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Interview ２ part 8 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。
▶︎今月は Udana Bandara さんとのインタビュー。
– スリランカ出身
東京大学大学院情報理工学系研究科で学ぶ
リサーチ・サイエンティスト
現在は楽天技術研究所グローバルデータ統括部の
– リード・リサーチ・サイエンティスト
楽天マインドフルネスネットワーク設立
🔴 最終回の part 8 は、
ウダーナ・バンダーラさんのインタビューの内容をもとにした
柴田先生とジェニーさんの discussion です。
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
● state of mind ▶︎心の状態
– A state of mind is the condition of one’s mind. A mindset,
an emotional state or mood.
– This also refers to how the mental state affects how we think
and what we do.
– We talked about how mindfulness could elevate a person’s state
of mind or overall mood, and how that might affect productivity
at a company.
● as it is ▶︎そのままで[に]
– Untouched, as is natural and without intervention.
Accepting something as it is even if there’re faults or
problems.
– For example, I mentioned that mindfulness is about
observing the present moment as it is , or accepting
everything about that moment.
● take root ▶︎根付く
– To catch one, to take hold, to begin to be accepted,
to establish.
– This idiom comes from the image of “plant” or “tree.”
If a seed is able to have roots or takes root, it can
grow into something big or beautiful.
– For example, working from home is an idea that’s really
taking root during the pandemic. People may even continue
to work from home more in the future.
● let alone ▶︎〜はもちろん
– Not to mention, that’s not all, in addition to.
“Let alone” is often used to show a contrast in examples.
And the second example is usually noteworthy or unexpected.
– For example, Mr. Shibata said that mindfulness wouldn’t have
taken root as one of the company’s core values, let alone
influence workflow design. The second example about
influencing workflow design builds on the first example, and
is quite noteworthy. So between the tow examples, Mr. Shibata
uses, “let alone.”
● cognitive ▶︎認知的な
– Cognitive is an adjective that refers to our cognition.
Something that is cognitive involves our intellectual
activity. This includes thinking, remembering, and reasoning.
– If something has cognitive benefits, it can maintain or
improve our intelligence.
● walk the walk ▶︎実行する
– If someone walks the walk, it means that their actions match
their words. To actually do something rather than simply
talking about it.
– If someone walks the walk, we can know that something is
true based on their actions.
– In other words, actions speak louder than words.
● talk the talk ▶︎口先ばかりである
– To talk the talk means to speak with confidence, or
charisma. To say all the right things.
– However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the preson
can do those things.
– The phrase,”don’t talk the talk unless you can walk the walk”
means “don’t say that you can do something unless you
actually can.”
これで、
Interview ２ part 8 は終了です。
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