Phrase
%で答える(色んな聞き方)
What percentage of employees work in the Northern sector?(東北では従業員の何%が働いてるの?)
- Thirty percent of our employees work in the Northern sector.(30%は東北だよ)
How many people do we have in the Osaka sector?(大阪にはどれくらいの人がいるの?)
- Twenty percent of our employees work in the Osaka sector.(20%だよ)
How about(/How many) in the Kanto sector?(関東はどう?)
- Thirty-three percent of …(33%だよ)
%の違う言い方
- 50% - one half(1/2)
- 33% - one third(1/3)
- 25% - one quarter(1/4)
- 20% - one fifth(1/5)
- 10% - one tenth(1/10)
- 6% - three fiftieths(3/50)
ex) One third of our employees are located in the Kanto region.
倍数で答える
How did Diet Soda do this year?(今年のダイエットソーダはどうだった?)
- Sales of Diet Soda have tripled.(ダイエットソーダの売上は3倍でした)
- 2倍 - double - doubled
- 3倍 - triple - tripled
- 4倍 - quadruple - quadrupled(ex) We quadrupled our sales.)
- 1/2倍 - half - halved
聞き方のバリエーション
- How did Milk Tea and Green Tea sell this year?
- How were sales of Diet Soda and Melon Soda this year?
結果が良いのかどうか答える
Positive(良い時)
- That’s a small / big improvement.
- This looks promising.
Negative(悪い時)
- Unfortunately…
- This looks bad.
ex) Advertising costs increased 11% but our sales have quadrupled. This is a big improvement.
(広告費は11%増えたが、売上は4倍になった。これは大きな改善だ。)
すぐに答えられない時
- I’m sorry, I don’t have those numbers with me right now. (Let me get back to you.)
(今すぐには数字がわからないです。(後ほど連絡します。))
Words
- fiscal year(会計年度)- JPN is from April 1st to March 31st.
- pitch((…に)投げる、ほうる)- He’s pitching an idea to his boss.
- hesitant(ちゅうちょした、ためらいがちな) - His boss looks hesitant.
- halve((…を) 2 等分する、山分けする)
- triple(3重の、3 部分から成る、3 倍の)
- quadruple(4重の、4 倍の、4 部分から成る)
- injury(傷害、危害)
- defect(欠点、欠陥、弱点)
- defective product(欠陥品)