おかえりなさい ビジネス英語ポッド! In today’s lesson we’re going to take another look at英語のイディオム 食べ物に関係するもの.
What do you think when someone says that another person is “out to lunch?” もちろん, it might mean that the person is actually out of the office, at a restaurant, eating a nice sandwich. But it might have nothing to do with actually eating. “Out to lunch” can mean acting crazy, not paying attention, or not understanding reality. 言い換えると, “out to lunch” is anEnglish idiom.
An idiom is any expression where one thing actually means something else, like when “out to lunch” means crazy. English has a huge variety of idioms for every situation. And many of those idioms are related to food. Some are related to meals, のように “to put food on the table” そして “to sing for your supper.” And others are related to specific foods, のように “cool as a cucumber” そして “small potatoes.” このようなイディオムを学ぶことは英語を上達させる素晴らしい方法です.
変化は一定. Nowhere is this more true than in business. Just look at the list of Fortune 500 companies from 50 数年前. You might be surprised by how many of those well-known companies are now gone. So what’s the difference between a company that survives and one that dies? A lot of it is about how they manage change.
このレッスンでは, we’ll listen to a meeting featuring three colleagues who are trying to figure out how to restructure their company. 議論中, you’ll hear lots of useful expressions that we call “コロケーション。” And what is a collocation? 良い, it’s just a group of words that go together naturally. You heard me use the expression “restructure a company.” That’s a collocation. The words go together as one expression.
Native speakers learn collocations naturally. They simply repeat expressions that they’ve heard hundreds of times. If English is your second language, しかし, it might not come so automatically. だが, by studying collocations, you can improve your vocabulary and sound more fluent at the same time. 今日の会話を聞くと, これらのいくつかを選んでみてください ビジネス英語のコロケーション これらについては後で説明します.
ダイアログ内で, we’ll hear Jake, フィン, and Lauren. The company they founded has grown, and now they need to carefully manage the transition to a larger company.
リスニングの質問
1. What does Finn think is required to manage change in their company?
2. What does Lauren say is the first step in change management?
3. What does Jake believe is driving change in the company?
