ビジ英 & ものしり英語塾を120%利用 【ビジ英編 11/16, 17】
発行日時: 2007/11/20
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■□■ビジ英 & ものしり英語塾を120%利用■□■
& NHK News Headlines
発行者責任者 / Sanae Kawamoto
協力: Cecile, Sei Shimura, Ina, Akira, Kimie, Hiromi, Shin, Hiroko
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みなさん、おはようございます。
ビジネス英会話 11/16, 17日分のお届けです。
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【原稿チェック: Ina, Hiromi, Shin, Kimie, Hiroko】
【ディクテーション: Sanae】
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Be Nice (6) Friday, November 16
1<S>: Uh...there have been a number of articles, cover stories,
surveys indicating that America is becoming a nation of rude people.
2<C>: Uh-huh.
3<S>: And there is a similar controversy going on in Japan, too.
What do you think?
4<C>: I've heard the same thing and I kind of think so also. But I
find it difficult to separate out, "Do I think so because I'm
getting a little older, and older people tend to find younger people
kind of cheeky and rude anyway?" or "Is it because society really is
becoming ruder?"
5<S>: There have been a number of actual indications given in the
vignette like the spread of the new technology.
6<C>: Yeah.
7<S>: ... and road rage.
8<C>: Right. The vignette talked a lot about cell-phones, but I
think also the Internet has had a strong influence on decreasing
civility.
9<S>: People are becoming less adept in dealing with other people,
you know, when you don't have to have face-to-face conversation with
your computers.
10<C>: Yeah, I think that's a big part of it, because if you are not
face to face with someone, you can just cut it off if you feel like
it, but if you are face to face with someone, you can't always
escape.
11<S>: Right.
12<C>: I've noticed something also that makes me think that maybe
society generally, society... like uh... developed industrial
nations are becoming somewhat less civil. I've been hearing a kind
of public service advertisement on the radio recently.
13<S>: Uh-huh.
14<C>: It starts out with something like nice kind voices telling
children things like uh..., you know, "Don't eat yellow snow," and
"Lefty Lucy Righty Tighty." And the narrator says something like,
"We give all kinds of messages to our children in daily life, hoping
they will grow up to be good people." And then you hear a voice,
very angry voice, "Talking about road rage, look at that jerk,
Whathj do you think you are doing up there?" And then the narrator
comes back with the closing "Be careful what you teach your kids."
15<S>: Yeah. Pardon my French.
16<C>: [Laughter] Yeah, really. I haven't heard public service
announcements like that in the past as far as I remember. There
might have been a little bit of it, but I hear this one all the
time.
17<S>: Hmm... but probably it depends on where you live in America
or...
18<C>: Yeah.
19<S>: ... elsewhere in the world. The New Yorkers have always been
very very famous for being rude.
20<C>: That's right. I think it's probably mostly because New York
has just always been busier and faster and...
21<S>: And people are more apathetic about other people. There is
more racial tension. There is overall.
22<C>: Yeah, I think probably it would be good if people sort of
took half a step back and justrelaxed a little bit. A lot of things
seem to have just become a lot tighter. Roads are more crowded. Kids
have their whole life prescheduled, it seems like. They go to
school, they go to extra study, they go to extra lessons, all of
their weekend activities are planned and scheduled.
23<S>: And they learn time-management.
24<S>: I can't imagine learning time-management when I was a kid. Of
course, I went to school, I did homework. When I got older, I did a
part time job, and I took part in, you know, some organized
activities. But it seems to me I had a lot more unscheduled free
time than kids seem to have now. I don't know which one is better.
It's probably good to learn young how to manage your time. But...
you know, sometimes I wonder "Is it really necessary?" Especially
when we see people getting so upset when their schedules aren't
respected, I guess you could say... because other people are taking
up their time.
25<S>: But time frames are always being compressed...
26<C>: Yeah.
27<S>: ... these days.
28<C>: Which is OK. It means a rise in productivity, right? But on
the other hand, I think sometimes people don't learn how to really
relax. Maybe it's just uh... I'm too much of a relaxed person,
but... I don't know... you know, if civility is disappearing and
people are grumpy and upset and frazzled all the time, it doesn't
sound like a very comfortable life to me.
29<S>: We've heard about road rage.
30<C>: Uh-huh.
31<S>: But when you start hearing about pedestrian rage... that's
another problem.
32<C>: Yeah, I'm afraid I get that sometimes.
33<S>: Yeah.
34<C>: I tend to walk a little bit faster than many people. So,
getting stuck behind slow people in narrow spaces is very
frustrating. Most of the time, I control it pretty well, but on a
bad day, I have to admit, I should probably apologize.
35<S>: I guess also the standards of good manners are changing.
What's good manners when you are trying to get into an elevator? You
know, do you hold the door for other people?
36<C>: Right.
37<S>: Some women may be offended if you do or if you don't, you
know. There is a no-win situation sometimes.
38<C>: Yeah. I think that's true, too. People aren't always sure how
to be civil even if they want to.
39<S>: Right.
40<C>: Because you don't want to make other people angry, but on the
other hand, you know, except for the other person's feelings, there
is maybe no sort of objective way to decide what's best.
41<S>: Uh-huh. I guess, anyway, it's getting to be more and more
difficult to be courteous these days.
42<C>: I guess we should all just try to relax a little bit and be
happy whether you are in a rush or not. Another thing that makes me
think that maybe civility is becoming a bit less than it has been in
the past is uh... if you look on the web, use the... one of the
browsers and put "civility" in, you will find all kinds of advice
and information. Couple I've found kind of interesting is somebody
started writing a draft version for a blogger's code of conduct.
It's not settled yet. This is for a specific blog, but they have six
points on it, and it's things about... for example, taking
responsibility for your own words, and not saying anything online
that you wouldn't say directly to someone's face, also that everyone
agrees it's wrong to unfairly attack people, you won't post or
accept anonymous comments. It's a whole bunch of those kinds of
things that I think people would do face to face.
43<S>: Yeah, I agree. Anonymity sometimes makes you feel like you
can say anything online.
44<C>: Yeah. Yeah, there is no consequence, so, people do what they
like. What I've found about civility at work is a list of 20 items,
and actually when I read through them, it sounds like the kinds of
things you probably should have learned in elementary school or
maybe junior high school, like widen your social circle, you know,
get to know other kinds of people and show interest in someone
else's interests. And don't wait for kindness to come to you. You
should give it out, you should act the way you want the world to be.
45<S>: Very true, even though some of them are truism.
46<C>: Yeah, they do sound a little cliched, but on the other hand,
if it's necessary to say it again, maybe we should stop thinking
about them as cliches and take them up more as guidelines to good
behavior.
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あんな時、こんな時
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■ What's your vocation? What's your calling?
Do you have a vocation? Do you have a calling?
47) These are also asking about your profession or your job, but
they have a little more the meaning of some deeply seated almost
need that you have to do that kind of work. It tends to be used for
people like priests and ministers. They usually have a calling.
■ What company do you work for?
48) You could also say, "Where do you work?"
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問題
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49) There are all kinds of ways you can ask this question. Here's a
good example.
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50) That's all for today.
51) Join us again next time.
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==== NHK News Headlines by Sei Shimura ====
(この部分は、NHKラジオ第 2放送、午後 6時からのニュースヘッドラ
インを志村さんがディクテーションしてお送りします。)
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NHK News Headlines / Sunday, November 18, 2007 #3,391
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1) Relief operations are continuing in Bangladesh with the death
toll from a cyclone exceeding 1,800.
2) The U.N. climate panel is warning that rising sea levels,
droughts and other irreversible effects will become unavoidable due
to accelerated global
warming.
<Words & Phrases>
1) droughts 干ばつ
2) irreversible effect 取り返しができない影響
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NHK News Headlines / Saturday, November 17, 2007 #3,390
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1) Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in his first summit meeting
with U. S. President George W. Bush said he would strive to enact an
anti-terror bill that would enable Japan to resume refueling
operations for U.S.-led coalition ships in the Indian Ocean.
2) Pakistan's private news broadcaster Geo TV network has been
forced to stop satellite transmissions.
<Words & Phrases>
1) strive to enact an anti-terror bill 反テロ法案の成立に努力する
2) Geo TV network cf. 5年前に発足した民営テレビ局
3) satellite transmissions 衛星通信
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