5月21日（土）午前9時から、TEDxTokyoのストリーミングがあります。
一日中やってるみたいですが、早起きして見ましょう。
土曜の夜は「会社の星」です。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/05/13 Lesson 3 Smart Job Interviewing (6)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/gogaku/english/business2/index.html
■前回の復習です
make a point of
stretch
solicit advice
irreplaceable
carry the torch
■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
Anyway, we've certainly got our work cut out for us deciding
who can best fill Tony's shoes - if such a thing is possible.
I think we're spoiled for choice here.
It's a humbling feeling for me, to be honest.
Yes, they came in all shapes and sizes, didn't they?
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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
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Smart Job Interviewing (1)より
have your work cut out (for you)
if you have your work cut out, you have something very difficult to do
ex) We're training a completely new team, so we've got our work cut out for us.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+work+cut+out
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fill someone's shoes, （人）の代役を果たす、（人）の後任となる
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Smart Job Interviewing (1)より
To assume someone's position or duties.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fill+(someone's)+shoes
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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
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Smart Job Interviewing (1)より
If you say that someone is spoiled for choice, you mean
that they have a great many things of the same type to
choose from.
ex) At lunchtime, MPs are spoiled for choice in 26
restaurants and bars, each providing subsidized food.
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humbling feeling, 謙虚な[屈辱的な、惨めな]気分
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Smart Job Interviewing (1)より
If something or someone humbles you, they make you
realize that you are not as important or good as you
thought you were.
ex) Giving up an addiction is a humbling experience.
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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
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Smart Job Interviewing (1)より
If you say that things or people of a certain type come in
all shapes and sizes, you mean that there are a large
number of them, and that they are often very different
from each other.
ex) Colleges and universities come in all shapes and sizes.
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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
Anyway, we've certainly got our work cut out for us deciding
who can best fill Tony's shoes - if such a thing is possible.
I think we're spoiled for choice here.
It's a humbling feeling for me, to be honest.
Yes, they came in all shapes and sizes, didn't they?
■前回の復習の答えです
make a point of, ...をするようにしている
stretch, 背伸びして一段と高い目標を目指す
solicit advice, アドバイスを求める
irreplaceable, 取り替えられない、代わりが利かない、
掛けがえのない
carry the torch, （伝統、信条などを）支え続ける[守っていく]
