Review

週末の予定を聞く

• What are you planning do this weekend?
• What are you going to do this weekend?
• What are you up to this weekend?

グラフや業績を説明する

• I'd like to draw your attention to this sales graph,
• As you can see …
• They(= sales) decreased …
• We started this year with a 20million profit(sales).
• Sales of trading cards have decreased thirty percent.
• Our sales decreased by 200 million.（売上は200万下がった）
• 200 -> 300
  • Sales went up by 100.
  • Sales went up to 300.

会社の歴史を説明する

• 3 years later = 3 years after that
• We announced ing (× to )
• In March of 1976 = In March 1976

会社のルールを説明する

• eat at the desk
• Do I have to reserve the meeting room in advance?(beforehand? / ahead of time?)
• He is smacking his lips.
  (smacking means ‘make sound when eating'.)
• take a break / take a one hour break(lunch).（休憩をとる）
• recycle trash / garbage
• You should clock in / out（ (タイムレコーダーで)出勤時を記録する、出勤する）
• go by the book（慣例に従う） = follow the rules
  stretch the rules（規則を拡大解釈する？的な）
  break the rules（規則を破る）
• for private calls.（私用の電話）
• We don't allow smoking in the building.
  We allow smoking in this building.
• You are allowed to smoke in the building
• on your desk / on my desk

商品の売りを説明する

• The photos are overlapping.（重ねる）
• It's called …（...と呼ばれている）
• What colors does it come in?
  It comes in brown and red. (= It has …)
  It comes with .
• It's not only affordable but also stylish.（安いだけでなくスタイリッシュである）
  It's cheap.
  It's reasonable / affordable / inexpensive.

電話での会話

• Could you let her know that …
  • Could you let him know that he is supposed to …
  • Could you tell him that he is going to … / scheduled to …
    （彼に…をすることになっていることを知らせていただけますか？）
• Could you ask him to …
• Could you ask her if she can make it on Wednesday afternoon?
• Something urgent come up so I don't have a choice but to cancel our meeting.
  （緊急事態が発生したので、私は会議をキャンセルする以外に選択肢がありません）

食べ物（または食事処）について説明する

• How often do you go there?（どのくらいそこに行くの？）
• Who are you going with?（誰とそこに行くの？）
• Are you going with anybody?（誰かとそこに行くの？）
• It's difficult to explain out.（説明するのが難しい）
• It's grilled chicken pieces on a skewer / stick.
• We usually dip it in soy sauce.（よく醤油に漬けて食べる）

使い方の手順を説明する

• Put the paper on the copier.
• You should … / You need to …
• Choose the number of copies you want to make.（コピーしたい枚数を選ぶ）
• First, （まず、） ≠ At first = At the beginning（最初は）
  ex) At first, I didn't like Tokyo but now I love it.
• dial the fax number
• Push / Press the button
• enter the password / PIN（Personal Identification Number）

道順を説明・案内する

• Right now we we're at …（いま、私たちは…にいます）
• go through (vs) go past（通り抜ける vs 横を通る）
• The second room on the right is …（右にある二番目の部屋は…です）
• On the other side (of the hallway), you can see …（反対側に、…が見えます）

Words

• spatula（へら）
  ex) We use a spatula to eat monjayaki.
• cod roe（明太子）
• roe（魚卵）
• trash bin（ごみ箱）
• key card（鍵カード、キーカード）
• skewer（くし、焼串）
• criticism（批判、非難）
• fair evaluation（正当な評価）
• stroller（ぶらぶら歩く人、散歩する人）
• humid（湿気のある、湿潤な） = moist（湿った、湿っぽい）
• dried plum（梅）
• put the plum in the bin.
• warning - a sign or a note not to do something
• unleaded（無鉛の）
• diesel（ディーゼルエンジン）
• fuel efficient - less fuel but runs long
• eco-friendly - good for the environment
• outdated（旧式の、時代遅れの）
• The content is outdated.
• The technology is progressing rapidly.
• brew coffee（コーヒー[茶]を淹れる）
• The coffee wakes me up. / keeps me awake.

From free talk / Useful phrases

• I wouldn't get this ticket, if I weren't the fan club member.
• I went drinking. = I had a drink.
• I had my glasses repaired because I stepped on them.
• I want to get promoted.（昇進したい） = I want a promotion.
• I don't have enough decision power.（十分な決定力がない）
• I'll go for a drink with my girlfriend. => I go out with my girlfriend.
• in the afternoon / in the daytime
• I did my laundry（洗濯をした）
• I haven't decided yet.（まだ決めてない）
• give a presentation（プレゼンをする）
• raw fish pieces on a block of rive with vinegar（=寿司）
• Japanese rise wine（日本酒、正宗、ポン酒）
• fried dumplings filled with cabbage, meat and leek（=餃子）
• leek（ニラネギ）