ipod nanoが行方不明になりました。
ま、そのうち出てくるでしょう。
しかし、通勤時にpodcastを聞けないのが痛い。
ビーマスターを復活させて、ビジ英でも聴くか...
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Student Cheating (3) 12/4 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。
That can have a really insidious, cycnical influence on
young people.
I forsee very dire consequences for society if this trend
continues.
I understand that students taking the MCAT now have to
submit their fingerprints and have their photographs taken
digitally to weed out cheaters who pay others to take the
exam for them.
And when it comes to the plagiarizing of essays and term
papers, teachers need to be on the lookout for telltale
signs like a sudden burst of well-written prose after
a slew of run-on sentences.
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insidious, 徐々に [知らぬ間に] むじばむ、油断のならない、陰湿な
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Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and
develops gradually without being noticed.
ex) The changes are insidious, and will not produce
a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years.
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dire consequences, 恐ろしい結果、悲惨な結果
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Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation
or event is.
ex) The government looked as if it would split apart, with
dire consequences for domestic peace.
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weed out, ...を取り除く、...を排除する
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If you weed out things that are useless or unwanted in a
group, you get rid of them.
ex) Natural selection has weeded out the weakest.
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be on the lookout for, ...に目を光らせている
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If you are keeping a lookout for something or are on the
lookout for it, you are alert and carefull about it, either
because you do not want to miss it or because it will be
unpleasant or harmful and you need to avoid it.
ex) Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles,
cormorants, and the occasional whale.
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telltale sign, （悪事などを）はっきり示す兆候
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Something that is described as tellsign gives away
information, often about something bad that would otherwise
not be noticed.
ex) Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes
betray the fatigue he was suffering.
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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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burst of, ...の突発、突然起こる[出てくる]...
well-written prose, よく書けた文章
slew of, たくさんの
run-on sentence, 無終止文
