4月16日に予定通り、リスナーの集いに行ってきました。
今回は東京英語勉強会の新規会員募集のためにお手製の
チラシを受付で配りました。
下のリンクでチラシが見られますのでご興味のおありの方は
ご連絡お待ちしております。
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KK_QZi1uta3H_Iive5FXVkqCu6bSUnVf1U_-qDYVutA/edit?hl=ja
次回以降、集いの様子を小出しにご紹介します。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/04/13 Lesson 2 English in the Global Era (1)
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
experience something firsthand
kick oneself for
Hold your horses.
hoot
give away the hands
■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。
Besides your research, which was top-notch, I was very
impressed by the way your report was written.
If you don't mind my saying so, your command of English
has improved dramatically in the year that you've been
with us here in the Chicago office.
Gee, thanks, Melinda.
In Japan, we get a strong grounding in grammar and
spelling, but not so much in conversational English.
Yes, the younger generation has butchered English.
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top-notch, 最高の、一流の
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If you describe someone or something as top-notch, you
mean that they are of a very high standard or quality.
[INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED]
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command of English, 英語を使いこなす力、英語力
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Your command of something, such as a foreign language,
is your knowledge of it and your ability to use this
knowledge.
ex) a singer with a natural command of melody.
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gee, まあ、ええっ、うそー（驚き、いらだちなどを表す）
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People sometimes say gee to emphasize a reaction
or remark. [AM][INFORMAL]
ex) Gee, it's hot...
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get a strong grounding in, ...のしっかりとした基礎を身につける
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If you have a grounding in a subject, you know the basic
facts or principles of that subject, especially as a result of
a particular course of training or instruction.
ex) The degree provides a thorough grounding in both
mathematics and statistics.
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butcher, 台なしにする、めちゃくちゃにする
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[ODE]
ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence.
ex) the film was butchered by the studio that released it.
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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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whatever, どうでもいいよ
get someone's goat, （人）を怒らせる[いらいらさせる]
in fairness, 公平を期すために言うと
tailor-made, ぴったりの、あつらえむきの
■もう一度読んでみよう
Besides your research, which was top-notch, I was very
impressed by the way your report was written.
If you don't mind my saying so, your command of English
has improved dramatically in the year that you've been
with us here in the Chicago office.
Gee, thanks, Melinda.
In Japan, we get a strong grounding in grammar and
spelling, but not so much in conversational English.
Yes, the younger generation has butchered English.
■前回の復習の答えです
experience something firsthand, （物事）を直接経験する
kick oneself for, ...のことで自分に腹を立てる、...が悔しい
Hold your horses. 慌てるな。落ち着け。ちょっと待って。
hoot, とても面白いもの[人]
give away the hands, 時計の針を譲る
