■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Pet Economy (5) 2/26 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。
Let's backtrack a bit.
Let's return from the digression.
Let's not get sidetracked.
But that's beside the point. Let's focus on the key strategy.
Doesn't sound like the proverbial "dog's life" to me.
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backtrack, 元に戻る
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If you backtrack in an account or explanation, you talk about things
which happened before the ones you were previously talking about.
ex) Can we just backtrack a littke bit and look at your primary and
secondary education?
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digression, 本題からそれること
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If you digress, you move away from the subject you are talking or
writing about and talk or write about something different for a while.
ex) The text is dotted with digressions.
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sidetrack, 脱線させる
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If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you
intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about
a different thing.
ex) They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.
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beside the point, 本題 [本質] を外れて、問題外で
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= irrelevant
If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not
relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
ex) Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point.
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dog's life, 惨めな暮らし
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Pet Economy (2)より
People say 'it's a dog's life' when they are complaining that their job
or situation is unpleasant or boring.
ex) It's a dog's life being a football manager.
