MBA式英語習得法をご紹介します。
まず読んでみてください。
MBA式「オーディオブック活用」英語習得法。
http://ameblo.jp/adman/entry-10171363562.html
今年の目標としてこれを実践してみようかな、というものが
ありました。この話は次回。。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Keeping Fit (2) 1/22 2009
■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。
Well, I guess they're not immune to the credit crunch, increasing energy
costs and the overall slowing of the economy-the same old story.
They're spic-and-span, keep their equipment in tiptop condition,
and the staff people are genuinely helpful and friendly.
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be immune to, ...の影響を受けない
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If you are immune to something that happens or is done,
you are not affected by it.
ex) Football is not immune to economic recession.
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credit crunch, 金融引き締め、金融逼迫、信用危機
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A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be
referred to as a crunch.
ex) The UN is facing a cash crunch.
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spic-and-span, きちんとしてきれいな、こざっぱりした
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A place that is spick and span is very clean and tidy.
ex) The apartment was spic and span.
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in tiptop condition, 最良の状態で
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You can use tip-top to indicate that something is extreamely good.
[INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED]
ex) Her hair was thick, glossy and in tiotop condition.
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genuinely, 本当に、掛け値なしに
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Genuine refers to things such as emotions that are real and not pretended.
ex) He was genuinely surprised.
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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
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with an eye for, ...に眼識があって、...に注意して
sanitation, 衛生設備 [システム]
germ, ばい菌、病原菌
run the risk of, ...の危険を冒す、...のリスクがある
pick up athlete's foot, 水虫がうつる
nasty, （病気などが）重い、深刻な
staph infection, ブドウ球菌による感染症
hygiene, 衛生（状態）
