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早速やってみました。
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しばらく使ってみようと思います。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/08/11 Lesson 9 Career and Money (5)
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
That's nothing to sneeze at
give one's blessing
foot the bill
dissuade
make a sizable dent in
thoughtfulness
pocketbook
modest
with no end in sight
do a double-take
■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 the prospect of being saddled with debt that may take
years to pay off doesn't seems to faze students.
It's still an article of faith that a college education is the key
to success.
Knowing just how onerous a burden student-loan repayments
can be, I try to impress upon Jim the need to develop good
financial habits.
I'm always badgering him to set aside money whenever he
can as insurance for a rainy day.
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be saddled with, ...を負う、...を抱える
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saddle
If you saddle someone with a problem or with a responsiblity,
you put them in a position where they have to deal with it.
ex) The war devastated the economy and saddled the country
with a huge foreign debt.
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faze, 困惑させる、おじけつかせる
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If something fazes you, it surprises, shocks, or frightens you,
so that you do not know what to do. [INFORMAL]
ex) He wasn't a bit fazed by the fact that I was gay.
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article of faith, 信条、固く信じていること
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If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they
believe in it totally.
ex) It used to be an article of faith that a man's career was
more important than the convenience of his family.
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onerous, 煩わしい、やっかいな
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If you describe a task as onerous, you dislike having to do it
because you find it difficult or unpleasant. [FORMAL]
ex) parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up
a very difficult child.
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badger, しつこくせまる、口をすっぱくして言う
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If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do
something or repeatedly ask them questions.
ex) She badgered her doctor time and again, pledging with
him to do something.
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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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student-loan default, 学資ローンの債務不履行
manageable, 処理[管理]できる、手に負える
set aside money, お金を取っておく[ためておく]
counsel, 忠告、助言
insurance for a rainy day, まさかの時のための保険
■もう一度読んでみよう
But the prospect of being saddled with debt that may take
years to pay off doesn't seems to faze students.
It's still an article of faith that a college education is the key
to success.
Knowing just how onerous a burden student-loan repayments
can be, I try to impress upon Jim the need to develop good
financial habits.
I'm always badgering him to set aside money whenever he
can as insurance for a rainy day.
■前回の復習の答えです
That's nothing to sneeze at, それは軽視できない
give one's blessing, 承認する、賛成する
foot the bill, 支払いをする、費用を出す
dissuade, 思いとどまらせる
make a sizable dent in, ...を大幅に減らす
thoughtfulness, 思いやり、心遣い
pocketbook, 資力、懐具合、台所（事情）
modest, 適度の、ほどほどの、そこそこの
with no end in sight, 終わりが見えないで、いつまで続くかわからなくて
do a double-take, びっくりして見直す
