3.実践ビジネス英語
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 2012/2/3 Lesson 21 Books and E-Books (3)
■前回の復習です
delve into
gratis
be captivated by
page-turner
aficionado
have the darndest time
patronymic
legible
dusty tome
in someone's book
have a lot going for one
■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 when books are not only digitized but properly hooked up to the Internet,
then e-books will really come into their own.
The common distinction between the Internet and books is a false dichotomy.
I hate to sound like a stick-in-the-mud, but, again, I'm in no hurry to get to
a promised land where all books are e-books.
My book e-tailer emails me recommendations, and I belong to a couple of online
discussion groups where books are the main topic.
I'm convinced that the e-book revolution, as well as online-based sales of
physical books, means bookstores will soon go the way of the dodo.
Hold your horses, Jack.
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be hooked up to, ...に接続される
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If a computer or other electronic machine is hooked up, it is connected to
similar machines or a central power supply.
ex) ...receivers, hooked up to screens and displaying information immediately.
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come into one's own, 実力[真価]を発揮する
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If someone or something comes into their own, they become very successful
or start to perform very well because the circumstances are right.
ex) The goalkeeper came into his own with a series of brilliant saves.
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false dichotomy, 誤って2つに分けること、間違った区分
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If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or
opposition between them. [FORMAL]
ex) There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world.
wikipediaによると、dichotomyとは
A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts,
meaning it is a procedure in which a whole is divided into two parts. It is a
partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets) that are:
jointly exhaustive: everything must belong to one part or the other, and
mutually exclusive: nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts.
つまり、MECEになっている分割ということです。
それがfalse dichotomyということなので、jointly exhaustiveではないか、
または、mutually exclusiveではないような分割になっていて、代替の選択肢が
あるということです。
ビニエットについて言えば、Internetとbooksがfalse dichotomyということなので、
これらが融合したe-booksというものがあるということですかね。
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stick-in-the-mud, 保守的な人、時代遅れの人
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If you describe someone as a stick-in-the-mud, you disapprove of them
because they do not like doing anything that is new or fun. [INFORMAL]
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be in no hurry to, ...する気がしない、...したくない
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If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling
them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
ex) I'll need to talk with you, but there's no hurry.
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promised land, （幸せになれるだろうと思える理想の場所や状況を指して）約束
の地
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If you refer to a place or a state as a promised land, you mean that people desire
it and expect to find happiness or success there.
ex) Sweden has already reached the promised land of near-zero inflation.
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e-tailer, ネットショップ
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An etailer is a person or company that sells products on the Internet.
[COMPUTING]
ex) This company is the biggest wine e-tailer in the UK.
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go the way of the dodo, 絶滅する、廃れる
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to become extinct; to become obsolete.
go the way of the horse and buggy ともいいます。
ex) The floppy disc has gone the way of the horse and buggy.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+the+way+of+the+dodo
いろいろなものが絶滅しかかっているようです。
Twitter 'could go the way of the dodo'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9431000/9431215.stm
Might Coupons Go the Way of the Dodo Bird?
http://voices.yahoo.com/might-coupons-go-way-dodo-bird-8712369.html
Will the 30 year Mortgage Go the Way of the Dodo Bird?
http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/will-the-30-year-mortgage-go-the-way-of-the-dodo-bird/
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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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Hold your horses. 慌てるな。ちょっと待て。
■もう一度読んでみよう
But when books are not only digitized but properly hooked up to the Internet,
then e-books will really come into their own.
The common distinction between the Internet and books is a false dichotomy.
I hate to sound like a stick-in-the-mud, but, again, I'm in no hurry to get to
a promised land where all books are e-books.
My book e-tailer emails me recommendations, and I belong to a couple of online
discussion groups where books are the main topic.
I'm convinced that the e-book revolution, as well as online-based sales of
physical books, means bookstores will soon go the way of the dodo.
Hold your horses, Jack.
■前回の復習の答えです
delve into, (問題など)を掘り下げて考える、(情報を求めて)...を調べる[研究する]
gratis, 無料で、ただで
be captivated by, ...に魅了される、...に心を奪われる
page-turner, ページをすぐにめくりたくなるようなおもしろい本
aficionado, 愛好者、ファン、マニア
have the darndest time, 何ともいまいましい思いをする
patronymic, 父親（の祖先）の名からとった名、父称
legible, 読みやすい、判読できる
dusty tome, ほこりをかぶった（大型の）本
in someone's book, （人）によれば、（人）に言わせれば
have a lot going for one, 利点[いいところ]がたくさんある、たくさんの魅力がある
