1.身の回りのことなど
本日（1/9 月）NHK Eテレ 22:25から、「とよた真帆のネコ学」が始まります。
猫好きの人は必見です。
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2. 英語に関するあれこれ
日経のサイトで見つけたのですが、C世代という言葉が来ているようです。
以下、日経サイトより引用
「Ｃ世代」と拓く新世界 Ｃ世代駆ける 第６回
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「ジェネレーションＣ（Ｃ世代）」はここ数年、米国で使われ始めた言葉だ。
年齢は限定しないが基本的に若者。ＣはＣｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ（パソコン）、
Ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｅｄ（接続）、Ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙ（共同体）、Ｃｈａｎｇｅ
（変化）、Ｃｒｅａｔｅ（創造）などを意味する。
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来年度のテキストに登場するに一票。
3.実践ビジネス英語
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2011/12/30 Lesson 19 Ban on Laptop (3)
■前回の復習です
where someone is coming from
get under someone's skin
There's no other word for it but rude.
rationalize
undivided attention
make one's point
hands-on way
■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
He took an old laptop, frozen it in liquid nitrogen and shattered it
in front of his stunned class.
I must say that's a striking way of making one's point.
I can think of a few times when I've been sorely tempted to take rash
action like that.
I hate it when someone's got their nose in their laptop during a meeting
and is oblivious to what's going on around them.
She decided to compare the grades of students who used laptops in
class with those of the people who didn't
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freeze in liquid nitrogen, 液体窒素で凍らせる
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Nitrogen is a colourless element that has no smell and is usually found
as a gas. It forms about 78% of the earth's atmosphere, and is found
in all living things.
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shatter, 粉々にする
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If something shatters, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
ex) One bullet shattered his skull.
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stunned, ぼう然とした、あっけにとられた
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If you are stunned by something, you are extremely shocked or
surprised by it and therefore unable to speak or do anything.
ex) When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.
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striking, 顕著な、強烈な、際立った
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Something that is striking is very noticeable or unusual.
ex) The most striking feature of those statistics is the high propotion
of sucides.
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be sorely tempted to, すごく...したくなる
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Sorely is used to emphasize that a feeling such as disappointment or
need is very strong.
ex) National institutes in the east are sorely in need of renovation
and modern equipment.
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take rash action, 性急な行動を取る
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If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking
carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly.
ex) Mr. Major is making no rash promises.
rashは発疹でもあります。
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have (got) one's nose in, ...に夢中になっている
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have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper
to be reading a book etc, especially with a lot of interest:
ex) She always had her nose in a book.
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/nose_1
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be oblivious to, ...に気づいていない、...がわからない
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If you are oblivious to something or oblivius of it, you are not aware
of it.
ex) She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain.
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grade, 成績
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Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you
get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level
of achievement.
ex) There was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.
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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
He took an old laptop, frozen it in liquid nitrogen and shattered it
in fron of his stunned class.
I must say that's a strinking way of making one's point.
I can think of a few times when I've been sorely tempted to take rash
action like that.
I hate it when someone's got their nose in their laptop during a meeting
and is oblivious to what's going on around them.
She decided to compare the grades of students who used laptops in
class with those of the people who didn't
■前回の復習の答えです
where someone is coming from, （人）の考え（方）、（人）の気持ち、（人）
が言いたいこと
get under someone's skin, （人）をいらいらさせる
There's no other word for it but rude. それは失礼としか言いようがない
rationalize, 正当化する、合理化する
undivided attention, 専念
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
hands-on way, （ことばではなく）実際に行う方法
