イギリス英語のテストです。
次は何のことでしょう？
crisps
chips
aubergine
答えは、
crisps ポテトチップス（米語ではpotato chips）
chips フライドポテト（米語ではfrench fries）
aubergine なす（米語ではeggplant）
そんなイギリス英語がたくさん載っている本を読みました。
単語絵本とかんたんフレーズ 私のイギリス英語手帖 金坂慶子著
P.S. Kindle買いました。なかなかです。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/05/26 Lesson 4 Secure Air Travel (5)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/gogaku/english/business2/index.html
■前回の復習です
sensible
fire escape route
deadbolt
get the willies about
rubber smoke mask
■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
The memo also describes the perils of traveling by road
in various parts of the world.
That's a sobering statistic.
I don't want to sound unduly alarmist, but in some countries
I've visited, you 're taking your life in your hands when you
travel by road.
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peril, 危険
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The perils of a particular activity or course of action are
the dangers or problems it may involve.
ex) the perils of starring in a television commercial.
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sobering statistic, 考えさせられる数値
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You say that something is a sobering thought or has a
sobering effect when a situation seems serious and makes
you become serious and thoughtful.
ex) It is a sobering thought that in the 17th century she
could have been burnt as a witch.
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unduly, 過度に、必要以上に
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=excessively
If you say that something does not happen or is not done
unduly, you mean that it does not happen or is not done
to an excessive or unnecessary extent.
ex) He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.
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alarmist, 人騒がせな、心配性の
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Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary
fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous
is going to happen.
ex) The change is not as dramatic as some of the more
alarmist reports would have us believe.
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take your life in your hands, 命がけである
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to do something that is very dangerous, especially where
you risk death
ex) Every time you go parachuting you're taking your life
in your hands.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/take-your-life-in-your-hands
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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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poorly enforced, きちんと施行されていない
appreciate, 理解する
■もう一度読んでみよう
The memo also describes the perils of traveling by road
in various parts of the world.
That's a sobering statistic.
I don't want to sound unduly alarmist, but in some countries
I've visited, you 're taking your life in your hands when you
travel by road.
■前回の復習の答えです
sensible, 賢明な
fire escape route, 避難経路
deadbolt, デッドボルト（強力な錠）、安全錠
get the willies about, ...が怖くなる
rubber smoke mask, ゴム製の防煙マスク
