NHKビジネス英語を120%利用 【実践 4/09(Wed.)】
発行日時： 2008/4/11
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■□■NHKビジネス英語を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。
実践ビジネス英語 4/09 (Wed.) 分のお届けです。
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【原稿チェック： Kimie, Hiromi, Ina, Hiroko】
【ディクテーション： Sanae】
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実践ビジネス英語 Wednesday, April 9
1) Jay Tyson catches himself when he uses another idiom.
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First Day at Work (4)
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2) Chicago's famous for having a long and harsh winter. It's usually
quite windy, very cold and it snows a lot.
3) You can't count on being snow-free until after Easter.
4) spam
Many people wonder why is junk e-mail called "spam." It seems to go
back to an old British comedy show that was made in the 60s but is
still popular these days. One of the skits they had ahead of group
of people singing "spam, spam, spam, spam .... " in the background
when they were trying to drown out other conversations. It was
pretty funny. You should try to see it sometime.
5) guise
"Guise" is related to disguise. "Guise" is the outward appearance of
something or its aspect. It can also mean false appearance.
"Disguise" focuses on making or preparing or the method of
presenting a false appearance.
6) Please notice that in English usually people only say "spam."
They don't say "spam e-mail" or "spam mail."
7) regulation
I imagine their "regulations" define what they mean by excessive
because otherwise, you know, one person's excessive might be another
person's "fine, thank you."
8) There's no such thing as a free lunch.
This is a phrase that's often used in the U.S. It has an interesting
history, though. "Free lunch" used to refer to snacks that bars or
saloons would give people if they ordered drinks. The food was free
but you did have to buy a drink. So people would talk about "free
lunch" meaning I suppose things like peanuts that you get nowadays
or sometimes popcorn if you order some beer. So the economic theory
states that there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you change
"is" to the dialectal "ain't," you'll get t-a-n-s-t-a-a-f-l,
TANSTAAFL, which people also use with the same meaning.
* TANSTAAFL は"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. "の単
語の頭文字をとったもの
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANSTAAFL （Kimieさん、Hiromiさんより）
9) Oops!
"Oops" or "Whoops," it has basically those two pronunciations, is
often used by North Americans when they realize they've made a small
slip.
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Daily Quiz
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10) Many people talk about dealing with the government as a hassle.
They have to jump through many hoops to do what they want to do.
11) Unfortunately you can send it to millions of people free by
using the Internet.
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12) That's all for today.
13) Please join us 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 / Wednesday, April 9, 2008 #3,534
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1) The opposition-controlled Upper House of Japan's Parliament has
approved the government plan to promote the Bank of Japan's deputy
governor Masaaki Shirakawa to the bank's top post, but it rejected a
deputy governor nominee.
2) South Korea's ruling party, which supports President Lee
Myung-bak, is expected to regain its majority in the national
assembly in the general elections on Wednesday.
<Words & Phrases>
1) deputy governor nominee 副総裁候補者
2) national assembly 国会
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＜編集後記＞
TGIF = Thank God It's Friday
金曜日ですね。皆さん、週末のご予定はおありですか？
先週、新宿御苑へお花見に行ったのですが、桜吹雪が舞っていて
素敵でしたよ。アメリカ人の観光客を連れて目黒川沿いに植えられ
ている桜も見に行く機会がありましたが、今年も桜は見事でした。
恵比寿から五反田まで歩いたのですが、ずっと桜のトンネルでした。
今週は葉桜が楽しめますね。新緑の季節、活力を感じて好きです。
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