NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Daughers and Sons at the Workplace (4) 4/22 2009

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Study as if you were going to live forever;
live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
 - Maria Mitchell (U.S. astronomer, 1818-89)

永遠に生き続けるかのごとく学問し、明日死ぬかのごとく生きなさい。
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英語学習者にあてはめると、

Study English as if you were going to live forever;
use English as if you were going to die tomorrow.

あ、英語使ってない。。。

■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Daughers and Sons at the Workplace (4) 4/22 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。

There are professions like nursing, phamacology, physical therapy
or general practice.

I've read that one field where layoffs are few and far between is security.

I hear that another field that's getting a lot of attention from career-minded
young people is environmental sciences, thanks to the green movement
that's having such a sweeping effect on society and the business world.

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pharmacology, 薬学
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Pharmacology is the branch of science relating to drug and medicines.

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physical therapy, 理学療法
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Physical therapy is the same as physiotherapy.

Physiotherapy is medical treatment for problems of the joints, muscles,
or nerves, which involves doing exercises or having part of your body
massaged or warmed.

ex) He'll need intensive physiotherapy.

physical therapy 米
physiotherapy 英
です。

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general practice, 一般診療
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When a doctor is in general pratice, he or she treats sick people at a
surgery or office, or visits them at home, and does not specialize in a
particular type of medicine.

ex) In recent years, doctors have been trained specifically for general
practice.

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few and far between, きわめて少ない
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Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen
very often.

ex) Successful women politicians are few and far between.

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carrer-minded, キャリア志向の
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-minded combines with nouns to form adjectives that indicate that
someone thinks a particular thing is important or cares a lot about it.

ex) We weren't career-minded like girls are today.

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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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take a break, 休む、休憩する
have a sweeping effect on, ...を席巻する
ecologist, 生態学者
hydrologist, 水文学者
in the years to come, 今後
give serious thought to, ...を真剣に考える


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