先週久しぶりに通勤電車の中でビジ英のテキストを
広げました。
なぜか?
それは実践ビジネス英語の勉強会に行くことに
なっていたからなのです。
平日の夜にやっているのですが、勉強会に行くとなると
通勤電車の中でテキストを広げて復習というか予習をする
ことになりますね。自然とそうなりますね。
勉強会は一つの継続の方法でしょう。
最近、朝活、夜活というのが若い女性の間
で流行っているそうです。
実践ビジネス英語の夜活をされている人もいるみたいですね。
渋谷近辺でやっている我々の勉強会にもぜひお越しください!
詳しくはこちらのページをご覧ください。
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お伝えになるとスムーズです。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Don't Text and Whatever (3) 11/19 2010
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■前回の復習です
disharmony
fragment someone's attention
old codger
manifestation
age-old
■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。
It seems like texting has replaced conversation for the
under-20 set.
When I checked his monthly mobile-phone bill the other day,
I found that he'd racked up close to 2,000 incoming text
messages, and had sent nearly as many as well.
That works out to more than 60 two-way communications every
day.
That really threw me for a loop.
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under-20 set, 20歳未満の人[若者]たち
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You can refer to a group of people as a set if they meet
together socially or have the same interests and lifestyle.
ex) what the press called 'The Chelsea Set' -upper-class
rakes forced by lack of cash to fraternise with criminals.
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rack up, (得点など)をあげる、(お金など)をためる
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If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes
a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportwoman, or team racks up
wins, they win a lot of matches or races.
ex) Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up
profits in the coming months.
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work out to, (金額・数字などが)...になる
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If something works out at a particular amount, it is
calculated to be that amount after all the facts and figures
have been considered.
ex) The price per pound works out at L3.20.
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throw someone for a loop, (人)をびっくりさせる
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If someone or something throws you for a loop or knocks you
for a loop, they shock you or surprise you very much.
[mainly AMERICAN]
ex) The banker was surprised to find Johnson in his usual
high spirits. If Kravis's offer had thrown him for a loop,
Johnson wasn't letting it show.
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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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なしです。
■もう一度読んでみよう
It seems like texting has replaced conversation for the
under-20 set.
When I checked his monthly mobile-phone bill the other day,
I found that he'd racked up close to 2,000 incoming text
messages, and had sent nearly as many as well.
That works out to more than 60 two-way communications every
day.
That really threw me for a loop.
■前回の復習の答えです
disharmony, 不調和、不一致、不和
fragment someone's attention, (人)の注意を散漫にする
old codger, じいさん、偏屈な老人
manifestation, (感情などの)表れ、表に出たもの
age-old, 昔からある、長い歳月を経た