Fainting spells and neurotic angst are not uncommon.
When grim reality kicks in, they scramble for jobs because their student-loan debts loom.
What's new is soaring tuitions, lower government guarantees for student loans, a long-frozen minimum wage, rising costs for student housing and dollars worth less as inflation creeps up.
In other words, no job security of family togetherness could be taken for granted.
Talk about rose-colored glasses!
■今日注目する表現はこれ！ 答えは以下で
neurotic angst grim reality creep up togetherness rose-colored glasses
────────────────────────────── neurotic angst, 精神的不安 ────────────────────────────── Rising Cost of Education (1)より
Angst is a feeling of anxiety and worry. [JOURNALISM]
ex) Many kids suffer from acne and angst. acne にきび
────────────────────────────── grim reality, 厳しい現実 ────────────────────────────── Rising Cost of Education (2)より
A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.
ex) They painted a grim picture of growing crime.
────────────────────────────── creep up, じわじわと上昇[増加、増大]する ────────────────────────────── Rising Cost of Education (2)より
If a rate or number creeps up to a higher level, it gradually reaches that level.
ex) The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent.
────────────────────────────── togetherness, 連帯感、一体感 ────────────────────────────── Rising Cost of Education (3)より
Togetherness is a happy feeling of affection and closeness to other people, especially your friends and family.
ex) Nothing can ever take the place of real love and family togetherness.
────────────────────────────── rose-colored glasses, 楽観的見解 ────────────────────────────── Rising Cost of Education (3)より
If you look at a person or situation through rose-coloured glasses or rose-tinted glasses, you see only their good points and therefore your view of them is unrealistic. In British English, you can also say that someone is looking through rose-coloured spectacles.
ex) People are looking at the past with rose-tinted spectacles.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Rising Cost of Education (5) 2/27-28 2008"
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