実践ビジネス英語 Wednesday, March 6
1) Pearson says his son may take a year off before his final year of college to do volunteer work, which Umemura and Nissen praise as a good way to get real world experience. Umemura asks what North American parents teach their children about money. And Pearson says he believes Americans and Canadians essentially have the same attitude on the subject. Breakstone adds that many parents find it difficult to discuss money with their children.
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Tips for the Real World (1)
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2) say: In this case, "say" is an interjection. Umemura is using it to get Pearson's attention before he says something. It can also be used to express surprise, as in, "'Say,' that's a strange-looking building."
3) senior: In this case, a fourth year college student. First year is a freshman. Second year students are sophomores and third year students are juniors. The U.S. also uses these terms for high school students as high school is a four-year system there.
4) I second that: I agree, Nissen is saying. I add my voice to that opinion. Imagine one of your colleagues says, "I really think we need new computers." If you agree, you could reply, "I second that."
5) get a good perspective on: "Perspective" is a mental view or outlook on something. For example, living in a foreign country or learning a foreign language gives us a new "perspective" on many aspects of life.
6) There's also the expression "keep things in perspective," which is to maintain an understanding of the actual importance, scale or value of something to view it or assess it in reasonable terms.
7) So if a colleague of yours is very upset over making some mistake, you might tell them, "Try to 'keep things in perspective.' It's just one mistake."
8) have the same take on: There are many ways to use "take." Here it's a noun meaning someone's assessment of something, their point of view on it. Pearson is saying Americans and Canadians basically have the same opinion about teaching children about money matters. You could also say things like, "What's your 'take on' the upcoming merger? Will it help the company or harm it?"
9) like you say: Pearson also could have replaced "like" with "as," "as you say." To me, "as" has a more formal sound.
10) for some reason: This expression is often inserted when we don't know the reason for something. You can put it at the beginning, end, the middle of the sentences. Breakstone could have said, "Many parents find it hard to talk about money matters with their kids 'for some reason.'" or "Many parents 'for some reason' find it hard to ..."
