先週、北京に出張しましたが、北京寒すぎ。
零下の世界でした。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Student Cheating (1) 12/2 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。
Sometimes I think the world is going to the dogs.
My guess is that they'll be severely reprimanded, but
without being expelled.
Or they just didn't care, which I find deeply disturbing.
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go to the dogs, 悪くなる、だめになる
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If you say that a country, organization, or business is
going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming less
powerful, efficient, or successful than it has been in the
past.
ex) In the 1960s the country was fast going to the dogs.
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be expelled, 退学させられる
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If someone is expelled from a school or a organization,
they are officially told to leave because they have behaved
badly.
ex) More than five-thousand secondary school students have
been expelled for cheating.
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disturbing, 不安にさせる、気がかりな
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Something that is disturbing makes you feel worried or upset.
ex) There was something about him she found disturbing.
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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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doom and gloom, 悲観、暗い見通し
go on someone's record, （人）の前歴 [前科] になる
