実践ビジネス英語 Wednesday, November 14
1) Lyons says H&B deliberately has its interns work on a wide variety of tasks including activities not directly connected with its business such as town meetings and holiday celebrations. Garcia says she's learned that interns should be responsible for at least one specific project. And Lyons says teaching interns has also helped him grow as a manager. Garcia stresses the importance of making internships enjoyable.
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Meaningful Internships (4)
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2) just the opposite: Exactly the opposite, in other words, the complete opposite. You might read something like, "Analysts predicted higher gas prices this summer but 'just the opposite' has occurred. Prices have dropped ten percent." Or someone asked you, "Has Mary lived up to her good reputation?" You might say, "'Just the opposite,' I'm afraid. We are very disappointed with her work."
3) experience has taught me: Garcia has learned through experience, she means. "'Experience has taught me' that first impressions are often wrong," for example. And you can put many other words in place of experience. You might say, "My losses on the stock market have taught me to go for safe, long-term investments." Or "Being a father has taught me to put family before work."
4) in a business context: Garcia uses "context" to mean the circumstances, the setting in which something happens and which affected. "Context" is also used to describe the words or statements that surround another word or statement and affect its meaning.
If someone asked me to translate the Japanese word "majime," for example, I'd ask, "What's the context?" because "majime" can be translated many different ways depending on the full sentence or the situation it's been used in.
5) look good on a resume: Well, this means just what it sounds like. Something will be impressive when it is read on someone's resume. We also have the expression "look good on paper," which means something is impressive when you read about it like on a resume or in a proposal, for example. But it may not be an accurate representation of its real value. A job candidate might look good on paper, for example, have an impressive resume but not actually do a good job when he's hired.
6) show someone the ropes: This expression uses the image of sailors handling the ropes on a ship, on a sailing ship. If we "show someone the ropes," we show them how to do something. We also "teach people the ropes" and they learn the ropes. Imagine you are using some software for the first time, you could say to a colleague, "I've never used this before. Could you teach me the ropes?"
7) overlook: "Overlook" is often used to mean miss something, fail to notice or recognize it. You could say, "His contribution to the project was completely 'overlooked.' He didn't get any credit at all."
8) tie-dyed: This takes me back, "tie-dying" is extremely common at U.S. summer camps, at least it was back in my day. When you tie-dye a T-shirt, you tie up one or more sections so the dye can't reach them, and that produces patterns of white and color on the shirt.
