2019.01.30
英文メールの書き方：異文化対応のためのアドバイスをもらう
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マリアムさん、
お元気ですか？マリアムさんからアドバイスをいただきたいことがありまして、メールしました。
来月ソルトレークシティーからお越しのお客様を迎えることになったのですが、先方がモルモン教の方なのです。お酒もコーヒーも飲まないと聞いているので、会食する際にお客様や自分にどのような飲み物を用意すれば良いかなど、ご意見をお聞きしたいです。先方に失礼になりたくはありません。
どうかお知恵をお貸しください。よろしくおねがいします。
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Hello everyone! Welcome to email pace. Say, have you entertained someone already
0:00:09.389,0:00:14.670
this year. I mean, have you taken a client
or business partner out for lunch or
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dinner. Maybe not yet. Well I have a
chance to entertain someone early next
0:00:19.949,0:00:24.570
month. But this would be a little bit of
a challenge for me, because he is a
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Mormon. I have never worked with a Mormon before. Mormonism is a branch of
0:00:30.179,0:00:35.460
Christianity in the US, and Mormons have
a special lifestyle. They don't drink
0:00:35.460,0:00:41.370
coffee or tea or alcohol, so no beer no
wine for them. It's like Hindu people not
0:00:41.370,0:00:45.840
eating beef. It's the religious rule or
guideline. But this is knowledge I got
0:00:45.840,0:00:50.250
from the internet, and I would like to
know more details before I have dinner
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with this guy. For example, would it be
okay for me to order alcohol or tea
0:00:55.789,0:01:00.390
while we have dinner together.
Wouldn't that be offensive? So today, I'm
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going to write an email to my colleague
Miriam. She used to live in the state of
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Utah, and Utah is the home ground of
Mormons. So I'm pretty sure she can give
0:01:10.170,0:01:14.850
me some advice on how to have a happy
dinner with this Mormon guy. Okay, so here it goes:
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Hi Miriam. How are things going? I
wanted to ask for your advice on
0:01:20.040,0:01:24.030
something I'm not familiar with. I'm
entertaining guests from Salt Lake City
0:01:24.030,0:01:27.780
next month and he is a Mormon.
I've heard that they don't drink alcohol
0:01:27.780,0:01:31.920
or coffee, so I was wondering, for example, what kind of drinks would be preferable
0:01:31.920,0:01:36.240
to order for my guests and myself. The
last thing I want to do is offend him. I
0:01:36.240,0:01:40.290
need your wisdom on this matter quite
desperately! It would be great if you
0:01:40.290,0:01:45.630
could give me some tips. Thank you!
Kyota. - Okay, so I started the email with a
0:01:45.630,0:01:50.340
little greeting and then explained the
purpose. In the second paragraph,
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I explained my problem and gave a
specific example of the kind of advice
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I'm looking for. You use this phrase - the
last thing I want to do - when you want to
0:02:01.680,0:02:05.640
talk about the worst case. Now okay, the
worst case scenario. So the worst case
0:02:05.640,0:02:10.489
scenario for me would be, to offend
my guest. And in the last paragraph, I am
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communicating how much I need her help. I
hope she gets my desperateness. So okay,
0:02:16.220,0:02:20.810
so there you go. An email to ask a
colleague for cultural tips. I'm pretty
0:02:20.810,0:02:24.890
nervous, but it's not like I'm gonna die,
so I should be okay. All right, so thank
0:02:24.890,0:02:28.360
you for watching! I'll see you next week!
Hello everyone! Welcome to email pace. Say, have you entertained someone already
0:00:09.389,0:00:14.670
this year. I mean, have you taken a client
or business partner out for lunch or
0:00:14.670,0:00:19.949
dinner. Maybe not yet. Well I have a
chance to entertain someone early next
0:00:19.949,0:00:24.570
month. But this would be a little bit of
a challenge for me, because he is a
0:00:24.570,0:00:30.179
Mormon. I have never worked with a Mormon before. Mormonism is a branch of
0:00:30.179,0:00:35.460
Christianity in the US, and Mormons have
a special lifestyle. They don't drink
0:00:35.460,0:00:41.370
coffee or tea or alcohol, so no beer no
wine for them. It's like Hindu people not
0:00:41.370,0:00:45.840
eating beef. It's the religious rule or
guideline. But this is knowledge I got
0:00:45.840,0:00:50.250
from the internet, and I would like to
know more details before I have dinner
0:00:50.250,0:00:55.789
with this guy. For example, would it be
okay for me to order alcohol or tea
0:00:55.789,0:01:00.390
while we have dinner together.
Wouldn't that be offensive? So today, I'm
0:01:00.390,0:01:04.799
going to write an email to my colleague
Miriam. She used to live in the state of
0:01:04.799,0:01:10.170
Utah, and Utah is the home ground of
Mormons. So I'm pretty sure she can give
0:01:10.170,0:01:14.850
me some advice on how to have a happy
dinner with this Mormon guy. Okay, so here it goes:
0:01:14.850,0:01:20.040
Hi Miriam. How are things going? I
wanted to ask for your advice on
0:01:20.040,0:01:24.030
something I'm not familiar with. I'm
entertaining guests from Salt Lake City
0:01:24.030,0:01:27.780
next month and he is a Mormon.
I've heard that they don't drink alcohol
0:01:27.780,0:01:31.920
or coffee, so I was wondering, for example, what kind of drinks would be preferable
0:01:31.920,0:01:36.240
to order for my guests and myself. The
last thing I want to do is offend him. I
0:01:36.240,0:01:40.290
need your wisdom on this matter quite
desperately! It would be great if you
0:01:40.290,0:01:45.630
could give me some tips. Thank you!
Kyota. - Okay, so I started the email with a
0:01:45.630,0:01:50.340
little greeting and then explained the
purpose. In the second paragraph,
0:01:50.340,0:01:54.899
I explained my problem and gave a
specific example of the kind of advice
0:01:54.899,0:02:01.680
I'm looking for. You use this phrase - the
last thing I want to do - when you want to
0:02:01.680,0:02:05.640
talk about the worst case. Now okay, the
worst case scenario. So the worst case
0:02:05.640,0:02:10.489
scenario for me would be, to offend
my guest. And in the last paragraph, I am
0:02:10.489,0:02:16.220
communicating how much I need her help. I
hope she gets my desperateness. So okay,
0:02:16.220,0:02:20.810
so there you go. An email to ask a
colleague for cultural tips. I'm pretty
0:02:20.810,0:02:24.890
nervous, but it's not like I'm gonna die,
so I should be okay. All right, so thank
0:02:24.890,0:02:28.360
you for watching! I'll see you next week!
