2013.06.21
Tip 37 ”engaging” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第37弾は、”engaging” です。
例えば、同僚がプレゼンテーションを終え、
“What did you think of my presentation?” 「プレゼンテーションはどうでした？」
と意見を求められ、「とても興味深かった。」と伝えたいときにあなたならどう言いますか？
日本人は安易に
“It was very interesting.”
と答えがちですが、”interesting” は “It was bad.” というべきシチュエーション
においても使われるワードである点は注意する必要があります。
こんな時には、
“engaging” ＝ 「人を引き付ける、魅力的である」という意味のワードをつかって、
“It was very engaging.”
といいましょう。これは相手にとってすごく嬉しい言葉になります。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's word is engaging.
Another positive word for today, OK?
But before we do this, let's do our usual test.
So I'm, I have a little stress.
I'm not focused, you're speaking to me.
And I'm not listening.
And I say, uh what?
I'm sorry. Did you say something?
OK, did you get that?
Are you OK? You seem to be distracted.
Uh... I'm okay thanks for caring about me. OK.
All right, I hope you were able to get that.
OK, so let's go on to today's word.
Engaging.
A very useful, useful word.
OK, and that's positive.
OK, let me show you.
This is what I often hear.
Let's imagine I delivered a presentation.
Taro was watching my presentation.
After the presentation I say, Taro...
What did you think of my presentation?
Did you like it? Was it good? Was it so-so?
And he says,
Yeah, it was very interesting.
We've got to be careful.
Be careful with interesting.
Because it could mean it was bad.
Really, in English.
If you say it the wrong way,
very interesting means it was bad.
OK, it was very interesting means it was bad.
So instead of using interesting,
If you really think it's good,
then you could use engaging like this.
So If I say, So Taro,
What did you think of my presentation?
He'd say, Yeah. It was very engaging.
Wow, really?
Well thank you.
I think you liked it. Maybe you liked it,
You did like it. Yes.
OK, let's practice our pronunciation here.
So it means interesting.
Like delightful.
Yeah, it was I felt very happy watching your presentation.
It was really engaging.
I was very interested.
OK, so pronunciation is very simple.
The focus is on very.
It was very engaging.
It was very engaging.
You try.
OK, let's try it with the question.
What did you think of my presentation?
Oh, well thank you for saying so.
OK, good. I hope you got that.
OK, so for homework,
Tell me something that you found engaging
in the past. What did you find
that was interesting, cheerful, delightful? OK?
Tell me something that you found engaging.
Tell me about it next time.
Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's word is engaging.
Another positive word for today, OK?
But before we do this, let's do our usual test.
So I'm, I have a little stress.
I'm not focused, you're speaking to me.
And I'm not listening.
And I say, uh what?
I'm sorry. Did you say something?
OK, did you get that?
Are you OK? You seem to be distracted.
Uh... I'm okay thanks for caring about me. OK.
All right, I hope you were able to get that.
OK, so let's go on to today's word.
Engaging.
A very useful, useful word.
OK, and that's positive.
OK, let me show you.
This is what I often hear.
Let's imagine I delivered a presentation.
Taro was watching my presentation.
After the presentation I say, Taro...
What did you think of my presentation?
Did you like it? Was it good? Was it so-so?
And he says,
Yeah, it was very interesting.
We've got to be careful.
Be careful with interesting.
Because it could mean it was bad.
Really, in English.
If you say it the wrong way,
very interesting means it was bad.
OK, it was very interesting means it was bad.
So instead of using interesting,
If you really think it's good,
then you could use engaging like this.
So If I say, So Taro,
What did you think of my presentation?
He'd say, Yeah. It was very engaging.
Wow, really?
Well thank you.
I think you liked it. Maybe you liked it,
You did like it. Yes.
OK, let's practice our pronunciation here.
So it means interesting.
Like delightful.
Yeah, it was I felt very happy watching your presentation.
It was really engaging.
I was very interested.
OK, so pronunciation is very simple.
The focus is on very.
It was very engaging.
It was very engaging.
You try.
OK, let's try it with the question.
What did you think of my presentation?
Oh, well thank you for saying so.
OK, good. I hope you got that.
OK, so for homework,
Tell me something that you found engaging
in the past. What did you find
that was interesting, cheerful, delightful? OK?
Tell me something that you found engaging.
Tell me about it next time.
Thank you.
