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社会人6年目になりました。大手食品会社に入社し地方での営業経験を経て、4年目で外資系コンサルに転職。悪戦苦闘しながらもまずは目の前のことを楽しみながら学びたいと思っています。

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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