This is the Business English Podcast, Episode 246.
That tracks two business English phrases from the Golden Globes.
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Hey there, Aubrey. Question for you today.
Oh, let's hear it. So did you catch the Golden Globes on TV this year, this winter?
No, I rarely watch those award shows. They're so long and I sometimes will catch the highlights the next day.
What about you? Do you watch them? Same.
Yeah. I don't, I don't watch them. I, for some reason, never know that they're happening.
So I miss them, but I don't know if I would make a point.
I think the viewership of that has really dropped off from what I've heard of those shows.
I didn't even know what was happening. We were at a tapas place with a bunch of friends and we looked up and like that they were showing the golden globes on TV.
I was like, Oh, interesting. Right. I didn't realize it was on tonight.
That's what's been happening to me the last like five years is like, Oh, okay.
It's on, I guess. Interesting. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. We got a question which asked about something this listener heard on the Golden Globes.
So I'm excited to, yeah, we're not really talking about the Golden Globes or whether you should watch them, but we're sharing a couple of phrases that I love that this listener is, you know, watching the Golden Globes, immersing themselves in English, hearing these phrases, and then asking us about any that they don't understand.
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Okay. All right, Aubrey, should we, do you want to read the first part?
I'll read the second. Yeah. Yes. This is from Ilse in Sweden.
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All right, Lindsay, you want to finish the question?
Okay, so here we go. As you might know, last week there was a Golden Globe Award ceremony.
When accepting the Best Supporting Actor award, Robert Downey Jr. gave a charismatic speech full of sarcastic and witty jokes.
There are a couple of phrases, however, which I struggled to understand.
Namely, one, after providing some background details on the film, Robert asks, is that track?
Two, a few moments later, he says, and I assume the answers on the question above, see, that's not such a leap.
It would be great if you could cover those phrases in one of your episodes.
Cheers, Ilseur from Sweden. Yes, I love this.
As soon as I saw this, I'm like, this is going to be perfect for business English because I know which phrases Robert Downey Jr. is using, and both of them we use all the time at work.
Love it. But I had to actually go back. I listened to the speech because we don't say, is that track?
I had a feeling what he says is, does that track, which we do use all the time at work.
But I listened to the speech, and when he says it, native English speakers do this all the time where we blend sounds together, and it sounds like he says, is that track?
I totally understand why Ilse thought it was, is that track?
Yeah, that makes sense. So it does that track, right?
And it makes sense. It might have even seen those AI transcripts, the closed captioning might have said, is that track?
Because when we're dropping sounds like that, sometimes they get it wrong.
That's the problem with AI transcripts. Exactly.
So, all right. So let's get into it, Aubrey, then.
Number one, does that track? Let's learn about this a bit more.
Yeah, let's do it. So this means, Does that make sense?
Does it track? Is it in line with what you would expect?
So Robert Downey Jr. in this speech, he's talking about the film Oppenheimer and that based on the presence of the film, it doesn't make sense.
It doesn't track for it to be so lucrative over a billion dollars.
He's like, you know, just kind of sharing is like, does that track that it would make that amount of money? interesting interesting so here are some sample sentences um number one it doesn't track that he spends so little time at the office but gets so much time done yes i know this gets so much done yes exactly this makes sense right sometimes we're like how are you so productive like that doesn't track it doesn't track it doesn't make sense because you would think that to be productive we actually need to spend hours and hours and hours which is probably a myth There are people, my partner is this way, that people that are able to just understand what is the 10% of things I need to do to move the needle the furthest.
And they just do that. Yes. Right. And so they seem really productive in a very small amount of time.
Yeah, it's amazing. What would be the second example?
Yeah, these numbers are so much higher than last quarter.
Does that track? So we're asking someone like, is there a chance there's a mistake in these numbers?
Let's make sure it makes sense. Let's make sure they're accurate.
Right. And then the third one, which I think is kind of similar to what we heard when you're responding that you agree or that something makes sense that by saying that tracks.
Like that makes sense, right? Exactly. We'll hear this a lot.
Okay, that tracks. Meaning that makes sense.
This is pretty trendy right now. It's been around for a lot, but I hear it a lot right now.
It just makes sense that it came up in the Golden Globes.
It's definitely true. People say this. I would agree with that.
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Let's move on to the next one, which is not such a leap for our listener, for Ilse.
Exactly. So to call something a leap, we also say a leap in logic.
That means something surprising. So to say something is not such a leap means it's not so surprising or it's not such a leap in logic.
Like, for example, I drank four cups of coffee today.
So it's not such a leap that I'm jittery.
Right. It's unsurprising, but it's a very fun native way to say, yeah, this is not surprising.
It's not such a leap that I would be a little bit.
This would be the truth for me if I drink four cups of coffee.
Maybe not for you, Lindsay. I know you can drink more than that and not be jittery.
It's not good. It's not good, but I can.
What would be the next example, Aubrey? He said he's never late.
So it's not such a leap that I expected him to arrive on time.
So then like, oh, I was surprised you as late.
Right. But this is interesting. In the speech, Robert Downey Jr., it's kind of a tongue twister, his name, he listed all of the talented people who worked on the film, the actors, the directors.
And so then he said, not such a leap, meaning it makes sense that this film grossed so much when you consider all of the talented people involved.
Right. So the idea is saying it's intuitive, it's self-explanatory.
It follows. Right. It makes sense. It does track.
It's not such a leap. So these things, essentially, these two phrases mean the same thing.
It tracks. It's not such a leap. We're saying basically the same thing, right?
Which really highlights how important it is to have Lots of different chunks that mean the same thing, because it wouldn't have been nearly as fun or witty if he then said, that does track, right?
He said, does that track? That does track.
Instead, he's using a new way, a different way to say this when really it means the same thing.
Super interesting. I love that. Really good stuff.
Aubrey, shall we go into a role play now?
Shall we do it? Yes. You and I are coworkers at an industry conference here.
I'll start us out. All right. I heard the budget was much higher for our booth this year.
The display is a lot more impressive. So that tracks.
We've already had so much more interest and engagement.
It's very exciting. I bet tomorrow will be even better.
Yeah, that's definitely not a leap. Sunday is usually the busiest day.
OK, good stuff. Good stuff. So here you said I heard the budget was higher.
It sounds like again, yeah, we're doing some kind of a booth presentation with a big banner behind us.
And maybe the year before was simple, just like a table with some pamphlets.
And so we're like, ooh, we had a higher budget.
So I think it's going to be more impressive.
Yeah, we had a plan to do this. We have the sign in my house.
We were going to do this at a conference in, I think, 2020.
And then with COVID, everything got shut down and the conferences got changed.
And so, yes, that was a dream, a dream that never happened.
Yeah. Yes. And I know my husband does this a lot.
He presents at booths at industry conferences and he'll sometimes mention this, like one year the budget's amazing and the booth's impressive and everyone's coming by and then other years the budget's smaller.
It's like, it's hard to get people interested.
Next year there's an easel or something.
Exactly. right that's funny um right so but so you said because you know the display is more impressive so that tracks like it makes sense that the budget was higher because you can see that they've put more money into the display right and then i've said let's say i said i bet tomorrow will be even better right and i say yeah that's definitely not a leap meaning like Yeah, this is not a leap in logic.
It would not shock me if tomorrow's better.
Sunday's usually the busiest day. All right.
I love it. And so what's the overall takeaway for our listeners today?
We love the question. We love hearing from our listeners, right?
And I love that this listener is immersing themselves in English.
They're watching the Golden Globes in English.
They're likely listening to podcasts, watching TV shows and movies in English, and you will learn these very native expressions.
Both of these just mean that something makes sense.
But they're so much more native, right? We're very likely to hear this when we're out and about.
So we want you guys to know and be comfortable using these phrases.
Yeah. And I think, you know, with the idea of that tracks.
It's always good to when you run numbers, for example, at work, you run a P&L to look at your results and then step back and say, does this make sense?
Does this track? And that might be. So kind of it's sort of a way of coming articulating logic and just a gut check.
A gut check. Is this right? Is this a leap?
Does this track? Does this all make sense?
Yes, I love that as another takeaway, right?
We should be taking that moment to make sure everything makes sense.
It tracks, right? We're not making leaps here because that's when mistakes get made that can be very problematic.
Right, and then you're presenting these results at a meeting and you think, oh my gosh, this makes no sense.
I made a mistake. Staying correct. Right.
Wait, something doesn't track. Should have double checked the numbers.
You ought to find out before that meeting.
Sure. And now we have the words to articulate this in a more casual, slightly more casual, but still acceptable for business way.
Right, Aubrey? Absolutely. Yes. And I love that our listener, as soon as they were they heard phrases they didn't quite understand, write into us just like this with specific phrases you're hearing.
These make a great episode so you can, yeah, hear what natives are actually using and make sure you understand them.
We love it. So Aubrey, would you let our listeners know your email so they can send you the questions directly and then we'll consider them for an episode?
Yes, absolutely. You can write me directly at Aubrey at allearsenglish.com.
Love it. All right, Aubrey, thanks for being on Business English today.
Yes, see you next time. Talk to you soon.
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