2009/12/25
NHKビジネス英語を120%利用 【入門 12/22(Tues.)】
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■□■NHKビジネス英語を120%利用■□■
& NHK News Headlines
発行者責任者 / Sanae Kawamoto
協力： Cecile, Sei Shimura, Ina, Akira, Kimie, Hiromi, Shin, Hiroko
Kodo Ogata
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みなさん、おはようございます。
入門ビジネス英語 12/22 (Tues.) 分のお届けです。
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【原稿チェック： Hiromi, Hiroko, Kimie, Kodo Ogata】
【ディクテーション： Sanae】
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入門ビジネス英語 Tuesday, December 22
1) Hello, this is Ed. Thank you for tuning in today.
2) In December, we are looking at building relationships to get help.
3) Right. Now let's start today's lesson - "Reinforcing contacts."
4) Now let's listen to the skit.
5) Yes, Jack was worried about having too many chips and Katsunori
needed extra chips. So they were able to work out a plan.
6) Because Katsunori was able to establish a relationship with his
colleagues at headquarters, he has succeeded in solving the Proton
issue.
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Today's Key Expressions
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◆ Let's stay in touch.
7) Today's point is ending a meeting in a positive way. The idiom
"stay in touch" means "to maintain regular communication with
someone."
8) Here, Katsunori would like to maintain his relationship with Jack
because their relationship will most likely be a benefit for both of
them.
9) This expression can be a polite way of saying good-bye or firm
commitment to future meetings. It all depends on whether a specific
time to stay in touch is mentioned.
10) And the opposite of "stay in touch" is "lose touch." This means
to stop communicating with someone.
11) Now, let's look at the "Key Expressions in Action."
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Other Useful Phrases
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12) The first one is "My worst nightmare is sitting on a pile of
chips."
13) The expression "my worst nightmare" is used to refer to a
situation that we really want to avoid. "Sitting on a pile of
something" means "having a lot of something that you would like to
get rid of."
14) Yes, the next one is "We don't want that."
15) This phrase is used to express sympathy when someone shows
concern that something bad may happen. It also implies that you want
to help avoid that negative possibility.
16) Yes. It's a very informal phrase so it shouldn't be used with your
manager.
17) Right. The last one is "Can we count on you for an additional
5,000 a month?"
18) "Count on you for something" means "to rely on you for something."
So asking someone "Can I count on you for X?" is asking them to commit
to providing it.
19) This expression emphasizes that an agreement at this stage is
considered a kind of promise. Changing mind later may be the cause of
trouble.
20) That's right.
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Intercultural Notes
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21) For the third week of English expressions related to "know," we
will look at the difference between "know" and "find out."
22) Here's an example of the incorrect usage that I hear quite often.
"I knew his nationality from his resume."
23) Right. The correct way to say this is "I found out his nationality
from his resume."
24) Here "find out" is used because the person did not know his
nationality and discovered this information by looking at his resume.
25) Here's another example of "find out." "From her explanation, I
found out many things about the technical library."
26) The word "know" is used when you are already aware of a certain
piece of information. It does not include the nuance of "discover."
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27<K>: Ed, can I count on you to take care of the ending?
28) Of course, you can. Thank you for your attention and we look
forward to having you with us again. Until then...
29)<K & E>: Good-bye!
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==== NHK News Headlines by Sei Shimura ====
（この部分は、NHKラジオ第 2放送、午後 6時からのニュースヘッドラ
インを志村さんがディクテーションしてお送りします。）
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NHK News Headlines / Thursday, December 24, 2009 #4,151
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1) The Japanese government has confirmed that it will maintain its
goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 1990
levels by 2020.
2) The government has also completed drafting the 2010 fiscal year
budget, the largest ever at more than a trillion dollars.
3) Japan's two leading beer makers, Kirin and Suntory, have been
negotiating a merger to begin in April 2011.
<Words & Phrases>
・merger 合併
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, December 23, 2009 #4,150
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1) An investigative panel is set to determine authenticity of a
document detailing an alert secret nuclear deal between Japan and the
United States.
2) Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has called on Iran to resolve
the issue over its nuclear program.
3) Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has started a five-month stay in
space, the longest ever for a Japanese astronaut.
<Words & Phrases>
・investigative panel 調査委員会
・authenticity 真正であること
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＜編集後記＞
昨日、道端で会った子供たちに 「今日サンタ来るね」 と声をかけると、
大きな声で 「うん！」 と返事をしてくれました。
授業中、「今日、サンタ来るね」 と言うと、「あんまり勉強してないから
サンタは来ないかもしれないってお母さんが言ってた。」
「サンタは子供たちの夢を壊さないから大丈夫だよ」
と声をかけた私。さて、みんなどんな朝をむかえたのでしょうか？
サンタの皆さん、お疲れ様でした。
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