2017.12.08
“Morale”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 222
Morale ってどういう意味？
Morale は、「士気」という意味になります。日本語と同じく、「士気が高い」は”Morale is high”、「士気が低い」は”Morale is low” と表現されます。
Morale ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、人気者の上司が退職すると社内で噂になっている時。
Justin: Our favorite manager is leaving. How is everyone feeling?
You: The morale is low.
Justin: みんなが大好きなマネージャーが退職してしまいますね。みなさんはどう受け止めていますか？
You: 士気は低いです。
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Hello everyone, Justin here and welcome
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson where every week, I
introduce a new word, idiom, or expression
that you can use in your daily business
conversation. Now everyone today we are
going to learn the word "morale." So stay
tuned to find out what it means and how
to use it, but first everyone let's do a
quick review of last week's class.
Alright, so imagine I asked you:
Are we going to get the contract?
But unfortunately you think the possibility
of getting the contract, or the chance is
very, very low. So how do you say that
using the expression we learned last
week? I'll give you five seconds, OK? You
ready? Go!
Alright, everyone time is up,
if you said: I don't know, it's a long
shot -- then that's exactly right, good job
and thank you for remembering last
week's class. OK, so let's move on to
"morale." Now this is what I sometimes hear:
OK I'm talking to my good friend and
colleague, Taro, and I have some bad news. I say:
Taro, you know our favorite manager is leaving
the company. So how is everyone feeling?
Alright, Taro says: Yeah, the employees'
feeling is low. Yes, I can understand,
this manager was everyone's favorite.
She was really positive, you know, really
motivating, and now she's leaving the
company. Everyone feels really down.
Now, although this is OK, we can use a
better expression, which is... yes, that's
right: the "morale" is low. So how the
employees are feeling, if they are very
happy, they're motivated, they're excited,
then morale is high. OK people are very
satisfied. On the other side, you know, if
people are feeling down, you know, they're
not feeling very happy, energy is low,
then morale is low. So of course we know
morale is very important
for a company, right? We want to have that
positive, that good energy in the office.
OK, so "morale." Alright, pronunciation
is very easy, as you see it written here,
but please be careful
don't say "moral" okay? It sounds very
similar, but it's quite different. It's
not moral, it's mo-RAL, okay it goes up
at the end -- mo-RAL.
Alright so please repeat after me: morale.
Your turn.
Alright, good. Alright, now after my
question: Our favorite manager is
leaving. So how's everyone feeling?
OK, yes the morale is low. OK, everyone so
please remember this for next time, okay?
So our bonus question this week is
another way to say: "it is bad luck." If you
know what the answer is, you can leave it
in the comments below. If you want to
tell me about how the morale is in your
company, you can also leave it in the
comments below, and I'll be very happy to
leave my comments and to get back to you.
Alright, everyone so that is it for me
this week. Thank you always for watching,
enjoy your weekend, I'll see you next
time. Thank you.
to this week's Bizmates for Beginners
video lesson where every week, I
introduce a new word, idiom, or expression
that you can use in your daily business
conversation. Now everyone today we are
going to learn the word "morale." So stay
tuned to find out what it means and how
to use it, but first everyone let's do a
quick review of last week's class.
Alright, so imagine I asked you:
Are we going to get the contract?
But unfortunately you think the possibility
of getting the contract, or the chance is
very, very low. So how do you say that
using the expression we learned last
week? I'll give you five seconds, OK? You
ready? Go!
Alright, everyone time is up,
if you said: I don't know, it's a long
shot -- then that's exactly right, good job
and thank you for remembering last
week's class. OK, so let's move on to
"morale." Now this is what I sometimes hear:
OK I'm talking to my good friend and
colleague, Taro, and I have some bad news. I say:
Taro, you know our favorite manager is leaving
the company. So how is everyone feeling?
Alright, Taro says: Yeah, the employees'
feeling is low. Yes, I can understand,
this manager was everyone's favorite.
She was really positive, you know, really
motivating, and now she's leaving the
company. Everyone feels really down.
Now, although this is OK, we can use a
better expression, which is... yes, that's
right: the "morale" is low. So how the
employees are feeling, if they are very
happy, they're motivated, they're excited,
then morale is high. OK people are very
satisfied. On the other side, you know, if
people are feeling down, you know, they're
not feeling very happy, energy is low,
then morale is low. So of course we know
morale is very important
for a company, right? We want to have that
positive, that good energy in the office.
OK, so "morale." Alright, pronunciation
is very easy, as you see it written here,
but please be careful
don't say "moral" okay? It sounds very
similar, but it's quite different. It's
not moral, it's mo-RAL, okay it goes up
at the end -- mo-RAL.
Alright so please repeat after me: morale.
Your turn.
Alright, good. Alright, now after my
question: Our favorite manager is
leaving. So how's everyone feeling?
OK, yes the morale is low. OK, everyone so
please remember this for next time, okay?
So our bonus question this week is
another way to say: "it is bad luck." If you
know what the answer is, you can leave it
in the comments below. If you want to
tell me about how the morale is in your
company, you can also leave it in the
comments below, and I'll be very happy to
leave my comments and to get back to you.
Alright, everyone so that is it for me
this week. Thank you always for watching,
enjoy your weekend, I'll see you next
time. Thank you.
