1.身の回りのことなど
新年早々、ネットがつながらなくなりました。NTTのフレッツですね。昨年末か
らPocket WiFi(GP02)も使い始めていたので、これでデスクトップPCもネッ
トにつないでしのぎました。
Pocket WiFiでskypeもにこ動も使えるので、フレッツ要らないかも、とも思い
ましたが、速度がやはり遅いです。アプリのダウンロードに時間がかかります。
ということで本日4日にNTTのコールセンターに電話をして、翌日集合住宅の
集合装置を点検してもらえる事になりました。ま、これで直ってくれるとよいの
ですが。
明日というか本日（5日）から仕事です。
まずはダイエットして腹をひっこめないと。。
実践ビジネス英語を骨までしゃぶるfacebook
会員数20名超えました！
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2. 英語に関するあれこれ
オンライン英会話のレアジョブでは全プラン初月2,000円のキャンペーンを
やっています(1月中)
これを機会にはじめてみてはいかがでしょうか。
3.実践ビジネス英語
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/12/29 Lesson 19 Ban on Laptop (2)
テキスト上から3行目、People should be focused on the meetingは
People should focus on the meetingでもいいのでしょうかね？
■前回の復習です
hash out
Did I hear you right?
blow one's stack
slam one's fist down
a bitter pill to swallow
yours truly
■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
I know where Harold is coming from.
It really gets under my skin when I'm doing a presentation at a meeting
and people are texting on their smartphones or checking their emails
on their laptops.
There's no other word for it but rude.
Many people rationalize that kind of impolite behavior by claiming
they're multitasking.
We need everyone to give their full and undivided attention to the task
at hand.
They ignored his repeated appeals to stop, so he decided to make his
point in a hands-on way.
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where someone is coming from, （人）の考え（方）、（人）の気持ち、（人）
が言いたいこと
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If you say that you know where someone is coming from, you mean
that you understand their situation, attitude, or emotional state.
[INFORMAL]
ex) I just don't get where he's coming from, that guy.
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get under someone's skin, （人）をいらいらさせる
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If something gets under your skin, it annoys or worries you.
ex) The continuing criticism, which is getting harsher, is getting under
his skin a little bit.
コウビルドでは2番目の意味として「好きになる」という反対の意味が載っています。
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There's no other word for it but rude. それは失礼としか言いようがない
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"There's no other word for it but" site:ukでぐぐると、5370件ヒットしますので、
よく使われる表現といえるでしょう。
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rationalize, 正当化する、合理化する
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If you try to rationalize attitudes or actions that are difficult to accept,
you think of reasons to justify or explain them.
ex) He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was
actually promoting peace.
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undivided attention, 専念
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If you gives someone or something your undivided atention, you
concentrate on them fully and do not think about anything else.
ex) Adults rarely give the television their undivided attention.
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make one's point, 自分の言いたいことをわからせる、自分の主張を通す
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If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something
is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
ex) Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred
people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point...
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hands-on way, （ことばではなく）実際に行う方法
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Hands-on experience or work involves actually doing a particular thing,
rather than just talking about it or getting someone else to do it.
ex) This hands-on management approach often stretches his workday
from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Work-Life Choices (4) 1/26 2011からのコピペです。
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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
I know where Harold is coming from.
It really gets under my skin when I'm doing a presentation at a meeting
and people are texting on their smartphones or checking their emails
on their laptops.
There's no other word for it but rude.
Many people rationalize that kind of impolite behavior by claiming
they're multitasking.
We need everyone to give their full and undivided attention to the task
at hand.
They ignored his repeated appeals to stop, so he decided to make his
point in a hands-on way.
■前回の復習の答えです
hash out, 議論して...に結論をつける、徹底的に論ずる
Did I hear you right? 私の聞き違いでしょうか。
blow one's stack, 怒りを爆発させる、かっとなる
slam one's fist down, こぶしをたたきつける
a bitter pill to swallow, 耐えねばならないいやなこと
yours truly, 私（自身）
