I was asked to {head up} internal and external communications {initiatives} there.
You've lived in the States for four years and seen a {sea change} in the field of communications.
What {takeaway value} have you gained over all these years?
I'd say new technologies are transforming our way of living {on a par with} the industrial revolution or the invention of the wheel or the alphabet.
────────────────────────────── head up, …を主導する、…を率いる ────────────────────────────── If you head up a group or team, you take change of it and are responsible for it.
ex) I headed up the basketball team at high school.
────────────────────────────── initiative, (先駆けとなる)行動計画、率先、主導権、自らの責任 ある決定 ────────────────────────────── An initiative is an important act or statement that is intended to solve a problem.
ex) Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate.
────────────────────────────── sea change, 大変化、大転換 ────────────────────────────── A sea change in someone's attitudes or behaviour is a complete change.
ex) A sea change has taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
────────────────────────────── takeaway value, 持ち帰るだけの価値(があるもの) ────────────────────────────── A takeaway is hot cooked food that you buy from a shop or restaurant and eat somewhere else. [BRIT]
────────────────────────────── on a par with, …と同等で ────────────────────────────── If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
ex) Parts and Glasgow are on a par with the worst areas of London and Liverpool for burglaries.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Global Conversation (1) 3/17-18 2008"
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