日曜日の夜、NHK教育で放送された「特集 リトル・チャロ
ケータイで試そうあなたの英語力２」に参加された方はいますか。
私もやってみました。チャロとは関係なく英語のテストで、
視聴者も携帯電話で2万人ほど参加したようです。
イディオム、発音、リスニングなどなど30問ほどありました。
最初はなめていましたが、後のほうで結構間違えました。
almostとbarelyの違いなど引っかかりました。
結果は78点のBランクでした。
次回は来年一月だそうです。
前回の集計結果や問題を見ることができます。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/charo/tv/special.html
ケータイで試そうあなたの英語力２」に参加された方はいますか。
私もやってみました。チャロとは関係なく英語のテストで、
視聴者も携帯電話で2万人ほど参加したようです。
イディオム、発音、リスニングなどなど30問ほどありました。
最初はなめていましたが、後のほうで結構間違えました。
almostとbarelyの違いなど引っかかりました。
結果は78点のBランクでした。
次回は来年一月だそうです。
前回の集計結果や問題を見ることができます。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/charo/tv/special.html
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Social Networking for Seniors (3) 10/17 2008
■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。
Social networks customized for seniors tantalize Web investors
no less than product and service companies.
The come-on is you're never too old to do this or that,
so get going.
I hear they snicker at old-fashioned folks who still cling to
snail mail, dial telephones and rudimentary e-mail.
Lots of people of advanced age who shied away from computerized
communication as lacking human warmth made full turns once
they got acquainted with having instant messaging and
instant information at their fingertips.
──────────────────────────────
tantalize, じらす
──────────────────────────────
If someone or something tantalizes you, they make you feel
hopeful and excited about getting what you want, usually
before disappointing you by not letting you have what they
appeared to offer.
ex) The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog
with his feed.
──────────────────────────────
come-on, 誘い文句、売り文句
──────────────────────────────
A come-on is a gesture or remark which someone, especially
a woman, makes in order to encourage another person to make
sexual advances to them. [INFORMAL]
ex) He ignores come-ons from the many women who seem to
find him attractive.
──────────────────────────────
snicker at, ...を冷笑する
──────────────────────────────
If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way,
for example at something rude or embarrassing.
ex) We all snickered at Mrs. Swenson.
──────────────────────────────
shy away from, ...からしり込みする
──────────────────────────────
If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it,
often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
ex) Some mothers shy away from breast-feeding.
──────────────────────────────
get acquainted with, ...を知るようになる
──────────────────────────────
If you are acquainted with something, you know about it
because you have learned it or experienced it. [FORMAL]
ex) I am also looking forward to getting more acquainted
with immigration law.
──────────────────────────────
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
──────────────────────────────
spending money, 手持ちの金
cherish online correspondance, オンライン通信を愛用する
on the premise that, ...という前提で
facet, 側面、様相
rudimentary, 基礎的な、初歩の
at one's fingertips, すぐに手に入る、すぐに利用できる
immediate family members, 近親者
■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。
Social networks customized for seniors tantalize Web investors
no less than product and service companies.
The come-on is you're never too old to do this or that,
so get going.
I hear they snicker at old-fashioned folks who still cling to
snail mail, dial telephones and rudimentary e-mail.
Lots of people of advanced age who shied away from computerized
communication as lacking human warmth made full turns once
they got acquainted with having instant messaging and
instant information at their fingertips.
──────────────────────────────
tantalize, じらす
──────────────────────────────
If someone or something tantalizes you, they make you feel
hopeful and excited about getting what you want, usually
before disappointing you by not letting you have what they
appeared to offer.
ex) The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog
with his feed.
──────────────────────────────
come-on, 誘い文句、売り文句
──────────────────────────────
A come-on is a gesture or remark which someone, especially
a woman, makes in order to encourage another person to make
sexual advances to them. [INFORMAL]
ex) He ignores come-ons from the many women who seem to
find him attractive.
──────────────────────────────
snicker at, ...を冷笑する
──────────────────────────────
If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way,
for example at something rude or embarrassing.
ex) We all snickered at Mrs. Swenson.
──────────────────────────────
shy away from, ...からしり込みする
──────────────────────────────
If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it,
often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
ex) Some mothers shy away from breast-feeding.
──────────────────────────────
get acquainted with, ...を知るようになる
──────────────────────────────
If you are acquainted with something, you know about it
because you have learned it or experienced it. [FORMAL]
ex) I am also looking forward to getting more acquainted
with immigration law.
──────────────────────────────
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
──────────────────────────────
spending money, 手持ちの金
cherish online correspondance, オンライン通信を愛用する
on the premise that, ...という前提で
facet, 側面、様相
rudimentary, 基礎的な、初歩の
at one's fingertips, すぐに手に入る、すぐに利用できる
immediate family members, 近親者
