in the lerning and development of their employees. I think sometimes it, it can maybe it came from certain welfare and benefits approach. So learning is a benefit as maybe a nice to have rather than learning as a business driver. Something that really is essential for achieving business goals. And the quality of the Japanese learning programs is really very good. The programs and trainings that I've worked with are very well thought through, lots of attention to detail, and there is lots of them, like I say, there is a lot of resources directed there. And on the other hand, we have learning in global companies., which I would say is more focused on driving business. So if you wanted to start a new training program for example within a global company I think you get more questions around, OK, what is the business value we are trying to drive here? We're not just doing lerning for sake of it, as a nice to have. We need to answer the question in providing this opportunity, this learning opportunity. What's the business outcomes we trying to drive, and how does that link to our business strategy. So I think that is maybe one difference between sort of learning and development in Japanese companies and global companies.
-Aha, while it maybe dengerouns to generalize too much, there're definitely tendencies. Global companies are more business driven than the Japanese companies.
-Yeah, I think when it comes to, to learning and development I would say so. Resources are also more maybe more limited for learning, I think. Japanese companies have more resources and global companies maybe have less resources which means they have to be more focused in how they use them.
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Welfare and benefits 福利厚生
nice to have
Something that is better to have but not completely necessary. A kind of luxury or added benefit, but not mandatory. Something somewhat would like to have. The oppositon of "nice to have" is a "must have".
business driver
Something that drives a business or contribute to a business's success and profit. Something necessary for business to survive. And this can vary depending on the business.
be thought through 考え抜かれた
If someting is thought through, it's been giving carful consideration and thought about in depth. To think something through means to think about something carefully from all possible perspectives.
attention to detail
Thorough, meticulous, leving no stone unturned, detail oriented. Attention to detail means that all of the details have been thought about carefully, even a small minor things. For example, her intention to detail halped us find a major accounting error. Thank goodness she's on our team.
for the sake of
For the purpose of, in order to. Having something as a motivation. Mr. Mayse said that learning is not just for the sake of having it as a nice to have, meaning that it's not just for the purpose of being added benefit.
outcome
Result, a consequence or effect from something. And the example would be voting has closed but we won't know the outcome of this ection until Friday.
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In terms of inhouse educational programs, I think Japenese companies may have good learning opportunities.
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I have the impression that foreign companies focus more on external training. What do you think?
* むしろ more
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（48）6月29日(木)
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The customer had a large number of bottles and they were meticulously maintenance.
Warehouse manager is passionate and treat each wine with care.
On the way home, Emily took me to a famous hotel in Richmond for an afternoon tea.
We have a meeting at the head office tomorrow.
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What is the impression of the warhose manager described?- passionate
As for the afternoon tea, which Lisa's word is expressing how she feel about it?
- kindly took me... ?
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Subject: Visit to the warehouse in Guilford.
Hi Ron,
Today Emily drove me to the warhouse in Guilford. I was amazed at the number of the bottles they keep from customers as well as the miticulous maintenance. I enjoyed the conversation with the warehouse manager. He was very passionate. I belive it when he said he treats each bottle of wine as if it were his own child. On the way back to London, Emily kindly took me to a famous hotel in Richimond for an afternoon tea. Tomorrow, I have a meeting at HQ and I'll take an evening flight back to Tokyo.
See you soon.
Lisa
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Dear Lisa,
I think the warehouse tour was very infromative. That warehouse is a microcosm of WCS's history, company philosophy, and relationships with both customers and producers. I felt proud to be a WCS employee when I saw that warehouse. Safe journey home!
Ron
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microcosm 縮図,小宇宙, 小世界
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When I return to Tokyo, I will finalize the list for proposal.
* finalize
I'll put the final touches to the wine list for proposal upon my return to Tokyo.
* put the final touches to...
* upon + my return(noun) ～次第
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Hi Ron,
Sorry, I forgot to report one thing. I've spoken to Mr. Aoki at Mamarosa. And we've alomost reached an agreement. When I return to Tokyo, I'll finalize the wine list for proposal.
Regards,
Lisa
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追加で報告
It's important to make it clear that this is an additional email, so they don't miss the first one. So starting off with something like Lisa wrote or
I wanted to add something,
I forgot to mention this in my previous email or
I just sent you an email but I wanted to clarify something.
Mybe with a brief applogy.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（47）6月28日(水)
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What percentage of the world's vineyard area does organic vineyard acreage account for?
-Organic vineyard acreage acounts for around sixty percent of all vineyard land globally.
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What does Lisa suggest to do?
-WCS should take the time to look for sustainable wineries that produce quality wines.
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Organic and natural wines maybe the gateway to nonalcoholic wines.
-I think so. It may not be the right analogy but it would be like a petro car user having a go with a hybrid car first before switching to an electronic car.
-That's a good example. Organic vineyard acreage acounts for around sixty percent of all vineyard land globally growing at aroud ten percent a year. How would you interpret these figures?
-I would interpret them as still six percent. News headlines hea give the impression that organic and natural wines are about to take over the market, but that's not the case. WCS should take the time to look for sustainable wineries that produce quality wines.
-I'm convinced that now is the time to take this seriously. Nex time you are london would you like to go on a winery tour?
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gateway
analogy 類似・比喩
petro car
have a go やってみる
acre
acreage 土地・農地
account for
quality (adj) 上質の・高品質の
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account for ...
Organic vineyard acreage acounts for around sixty percent of all vineyard land globally.
That one mistake alone accounted for more than thirty percent of our losses that year.
Blagil accounts for about thirty percent of the wourld's coffee production.
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take up
Tennis takes up most of my spare time.
The desk takes up a lot of space.
make up
Handbags make up only a small fraction of the total sales.
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たとえる
Okonomi-yaki is the Japanese equivalent of pizza. Although the dough is more like a crepe than crust. Like pizza, it has toppings such as crisp cabbage, tempra flakes, bonito flakes and seaweed. But cheese isn't a must have ingredient.
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Japan's assistants to developing contries as based on the idea of teaching people skills so that they can stand their own. This is the same as saying that giving fish to people who are hungry is only a short term solution. They should be tought how to fish.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（46）6月27日(火)
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What did Emily notice about afternoon tea set menu?
- She noticed that there was the alcohole-free wine alongside the champagne.
What did Lisa suggest Emily?
- The first step would be to broaden the product range of organic and natural wines
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For the first time in my life, I got to enjoy the real afternoon tea. Thank you.
- My pleasure.
- So, let's drive back, shall we?
- Regarding the afternoon tea set menu, did you notice the alcohole-free wine alongside the champagne?
- Yes, I did. It reminds me of Daniel's comments yesterday. He said that nearly a third of pub-goers in the UK are now completely alcohole-free.
- Correct. How do you think we should deal with the situation?
- It's not an easy hardle to overcome. I don't think regular wine drinkers will suddenly switch to nonalcoholic wines just because they're healthier, though probably be interested in organic and natural wines first. If that's the case, the first step would be to broaden the product range of organic and natural wines.
- That's the natural opinion, I suppose.
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alongside
remind A of B
overcome
broaden
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It reminds me of Daniel's comments yesterday.
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remind ... of....
be reminded of ...
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I was reminded of a story related to this project.
The song reminds me of my colledge days.
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take... back ( +to)
Oh, I remember this. This taste alone takes me back to 1999.
bring back
The talk brought back that motivation I had when I first entered the company.
---- お礼
Thank you for inviting me to dinner today. It was my first time having such authentic Thai cuisine. And I was very impressed not just by the food, but also your hosptality.
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Thank you for showing us around Silicon Valley today. I was overwelmed by the sheer size of the site as well as the passion and ambition of the workers there.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（45）6月26日(月)
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What is the most popular tea for afternoon tea?
- Earl gray is the most popular tea.
What persentage of tea consumed in the UK is in the form of tea bag?
-Ninety six percent.
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Uh.. this is one of my favorite praces for afternoon tea. It's the place to come when I want to escape the hustle and bustle of London.
-I must say the view is very relaxing.
-So, here they come! About time.
-Scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. What tea matches best?
-Well, darjeeling is the better match, but earl gray is most popular. Just so you don't get the wrong idea, ninety six percent of tea consumed in the UK is from tea bags. Earl gray is the common choice simply because it's more widely avairable in tea bag form than dargeeeling is.
-Thank you. Facts are helpful. I read somewhere that eighty percent of office workers are more likely to find out what's going on at work over cup of tea than any other way.
-Really? Perhaps it's the brew that brews an office coup, yeay?
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hustle and bustle
about time やっとか
just so 念のため～
blow an office coup
=> brew => 企む To concoct; devise: brew a plot
It the brew that> brew = いっぱいの紅茶
darjeerling
earl gray
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Just so = 念のため
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Just so you don't get the wrong idea, ninety six percent of tea consumed in the UK is from tea bags.
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Just so we avoid misunderstanding, let's go through the conditions once again.
Just so you don't forget, I will remind you next week.
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just so
- Very neat and organized. =>Everything in the house has to be just so
-As long as; provided that. (as long as...)
ｰｰｰｰｰ
just make sure
Just to make sure, you don't need breakfast tomorrow, right?
just to be sure 念押し＝> よろしいですね？
Just to be sure, you agreed to article two, clause three.
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Do you put cream or milk in a tea?
- Definitely milk. Statistically, ninety eight percent of Brits put milk in their tea. Cream goes on the scones, but not in the tea. When ordering tea in Japan, you usually get coffee cream or lemon, not milk, which is a bit disappointing.
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Which do you put in first, milk or tea?
- If the tea is made in a cup, milk should be added after the hot water. So it doesn't interfere with the brewing process. But if the tea is made in a pot, the milk should be added to the cup first.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Interview（2-3）6月23日(金)
Tom Mayes トム・メイズ
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What are the characteristics of Japanese companies in terms of HR as a whole?
- They really care about all of their people.
Who did HR policies in global companies tend to focus their resources on?
- The porlicy tends to fucus on resources on the key roles, the key positions or the key talents.
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So you used to be in charge of tarent management at a Japanese company. What do you think other differences between Japanese and foreign companies in terms of corporate HR strategies and employee attitudes toward personal development?
-So first of all, I would say maybe personally um... I do not like so much categorizing is a Japanese company or global company. Because I think not all companies can't be categorized .. as one of the other. But if you were to press me, I would say I personally see a few broad differences between HR in Japanese company and global compnay. So first of all I will speak about maybe HR as a whole, and I will speak specifically about learning and development. So in terms of HR as a whole, for Japanese companies I think they are very good at looking after the whole. And they really really care about the people. And they have I feel Japanese companies have strong sense of purpose. I think Japan, Japanese companies have always been very good, great in a strong sense of purpose. And I think that is why in the Japanese companies that I have worked for I felt a very strong sense of dedication from the employees towards the company cause. I kind of see Japanese companies as kind of a big family. And I think the HR practices in Japanese companies are set up to suport every body. They're designed to support the whole. Whereas on the other hand, I feel that in global companies HR policies tend to be more focused on the key roles, the key positions, or the key talents. And resources tent to be direct towards those few people. And maybe the others are expendable. They can leave the company if they chose to so there is more maybe fluidity, uh... in the workce I think in global companies. So that's one, one big difference I feel when think about .. HR policy.
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specifically
Specific means precise. clear. exact. Specifically, the adverb is used to define or indicate something more clearly.
dedication - Loyalty, devotion.
company cause 会社としての信念・大義・経営理念
A cause is a principle that's for fighting for or difending. The SGDs, for example, are cause.
expendable 使い捨ての・代用のきく
disposable・replacable
If something is expendable, it's not important and can be discarded or thrown away after use.
fluidity
Fuluidity means that thing could change at any time. Or the acceptance of thoes possible changes. Having flexibility and nuance.
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You say that Japanese companies' human resource development focuses on the whole on the workforce. Whereas foreign companies focus on key personel.
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Which approach do you think is better for increasing the competitiveness and securing global talent?
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I felt a very strong sense of dedication from the employees towards the company cause.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（44）6月22日(木)
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How does Lon feel about hearing from Risa during her business trip?
What kind of care does Lon show to Risa?
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Subject: Mr. Aoki. Mamma Rosa.
Hi Risa!
And I'm sorry that I seem to be following you on your business trips every day. In fact, Aoki-san, the manager of the Italian restaurant Mamma Rosa in Ginza contacted me just now wanting to consult with you about the wine to be served at the party. I told Aoki-san that you were on a business trip to London. And I tried to consult with him. But I got he impression that he wantedto talk to you. He said it will be fine after you return home. I was going to ask Ono-san to respond, but Mamma Rosa is your long-standing customer, so I wanted to ask you first.
Regards,
Ron
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* 対応する＝accomodate
=> 要求・必要に応じる
accommodate one's request
If I am unable to accomodate Mr. Aoki's request, I will contact you.
If I find it difficult to meet Mr. Aoki's resuest, I will ask for your help.
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Hi Lon,
Thank you for letting me know. I will contact Mr. Aoki myself. Morning in London is evening in Tokyo, so it'll be no problem at all. It's a bit complicated. So I think it would be best to speak to him directly by phone or online. If I'm unable to accomodate Mr. Aoki's request, I'll contact you.
Regards.
Risa
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Hi Risa,
Roger. You are on a business trip, so don't push yourself too hard. If there's anything need to be done here, please don't hesitate to tell me.
Regards,
Ron
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（43）6月21日(水)
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Which region of wine is the basis of the collection for collectors?
-Bordeaux and Burgundy are usually the cornerstone's of the balanced collection.
What is the purpose of collectors storing wine?
- It's both for presure and for investment.
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What does the collector's typical wine portfolio look like? Bordeaux and Burgundy are usually the cornerstone's of the balanced collection. But prtfolios are really diverse.
- Sorry to bombard you questions, but what's the purpose for collectors to store wines? Is is for their own future preasure or for investment?
-No need to appologize. I like your curiosity. Regarding your question, it's both for presure and for investment. You can have wines deliver to you at anytime. You can also buy and sell them using our wine exchange app.
-Really? In that case wines have to be kept at the optimum temperature and humidity to retain their value.
-Yes. Even the angle of the bottles is taken care of. Every small detail can make difference and how are wines matures.
You are going to hear more about that from our warehouse manager.
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cornerstone
bombard
have ... delivered
exchange
optimum
retain
take care of > The angle of the bottles is taken care of.
mature
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Every small detail can make a difference and how are wines matures.
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* make a difference
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Changing the color of the wall would surely make a difference in the lighting.
Regular exercise can make a difference in your health.
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bring about a change
Paul's possitive attitude brought about a change in his team's enthusiasm.
*bring about もたらす
transform 大転換 大きな変化を起こす＝＞ transform... into....
The merger transformed the company into a global player.
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* 違いが出る
When we asked foreign guest at the check our how their stay was, the answer isn't variably. We enjoied it very much. So it's hard to know what they really thought.
-If you want to ask about areas for improvement, perhaps you can follow that answer with, "Is there anything we can improve on? We would love to hear from you." Then they would probably tell you what they really found.
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I'm a sociable person so I generaly like parties. But if I don't know anyone, I can't be bother to talk to them.
-It's the same for everyone. Why don't you show that want to talk to people around you. Just put a smile on your face. That way people will start talking to you without you having to find someone to talk to.
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（42）6月20日(火)
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How many bottles of customer wine are stored in the warehouse?
- We actually reached the eight million mark last year.
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What is the minimum amount of wine a member must buy each month?
- We have a membor ship where they buy at least three hundreds pounds worth of wines every month and we stored the wine here.
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So here we are at our warehouse.
-Wow. I'm amazed. It's much bigger than I expected.
-This is where we store our customers' wines as well as our own. Guess how many bottles of our customer wine are stored in total.
-I have no clue considering the sheer scale of the warehouse, perhaps one million?
-Wrong! We actually reached the eight million mark last year.
-Eight million!?
-Yes. We have a membor ship where they buy at least three hundreds pounds worth of wines every month and we stored the wine here.
-Three hundreads pounds.. That's around fifty thousand yen. How do members chose which ones to buy?
You are assigned dedicated private account manager to offer suggestions or you can just leave the decisions to your manager.
I wish I had maney to invest.
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sheer すさまじい・とてつもない
まったくの, 本当の, ごく薄い
それる, はずれる, 急に向きを変える
-To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.
-Thin, fine, and translucent / completely or absolutely
mark 印・特定の数字＝＞大台・節目
dedicated 献身的な
=> 専用の dedicated computer system / dedicated privatae account manager
leave A to B
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* reach ... mark
We actually reached the eight million mark last year.
By merging with the nextdoor municipality the population in that city reached the one million mark.
The company's sales have finally reached two trillion yen mark.
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reach the landmark level
When was it the Nikkei stock average reached the landmark level of thirty thousand yen in the last five years?
hit
In October 22, the Japanese yen hit one fifty to the dollar for the first time in thirty two years.
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We set the assumed exchange rate for the current year at a hundread thirty yen to the dollar. But the market has been moving too fast.
* assumed exhange rate
* the dollar / the euro / the yen
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When the yen depreciates, the price of raw materials rises putting pressur on businesses. When internal cost cutting measure alone is not enough to absorb the fructuations, I wonder how to deal witht the situation.
* depreciate <> appreciate
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ラジオビジネス英語 Lesson（41）6月19日(月)
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What was the point Risa's friend liked?
- She loved the authentic English atomspher and its surrounding picturesque villages.
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What is the tow point that makes Guildford supperior than other places?
- Guildford outperformed other candidates in terms of logistics and branding.
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So today we are heading for Guildford, the county town of Surrey, situated around thirty miles south west of London. Have you heard of the town?
- The name sounds famillier to me because I have a friend who studyed at university of Surrey. She told me a lot about Guildford. She loved the authentic English atomspher and its surrounding picturesque villages.
-I see, well, your friend would be right. It's a beautiful town with a medieval castle, a Cathedral and busy shopping center. Yet it's surrounded by stunning coutry side.
- Sounds attractive. What made you decide to build a warehouse there?
-Guildford outperformed other candidates in terms of logistics and branding. The Heathrow airport is just twenty miles away and the town is popular among relatively welloff people working in London. So it matched our branding strategy.
- I see. That makes complete sense.
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head for
county town 州の首都
picturesque
medieval
stunning
outperform
welloff 裕福な => I'm welloff
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* outferform
Guildford outperformed other candidates in terms of logistics and branding.
Performance in a current fiscal year is likely to outperform last year.
Japanese stocks sometimes outperform US stocks.
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*outstrip 上回る、追い越す, よりまさる
Demand for electric vehickle batteries is outstripping supply.
*surpass
You should strive to surpass your supervisor's expectations.
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We recently change the logistics company to which outsource the storage and delivery of our goods. Logistic efficiency has improved significantly as the warehouse is much closer to us than before and Frankfurt as idealy located as a pan-Europian distribution hub.
pan-European << pan- = all
of, relating to, or involving all or most of the nations of Europe
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We've chosen Cambodia as a second production base after Vietnam. The infrastructure is still fragile but the Southern Economic Corridor is a transnational project. And the country's location half way between Tailand and Vietnam is attractive. The fact that the garment industry accounts for more than sixty percent of the total manufacturing GDP is also a reassuring factor.
Southern Economic Corridor
- a special economic zone on the upper south of Thailand.
transnational 国家を越えた, 多国籍の
Reaching beyond or transcending national boundaries
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