3月23日週の振り返り

5営業日、夜間立ち会い+送別会で平日の勉強は2日しか出来な
かった。しかし、Oxford Saidの話を聞いてみたり、British Council
のクラスに申し込んでみたりと、いろいろと進みはあった。

■出来たこと
 ・IELTS受験勉強
  -New Insight into IELTS
  進捗なし
  -Vocabulary for IELTS Advanced
  3着手
 ・留学予備校調査
  -AGOS
  Oxfordの説明会参加(3/26)
  全体80人位。8割位男性、海外の方数名。
  Oxford saidのプログラム(MBA/EMBA)に関して説明して
  くれた。また、体験授業として実際に教鞭をとっている日本人
  の人が授業をしてくれた。理論だけでなく、実態経済に基づい
  ていることが重要と言っていた気がする。
  国の発展具合の推計方法、クズネッツカーブなどに関して話を
  していた。細かいところは分からなかったけど、話自体は面白
  かった。
  Oxford saidは元々候補として考えていなかったけど、Social
  Entrepreneur に重きを置いていると言う話は興味深かった。
  また、Oxford said独自の1+1MBAは非常に興味深いと思っ
  た。MBAを1年で終わらせずに、その後他の選考でMaster
  を取得する。大変そうだけど、かなり興味あり。
  Alumniは大きな学校であることにとても価値があったと言っ
  ていた。said自体は140人ぐらいで、どちらかと言うと小規
  模。入学後にcollegeに所属して活動をするらしいが、collage
  にはSaid以外の学生もいる為、いろいろな出会いがあり、それ
  が視野を広めるのに役にたったらしい。
  -BritishCouncil
  IELTS Advanced classのコースへ申し込み。
  ¥115,000+¥4,500(text)=¥120,000
  安いか、高いかはIELTSの結果を見てみて判断。
  カウンセリングの際には、7.0位は十分狙える位置にいるとい
  う評価だった。
 ・Business school調査
  -Oxford said
  AGOSの記載した通り。結構興味がわいてきた。エッジの効い
  たコンサバを目指すには良いかも。
  -Cambridge Judge
  特に環境が優れている印象を受けた。Leadershipに関しては
  いくつかのアプローチを執っているようで、それだけにフォー
  カスした何かは少なさそう。
  -IESE
  何にせよ若いかな。2年のプログラムで、やる気次第ではスペ
  イン語もマスターできるのはウェルカムだが、周りに参加して
  いる学生はどんな感じか気になるところ。
 ・会社対応
  とくになし。

■出来なかったこと
 ・情報整理

 ・IELTS準備(Vocabulary, Speaking)

■今週やること
 ・IELTSテキスト(Speaking 1-4 , Vocabulary 3-5)
 ・IELTS模試1回分(弱点把握と試験までの過ごし方を検討)
 ・会社対応(計画表の提出)

■所感
 ・Oxford Saidや、Cambridge Judgeは今後検討の対象に
  入れていこうと思った。学ぶ環境としてはとても優れてい
  るという評価。
 ・BCの講座に申し込んだので、ちゃっちゃとやっていこう
  と思う。特に、speaking & writing はこの機に集中的に
  やり込んで、5/10の試験で目指せ7.0。
 ・1年間の活動のペースメーカーが欲しい・・・。

3月26日の英語表現のコレクション

denounce
 If you denounce someone or something, you criticize them severely and publicly.
 Its annexation was overwhelmingly approved by the dominant Russian-speaking population but denounced by the rest of the world.

annex,annexation
 If a country annexes another country or a area of land, it seizes it and take control of it.

wrest
 If you wrest something from someone, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal
 Crimea, wrested this month from Ukraine by Russia.

turmoil
 Turmoil is a state of confusion or great anxiety.
 The problem reflects lager economic turmoil.

greenback
 米ドル

form an alliance with…
 …と提携する

parcel
 A parcel is something wrapped in paper, usually so that it can be sent to someone by post.
 Parcel delivery firm Yamato Holdings.

street value
 末端価格(麻薬など)
 The drug would have had a street value of roughly 40,000 euro.

haul
 If you haul a heavy object somewhere, you pull it there with a great effort

screening
 To screen people for a disease means to examine them to make sure that they do not have it
 Many U.S. airlines also perform mental health screenings when pilots and crew apply for jobs.

mentally fit to …
 …に適した精神状態にある
 pilots are mentally fit to fly.

elaborate
 you use elaborate to describe something that consists of many different parts, making it very detailed or complex.

reinforce
 If something such as a feeling, process, or belief, it makes it stronger

barge
 A barge is a narrow boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy loads.

deputy
 A deputy is the second most important person in an organization or department.

limelight
 If someone is in the limelight, they are getting a lot of attention, because they are famous or because they have done something unusual or exciting.

incumbent
 An incumbent is the person who is holding an official post at a particular time.

the only pill you can take is to tell
 If you go through something very bad or very hard, the only pill you can take is to tell, to take it out of your system.

crusade
 A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something.

stigmatize
 If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as unacceptable or disgraceful.

the tears streaming down her cheeks

pave
 When an area of ground has been paved, it has been coverd with blocks of stone or concrete.
 If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which the other tings is able to happen.
 Instead of merely hiding behind public funds, we will empower women farmers so that we can pave the way ourselves.

mere
 You use mere to emphasize how unimportant, insufficient, or small something is.

fulfilling lifestyle
 I wanted a fulfilling lifestyle rather than a career.

thaw
 When something frozen thaws, or when you thaw it, it melts.
 Thaw is a period of warmer weather when the snow and ice melts.
 If something thaws relations between people, or if there is a thaw in relations, people become friendly again after a period of tension.

fragility, fragile
 If you describe a situation as fragile, you mean that it is weak or uncertain, and unlikely to be able to resist strong pressure or attack.
 the fragility of the environment
 Tokyo will user Pyongyang’s economic fragility as leverage when they meet for high-level talks next week.

curb
 If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
 The nationwide telephone survey conducted over the weekend showed that 65.7 percent plan to curb household expenses after the hike.

euphemistic
 Euphemistic language consists of polite words or expressions for unpleasant or embarrassing things.
 The euphemistic term comfort women is often described as sexual slavery by the media and by those supporting them.

reiterate
 If you reiterate something, you say it again or emphasize it.

if fresh factors are found
 新事実が発見されたら

opinion poll
 An opinion poll involves asking people for their opinion on a particular subject, especially one concerning politics.

uphold
 If you uphold a law, principle, or decision, you support and maintain it.
 We had repeatedly said we uphold the 1993 Kono statement.

specualtion, speculate
  If you speculate about something, you guess about its nature or identity, or about what might happen
 speculation over the future of the economy.

grenade
 A grenade is a small bomb that can be thrown by hand.

stun
 If you are stunned by something, you are shocked or astonished by it and are therefore unable to speak or do anything.

 Russian troops, using armed vehicles, automatic weapons and stun grenades

oust
 If someone is ousted from a position of power or from a job or place, they are forced to leave it.

mass trial
 よくわからない。

convict
 If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of it in a law court
 He was convicted of murder.

Japan’s wartime aggression
 戦争による侵略

The 20th century was characterized by war and by violation of basic human rights.
 20世紀は戦争と基本的人権の侵害の世紀だった。

drawing more than a million visitors each year.
 毎年100万人以上が訪れる

Nazi concentration camp
 ナチス強制収容所

contradiction
 A contradiction is an aspect of a situation which appears to conflict with other aspects, so that they cannot all exist or be successful.
 There was no contradiction with his recent controversial visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. 

beats the drum for …
 If someone beats the drum or bangs the drum for something, they support it strongly.
 At Anne Frank House, PM beats the drum for peacemaking.

3月25日の英語表現のコレクション その2

condemn
 If you condemn something, you say that it is bad and unacceptable.

tenure
 Tenure is the legal right to live in a place or to use land or buildings for a period of time

plaque
 A plaque is a flat piece of metal or wood, which is fixed to a wall or monument in memory of person or event.
 Park won the right to install a plaque memorializing “comfort women,” many of them Korean, who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War 2.

volley
 A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that are fired at the same time.

concession
 If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.

rattle
 When something rattles, or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard.

adept
 Someone who is adept at something does it skillfully.
 Heroines for young girls are rapidly changing, and the toy industry – long adept at capitalizing on gender stereotypes – is scrambling to catch up.

twirl
 If you twirl something, or if it twirls, it turns round and round with a smooth fairly fast movement.
 Once upon a time, Grace Maher twirled around the house in Disney princess costumes, a vision of Sequins, tiaras and pink.

contradict
 If you contradict someone, you say or suggest that what they have just said is wrong.

laconic
 If you describe someone as laconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly.

clerical
 Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.

coolant
 Coolant is a liquid used to keep a machine or engine cool while it is operating.

irrigation
 灌漑
 from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels.

Rising demand for …
 …に対する需要の増加
 Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas is threat to fresh water supplies.

right to veto
 If someone in authority vetoes something, or if they put a veto on it, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action.
 The proposed bill had initially given a wife the right to veto the husband’s choice.

amend
 If you amend something that has been written or said, you change it.
 The bill, which amended existing marriage legislation.

storm out
 If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry.

polygamy
 Polygamy is the custom in some societies in  which someone can be legally married to more than one person at the same time.
 Kenya eases polygamy laws for men

get hitched
 結婚する
 Same-sex couples rushed to Michigan county clerk’s offices Saturday to get hitched a day after a judge overturned the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

… oriented themselves toward the place
 …の方向へ向かう
 All the snakes immediately oriented themselves toward the place where they were captured.

… among the world’s largest …
 世界で最も大きい…
 pythons are among the world’s largest snakes.

slither
 If an animal such as a snake slithers, it moves along in a curving way.

encircle
 To encircle something or someone means to surround them completely

crawl
 When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
 Justin Casquejo, 16, of Weehawken, New Jersey, was carrying his camera when he crawled through a small hole in the construction fence encircling the world Trade Center site in lower Manhattan to enter the building.

hygiene
 Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean, especially in order to prevent the spread of disease.

feces
 faces

fall sick
 病気になる

a highly contagious epidemic
 伝染性の高い病気
 As the death toll rose to 59, Guinea identified the Ebola virus Saturday as the source of a highly contagious epidemic ranging through its southern forest.
contagious
 A contagious disease can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it.

nabbed
 If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them.