■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 A Great Place to Work (6) 5/9 2008
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
I enjoy working with smart and supportive team members.
My colleagues in Japan would envy me a great deal.
We all work hard, but not so hard that we meet the Grim Reaper.
It's OK to work your butt off, but you sometimes need to cut yourself some slack.
All of us like to feel that we're on top of our jobs.
────────────────────────────── smart, 利口な、（身なりの）きちんとした ────────────────────────────── Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. [mainly BRIT]
You can describe someone who is clever as smart.
────────────────────────────── envy, うらやむ ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
[E-DIC] Wait till you see my new dress, Sue. You're going to be absolutely green with envy. 私の新しいドレスを見てご覧なさいよ，スー。あなた，絶対にうら やましがるわよ
────────────────────────────── Grim Reaper, 死神 ────────────────────────────── The Grim Reaper is an imaginary character who represents death. He looks like a skeleton, wear a long, black cloak with a hood, and carries a scythe.
Why should I work my butt off when nobody else does? ほかの連中はだれもそうしていないのに，なぜぼくが身を粉にして 働かなくちゃいけないんだ？
────────────────────────────── be on top of something, (仕事など) をうまく処理している ────────────────────────────── If you are on top of a task or situation, you are dealing with it successfully. If you are beginning to deal with it successfully, you can say that you are getting on top of it.
[E-DIC]
There's something wrong at factory 3. Go over and get on top of the problem. 第３工場に何か問題がある。行って問題にしっかり対処してくれ
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