今回で今年度の放送も終了です。
松下クリスさんともお別れです。
テキスト60ページにクリスさんの挨拶がありますね。
おや、62ページからListening Challenge Review
というのがありますが放送はなしですか。
76ページからのPhrasal Verb Diversionは今年度は
全く手をつけなかったなあというのが胸が痛みます。
では新年度の放送をお楽しみに。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 As American As ... (3) 3/18 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
be a witness to
disciplinary
honoree
quaint
die out
make a wish
blow out the candles
invite someone into the fold
■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。
Speaking of time-honored customs, will Great Lakes be giving
you a gold watch when you retire, Tony?
Incidentally, while I was doing the traditional spring
cleaning with my wife last week, I found a jeweled, engraved
timepiece my father had received on his retirement.
What kind of stakes do you usually play for?
We're hardly high rollers.
It's a chance for us to socialize in a friendly, relaxed
atmosphere.
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time-honored, 昔からの、昔ながらの、伝統的な
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A time-honoured tradition or way of doing something is one
that has been used and respected for a very long time.
ex) The beer is brewed in the time-honoured way at the
Castle Eden Brewery.
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spring cleaning, （春の）大掃除（ふつう冬の終わりにする）
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When you spring-clean a house, you throughly clean
everything in it.
ex) The room inside were undergoing a spring-cleaning.
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stake, 賭け、賭け金
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The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the
things that can be gained or lost.
ex) The game was usually played for high stakes between
two large groups.
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high roller, 大金を賭ける人、ばくち打ち
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High rollers are people who are very rich and who spend
money in an extravagant or risky way, especially by gambling.
[JOURNALISM]
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socialize, 交際する、つきあう
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If you socialize, you meet other people socially, for example
at parties.
ex) an open meeting, where members socialized and welcomed
any new members.
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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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among other things, 特に、とりわけ、何より（も）
pull up stakes, 引っ越す、引き払う
come out ahead, 優位に立つ、もうける、得をする
■もう一度読んでみよう
Speaking of time-honored customs, will Great Lakes be giving
you a gold watch when you retire, Tony?
Incidentally, while I was doing the traditional spring
cleaning with my wife last week, I found a jeweled, engraved
timepiece my father had received on his retirement.
What kind of stakes do you usually play for?
We're hardly high rollers.
It's a chance for us to socialize in a friendly, relaxed
atmosphere.
■前回の復習の答えです
be a witness to, ...の目撃者である、...を目撃する
disciplinary, 懲戒の、懲罰の
honoree, 栄誉を受ける人
quaint, 風変わりでおもしろい、古風な趣のある
die out, 絶滅する、廃れる
make a wish, 願い事をする
blow out the candles, ろうそくを吹き消す
invite someone into the fold, 迎え入れる
