実践ビジネス英語 Thursday, November 15
1) Umemura asks how interns are assessed at the end of the summer, and Lyons says each intern writes a weekly report evaluating themselves and a longer report in the final week. Their supervising manager also writes an overall report on their performance, Lyon says. Garcia and Lyons agree that interns at H&B become better writers. And Umemura liken internships to the old practice of apprenticeships.
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Meaningful Internships (5)
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2) some sort of: A type of, a kind of, Umemura means. He also could have turned the order around to say "of some sort," and used it after, such as, "Is there a formal procedure 'of some sort'?"
3) self-evaluation: Lyons could also say, "We ask interns to write weekly‘ self-assessments,‘" the meaning would be the same. "Self" gets put before an enormous number of words. One close to "self-evaluation" would be "self-reflection," the act of introspection, examining oneself. I'm sure a lot of "self-reflection" takes place at New Years, you know, when we all think, "Am I living the way I want, the way I should?"
soul-searching という言葉もあります。「自己分析、反省」
4) incorporate something into: This means to work something into something else, make it part of something else. As in, "The company has 'incorporated social media into' its marketing strategies." Or, "I've
decided to 'incorporate yoga into' my exercise regimen."
5) speaking of: We use this expression when we want to make a comment
on the same general subject that's being discussed, but perhaps a slightly
different angle. Imagine, you and your colleagues are discussing new
legislation that will raise taxes. You might say, "Ah! 'Speaking of' taxes,
I need to make an appointment with my accountant."
6) if there's one thing: This is a very common expression used in many
different situations. It basically means this particular thing stands out in
some way. I might say something like, "'If there's one thing' I love is
buying a new book about history," meaning I really enjoy getting new
history books. Or, "'If there's one thing' I've noticed about Tom is his
attention to detail." So his attention to detail has made a particularly
strong impression on me.
7) brush up: I couldn't confirm the origin of this phrase, but I imagine it
originally referreed to brusing an animal, grooming its coat, perhaps.
There are two basic meanings, um... Lyons means improve something,
polish it. So I might "brush up" my resume, improve the language in it,
you know, my descriptions of past work, etc.
"Brush up" can also mean renew, refresh one's knowledge or skills. I
used to garden but I stopped for a long time and forgot things. So when
I bought a new plant recently, I had to "brush up" on my potting and
fertilizing.
8) the reality of the working world: Garcia also could have said "the realities of the working world," the various truths, you know, elements of how things really are. I just saw an article about "the realities of" retirement, for example. It said many elderly people spent more money and paid higher taxes than they expected.
