先週、会社のTOEICをサボりました。。。
さて、TOEICを半年で515点→705点に上げた方の勉強法です。
我らがビジネス英語も使ったようですよ。
耳が痛いのはラジオを録音してただ聞くだけではダメで、
リスニングにはディクテーションが効果的だということです。
1年半で190点の点数アップ--オトナの試験勉強 TOEIC編
http://japan.zdnet.com/sp/feature/08edu/story/0,3800088966,20379650,00.htm
さて、TOEICを半年で515点→
我らがビジネス英語も使ったようですよ。
耳が痛いのはラジオを録音してただ聞くだけではダメで、
リスニングにはディクテーションが効果的だということです。
1年半で190点の点数アップ--オトナの試験勉強 TOEIC編
http://japan.zdnet.com/sp/
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Child Safety Campaign (3) 9/19 2008
今回は以下のような似た言葉の繰り返しの表現が3つ出てきました。
interests and concerns
wants and needs
hopes and dreams
また、動詞と前置詞や副詞などで名詞をはさむ表現が目につきました。
(inform) key groups in communities (of)
(tie) the campaign (in with)
(launch) the campaign (with)
(get) a press kit (ready)
(associating) Great Lakes (with)
(swing) the powers that be (into)
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
Our topmost priority is feedback on their actual wants
and needs.
Also, I'd like to get a press kit ready for newspaper and
magazine editors to drum up public interest in child safety
as a critical concern for parents as well as teachers
via PTA-directed messages.
Originally, your board was split down the middle on the
benefits of associating Great Lakes with a campaign that's
bound to be controversial.
However, we believe the prototype of your informatin kit
and parent-teacher support will swing the powers that be
into acquiescence.
──────────────────────────────
topmost priority, 最も重要なこと、最優先事項
──────────────────────────────
The topmost thing in a number of things is the one that is
highest or nearest the top.
ex) the topmost branches of a gigantic oak tree
──────────────────────────────
drum up public interest, 一般の関心を集める
──────────────────────────────
If you drum up support or business, you try to get it.
ex) The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up
support for international peacekeeping.
[OED] drum something up attempts to obtain something
by canvassing or soliciting.
canvassでました！
ex) the organizers are hoping to drun up support
from local businesses.
──────────────────────────────
be split down the middle, 真っ二つに割れる
──────────────────────────────
If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide
or split it into two equal halves or groups.
ex) After agreeing to split the bill down the middle, they
ordered spaghetti and a bottle of red wine.
──────────────────────────────
swing, 動かす、変えさせる
──────────────────────────────
If people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings swing, they
change, especially in a sudden or exreme way.
ex) In two years' time there is a presidential election,
and the voters could swing again.
──────────────────────────────
the powers that be, 上層部、首脳陣
──────────────────────────────
You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be,
especially when you want to say that you disagree with them
or do not understand what they say or do.
ex) The powers that be, in this case the independent
Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether.
──────────────────────────────
その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
──────────────────────────────
tie in with, 一致させる、関連付ける
touch base with, ...と連絡を取る
fine-tune, 微調整する、手直しする
acquiescence, 黙認
今回は以下のような似た言葉の繰り返しの表現が3つ出てきました。
interests and concerns
wants and needs
hopes and dreams
また、
(inform) key groups in communities (of)
(tie) the campaign (in with)
(launch) the campaign (with)
(get) a press kit (ready)
(associating) Great Lakes (with)
(swing) the powers that be (into)
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
Our topmost priority is feedback on their actual wants
and needs.
Also, I'd like to get a press kit ready for newspaper and
magazine editors to drum up public interest in child safety
as a critical concern for parents as well as teachers
via PTA-directed messages.
Originally, your board was split down the middle on the
benefits of associating Great Lakes with a campaign that's
bound to be controversial.
However, we believe the prototype of your informatin kit
and parent-teacher support will swing the powers that be
into acquiescence.
──────────────────────────────
topmost priority, 最も重要なこと、最優先事項
──────────────────────────────
The topmost thing in a number of things is the one that is
highest or nearest the top.
ex) the topmost branches of a gigantic oak tree
──────────────────────────────
drum up public interest, 一般の関心を集める
──────────────────────────────
If you drum up support or business, you try to get it.
ex) The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up
support for international peacekeeping.
[OED] drum something up attempts to obtain something
by canvassing or soliciting.
canvassでました！
ex) the organizers are hoping to drun up support
from local businesses.
──────────────────────────────
be split down the middle, 真っ二つに割れる
──────────────────────────────
If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide
or split it into two equal halves or groups.
ex) After agreeing to split the bill down the middle, they
ordered spaghetti and a bottle of red wine.
──────────────────────────────
swing, 動かす、変えさせる
──────────────────────────────
If people's opinions, attitudes, or feelings swing, they
change, especially in a sudden or exreme way.
ex) In two years' time there is a presidential election,
and the voters could swing again.
──────────────────────────────
the powers that be, 上層部、首脳陣
──────────────────────────────
You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be,
especially when you want to say that you disagree with them
or do not understand what they say or do.
ex) The powers that be, in this case the independent
Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether.
──────────────────────────────
その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
──────────────────────────────
tie in with, 一致させる、関連付ける
touch base with, ...と連絡を取る
fine-tune, 微調整する、手直しする
acquiescence, 黙認
