“Sorry, I didn’t catch all of that.”“Could you repeat your question, please?”
質問の意図が分からなかった場合
“I’m afraid I don’t understand.”“Could you please rephrase the question?”
質問の一部が定かでない場合
“I don’t quite understand…”“Are you asking about (the 1995 study)?”“Are you referring to (the peptides discussed in Figure 2.3)?”“Do you mean (the patients in the placebo group) ?”“Could you be more specific?”
質問を聞き直しても理解できない場合
“I’m sorry. I still don’t understand your question.”“Could I come back to you later?”“Could you please talk to me after the session?”
“I’m sorry. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to that question.”“I will look into that and follow up with you.”“I can’t answer now, but I will try to find out more about this.”
その場で質問に答えたくない場合
“I’m sorry–could we discuss this issue after the session?”“I’d rather discuss this issue privately please.”
質問に答えるための情報が不十分な場合
“We aren’t aware of any details at this time.”“We don’t have information about this yet.”
後続研究・実験が必要な場合
“We are awaiting further research on this issue.”“We need to do more studies to answer this.”
質問と返答の例
状況
質問例
返答例
質問の答えが分からない場合
“What about the data collected between 1994 and 1997?”
“I’m sorry. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to that question.”
その場で質問に答えたくない場合
“When is the latest version of this study going to be published?”
“I’d rather discuss this issue privately, please.”
質問に答えるための情報が不十分な場合
“What are the findings of other state hospitals on this issue?”
“We don’t have information about this yet.”“We are awaiting further research on this.”
質問には答えられるが、少々時間をもらいたい場合
返答を整理する時間が必要だったり、質問内容について聞き直したい場合
状況
例文
考える時間が必要な場合
[*Repeat the whole question or part of it]“Please give me a moment to think about this question.”“Just one moment—I need to consider my answer.”
質問に関してより詳しい情報が必要な場合
“Just so I understand…”“Are you referring to (the methods of analysis or to the experiment)?“Do you mean (the Smith study from 2014)?“What information are you referring to exactly?”
質問と返答の例
状況
質問例
返答例
考える時間が必要な場合
“Were all sample groups in the study in the same cohort?”
“In the same cohort? Please give me a moment to think about this question.”
質問に関してより詳しい情報が必要な場合
“What about the data collected between 1994 and 1997?”
“The data collected between 1994 and 1997? Which data are you referring to exactly?”
セクション別の内容に対する質問
研究の意義といった包括的な質問だけでなく、セクションの特定部分に関する質問が出る場合もあります。
研究方法
質問・コメント
返答例
“Have you used this approach?”
“No, but thank you for your input. We will look into this.”“We considered this approach. But there were some problems.”
“Why did you use this method of analysis?”
“There were several reasons for this. First…”“We found several other methods to be problematic.”“We have explained our rational fully in the paper.”
“What limitations to the study did you identity?”
“We didn’t identify any specific limitations.”“We did identify a couple of limitations. These include…”
結果・結論・考察・応用性
質問・コメント
返答例
“Could you elaborate on the results of X?”
“Yes. What results would you like to know about?”“I’m afraid I can’t say more about the findings now.”
“What are the implications of these findings?”
“Most importantly, these findings imply that…”“There are several implications here. First…”“I’m afraid I can’t say more about the implications now.”
“Could this study impact any other related areas of research?”
“These results might impact areas of (medicine/patient care/administration, etc.).”“We need more information to answer this question.”“Our conclusions are limited to this area of research.”
内容の確認・視覚的資料のついての説明
状況
質問例
返答例
プレゼンテーション内容を振り返る
“Could you repeat what methods of analysis you used?”
“As I mentioned earlier…”“Let’s look at this slide again…”“Yes. Looking at slide 34…”
視覚的資料について言及
“Are the data in Figure 4 representative of all sample groups?”“What is being measured in Table 2.2?”
“Let’s take a look at this figure again.”“As you can see in this chart/graph/figure…”“Let me explain this figure again.”
