GW、これまでのところ、24シーズン2をコンプリートすべく、
見続けています。ただ見てるのではなく、音声は日本語、
字幕を英語にして、知らない単語はメモを取りながら見ています。
traitor 反逆者
residue 残留物
brainwash 洗脳する
dammit ちくしょう！
sedate 鎮静剤で眠らせる
precinct 警察管区
といった、非常に偏ったボキャブラリを増やすことができました。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/04/27 Lesson 3 Smart Job Interviewing (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
■前回の復習です
be crucified
harp on
make great strides
render
subtly amusing
grave
witticism
■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
Well, now that we've interviewed the shortlisted candidates
to succeed Tony, I'd like to her your take on them.
Quite an eclectic bunch, don't you think?
I was taken aback by the rather rude and presumptuous attitude
shown by a couple of the interviewees.
I heard later that one of them was offhand and curt when
speaking with our receptionists.
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shortlist, 最終候補者に選ぶ
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[ODE]
noun: a list of selected candidates from which a final
choice is made
verb: put (someone or something) on a shortlist.
ex) the novel was shortlisted for the Book Prize.
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eclectic, （選択範囲が）幅広い、多様な、いろいろな
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An eclectic collection of objects, ideas, or beliefs is
wide-ranging and comes from many different sources.
[FORMAL]
ex) an eclectic collections of paintings, drawings,
and prints.
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be taken aback, びっくりする、めんくらう
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If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised
or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
ex) Derek was taken aback when a man answered the phone.
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rude and presumptuous, 無礼で厚かましい
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If you describe someone or their behaviour as presumptuous,
you disapprove of them because they are doing something
that they have no right or authority to do.
ex) It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome
will be.
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offhand and curt, 無愛想でそっけない、ぶっきらぼうな
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offhand
If you say that someone is being off-hand, you are
critical of them for being unfriendly or impolite, and not
showing any interest in what other people are doing
or saying.
ex) He lapsed into long silences or became offensively
off-hand.
curt
If you say describe someone as curt, you mean that they
speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
この定義でsayとdescribeはどちらかが不要でしょうね。
ex) Her tone of voice was curt.
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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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have (got) one's work cut out for one, (人)が苦労する、
（人）にとって一大事である
fill someone's shoes, （人）の代役を果たす、（人）の後任となる
be spoiled for choice, （選択肢が多くて）選ぶのに困る、
より取り見取りで決めかねる
humbling feeling, 謙虚な[屈辱的な、惨めな]気分
come in all shapes and sizes, さまざまな種類がある[いる]
多種多様だ、多彩だ
■もう一度読んでみよう
Well, now that we've interviewed the shortlisted candidates
to succeed Tony, I'd like to her your take on them.
Quite an eclectic bunch, don't you think?
I was taken aback by the rather rude and presumptuous attitude
shown by a couple of the interviewees.
I heard later that one of them was offhand and curt when
speaking with our receptionists.
■前回の復習の答えです
be crucified, はりつけにされる、厳しく非難される
harp on, ...をくどくど繰り返し言う
make great strides, 大進歩を遂げる
render, 翻訳する
subtly amusing, 巧みに練られていて[微妙に]面白い
grave, 重大な（seriousよりも深刻な事態を暗示する）
witticism, しゃれ
