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■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Working Poor (1) 7/29 2009
今回のQuote...Unquote の consist in の意味は、
...に本質がある、です。
consist of の、...からなる、とは違うので注意しましょう。
Love does not consists in gazing at each other but
in looking outward together in the same direction.
愛とはお互いを見つめ合うことではなく、共に外の同じ方向
に目を向けることである。
■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。
I know it's cliche, but when it comes to having your finger
on the pulse of a city, no one beats a taxi driver.
Cab drivers get to meet an amazingly wide and varied
cross-section of people during their working day.
They can be a valuable source of anecdotal information
about what's happening in society.
He just told me very matter-of-factly about how he'd
lost his job as a limo driver due to the recession
and so was forced to go back to driving a hack to make
ends meet.
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have one's finger on the pulse of a city, 街の最新の事情
[情報] に通じている
──────────────────────────────
If you refer to the pulse of a group in society, you mean the
ideas, opinions, or feelings they have at a particular time.
ex) The White House insists that the president is in touch
with the pulse of the black community.
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no one beats, ...に勝る者はいない
──────────────────────────────
If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat
them.
ex) In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United
States two-one.
──────────────────────────────
cross-section of people, (社会、世論などそれぞれの特殊性を)
代表する人々、ある社会の縮図となる人々
──────────────────────────────
If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or
people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical
or representative of all of them.
ex) I was surprised at the cross-section of people there.
──────────────────────────────
anecdotal information, 逸話となるような情報
──────────────────────────────
Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather
than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be
valid.
ex) Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe
have slipped.
──────────────────────────────
matter-of-factly, 事務的に、淡々と
──────────────────────────────
If you describe a person as matter-of-fact, you mean that
they show no emotions such as enthusiasm, anger, or surprise,
especially in a situation where you would expect them
to be emotional.
ex) 'She thinks you're a spy,' Scott said matter-of-factly.
──────────────────────────────
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
──────────────────────────────
Sure enough. , 確かに。
turn someone off, （人）に嫌気を起こさせる、（人）をうんざりさせる
be lectured to, 説教される、講釈される
drive a hack, タクシーを運転する
bring home the reality, （人に）現実を痛感させる
dry up, （仕事などが）なくなる、（資金などが）枯渇する
fat tip, たっぷりのチップ
go gangbusters, 大成功する、とても活気づく
今回のQuote...Unquote の consist in の意味は、
...に本質がある、です。
consist of の、...からなる、とは違うので注意しましょう。
Love does not consists in gazing at each other but
in looking outward together in the same direction.
愛とはお互いを見つめ合うことではなく、共に外の同じ方向
に目を向けることである。
■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。
I know it's cliche, but when it comes to having your finger
on the pulse of a city, no one beats a taxi driver.
Cab drivers get to meet an amazingly wide and varied
cross-section of people during their working day.
They can be a valuable source of anecdotal information
about what's happening in society.
He just told me very matter-of-factly about how he'd
lost his job as a limo driver due to the recession
and so was forced to go back to driving a hack to make
ends meet.
──────────────────────────────
have one's finger on the pulse of a city, 街の最新の事情
[情報] に通じている
──────────────────────────────
If you refer to the pulse of a group in society, you mean the
ideas, opinions, or feelings they have at a particular time.
ex) The White House insists that the president is in touch
with the pulse of the black community.
──────────────────────────────
no one beats, ...に勝る者はいない
──────────────────────────────
If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat
them.
ex) In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United
States two-one.
──────────────────────────────
cross-section of people, (社会、世論などそれぞれの特殊性を)
代表する人々、ある社会の縮図となる人々
──────────────────────────────
If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or
people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical
or representative of all of them.
ex) I was surprised at the cross-section of people there.
──────────────────────────────
anecdotal information, 逸話となるような情報
──────────────────────────────
Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather
than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be
valid.
ex) Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe
have slipped.
──────────────────────────────
matter-of-factly, 事務的に、淡々と
──────────────────────────────
If you describe a person as matter-of-fact, you mean that
they show no emotions such as enthusiasm, anger, or surprise,
especially in a situation where you would expect them
to be emotional.
ex) 'She thinks you're a spy,' Scott said matter-of-factly.
──────────────────────────────
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
──────────────────────────────
Sure enough. , 確かに。
turn someone off, （人）に嫌気を起こさせる、（人）をうんざりさせる
be lectured to, 説教される、講釈される
drive a hack, タクシーを運転する
bring home the reality, （人に）現実を痛感させる
dry up, （仕事などが）なくなる、（資金などが）枯渇する
fat tip, たっぷりのチップ
go gangbusters, 大成功する、とても活気づく
