今日の「ラジオビジネス英語」の勉強内容です。
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Interview 2 Part ３ Mindfulness (Udana Bandara )
▶︎ラジオビジネス英語では、
毎週木曜・金曜日は、有名人とのインタビューを題材としています。
▶︎５月は Udana Bandara さんとのインタビュー。
– 楽天技術研究所グローバルデータ統括部のリード・サーチ・サイエンティスト
楽天マインドフルネスネットワークを設立
Opening
👉ジェニーさんの部分だけです。
▶︎And I’m Jenny Silver.
Welcome to Business English for Global Competence.
▶︎Yes, let’s learn how to communicate effectively
in business.
▶︎So let’s get started!
Words and Phrases
● backing ▶︎裏付け
– Help or support. In the interview, Udana says that
mindfulness has a lot of research backing or is backed
up by research.
– In other words, mindfulness has a lot of research to
support its claims.
● conduct ▶︎行う
– Something that was carried out or done.
To conduct something means to do in a particular way.
● experiment ▶︎実験
– Experiments are tests.
Udana mentioned that research scientists have conducted
experiments or carried out tests in research around
mindfulness.
● justify ▶︎正当化する
– To show or prove that something is correct or reasonable.
To reason or show good reasons.
– For example, we often do a cost benefit analysis to justify
or validate an expense.
– We also have the saying that the end justifies the means,
meaning that the questionable methods used are OK
because of the favorable outcome.
● credible ▶︎信憑性のある
– Convincing something that can be believed, something or
someone that is trusted or taken seriously.
– A credible source is a reliable source of information.
Someone who is credible is honest and believable.
– For example, he is not a doctor. So he is not a credible
source for medical advice.
● evaluate ▶︎評価する
– To determine a value, significance, or worth of something.
To appraise, to think about what works and what doesn’t work.
Upgrade Your Questioning Skills
Exercise 1 の回答例の後に
– Scientific research in the last decade shows that mindfulness
slows down heart rate and brain wave patterns, boosts immune
systems. So it helps to live healthier, happier, and even longer.
これで、
Interview 2 Part ３ は終了です。
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