米国赴任24週目が終了。
California州のDriver Licenseをようやく手にしました。こちらに来て半年かかったことになります。
アメリカでは筆記試験と実技試験の両方を受ける必要があります。どちらもDMVという役所で受けます。
筆記は英語でもいいですが日本語の問題用紙も選択できます。事前に過去問を勉強しておけばOKです。私は会社のexpatに代々受け継がれているもので勉強しました。筆記は一発合格。
筆記合格後、実技の予約を入れます。ちなみに、実技はBehind the Wheel testと呼ばれます。
実技の試験コースも歴代expatからの情報や、Gogle mapなどで公開されているものがあり、事前練習をしました。試験コースは制限速度が25マイルがほとんどなので、普段のスピードよりもずっとゆっくりと走る必要があります。
実技も一発合格でしたが、減点方式で15点までは合格のところを私は10点減点されていました。一時停止や確認が不十分だったようです。危ないところでした。
しかし合格は合格です。これで外出時に国際免許証とパスポートを持ち歩かなくてよくなりました。
クレジットカードを使うときや、アルコールをスーパーで買うときになどに、Photo IDの提示を求められることがありますが、これからはびしっとDriver Licenseを見せることができます。
California州のDriver Licenseをようやく手にしました。こちらに来て半年かかったことになります。
アメリカでは筆記試験と実技試験の両方を受ける必要があります。どちらもDMVという役所で受けます。
筆記は英語でもいいですが日本語の問題用紙も選択できます。事前に過去問を勉強しておけばOKです。私は会社のexpatに代々受け継がれているもので勉強しました。筆記は一発合格。
筆記合格後、実技の予約を入れます。ちなみに、実技はBehind the Wheel testと呼ばれます。
実技の試験コースも歴代expatからの情報や、Gogle mapなどで公開されているものがあり、事前練習をしました。試験コースは制限速度が25マイルがほとんどなので、普段のスピードよりもずっとゆっくりと走る必要があります。
実技も一発合格でしたが、減点方式で15点までは合格のところを私は10点減点されていました。一時停止や確認が不十分だったようです。危ないところでした。
しかし合格は合格です。これで外出時に国際免許証とパスポートを持ち歩かなくてよくなりました。
クレジットカードを使うときや、アルコールをスーパーで買うときになどに、Photo IDの提示を求められることがありますが、これからはびしっとDriver Licenseを見せることができます。
近所のハロウィンの飾りです。
3.実践ビジネス英語 2013/10 Lesson 13 Workplace Flexibility 4,5,6
■前回の復習です
shape up
show up for work
territoriality
rigor
watchword
come up for renewal
bounce back
toss idea around
■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
One big Web portal operator raised eyebrows in the business world when it recently announced it was doing away with telecommuting altogether.
The company felt employees were missing out on the kind of synergies the come with personal contact.
Workers can start work full of vim and vigor instead of being burned out from a long and stressful commute to the office.
The telecommuting has its merits, to be sure.
there's still this lingering prejudice against telecommuting.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
Some companies are now using computer-monitoring software to keep tabs on employes working from home.
After all, it's results that count in the end, right?
many workers are self-motivated enough to be let alone to get on with the task at hand, no matter where they're working.
there are others that you have to ride herd on.
(4)
★raise eyebrows, 驚かせる、びっくりさせる
raise one's eyebrows
show surprise, disbelief, or mild disapproval.
One big Web portal operator raised eyebrows in the business world when it recently announced it was doing away with telecommuting altogether.
★miss out on, ...の機会を失う
miss out
to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something:
ex) Don't miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sale.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/miss-out#
The company felt employees were missing out on the kind of synergies the come with personal contact.
★full of vim and vigor, 元気いっぱいで
vim
energy; enthusiasm
ex) in his youth he was full of vim and vigor
vigor
physical strength and good health
Workers can start work full of vim and vigor instead of being burned out from a long and stressful commute to the office.
(5)
★to be sure, もちろん
used to concede the truth of something that conflicts with another point that one wishes to make:
ex) the ski runs are very limited, to be sure, but excellent for beginners.
The telecommuting has its merits, to be sure.
この訳って、もちろん、でOKなのか不安です。
★lingering, なかなか消えない、長引く
lasting for a long time or slow to end:
ex) there are still some lingering doubts in my mind.
there's still this lingering prejudice against telecommuting.
★goof off, サボる、怠ける
evade a duty; idle or shirk:
ex) he was goofing off from his math homework.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
★under the eagle eye of, ...の厳しい監視の下で
eagle eye
a keen or close watch:
ex) she was keeping an eagle eye on Laura.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
★keep tabs on, ...をチェック[監視]する
<informal> monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation:
Some companies are now using computer-monitoring software to keep tabs on employes working from home.
★count, 重要である
be significant:
ex) it did not matter what the audience thought - it was the critics that counted.
After all, it's results that count in the end, right?
★get on with the task at hand, 目の前の仕事をこなしていく
get on
continue doing something, esp. after an interruption:
ex) I've got to get on with this job.
at hand
nearby
ex) keep the manual close at hand
many workers are self-motivated enough to be let alone to get on with the task at hand, no matter where they're working.
★ride herd on ,...を監視する
Fig. to supervise someone or something. (Alludes to a cowboy supervising cattle.)
ex) I'm tired of having to ride herd on my kids all the time.
ex) My job is to ride herd on this project and make sure everything is done right.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ride+herd+on
there are others that you have to ride herd on.
■前回の復習の答えです
shape up, ある形に落ち着く
show up for work, 出社する
territoriality, 縄張り意識, 領土権
rigor, 厳しさ
watchword, 合言葉、スローガン
come up for renewal, 更新期を迎える
bounce back, 回復する
toss idea around, アイデアをあれこれ検討する
■前回の復習です
shape up
show up for work
territoriality
rigor
watchword
come up for renewal
bounce back
toss idea around
■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
One big Web portal operator raised eyebrows in the business world when it recently announced it was doing away with telecommuting altogether.
The company felt employees were missing out on the kind of synergies the come with personal contact.
Workers can start work full of vim and vigor instead of being burned out from a long and stressful commute to the office.
The telecommuting has its merits, to be sure.
there's still this lingering prejudice against telecommuting.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
Some companies are now using computer-monitoring software to keep tabs on employes working from home.
After all, it's results that count in the end, right?
many workers are self-motivated enough to be let alone to get on with the task at hand, no matter where they're working.
there are others that you have to ride herd on.
(4)
★raise eyebrows, 驚かせる、びっくりさせる
raise one's eyebrows
show surprise, disbelief, or mild disapproval.
One big Web portal operator raised eyebrows in the business world when it recently announced it was doing away with telecommuting altogether.
★miss out on, ...の機会を失う
miss out
to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something:
ex) Don't miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sale.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/miss-out#
The company felt employees were missing out on the kind of synergies the come with personal contact.
★full of vim and vigor, 元気いっぱいで
vim
energy; enthusiasm
ex) in his youth he was full of vim and vigor
vigor
physical strength and good health
Workers can start work full of vim and vigor instead of being burned out from a long and stressful commute to the office.
(5)
★to be sure, もちろん
used to concede the truth of something that conflicts with another point that one wishes to make:
ex) the ski runs are very limited, to be sure, but excellent for beginners.
The telecommuting has its merits, to be sure.
この訳って、もちろん、でOKなのか不安です。
★lingering, なかなか消えない、長引く
lasting for a long time or slow to end:
ex) there are still some lingering doubts in my mind.
there's still this lingering prejudice against telecommuting.
★goof off, サボる、怠ける
evade a duty; idle or shirk:
ex) he was goofing off from his math homework.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
★under the eagle eye of, ...の厳しい監視の下で
eagle eye
a keen or close watch:
ex) she was keeping an eagle eye on Laura.
Many people figure telecommuters are goofing off when they're not working under the eagle eye of their supervisor.
★keep tabs on, ...をチェック[監視]する
<informal> monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation:
Some companies are now using computer-monitoring software to keep tabs on employes working from home.
★count, 重要である
be significant:
ex) it did not matter what the audience thought - it was the critics that counted.
After all, it's results that count in the end, right?
★get on with the task at hand, 目の前の仕事をこなしていく
get on
continue doing something, esp. after an interruption:
ex) I've got to get on with this job.
at hand
nearby
ex) keep the manual close at hand
many workers are self-motivated enough to be let alone to get on with the task at hand, no matter where they're working.
★ride herd on ,...を監視する
Fig. to supervise someone or something. (Alludes to a cowboy supervising cattle.)
ex) I'm tired of having to ride herd on my kids all the time.
ex) My job is to ride herd on this project and make sure everything is done right.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ride+herd+on
there are others that you have to ride herd on.
■前回の復習の答えです
shape up, ある形に落ち着く
show up for work, 出社する
territoriality, 縄張り意識, 領土権
rigor, 厳しさ
watchword, 合言葉、スローガン
come up for renewal, 更新期を迎える
bounce back, 回復する
toss idea around, アイデアをあれこれ検討する
