ラジオビジネス英語 24/8/9(金)I3P2 Brett Cline ブレット・クライン

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ラジオビジネス英語 24/8/9(金)I3P2 Brett Cline ブレット・クライン
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.
-Interview 3 [Part 2] Brett Cline ブレット・クライン
今月は、プロセッサ技術企業 CCO のブレット・クラインさんにお話を伺っています。
今回は、 半導体業界について聞いていきます。
(This month we are talking with Brett Klein, CCO of Processor Technology Company.
In this issue, we hear about the semiconductor industry.)
-Listening Point
What was the semiconductor market like when Brett joined the industry?
ブレットさんがこの業界に入ったとき、 半導体市場はどのような状況でしたか?

-Words and Phrases
walking encyclopedia 歩く事典、物知り
A walking encyclopedia is a person who has extensive knowledge, almost as if they were accessing an encyclopedia with their mind. An example would be, I can ask my teacher anything about history and he always gives the correct information. He’s like a walking encyclopedia. In the same sense, a walking dictionary is a person who has a big vocabulary. They also know the definitions of words and can provide a linguistic perspective.

benefit from 〜の恩恵を受ける
To benefit from something means to receive an advantage or something useful from it. Benefits are advantages or things that help us. An example would be we benefit from GPS, technology. This means that GPS is useful to us and can make our lives easier. In other words GPS technology gives us benefits.

pioneer 開拓する
The noun pioneer is someone who is the first to explore an area or discover something such as a new technology that opens doors for others. This also provides an opportunity for further, exploration and learning. To Pioneer as a verb means to act like a pioneer in opening up new opportunities and providing the groundwork for further Innovation. Brett said that he benefited from the work that founders of the semiconductor pioneered meaning that those founders gave him a strong foundation or a head start in acquiring information on semiconductors.

bulky かさばる
Large or heavy in an inconvenient way. Awkward, clunky, cumbersome. Brett talked about bulky TVs from the 1990s, and before. Compared to TVs from this decade, those bulky TV sets would seem unsightly, too big, and rather heavy.