2013.10.11
Point 8 ”join” 初級ビジネス英会話
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第8弾は、”join” です。
社内の人から、
“How long have you worked for this company?” 「この会社でどれくらい働いているの？」
と聞かれることは多いと思います。
仮に「3年前に入社したよ。」と答えたい場合に
この「入社する」という意味を、あなたは英語でどう表現していますか？
よく「入社する」＝「入る」というイメージから
“I entered my company 3 years ago.”
という人がいますが、”enter”は主に「ビルに入る」、「レストランに入る」といった際に使うため、
ネイティブは違和感を感じます。
こんなときには、日本人にも馴染み深い”join” という英単語をつかって
“I joined my company 3 years ago.”
というようにしましょう。
ぜひ覚えておいてください！
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for beginners
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's word is join. Hmmm...
It's a very useful word, join.
OK let's learn this.
OK. But first, we will do our test.
OK imagine there's a new person,
I don't know him and I ask you.
Who is that new guy?
And you say...
He's Kenji. He's a part-time worker.
Not arubaito right? OK.
Let's go on to today's word, join.
Simple. You know, join a club.
Join something. Join a group OK.
So imagine, Taro and I are colleagues.
OK. We work for the same company.
And I ask Taro and I say, yeah Taro,
how long have you worked for this company?
5 years? 6 years? 10 years?
How long have you worked?
And Taro says,
I entered my company 3 years ago.
Hmmm... Entered. This is very strange OK.
You could enter a building OK.
You could enter a restaurant OK.
But we don't enter a company 3 years ago.
It's strange, yeah. OK.
So a more natural style is this.
So if I ask Taro, yeah Taro, how long have you worked
for this company? 5 years? 10 years?
And he says, yeah,
I joined my company 3 years ago.
Perfect. Join. We don't use enter OK?
All right. So let's look at pronunciation.
Just like this. I joined my company 3 years ago.
You try.
One more time.
I joined my company 3 years ago.
OK. Let's try it with my question.
And you don't have to say 3, could be 5 or 10 OK?
All right, so how long have you worked
for this company?
Wow, a long time. OK. Did you get that?
OK? All right.
Let's do the homework.
For homework, I will ask you.
How long have you worked for your company?
And you say, yeah, I joined my company
___ years ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
OK. We'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's word is join. Hmmm...
It's a very useful word, join.
OK let's learn this.
OK. But first, we will do our test.
OK imagine there's a new person,
I don't know him and I ask you.
Who is that new guy?
And you say...
He's Kenji. He's a part-time worker.
Not arubaito right? OK.
Let's go on to today's word, join.
Simple. You know, join a club.
Join something. Join a group OK.
So imagine, Taro and I are colleagues.
OK. We work for the same company.
And I ask Taro and I say, yeah Taro,
how long have you worked for this company?
5 years? 6 years? 10 years?
How long have you worked?
And Taro says,
I entered my company 3 years ago.
Hmmm... Entered. This is very strange OK.
You could enter a building OK.
You could enter a restaurant OK.
But we don't enter a company 3 years ago.
It's strange, yeah. OK.
So a more natural style is this.
So if I ask Taro, yeah Taro, how long have you worked
for this company? 5 years? 10 years?
And he says, yeah,
I joined my company 3 years ago.
Perfect. Join. We don't use enter OK?
All right. So let's look at pronunciation.
Just like this. I joined my company 3 years ago.
You try.
One more time.
I joined my company 3 years ago.
OK. Let's try it with my question.
And you don't have to say 3, could be 5 or 10 OK?
All right, so how long have you worked
for this company?
Wow, a long time. OK. Did you get that?
OK? All right.
Let's do the homework.
For homework, I will ask you.
How long have you worked for your company?
And you say, yeah, I joined my company
___ years ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
OK. We'll see you in the next lesson.
Thank you.
