MacBook Air 13 inchをついに手にしました。
ですが、思ったより大きさが大きいし、思ったより重い。。。
（1.35キロ）
確かに薄いのですが、、、
さて、これをどう使いましょう？
実は初めてのプライベートでのノートPCなので。
使い道が、、、？
買うまでのあの高揚感は何処、、、？
マックでメルマガでも書くか？
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/07/27 Lesson 9 Career and Money (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
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
forgo
positive, upbeat
frame of mind
take up
Danish
power walk
No man is an island.
■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
They face some tough life choices that my generation was
fortunate enough to be spared.
I take it you're referring to the increasingly cutthroat job
market.
Jim's in a quandary.
The soaring cost of a college education is burdening
students with crushing debt because they have to take out
massive student loans.
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be spared, 免かれる、なしで済む
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If a person or a place is spared, they are not harmed, even
though other people or places have been. [LITERARY]
ex) We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives
have been spared.
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cutthroat, 過酷な、厳しい
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If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that
the people or companies involved all want success and
do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
ex) the cut-throat competition in personal computers.
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be in a quandary, 途方に暮れている、ジレンマに陥っている
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If you are in a quandary, you have to make a decision but
cannot decide what to do.
ex) The government appears to be in a quandary about
what to do with so many people.
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be in a double bind, 板挟みに陥っている
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If you are in a double bind, you are in a very difficult
situation, because you have problems that cannot be
solved easily or without causing more problems.
ex) Women are in a double bind: they are expected to act
like men, but are criticized when they do.
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crushing debt, 多額の借金[負債]
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A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very
great or severe one.
ex) a crushing burden od debt.
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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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It's no picnic. 楽しいどころではない。とても大変だ。
have got one's heart set on, ...を強く望む、...を心に決める
burden, 重荷[負担]を負わせる、苦しめる
take out, （ローンなどを）受ける
■もう一度読んでみよう
They face some tough life choices that my generation was
fortunate enough to be spared.
I take it you're referring to the increasingly cutthroat job
market.
Jim's in a quandary.
The soaring cost of a college education is burdening
students with crushing debt because they have to take out
massive student loans.
■前回の復習の答えです
forgo, ...なしで済ませる、...をあきらめる[やめる]
positive, upbeat, 前向きで明るい
frame of mind, 気持ち、気分、機嫌
take up, ...を始める
Danish, デニッシュ
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。
