今日のビニエットで、
I hate those restaurants where they give you the regular
menu and a different menu without price tags to your guests.
とあり、接待のときに、接待される側には、値段の書かれていない
メニューを見せる店のことが出てきます。
杉田先生によると東京に実際にあるようです。
これに似た話で、カップルの客の場合、女性には値段の書かれて
いないメニューを出す店があると聞いたことがあります。
これに対しては、ヒューズさんが言ったように、
I want my guests to know exactly how much I'm paying.
です。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Death of the Power Lunch (3) 9/11 2009
今回は表現が難しくなかったですね。
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
The challenges posed by the recession mean it really is
time to start thinking outside of the proverbial box.
You can meet someone for a stroll in the park or a bookstore,
for example.
Great Lakes will be scaling down the annual executive
roundtable meeting in Florida at the turn of the year.
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pose a challenge, 難題をもたらす
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If something poses a problem or a danger, it is the cause
of that problem or danger.
ex) This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry.
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think outside of the proverbial box, （一般的な）既存の枠組み
を超えて考える
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Something that is proverbial is very well-known by a lot of
people.
ex) His mastery of the French language was proverbial.
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stroll in the park, 公園での散歩
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If you stroll somewhere, you walk there in a slow, relaxed way.
Stroll is also a noun.
ex) After dinner, I took a stroll round the city.
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executive roundtable meeting, エグゼクティブの（円卓）会議
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A round table discussion is a meeting where experts gather
together in order to discuss a particular topic.
ex) a round-table conference of the leading heart specialists
of America.
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at the turn of the year, 年の変わり目に、年頭に
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Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century
and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when
one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
ex) They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
