中国ではマッサージがよいと聞いていたので、
深センのホテルで全身マッサージと足裏マッサージを
ダブルで行いました。一時間で50元と30元で計80元。
両方あわせても1000円という安さ。
さすが人件費の低い中国だなと思いました。
交通機関はこんな値段でした。
地下鉄 3元(40円)
タクシー初乗り 12.5元(170円)
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Crime Spikes (5) 10/29 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。
Plagiarism is the crime of poaching other authors' writing.
Shoppers with bulging pockets may draw suspicion as shoplifters.
I've heard that the real pros work in teams, using a decoy
who acts suspiciously to attract the attention of people
watching security cameras and floorwaker undercover
security agents while their accomplices are stealing the
place clean.
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plagiarism, 盗用
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Plagiarism is the practice of using or copying someone else's
idea or work and pretending that you thought of it or created it.
ex) Now he's in real trouble. He's accused of plagiarism.
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poach, 盗む
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If someone poaches an idea, they dishonestly or illegally
use the idea.
ex) The opposition parties have complained that the
government has poached many of their ideas.
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bulging, ふくれた
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If you say that something is bulging with things, you are
emphasizing that it is full of them.
ex) Wolchak was coming out of the office carrying a bulging
briefcase.
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decoy, おとり
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Crime Spikes (3)より。
If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean
that they are intended to attract people's attention and
deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or
away from a particular place.
ex) A plane was waiting at the airport with its engines
running but this was just one of the decoys.
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steal the place clean, その場所から根こそぎ盗む
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Crime Spikes (3)より。
clean
Clean is used to emphasize that something was done completely.
[INFORMAL]
ex) The thief got clean away with the money.