今日の「ラジオビジネス英語」の勉強内容です。
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Interview ６ Part １ Sustainable Development
▶︎ラジオビジネス英語では、
毎週木曜・金曜日は、有名人とのインタビューを題材としています。
▶︎９月は Melati Wijsen さんとのインタビュー。
– 環境活動家
– インドネシア – バリ島生まれ
– 2013年、12歳のときに、２歳年下の妹イザベルと、プラスチックごみを
なくすための「バイバイ・プラスチックバッグ」キャンペーン開始
– 2018年、2人はTIME誌の25 Most Influential Teens に選ばれる
Opening
👉ジェニーさんの部分だけです。
▶︎And I’m Jenny Silver.
Welcome to Business English for Global Competence.
▶︎Yes, let’s learn how to communicate effectively
in business.
▶︎So let’s get started!
▶︎OK, let’s listen to today’s interview.
Words and Phrases
● rocket science ▶︎ロケット科学、難しいこと
– “Rocket science” involves designing and building rockets.
It’s considered to be one of the most difficult sciences that
only the smartest scientists can handle.
– Something that’s not rocket science means that it’s not
difficult to understand.
● single-use ▶︎使い捨ての
– Something that’s single-use is meant to be used one time
and then thrown away as garbage.
– Aside from plastic bags, a few examples of other single-use
plastics include beverage bottles, straws and food wrappers.
● The rest is history. ▶︎あとは知ってのとおりです。
– This is a phrase used to mean that everything that comes after
what you say is a well-known fact, or easily imagined and
no further description is necessary.
– For example, my grandparents have been married for fifty
years, they met in college, and the rest is history.
● assignment ▶︎課題
– A task given to someone. Homework. A job or project that
needs to be completed. A directive.
– For example, my boss gave me a new assignment that I have to
complete by the end of this month.
● dump ▶︎捨てる
– To throw something away, and leaves it there.
To dispose of something usually in a careless way.
– An example would be “we went to the beach, and saw
that people had dumped all kinds of plastic items
instead of using the recycle bins.”
これで、
Interview 6 Part 1 は終了です。
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