コメントの投稿対象: NHKラジオ　実践ビジネス英語で英語をマスターしよう！

英字新聞のこんな使い方があったのですね！

待ち合わせの目印に最適な“ペーパー”
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/bizid/articles/0712/06/news139.html





「ビジネス英会話リスナーの集い」の
申し込み開始されました。

2008年2月16日(土)
東京　有楽町　電気ビル20階　日本外国特派員協会
http://www.ethospathoslogos.com/what/2008talkshow.html



■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。

New recruits fresh out of college may need discreet
counseling in Brightwell's corporate dress code.

That pertains to young men as well as women.

What you wear is an embodiment of a company's code of conduct.

I won't wave a banner in favor of dress codes, but I still
wonder if I may be swept away with the old guard on of these days.

All you can do is keep your eyes and ears wide open
and press on to dress for success, however it's defined,

■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で

discreet
pertain to
embodiment
old guard
press on


──────────────────────────────
discreet, 控えめな、慎重な、用心深い
──────────────────────────────
'Business Casual' Standards (3)より

If you describe something as discreet, you approve of it
because it is small in size or degree, or not easily noticed.

ex) She is wearing a noticeably stylish, feminine dress,
plus discreet jewellery.

──────────────────────────────
pertain to, …に関係がある　=relate
──────────────────────────────
'Business Casual' Standards (3)より

If one thing pertains to another, it relates, belongs,
or applies to it. [FORMAL]

ex) matters pertaining to naval district defense

──────────────────────────────
embodiment, 具体化(されたもの)、体現、権化、化身
──────────────────────────────
'Business Casual' Standards (3)より

If you say that someone or something is the embodiment
of a quality or idea, you mean that that is their most
noticeable characteristic or the basis of all they do.
[FORMAL]

ex) A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability.

──────────────────────────────
old guard, 保守派、守旧派
──────────────────────────────
'Business Casual' Standards (4)より

If you refer to a group of people as the old guard, you mean
that they have worked in a particular organization for a
very long time and are unwilling to accept new ideas or
practices.

ex) He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.

──────────────────────────────
press on, どんどん推し進める =continue
──────────────────────────────
'Business Casual' Standards (4)より

If you press on or press ahead, you continue with a task
or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any
problems or difficulties to delay you.

ex) Poland pressed on with economic reform.