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悪夢のようなプレゼンテーション
先に受けた試験がいまいちの出来だと感じていた武藤さんですが、
落ち込んでいる暇はありません。プレゼンテーションの試験が間近に控
えていたのです。講師や学生の前で1時間しゃべらなければいけない
だけでなく、通常の発表と違い、武藤さんが先生役となって、やり取り
を交えながら、トピックの内容を皆に説明しなければならないのです。
徹夜で準備をした武藤さん、いよいよ当日を迎えました。
The nightmare continues
I didn't have time to be disappointed with my exam. There was a business presentation round the corner, one where I had to speak for one hour. The topic was: values, ethics and emotions in the workplace.
Strictly speaking it wasn't a presentation. It was like a role-play session. I would be the teacher and I had to teach a topic to the other students. It's hard enough to speak in front of people, but interacting with them would be even more difficult.
I prepared a Power Point presentation, some large charts, and some jokes to make people relax. It took forever to prepare and I stayed up the night before — stressed and cursing and eating way too much chocolate — to get everything finished in time.
To make matters worse, I had a politics exam on the same day as the presentation, and politics is stupidly difficult. I somehow managed to get that out of the way, and immediately afterwards I sprinted to the library and started rehearsing for my presentation. I was nervous. My hands were sweating, I had butterflies in my stomach, I just wished time would stop.
Time, of course, didn't stop, and four o'clock — the time of my presentation — eventually came round. "Thanks for coming, guys," I started. I felt sick. "How are you doing?" I launched into a couple of jokes, but they didn't go down too well, so I moved onto the main part of the presentation.
I'm so grateful to some of the students there. I don't think I could have passed the whole presentation off without them. They helped me by giving some very good answers to my questions, and even when I struggled to keep track of their various opinions, they helped me through it. One hour shot by, contrary to all expectations, and soon everyone was clapping.
I felt like punching the air in triumph. I did it, I made it through, I survived. This had to be one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life.
After class, I had a chance to talk with my tutor. She said I'd done a very good job. I hope she wasn't just saying that.
So finally, the most grueling week of my term has come to end. I am so relieved! The mid-semester break is here and it's time to relax and enjoy life a little more.
- nightmare
- 悪夢
- be disappointed with 〜
- 〜で気落ちする
- my exam
- 前に受けたビジネスの試験のこと
- There was 〜 round the corner
- 〜がすぐ控えていた
- values
- 価値観
- ethics
- 倫理
- emotions
- 感情
- workplace
- 職場
- Strictly speaking
- 厳密に言えば
- role-play session
- ある役割を演じる課題
- hard enough to 〜
- 〜するだけでも難しい
- in front of 〜
- 〜の前で
- interacting with 〜
- 〜に受け答えすること
- Power Point
- プレゼンテーション用ソフト
- charts
- 図表
- forever
- 永遠に
- stayed up
- 徹夜した
- cursing
- 悪態をついて
- way too much
- とてもたくさんの
- get everything finished in time
- すべてを時間内に終わらせる
- To make matters worse
- さらに悪いことに
- stupidly
- べらぼうに
- somehow managed to 〜
- 何とか〜できた
- get that out of the way
- それを乗り切った
- immediately afterwards
- 直後に
- sprinted to 〜
- 〜に駆け込んだ
- rehearsing
- 練習をする
- nervous
- 緊張した
- were sweating
- 汗をかいていた
- had butterflies in my stomach
- ドキドキした
- eventually
- ついに
- came round
- やってきた
- launched into 〜
- 〜をかました
- a couple of 〜
- いくつかの〜
- didn't go down too well
- それほど笑ってもらえなかった
- moved onto 〜
- 〜に進んだ
- (am) grateful to 〜
- 〜に感謝している
- have passed 〜 off
- 〜を終える
- struggled to 〜
- 〜するのに手間取っていた
- keep track of 〜
- 〜を把握する
- various
- さまざまな
- shot by
- あっという間に過ぎた
- contrary to all expectations
- 意外にも
- was clapping
- 拍手をしていた
- punching the air in triumph
- 意気揚々として、こぶしを突き上げる
- made it through
- 何とか切り抜けた
- survived
- 何とかなった
- tutor
- 個人指導の講師
- wasn't just saying that
- 口先だけではない
- grueling
- 厳しい
- term
- 学期
- has come to end
- 終わった
- am so relieved
- ほっとした
- mid-semester break
- 学期の中休み