先週は中国人社員の日本研修対応に追われた一週間でした。
英語でプレゼンや講義も行い、英語的にもいい経験に
なりました。
中国人といっても現地の超優秀大学の卒業生たちなので
まだ20代なのに、英語はぺらぺらで明らかに私より上手
でした。
生徒に教えられるとはこのことでしょう。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 High-Tech Parenting (3) 1/22 2010
■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 hear there are also portable game systems that are
appropriate for preschoolers.
They learn how to surf the Web, playing computer games
and watch funny videos.
Once children finish grade school, however, their cognitive
ablities are basically on an adult level.
I think parents and educators must be facing an unprecedented
challenge when it comes to rearing and educating kids these
days.
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preschooler, 就学前の子供
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Children who are no longer babies but are not yet old enough
to go to school are sometimes referred to as preschoolers.
[WRITTEN]
ex) preschoolers and toddlers.
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surf the Web, ネットサーフィンをする
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If you surf the Internet, you spend time finding and looking
at things on the Internet.
ex) No one knows how many people currently surf the Net.
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grade school, ＜米＞小学校
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In the United States, a grade school is the same as
an elementary school.
ex) I was just in grade school at the time, but I remember it perfectly.
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cognitive ability, 認識能力
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Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved
in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
[TECHNICAL or][FORMAL]
ex) As children grow older, their cognitive processes
become sharper.
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unprecedented, 前例のない、かつてない
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If something is unprecedented, it has never happened before.
ex) Such a move is rare, but not unprecedented.
