ある程度まで って英語でなんて言う？

こんにちは。昨日は平日ですがなんとか２レッスン受講に成功しました！先月ほどの切羽詰まった状態ではないのですが、やはりまたレッスンの失効期限に追われているのです(笑)

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

If my company required specializations in horses and hotdogs, what could my company actually do?

返答：

If your company required specializations in horses and hotdogs, your company could either make a nice horse racing track or a new kind of hotdog.  

質問：

What specializations come to your mind when talking about doctors?

返答：

When talking about doctors I think of specializations in cardiology, anesthesiology and pediatrics. (心臓病学、麻酔科、小児科) 

質問：

What duty consumes most of your time at work?

返答：

Answering questions about CRM system is the duty that consumes most of my time at work.

質問：

Do you ever forget about small duties you have to do at work? - like what? What duty do you usually forget about at work?

返答：

Yes, I sometimes forget about small duties I have to do at work, like replying emails to my colleagues. 

質問：

Are there some duties that you do but don't like doing? - What and why?

返答：

Yes, there are some duties that I do but don't like doing. Reminding people to register  invoice system because those are so busy but I have to remind them several times.

質問：

If they offered you a higher ranking managing position but only if you accepted the duties of cleaning the toilets daily, would you take it?

返答：

Yes, if they offered me a higher ranking managing position but only if I accepted the duties of cleaning the toilets daily, I would take it.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

to supervise (verb): 監督する、管理する

supervisor (noun): 監督者

supevision (noun): 監視、監督、管理

authoritative (adj): 権威のある

to a certain extent: ある程度まで

crop: 作物

質問： 

Describe the perfect kind of supervisor.

返答：

The perfect kind of supervisor is someone who is authoritative, storong, a good leader, willing to help others, and easy to talk to.

質問：

What kind of things do you supervise at work?

返答：

I supervise reporting forecast at my work. 

質問：

Is it necessary for the supervision of a company to be done by the CEO or can any manager do it?

返答：

- I think the supervision of a company needs to be done by the CEO.

- Any manager can carry out the supervision of a company. 

質問：

How often do you find it necessary to speak with your supervisor?

返答：

I find it necessary to speak with my supervisor once in every two days.

質問：

Do you think parental supervision is necessary at a 5 year olds birthday party? Why?

返答：

Yes, I think parental supervision is necessary at a 5 year olds birthday party, because such children aren't able to look after themselves.

質問：

Would it bother you if I supervised your next birthday party? Why?

返答：

Yes, it would bother me if you supervised my next birthday party, because I can handle it by myself.

質問：

Do you think the government should supervise its citizens more closely? Explain why?

返答：

No, I don't think the government should supervise its citizens more closely, because people should be allowed their freedom to a certain extent.

質問：

If you worked as a farmer, would it be necessary to have a supervisor? Why not?

返答：

No, if I worked as a farmer, it wouldn't be necessary to have a supervisor, because if I did a bad job, I wouldn't have any crops.

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 19th time, 7h45min

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肉体労働 って英語でなんて言う？

こんにちは。土曜にレッスン済みでしたが更新が遅くなりました。なんだか梅雨が始まったような天気になり、なんとなく外の光が暗いのでいろんなテンションが上がりづらいですね。。

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

If I had no business competence but a really cool idea, would you invest in my company? Why or why not?

返答：

Yes, if you had no business competence but a really cool idea, I would invest in your company because I can hire people who are competent enough to run business.

質問：

How can I make my CV more concise?

返答：

You can make your CV more concise by leaving out needless information like hobbies or interests. You can also make lists insted of paragraphs.

質問：

Why should I be concise when writing my CV?

返答：

You should be concise when writing your CV because extra information which is unimportant to the position is a waste of time for the employer to read. Lists are easier to read than paragraphs.

質問：

Give me some examples of documents or pieces of writing you prefer to be concisely written?

返答：

I prefer business emails and presentation documents to be concisely written.

質問：

If you went on a 5 year journey around the world, do you think you'd come back and give a nice and concise summary? or would it look a bit different?

返答：

If I went on a 5 year journey around the world, I wouldn't come back and just give a concise summary but I would probably organize a big slide show and write out several of the most interesting moments I had in some places I visited. 

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

primary: 最初の、初期の

secondary: 第二の

- primary shool:初等教育学校、イギリス英語で小学校（アメリカ英語で elementary school）

- secondary shool:中等教育学校、イギリス英語で中学校（アメリカ英語でjunior high school）

manual labor: 肉体労働

primary colors: 原色（三原色）

- 原色とは：赤、青、黄色。原色は全ての色のもとになっていて、混ぜ合わせるとどんな色でも得ることのできる基本的な色。

質問： 

How old are the children who attend secondary school in your country?

返答：

Children who attend secondary school in my country are 13 to 18.

質問：

Why is a secondary school education important to have?

返答：

A secondary school education is important to have because it proves that you are educated and can handle other tasks besides just manual labor.

質問：

How old are the children who attend primary school in your country?

返答：

Children who attend primary school in my country are 7 to 12.

質問：

If you were flying and the primary engine stoped working, would you hope there were a secondary engine?

返答：

Yes, if I were flying and the primary engine stoped working, I'd hope that there were a secondary engine, because without it the plane would crash.

質問：

What are the primary colors?

返答：

The primary colors are red, blue and yellow.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

specialize in ~ : 〜を専門に扱う、〜を専攻する

specialization: 専門分野

質問：

What was your specialization at college?

返答：

My specialization at college was economics. 

質問：

Whad does your company specialize in? 

返答：

My company specilizes in HR consulting.

質問：

Would you believe me if I told you in my previous job, I specialized in meat?

返答：

Yes, I would believe you if you told me in your previous job, you specialized in meat.

質問：

What would you not like to specialize in?

返答：

I wouldn't like to specialize in planting vegetables because I don't like insects.

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 17th time, 6h55min

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簡潔な って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。今日は18時からレッスンを始めたのですが、直前に仕事の依頼メールが来てバタバタしながらのレッスンになっていまいました。（返信したつもりがネット不具合により送信できておらず、再起動したり送信メールを削除しながらレッスンを受けました。。）

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

Give me some examples of personal achievements.

返答：

Some personal achievements are graduating school, getting married, buying a house, building a robot, and creating your own company.

質問：

If I told you I wanted to underachieve in my life, what would you think?

返答：

If you told me you wanted to underachieve in your life, I would think that you were lazy and had no aspirations.

質問：

What people are competent enough to draft a contract?

返答：

Lawyers are competent enough to draft a contract.

質問：

What competence do you think is valuable when you are managing a large team of people?

返答：

I think having competence in leadership skills and organization is valuable when you are managing a large team of people.

質問：

If I were an incompetent teacher, do you think you would notice? 

返答：

Yes, if you were an incompetent teacher, I would notice because you would just be sitting there confused and not knowing what to say next.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

質問： 

If I had no business competence but a really cool idea, would you invest in my company? Why or why not?

返答：

Yes, if you had no business competence but a really cool idea, I would invest in your company because I can hire people who are competent enough to run business.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

informative (adj): 情報を与える、参考になる

concise (adj) : 簡潔な　= brief   ; shorten but very informative, only give information that is necessary and important

precise (adj) : 正確な

leave out (verb) : 除外する

needless (adj): 不必要な

write out (verb) : 書き出す

質問：

How can I make my CV more concise?

返答：

You can make your CV more concise by leaving out needless information like hobbies or interests. You can also make lists insted of paragraphs.

質問：

Why should I be concise when writing my CV?

返答：

You should be concise when writing your CV because extra information which is unimportant to the position is a waste of time for the employer to read. Lists are easier to read than paragraphs.

質問：

Give me some examples of documents or pieces of writing you prefer to be concisely written?

返答：

I prefer business emails and presentation documents to be concisely written.

質問：

If you went on a 5 year journey around the world, do you think you'd come back and give a nice and concise summary? or would it look a bit different?

返答：

If I went on a 5 year journey around the world, I wouldn't come back and just give a concise summary but I would probably organize a big slide show and write out several of the most interesting moments I had in some places I visited. 

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 16th time, 6h30min

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能力 って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。意外と月10回レッスンするのも大変ですね(笑) 毎日英会話よりは楽と思いましたが、復習・予習が必要なので仕事の繁忙期はだいぶハードです。。

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

How should you organize your job history in a CV?

返答：

I should organize my job history from the most current to the least current.

質問：

How would an employer feel if someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history?

返答：

If someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history, the employer would think that they wouldn't be a stable employee.

質問：

Is it a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history?

返答：

Yes, it's a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history, because they might give you some very valuable information about the person.

質問：

Give me some examples of corporate achievements.

返答：

Some corporate achievements are acquiring a big client, merging with a big company, and outselling all the other salesman.

質問：

Should your achievements be listed in your job history?

返答：

Yes, my achievements should be listed in my job history because it leads the future employer knows exactly what I achieved in my previous position and not just what position I held.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

質問： 

Give me some examples of personal achievements.

返答：

Some personal achievements are graduating school, getting married, buying a house, building a robot, and creating your own company.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

aspiration: 願望;　a strong desire to make something or to do someting

underachieve: 期待されたよりも悪く行う、実際の能力より低い成績を取る; you don't want to achive something, to do less well than you could or should do 

質問：

If I told you I wanted to underachieve in my life, what would you think?

返答：

If you told me you wanted to underachieve in your life, I would think that you were lazy and had no aspirations.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

competent (adj) : 有能な、能力のある（何かをするのに必要な技術や知識を持っている）

competence (noun) :能力（仕事などを問題なくこなすために必要なレベルの能力）;  the ability to do something well, the power that a person has

- e.g.) I want to gain high level of competence in English = I want to have high level of ability in English

質問：

What people are competent enough to draft a contract?

返答：

Lawyers are competent enough to draft a contract.

質問：

What competence do you think is valuable when you are managing a large team of people?

返答：

I think having competence in leadership skills and organization is valuable when you are managing a large team of people.

質問：

If I were an incompetent teacher, do you think you would notice? 

（もし私が有能でない先生だったら、あなたは気づくと思いますか）

返答：

Yes, if you were an incompetent teacher, I would notice because you would just be sitting there confused and not knowing what to say next.

（もしあなたが有能でない先生だったら、私は気づくでしょう。なぜなら、あなたはただ混乱して、次に何を言えばいいかわからずに座っているだけだからです。）

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 15th time, 6h5min

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より多く売る って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。GWはなかなかやる気になれずまた溜まりがちになってしまいました。早く夕飯を食べたいところでしたが、月曜の仕事終わりにまずレッスンを受けました。 

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

Please give me an example of an atractive job history for a sales person?

返答：

An atractive job history for a sales person is at least 5 years of experience as a sales representative in the same industory. 

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

質問：

How should you organize your job history in a CV? 

返答：

I should organize my job history from the most current to the least current.

質問：

How would an employer feel if someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history?

返答：

If someone had 10 different jobs in the last year in their job history, the employer would think that they wouldn't be a stable employee.

質問：

Is it a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history?

(候補者の職務履歴書に記載されている前職の会社に電話するのはいいことですか。)

返答：

Yes, it's a good idea to call previous employers found on a potential employees job history, because they might give you some very valuable information about the person.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

achieve: 達成する

achievement: 達成

outsell: より多く売る

質問：

Give me some examples of corporate achievements.

返答：

Some corporate achievements are acquiring a big client, merging with a big company, and outselling all the other salesman.

質問：

Should your achievements be listed in your job history?

返答：

Yes, my achievements should be listed in my job history because it leads the future employer knows exactly what I achieved in my previous position and not just what position I held.

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 14th time, 5h40min

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顧客中心主義の って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。今日は復習に時間がかかってしまいました。まあそんな日もありますね。 

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

If I gave you my CV and ask you for a job as your partner, would you give it to me? (would you give the job to me?)

返答：

No, if you gave me your CV and ask me for a job as my partner, I wouldn't give it to you because you should go through an interview first.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

client-centered: 顧客中心主義の

student-centered: 生徒中心主義の

- student-centered school : 生徒中心主義の学校

質問：

Why do you think there are always so many vacancies for sales positions?

返答：

I think there are always so many vacancies for sales positions, because sales position is a client-centered and it's difficult to deal with clients. 

質問：

Is there any vacant positions in your company? If yes, what?

返答：

Yes, there are some vacant positions in my company, and the vacant positions are talent strategy consultants.

質問：

Would you rather stay at a hotel that has vacancies or free rooms? and why?

返答：

I would rather stay at a hotel that has free rooms because rooms that are free are always better than rooms you have to pay for, yet which are vacant.

質問：

If you had a vacant room in your house, would you let me stay there? 

返答：

No, even if I had a vacant room in my house, I wouldn't let you stay there.

質問：

What is a draft?

返答：

A draft is the first copy or attempt at some formal documents.

It usually has many mistakes and will be changed at least one more time.

質問：

Why do you think that many legal documents, like contracts for example, usually have about 2 to 3 drafts before they are compleated?

返答：

I think many legal documents usually have about 2 to 3 drafts before they are compleated, because they need to check it several times to make sure that all the necessary information has been discussed.

質問：

If I told you that I drafted illegal documents and sold them on the internet, would you tell the police on me? and why?

返答：

Yes, if you told me that you drafted illegal documents and sold them in the internet, I would tell the police on you, because if I don't tell the police I'd feel guilty.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

 【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

 job history: 職歴  ≒ work history

質問：

Please give me an example of an atractive job history for a sales person?

返答：

An atractive job history for a sales person is at least 5 years of experience as a sales representative in the same industory.

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 13rd time, 5h15min

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欠員 って英語でなんて言う？

こんばんは。先々週・先週の頑張りに力尽きて、、少し間が空いてしまいました。
実は今日はお気に入りの先生がいなかったので正直明日にしようかな〜とくじけそうでしたが(笑)、やる気の出た時間にその時いる先生でやった方がいいと思い、レッスンを受けてきました。 

[前回の復習　Review of previous lesson]

先生が読み上げる質問： 

What do you think an attractive job ad should look like?

返答：

An attractive job ad should have a detailed job description, basic company information, the location of the job, salary information, and deadline for applications listed on it. 

質問：

If you want to be the president, do you have to respond to any job advertisements? 

返答：

No, if you want to be the president, you don't have to respond to any job advertisements, you just have to win the election.

質問：

Why do so many people look at job ads?

返答：

So many people look at job ads because it is one of the easiest and most common ways to look for a job.

質問：

What information can be found in a CV?

返答：

Personal data, education, and work history can be found in a CV.

質問：

What information in a CV do you find the most important? 

返答：

I find work history the most important in a CV.

[今日のレッスン　Today's lesson] 

質問： 

If I gave you my CV and ask you for a job as your partner, would you give it to me? (would you give the job to me?)

返答：

No, if you gave me your CV and ask me for a job as my partner, I wouldn't give it to you because you should go through an interview first.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

vacancy(noun): 空席, 欠員

vacant(adj): 空きの

質問：

Why do you think there are always so many vacancies for sales positions?

返答：

I think there are always so many vacancies for sales positions, because sales is a client-facing position and it's sometimes tough to negotiate with clients. (Not many can do it well.)  

質問：

Is there any vacant positions in your company?

返答：

Yes, there are some vacant positions in my company.

質問：

What position for expample?

返答：

Our vacant positions are talent strategy consultants.

質問：

Would you rather stay at a hotel that has vacancies or free rooms? and why?

返答：

I would rather stay at a hotel that has free rooms because rooms that are free are always better than rooms you have to pay for, yet which are vacant.

質問：

If you had a vacant room in your house, would you let me stay there? 

返答：

No, even if I had a vacant room in my house, I wouldn't let you stay there.

【今日のキーワード　Today's word】

a draft: 下書き

to draft (to make a draft): 下書きする

質問：

What is a draft?

返答：

A draft is the first copy or attempt at some formal documents.

It usually has many mistakes and will be changed at least one more time.

質問：

Why do you think that many legal documents, like contracts for example, usually have about 2 to 3 drafts before they are compleated?

返答：

I think many legal documents usually have about 2 to 3 drafts before they are compleated, because they need to check it several times to make sure that all the necessary information has been discussed.

質問：

If I told you that I drafted illegal documents and sold them on the internet, would you tell the police on me? and why?

返答：

Yes, if you told me that you drafted illegal documents and sold them in the internet, I would tell the police on you, because if I don't tell the police I would also be guilty of the crime.

Native Camp : 151th time, 63h20min

DME method (Get down to business english Class): 12th time, 4h50min

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