2007-08-10
NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Mobile Phone Distractions (5) 8/8-9 2007
お暑うございます。
寝苦しい夜のためにこんなものを買いました。
竹駒シーツ「快竹」 90×180cm
竹のシーツでひんやりです。
定期購読しているTHE NIKKEI WEEKLYから記事の紹介です。
August 6, 2007 30面より。
Green curtains make houses cool
緑のカーテンといって、ヒョウタン、キュウリなど、
つる性植物を使った日よけが都市部で住人に人気が出ています。
室内温度が1度、体感温度は6度下がるそうです。
緑のカーテン応援団という団体が普及活動をしています。
http://www.midorinoka-ten.com/
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
distressing
singly
pedestrian
get off lightly
fiddle with
──────────────────────────────
distressing, 苦悩を与える（ような）
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
If something is distressing, it upsets you or worries you.
ex) It is very distressing to see your baby attached
to tubes and monitors.
──────────────────────────────
singly, 一つずつ、一人ずつ
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
= one by one
If people do something singly, they each do it on their
own, or do it one by one.
ex) They marched out singly or in pairs.
──────────────────────────────
pedestrian, 平凡な、陳腐な
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
= dull
If you describe something as pedestrian, you mean that it is
ordinary and not at all interesting.
ex) His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes
a real bore.
──────────────────────────────
get off lightly, 軽い罰で済む
──────────────────────────────
Mobile Phone Distractions (1)より
If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are
not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.
ex) He is likely to get off with a small fine.
─────────────────────────────
fiddle with, …をいじる
──────────────────────────────
Mobile Phone Distractions (2)より
If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or
touching it with your fingers.
ex) Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
http://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=ja
寝苦しい夜のためにこんなものを買いました。
竹駒シーツ「快竹」 90×180cm
竹のシーツでひんやりです。
定期購読しているTHE NIKKEI WEEKLYから記事の紹介です。
August 6, 2007 30面より。
Green curtains make houses cool
緑のカーテンといって、ヒョウタン、キュウリなど、
つる性植物を使った日よけが都市部で住人に人気が出ています。
室内温度が1度、体感温度は6度下がるそうです。
緑のカーテン応援団という団体が普及活動をしています。
http://www.midorinoka-ten.com/
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
distressing
singly
pedestrian
get off lightly
fiddle with
──────────────────────────────
distressing, 苦悩を与える（ような）
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
If something is distressing, it upsets you or worries you.
ex) It is very distressing to see your baby attached
to tubes and monitors.
──────────────────────────────
singly, 一つずつ、一人ずつ
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
= one by one
If people do something singly, they each do it on their
own, or do it one by one.
ex) They marched out singly or in pairs.
──────────────────────────────
pedestrian, 平凡な、陳腐な
──────────────────────────────
Say What You Meanより
= dull
If you describe something as pedestrian, you mean that it is
ordinary and not at all interesting.
ex) His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes
a real bore.
──────────────────────────────
get off lightly, 軽い罰で済む
──────────────────────────────
Mobile Phone Distractions (1)より
If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are
not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.
ex) He is likely to get off with a small fine.
─────────────────────────────
fiddle with, …をいじる
──────────────────────────────
Mobile Phone Distractions (2)より
If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or
touching it with your fingers.
ex) Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.
ラベル: NHK Radio Business English
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