先週の後半がら一気に寒くなりました。
夏から冬へ一気に季節が変わったかのようです。
今年は秋はないのでしょうか。
おかげで木曜日に頭痛を感じ、金曜日にはのどの痛み
が出てきました。
季節の変わり目で風邪を引いたようです。
土曜には夕方まで目が覚めませんでした。
月曜の今日は快方に向かっています。
皆様もお気をつけください。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Prenup Agreement (4) 10/20 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
approach a subject
gleaming white teeth
go south
Just like that?
million-dollar smile
■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've heard of prenups that take up issues like adultery,
who should do the housekeeping and how often, pets and
even permissible weight gain.
The basic idea behind prenups is to plan for the future
by getting everything out in the open from the outset.
It sets out how decisions will be made.
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adultery, 不倫、不貞
──────────────────────────────
If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with
someone that they are not married to.
ex) She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery.
──────────────────────────────
permissible, 許される、許容される
──────────────────────────────
If something is permissible, it is considered to be
acceptable because it does not break any laws or rules.
ex) Religious practices are permissible under the
Constitution.
──────────────────────────────
get everything out in the open, すべてを公表する、何もかも明かす
──────────────────────────────
If an attitude or situation is in the open or out in the
open, people know about it and it is no longer kept secret.
ex) The medical service had advised us to keep it a secret,
but we wanted it in the open.
──────────────────────────────
from the outset, 最初から
──────────────────────────────
If something happens at the outset of an event, process, or
period of time, it happens at the beginning of it. If
something happens from the outset it happens from the
beginning and continues to happen.
ex) From the outset he had put his trust in me, the son
of his old friend.
──────────────────────────────
set out, （口頭・文書で系統立てて）...を述べる
──────────────────────────────
If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments,
you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized
way.
ex) He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views.
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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
──────────────────────────────
Such as? たとえば（どんなことですか）？
be out on the street, ホームレスである、家からほうり出されている
■もう一度読んでみよう
I've heard of prenups that take up issues like adultery,
who should do the housekeeping and how often, pets and
even permissible weight gain.
The basic idea behind prenups is to plan for the future
by getting everything out in the open from the outset.
It sets out how decisions will be made.
■前回の復習の答えです
approach a subject, 問題に取りかかる、問題に取り組む
gleaming white teeth, ぴかぴかの白い歯
go south, 悪くなる、うまくいかなくなる、失敗する
Just like that? いきなりですか。
million-dollar smile, 100万ドルの笑顔、最高のほほえみ
