米国赴任51週目が終了。
先週、今月より新しく上司となるアメリカ人と今後の仕事内容について面談しました。
こういう一対一の打ち合わせを1x1(one on one)と言います。
さて、その新しい上司からの初対面での最初の一言が衝撃的でした。
「お前は何をコントリビュートできるのか？」
What can you contribute to us? だったかな（うるおぼえ）
ice breakingもなしに、いきなりです。
いやーアメリカですねー
これってjob interviewでの定番質問ではなかったですか？
今回のレッスンのテーマに関するyoutube videoをご紹介します。
New York City's Adult Playgrounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngo0n8rt-50
ムキムキとした野郎があたかもジムにいるかのようにwork outする場所のように見えます。老親を連れて行く場所に適しているとは思えません。
先週、今月より新しく上司となるアメリカ人と今後の仕事内容について面談しました。
こういう一対一の打ち合わせを1x1(one on one)と言います。
さて、その新しい上司からの初対面での最初の一言が衝撃的でした。
「お前は何をコントリビュートできるのか？」
What can you contribute to us? だったかな（うるおぼえ）
ice breakingもなしに、いきなりです。
いやーアメリカですねー
これってjob interviewでの定番質問ではなかったですか？
今回のレッスンのテーマに関するyoutube videoをご紹介します。
New York City's Adult Playgrounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngo0n8rt-50
ムキムキとした野郎があたかもジムにいるかのようにwork outする場所のように見えます。老親を連れて行く場所に適しているとは思えません。
3.実践ビジネス英語 2014/4 Lesson 1 Summer Camp for Adults 4,5,6
■前回の復習です
sylvan
idyllic
dear old pater
live out one's childhood dream
get back in the saddle
sedate
a full slate of activities
keep a tally of
avian species
scrumptious
jolly lark
be in one's element
crass pun
seedy
be banned from
stand a better chance of
stem the rise in
gym-averse
dread
■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
Adult playgrounds are a practical application of what's known as "nudge theory."
Adult playgrounds are also a great antidote to isolation.
The adult playground trend has caught on in a big way in the U.K. in the last few years.
The Chinese government hit upon the idea of playgrounds for adults with modern gym equipment.
What's this I hear about the "natural movement" that's becoming popular in Europe lately?
That's another exercise alternative for gym-allergic adults.
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
I don't think I'm quite up to that.
Companies in Britain have taken a leaf from China's book.
★nudge, 説得して...させる
Adult playgrounds are a practical application of what's known as "nudge theory."
★antidote to isolation, 孤立化対策
Adult playgrounds are also a great antidote to isolation.
antidoteは、...の解決手段という意味の他に、解毒剤という意味もあります。
★catch on, 人気を得る、流行する、ヒットする
The adult playground trend has caught on in a big way in the U.K. in the last few years.
★hit upon an idea, 考えを思いつく
The Chinese government hit upon the idea of playgrounds for adults with modern gym equipment.
★what's this I hear about, 私が耳にする...は何ですか
What's this I hear about the "natural movement" that's becoming popular in Europe lately?
★gym-allergic, ジム嫌いの
That's another exercise alternative for gym-allergic adults.
★proponent, 提唱者、支持者
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★effortlessly and spontaneously, 難なく無意識のうちに
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★in a natural setting, 自然環境の中で
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★be up to, ...をやりこなせる
I don't think I'm quite up to that.
★take a leaf from someone's book, （人）のやることを手本にする[まねる]
Companies in Britain have taken a leaf from China's book.
このleafですが、turn over a new leafのleafも、葉っぱではなく、書物の一枚だそうで、目から鱗です。
■前回の復習の答えです
sylvan, 森の中の、樹木の茂った
idyllic, のどかな、牧歌的な
dear old pater, 敬愛するおやじ
live out one's childhood dream, 子供のこのろ夢をかなえる
get back in the saddle, （しばらく中断していた）活動に戻る
sedate, 物静かな、地味な
a full slate of activities, ぎっしり詰まった活動予定表
keep a tally of, ...の記録をつける、...を把握する
avian species, 鳥類
scrumptious, とてもおいしい、すばらしい
jolly lark, （ヒバリのように）非常に楽しいこと
be in one's element, 水を得た魚のようである。
crass pun, 下手なだじゃれ
seedy, いかがわしい、怪しげな、評判の悪い
be banned from, ...（に入ること）を禁止されている
stand a better chance of, ...の見込みがより高い
stem the rise in, ...の増加を食い止める
gym-averse, ジム嫌いの
dread 恐れる
■前回の復習です
sylvan
idyllic
dear old pater
live out one's childhood dream
get back in the saddle
sedate
a full slate of activities
keep a tally of
avian species
scrumptious
jolly lark
be in one's element
crass pun
seedy
be banned from
stand a better chance of
stem the rise in
gym-averse
dread
■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
Adult playgrounds are a practical application of what's known as "nudge theory."
Adult playgrounds are also a great antidote to isolation.
The adult playground trend has caught on in a big way in the U.K. in the last few years.
The Chinese government hit upon the idea of playgrounds for adults with modern gym equipment.
What's this I hear about the "natural movement" that's becoming popular in Europe lately?
That's another exercise alternative for gym-allergic adults.
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
I don't think I'm quite up to that.
Companies in Britain have taken a leaf from China's book.
★nudge, 説得して...させる
Adult playgrounds are a practical application of what's known as "nudge theory."
★antidote to isolation, 孤立化対策
Adult playgrounds are also a great antidote to isolation.
antidoteは、...の解決手段という意味の他に、解毒剤という意味もあります。
★catch on, 人気を得る、流行する、ヒットする
The adult playground trend has caught on in a big way in the U.K. in the last few years.
★hit upon an idea, 考えを思いつく
The Chinese government hit upon the idea of playgrounds for adults with modern gym equipment.
★what's this I hear about, 私が耳にする...は何ですか
What's this I hear about the "natural movement" that's becoming popular in Europe lately?
★gym-allergic, ジム嫌いの
That's another exercise alternative for gym-allergic adults.
★proponent, 提唱者、支持者
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★effortlessly and spontaneously, 難なく無意識のうちに
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★in a natural setting, 自然環境の中で
Its proponents say urban living has reduced our ability to move effortlessly and spontaneously like we used to in natural settings.
★be up to, ...をやりこなせる
I don't think I'm quite up to that.
★take a leaf from someone's book, （人）のやることを手本にする[まねる]
Companies in Britain have taken a leaf from China's book.
このleafですが、turn over a new leafのleafも、葉っぱではなく、書物の一枚だそうで、目から鱗です。
■前回の復習の答えです
sylvan, 森の中の、樹木の茂った
idyllic, のどかな、牧歌的な
dear old pater, 敬愛するおやじ
live out one's childhood dream, 子供のこのろ夢をかなえる
get back in the saddle, （しばらく中断していた）活動に戻る
sedate, 物静かな、地味な
a full slate of activities, ぎっしり詰まった活動予定表
keep a tally of, ...の記録をつける、...を把握する
avian species, 鳥類
scrumptious, とてもおいしい、すばらしい
jolly lark, （ヒバリのように）非常に楽しいこと
be in one's element, 水を得た魚のようである。
crass pun, 下手なだじゃれ
seedy, いかがわしい、怪しげな、評判の悪い
be banned from, ...（に入ること）を禁止されている
stand a better chance of, ...の見込みがより高い
stem the rise in, ...の増加を食い止める
gym-averse, ジム嫌いの
dread 恐れる
