BEP 223 – 金融英語: 予算について話し合う (1)
今日のレッスンのためのビジネス英語ポッドへようこそ 金融英語の語彙 and discussing a budget.
Budgets aren’t just for accountants. Almost everyone in business has to talk about money and how to spend it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a manager with a million dollar budget or a field tech just tracking your expenses. You’ll be talking about money and budgets.
実際には, talk about budgets is everywhere. Turn on the news and it’s not hard to hear people discussing budget “cuts” or budget “reductions.” You can hear about governments with budget “deficits” and budget “surpluses.” Everyone’s worried about money, and in business, earning more often means spending less. These are the topics you’ll hear about today.
聞く前に, 少し話しましょう コロケーション. コロケーションは、ネイティブスピーカーがよく一緒に使用する単語のグループです. 正しいコロケーションは自然に聞こえます, 間違ったコロケーションは不自然に聞こえますが. 例えば, in English we say “budget cuts” to talk about lower spending. But we can’t say “budget slices” or “budget chops,” even though “slice” and “chop” mean “cut.” Those simply aren’t natural expressions.
今日のダイアログでは、多くの便利なコロケーションが聞こえます. あなたが聞くように, これらの自然な単語の組み合わせを選んでみてください. 次に、それらの意味と、報告での使用方法について説明します。.
You’re going to hear a conversation between two managers in the IT department of a large company and their boss. Kate and Harry are the managers, and Linda is the boss. They’re discussing the past year’s budget and how they spent their department’s money.
リスニングの質問
1. What does Linda want to examine first?
2. What does Harry say about the large one-time cost the department had?
3. According to Linda, what is finance concerned about?
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