今朝、3時半に起きてオランダ-ウルグアイ戦を見ました。
オランダが予想通りに勝ちましたが、ウルグアイも
後半ロスタイムに一点入れるなど、粘りました。
明日はもう一つの準決勝、ドイツ-スペイン戦です。
こちらも見逃せません。
今朝は試合後、本メルマガを書くという充実した早朝を
過ごしました。
明日も3時半起きだし、このまま早起きを続けようかな。。。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Brain Fitness (3) 7/2 2010
番組はインターネットで聴くことができます。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/gogaku/english/business2/index.html
■前回の復習です。答えは最後で
frantically
specialize in
compendium
burgeoning
given that
be concerned about
reinforce
you name it
golden years
■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。
Physical exercise and a balanced diet help keep the old
gray matter in tip-top shape too.
I was reading about neuroplasticity, the scientific concept
underlying the brain-fitness boom.
But isn't the jury still out as to just how solid this whole
idea is?
Scientists are waiting for evidence from controlled trials
expected to show that mental-fitness exercises can help
people stay sharp on a day-to-day basis, or counter things
like memory loss.
I have to admit there's a kind of faddishness about all this.
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gray matter, 脳、知性
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You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as
grey matter. [INFORMAL]
ex) an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his
grey matter to work overtime.
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underlie, ...の基礎を成す、...の根底にある
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If something underlies a feeling or situation, it is the
cause or basis of it.
ex) Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
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solid, 確固たる、強固な、確かな
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Solid evidence or information is reliable because it is
based on facts.
ex) He has a solid alibi.
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counter, 阻止する、防ぐ
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If you do something to counter a particular action or
process, you do something which has an opposite effect to it
or makes it less effective.
ex) Congestion could be countered by persuading more drivers
to get on their bikes.
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faddishness, (一時的な)流行
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If you describe something as faddish, you mean that it has
no real value and that it will not remain popular for very
long.
ex) It is hard to stand up to your children when they are
screaming for faddish footwear.
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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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neuroplasticity, 神経の柔軟性
rewire, ...の配線を替える
controlled trial, 対照実験
be skeptical about, ...について懐疑的である
supposed virtue, あるといわれている長所
★beware of, ...に注意する
★trade on someone's fears, (人)の不安につけ込む
★compare notes with, ...と情報交換する
★The jury is still out. , まだ結論は出ていない。
★gimmickry, からくりを使うこと
■もう一度読んでみよう
Physical exercise and a balanced diet help keep the old
gray matter in tip-top shape too.
I was reading about neuroplasticity, the scientific concept
underlying the brain-fitness boom.
But isn't the jury still out as to just how solid this whole
idea is?
Scientists are waiting for evidence from controlled trials
expected to show that mental-fitness exercises can help
people stay sharp on a day-to-day basis, or counter things
like memory loss.
I have to admit there's a kind of faddishness about all this.
■前回の復習の答えです
frantically, 死に物狂いで、必死に
specialize in, ...を専門にする
compendium, 概論、大要、...集
burgeoning, 急成長する、急増する
given that, ...を考慮すると、...を思えば
be concerned about, ...に関心がある、...が気がかりである
reinforce, 強化する、補強する
you name it, そのほか何でも
golden years, 老齢期、老後
