来週は夏休みです。
毎年何もせずに終わるのですが、今年は本を読みたいと思います。
ところで、ついに、MacBook Airはポチリと購入ボタンを押しました。
13 inchです。
届くのが楽しみ。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/07/21 Lesson 8 Advice from a Retiree (5)
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本メルマガの単語の復習はこちらでどうぞ
実践ビジネス英語bot http://twitter.com/BijieiBot
■前回の復習です
hunker down
bring oneself [someone] up to speed on
glaze over
craft a portfolio
vice
preventable ailment
■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
But maybe I should forgo my usual Danish in the morning
from now on.
Knowing how to develop and maintain a positive, upbeat
frame of mind is important for retirees.
Once we move to Columbus, I plan to take up swimming
again.
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forgo, ...なしで済ませる、...をあきらめる[やめる]
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If you forego something, you decide to do without it,
although you would like it. [FORMAL]
ex) Keen skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday
to go skiing.
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positive, upbeat, 前向きで明るい
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If people or their opinions are upbeat, they are cheerful
and hopeful about a situation. [INFORMAL]
ex) The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of
the war so far.
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frame of mind, 気持ち、気分、機嫌
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Your frame of mind is the mood that you are in, which
causes you to have a particular attitude to something.
ex) Lewis was not in the right frame of mind to continue.
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take up, ...を始める
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If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested
in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career.
ex) He did not particularly want to take up a competitive
sport.
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Danish, デニッシュ
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もっちりとした甘いジャムが真ん中に入っているパンですな。
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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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power walk, パワーウオーク
No man is an island. 人は孤立して生きるものではない。
How to Power-Walk
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Power-Walk-32265592
■もう一度読んでみよう
But maybe I should forgo my usual Danish in the morning
from now on.
Knowing how to develop and maintain a positive, upbeat
frame of mind is important for retirees.
Once we move to Columbus, I plan to take up swimming
again.
■前回の復習の答えです
hunker down, やる気を出す、本腰を入れる
bring oneself [someone] up to speed on, ...に詳しくなる、
[(人)を...に詳しくさせる]、...に精通する[(人)を...に精通させる]
glaze over,（目が）どんよりする[かすむ]
craft a portfolio, ポートフォリオ（金融資産の一覧表）を作る
vice, 悪行、悪癖
preventable ailment, 予防できる病気
