asahi.comによると、NHKラジオがネット配信を11年度中にも
開始するようです。
放送と同時にインターネットにも配信するそうです。
あとはネット配信されたものを自動録音する仕組みがあれば
さらに便利になりますね。
podcastで配信してくれたら最高なのですが。
あ、CDが売れなくなるか？
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Changing Spending Habits (6) 2/11 2011
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
2011年「実践ビジネス英語 リスナーの集い」申込み(4/16開催)
http://www.ethospathoslogos.com/talkshow/index.html
■前回の復習です
in a two- to three-hour window
fishing rod and tackle
overcommit on
take a calculated risk
set oneself apart from the rest of the herd
to someone's great dismay
tough call
well-founded
belt-tightening
■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。
Of course, there will always be people who save money for a
rainy day, but many more like to live it up while they can.
I shudder to think of all the money I spent on inconsequential
things, instead of putting it aside for the future.
In fact, it's positively de rigueur.
He said the main thing he learned in those days was that
you should hold on tight till you know you're really
out of the woods.
──────────────────────────────
live it up, 大いに楽しむ、気ままに遊び暮らす
──────────────────────────────
If you live it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting
time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out
drinking with friends. [INFORMAL]
ex) There is no reason why you couldn't live it up
once in a while.
──────────────────────────────
shudder to think, （...のことを）考えるとぞっとする
──────────────────────────────
If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a
particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so
bad that you do not really want to think about it.
ex) I shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn't
acted as quickly as he did.
──────────────────────────────
inconsequential, 取るに足らない
──────────────────────────────
Something that is inconsequential is not important.
ex) Seemingly inconsequential details can somethimes
contain significant clues.
──────────────────────────────
de rigueur, （儀礼・慣行などのうえで）必要な
──────────────────────────────
Changing Spending Habits (2)より
If you say that a posession or habit is de ligueur, you mean
that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone
who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
ex) T-shirts now seem almost de ligueur in the West End.
──────────────────────────────
be out of the woods, 危険[危機]を脱している
──────────────────────────────
Changing Spending Habits (2)より
If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they
are still having difficulties or problems. [INFORMAL]
ex) The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.
──────────────────────────────
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
──────────────────────────────
なしです。
■もう一度読んでみよう
Of course, there will always be people who save money for a
rainy day, but many more like to live it up while they can.
I shudder to think of all the money I spent on inconsequential
things, instead of putting it aside for the future.
In fact, it's positively de rigueur.
He said the main thing he learned in those days was that
you should hold on tight till you know you're really
out of the woods.
■前回の復習の答えです
in a two- to three-hour window, 2時間から3時間の（限定され
た）時間内に
fishing rod and tackle, 釣りざおなどの釣り道具
overcommit on, 能力・資金などの範囲を超えて...に手を出す
take a calculated risk, リスクを承知で賭けに出る
set oneself apart from the rest of the herd, 多くの他社[他者]
との差別化を図る
to someone's great dismay, (人)がとてもがっかりしたことには
tough call, 厳しい決断
well-founded, 十分根拠がある
belt-tightening, 緊縮(政策)、支出削減、切り詰め
