Another motivation for doing good while still alive and kicking is learning how charities operate.
You can even lay down a set of guidelines such as which students are the intended beneficiaries.
As grants are dispensed and doors are opened for needy students to succeed in their fields of education, you can pat yourself on the back for making that possible.
Giving to too many charities may sway common sense on the bottom line.
A kind heart must not run rampant over a canny head.
■今日注目する表現はこれ！ 答えは以下で
do good lay down pat oneself on the back sway common sense canny keep an eagle eye on beneficiary dispense bear fruit needy run rampant
────────────────────────────── do good, 善行を施す ────────────────────────────── E-DICより。
「善行をする，親切な行いをする」 「役に立つ，効果がある，得になる」。皮肉としてもよく使う。
What good will the change do? 変更するとどんなメリットがあるというの？
────────────────────────────── lay down, …を定める、…を規定する ────────────────────────────── If laws, rules, or people in authority lay down what people should do, they state that this is what must be done.
NOTE: Stipulate is a more formal word for lay down.
ex) laws which lay down what employers and employees must and must not do.
────────────────────────────── pat oneself on the back, 自己満足する、自画自賛する ────────────────────────────── pat someone on the back（…を賞賛する、激励する）の someoneをoneself変えた表現。
E-DICより。
He patted himself on the back for thinking up that idea. その考えを思いついたことを、彼は自画自賛した
────────────────────────────── sway common sense, 判断能力を惑わす、良識を揺るがす ────────────────────────────── If you are swayed by someone or something, you are influenced by them.
ex) last minute efforts by the main political parties to sway the voters in tomorrow's local elections.
swayは「体や物を揺すぶる、揺り動かす」の意味。
────────────────────────────── canny, 慎重な、抜け目のない、用心深い = shrewd, careful ────────────────────────────── A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
ex) He was far too canny to risk giving himself away.
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── keep an eagle eye on, …をじっと監視する beneficiary, 受益者、補助金 dispense, 給付する、分配する bear fruit, 実を結ぶ needy, 非常に貧乏な run rampant, はびこる
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Giving While Living (4) 3/10-11 2008"
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