2018.04.11
英文メールの書き方：同僚をランチミーティングに誘う
こんなシチュエーション、お仕事でありませんか？
ミーティングを設定したいけど、相手とスケジュールが全く合わない。どうしても早めに会議をする必要があるので、ランチミーティングに誘いたい。
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デビーさん、
夏のイベントについて話し合うためのミーティングを設定しようとしていたのですが、今週はお互いの都合が全く合わないようです。
来週に持ち越したくはないので、ランチミーティングなどいかがですか？御茶ノ水の方に比較的静かなカフェがあります。料理は正直微妙ですが、ミーティングをするにはいいと思います。
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Hi everyone! Welcome to E-mail Picks. I hope those of you with hay fever don't have to
0:00:10.860,0:00:17.279
go through too much pain this month. I
made my hay fever debut this year, so
0:00:17.279,0:00:22.050
now I understand. Now, I am full of
sympathy towards everyone with hay fever
0:00:22.050,0:00:28.769
and I am full of anger towards cedar
trees. If a politician pledges to destroy
0:00:28.769,0:00:34.890
all cedar trees in Japan, I would vote! I
would vote for... so this morning, I was
0:00:34.890,0:00:38.760
trying to set up a meeting with my
colleague, Debbie, without any luck
0:00:38.760,0:00:44.250
unfortunately. Her schedule is open when
mine is not - my schedule is open when
0:00:44.250,0:00:48.539
hers is not. Have you had that situation?
We need to have a meeting to decide on
0:00:48.539,0:00:53.129
several things within this week because
otherwise, we won't have enough time to
0:00:53.129,0:00:58.050
prepare for our summer event. So I just
came up with an idea. We'll have a lunch
0:00:58.050,0:01:03.809
meeting. I know a cafe that's spacious
and it's not so crowded and it has
0:01:03.809,0:01:08.549
wooden flooring and big windows, so I'm
thinking we'll be able to get some
0:01:08.549,0:01:14.210
talking done there. The only problem is
that their food is not that good - no
0:01:14.210,0:01:19.020
wonder they're not so crowded. Anyway,
today let me show you the e-mail I'm
0:01:19.020,0:01:23.790
gonna write to invite Debbie out for a
lunch meeting. Now the most important
0:01:23.790,0:01:28.500
point of this e-mail has nothing to do
with our meeting. The most important
0:01:28.500,0:01:34.049
point is that Debbie doesn't think I
have an awful sense of taste. I need to
0:01:34.049,0:01:37.680
make sure Debbie understands that I know this
0:01:37.680,0:01:42.630
cafe's food is not the best in the world.
I know better restaurants. I'm choosing
0:01:42.630,0:01:47.549
this place just because it's a good
place to talk. I must make sure Debbie
0:01:47.549,0:01:55.049
gets that message, so here goes: Hi Debbie,
I tried to find a time we can both sit
0:01:55.049,0:01:59.520
down and talk about the summer event, but
it seems like our schedules just don't
0:01:59.520,0:02:03.990
get along this week. Instead of putting
it off until next week, would you like to
0:02:03.990,0:02:08.520
have a meeting over lunch? There's a
relatively quiet cafe over at Ochanomizu.
0:02:08.520,0:02:11.370
The food's not great, but I think it'll
0:02:11.370,0:02:17.069
serve our purpose. Kyota.
Okay so in the first sentence, I'm just
0:02:17.069,0:02:22.440
telling her that I tried - I tried to set
up a meeting within our work hours, but
0:02:22.440,0:02:27.330
couldn't. Then I asked her if she would
like to have a lunch meeting because
0:02:27.330,0:02:32.160
there is no other way to meet this week.
So here's the important part:
0:02:32.160,0:02:38.700
I wrote "the food's not great, but I think
it'll serve our purpose" which means we
0:02:38.700,0:02:42.930
may not be able to enjoy the food, but
the atmosphere of the cafe is good to
0:02:42.930,0:02:47.400
have a discussion. See, it's really
important to control expectations like
0:02:47.400,0:02:51.989
this. Lunch meetings can be difficult
sometimes because people might make
0:02:51.989,0:02:57.510
judgments about your taste if you're the
person to choose the place. Anyway, I hope
0:02:57.510,0:03:02.069
the meeting goes well and I sincerely
hope Debbie will still trust me with my
0:03:02.069,0:03:06.360
choices of restaurants after this
meeting. That's it for today, thanks for
0:03:06.360,0:03:09.800
watching and I'll see you next week.
Hi everyone! Welcome to E-mail Picks. I hope those of you with hay fever don't have to
0:00:10.860,0:00:17.279
go through too much pain this month. I
made my hay fever debut this year, so
0:00:17.279,0:00:22.050
now I understand. Now, I am full of
sympathy towards everyone with hay fever
0:00:22.050,0:00:28.769
and I am full of anger towards cedar
trees. If a politician pledges to destroy
0:00:28.769,0:00:34.890
all cedar trees in Japan, I would vote! I
would vote for... so this morning, I was
0:00:34.890,0:00:38.760
trying to set up a meeting with my
colleague, Debbie, without any luck
0:00:38.760,0:00:44.250
unfortunately. Her schedule is open when
mine is not - my schedule is open when
0:00:44.250,0:00:48.539
hers is not. Have you had that situation?
We need to have a meeting to decide on
0:00:48.539,0:00:53.129
several things within this week because
otherwise, we won't have enough time to
0:00:53.129,0:00:58.050
prepare for our summer event. So I just
came up with an idea. We'll have a lunch
0:00:58.050,0:01:03.809
meeting. I know a cafe that's spacious
and it's not so crowded and it has
0:01:03.809,0:01:08.549
wooden flooring and big windows, so I'm
thinking we'll be able to get some
0:01:08.549,0:01:14.210
talking done there. The only problem is
that their food is not that good - no
0:01:14.210,0:01:19.020
wonder they're not so crowded. Anyway,
today let me show you the e-mail I'm
0:01:19.020,0:01:23.790
gonna write to invite Debbie out for a
lunch meeting. Now the most important
0:01:23.790,0:01:28.500
point of this e-mail has nothing to do
with our meeting. The most important
0:01:28.500,0:01:34.049
point is that Debbie doesn't think I
have an awful sense of taste. I need to
0:01:34.049,0:01:37.680
make sure Debbie understands that I know this
0:01:37.680,0:01:42.630
cafe's food is not the best in the world.
I know better restaurants. I'm choosing
0:01:42.630,0:01:47.549
this place just because it's a good
place to talk. I must make sure Debbie
0:01:47.549,0:01:55.049
gets that message, so here goes: Hi Debbie,
I tried to find a time we can both sit
0:01:55.049,0:01:59.520
down and talk about the summer event, but
it seems like our schedules just don't
0:01:59.520,0:02:03.990
get along this week. Instead of putting
it off until next week, would you like to
0:02:03.990,0:02:08.520
have a meeting over lunch? There's a
relatively quiet cafe over at Ochanomizu.
0:02:08.520,0:02:11.370
The food's not great, but I think it'll
0:02:11.370,0:02:17.069
serve our purpose. Kyota.
Okay so in the first sentence, I'm just
0:02:17.069,0:02:22.440
telling her that I tried - I tried to set
up a meeting within our work hours, but
0:02:22.440,0:02:27.330
couldn't. Then I asked her if she would
like to have a lunch meeting because
0:02:27.330,0:02:32.160
there is no other way to meet this week.
So here's the important part:
0:02:32.160,0:02:38.700
I wrote "the food's not great, but I think
it'll serve our purpose" which means we
0:02:38.700,0:02:42.930
may not be able to enjoy the food, but
the atmosphere of the cafe is good to
0:02:42.930,0:02:47.400
have a discussion. See, it's really
important to control expectations like
0:02:47.400,0:02:51.989
this. Lunch meetings can be difficult
sometimes because people might make
0:02:51.989,0:02:57.510
judgments about your taste if you're the
person to choose the place. Anyway, I hope
0:02:57.510,0:03:02.069
the meeting goes well and I sincerely
hope Debbie will still trust me with my
0:03:02.069,0:03:06.360
choices of restaurants after this
meeting. That's it for today, thanks for
0:03:06.360,0:03:09.800
watching and I'll see you next week.
