雪だるまつくろう〜米国株&米国債でインカム投資しながら英語を極めるブログ

I have studied English for more than two decades. However, honestly speaking, I have had hard times outputting English, spoken or written. The truble is difficulty in putting what I think into words in a correct way.


Mind if I use English incorrectly?

Mind if I stop my tongue between speeches in front of Eiken interviewers, who are in charge of testing my English fluency and proficiency?


If I faltered, stammered, or were silent in my speech for a few seconds, that would mean a lack of fluency.

Actually, I can't convey my thought so swiftly or completely, and this means I am not fluent enough.



How am I able to communicate with someone so fluently?

The answer is: practice, practice, and practice again.

Just concentrate on the fluency, not on grammatical correctness at first. Everyone does grammatical errors in the beginning.



In conclusion, some quantity of doing output is absolutely nessesary to acquire English fluency. Probably quality comes next.

Just have fun with outputting tons of English!

コロナウィルスに関連する市場の過剰反応が続いていますね。


As we experience eye-popping market volatility related to the novel coronavirus, termed COVID-19, current values of invested capital fluctuate accordingly at a large rate.


What can we do?
How can we take action?


The thing is, not timing the market, but just sitting tight and mechanically revalancing assets by selling some assets on the rise and buying others on the dip.


Actually, I sold VGIT, an intermediate-term government bond ETF, and bought HDV, a stock ETF. This move within my portfolio literally means revalancing and adjusts my portfolio's risk.


Moreover, I did some portfolio arrangement, selling individual stocks including ABBV, PFE, T, VZ and others, and buying a large chunk of SPYD, a high dividend stock ETF. Through this repurchase, I tried to lessen the dependency on indivisual stocks on the whole, decreasing the indivisual risk and focusing merely on the market risk.


However, market correction is still on the move, which means further monitoring and revalancing is required down the road.

offensive language 攻撃的な言葉

bleep out offensive language


use foul language 汚い［下品な］言葉を使う, 《コ》記号化け
≒ use profane or inappropriate and unacceptable words
≒ use immoral or scandalous words
use filthy language
use scurrilous language
use bad language

　口汚い悪口を言う/悪態をつく

a swear

swear words (c***, p**** and f***)
= curse words, bad words

use insulting or obscene language

Profanity is socially offensive language.

run off a string of curses

hear strings of slurs and profanities

slander

---

After the presenter used foul language on the children's show, the TV station received a deluge of complaints from angry viewers.

My father, a milkman, gone for long hours each day, knowing from his own childhood what street profanities were like, forbade such language in our house and told my mother to send me to my bedroom if I transgressed.
One day I forgot myself and uncharacteristically ran off a string of curses at my older brother; and so, deservedly punished, I was kept in my room for a week. It being summer, I could see my friends playing outside and hear waves break, the ocean being a block away. I learned my lesson. My language at home, thereafter, was as clean as clean could be.

Trump’s foul language is an embarrassment to America.
What an embarrassment to our country at home and on the world’s stage; a terrible role model to our children; a man who seemingly never learned how to moderate his temper or his language.

論理的思考力と問題解決力

世界の社会問題への認識と時代予測力



　　徹底分析

　①　さまざまな社会問題の「根本原因」は何かを突き止める

　②　問題が解決されなければどうなるかという「最終結果」を推論する

　③　物事の賛否両論を考える、両面を見る

　　　　↓

　　打開策



イエスと言い切れる問題かどうか

　無条件でイエス、条件付きでイエス

　肯定とも否定とも言えない

　条件付きでノー

　無条件でノー


どちらかに割り切れない

　　必要悪

　　諸刃の剣

　　矛盾語法

コインの表裏、表裏一体

二律背反（同時に二つが成立しない）

---

logical thinking and problem-solving ability

awareness of social problems in the world and foresight



　　thorough analysis

　①　the root cause

　②　the end result

　③　put and issue into perspective (pros & cons, merits & demerits)

　　　　↓

　　countermeasures



equivocal (Yes or No)

　　necessary evil

　　double-edged sword

　　oxymoron

two sides of a coin

trade-off

弁護士

検事

重罪

軽罪

窃盗犯罪

器物損壊

---

a lawyer

〈法廷弁護士〉 a counsel; 《主に米国》 a counselor; 《主に英国》 a barrister

〈事務弁護士〉 《主に米国》 an attorney; 《主に英国》 a solicitor

prosecutor, prosecuting attorney

legalization

legitimate

illegal

felony

misdemeanor

property crime

vandalism

penal system

penal code

lay out

lay the blame on someone

lay the groundwork for

---

lay out

lay the blame on someone

lay the groundwork for

---

The attorny lays the blame for the expansion of the prison population on prosecutors. [英検1級2015-1読解問題文より一部変更]
その弁護士は、囚人の数の増大は検事のせいであるとしている。

put it into words

express it

lay out

work out

---

cause

物事を引き起こす原因、要因

大義、人を動かす信念・理念

---

a good cause
= undertaking that deserves support (because of its altruistic/charitable nature)

a lost cause 成功の見込みのない試み
= undertaking that is bound to fail

---

fight for a good cause 大義のために戦う

I don't mind giving money to the Red Cross and Red Crescent because I know it's for a good cause.

Her attempt to row across the Atlantic was a lost cause right from the start.

a see

the Holy See

---

a see 司教の大聖堂がある、司教の教区内の席
the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located.

the Holy See 聖座：
the episcopal jurisdiation of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Cathoric Church.

probable

---

probable おそらく (高い可能性)

a moral certainty = very probable

---

Arnold ran so well in the heats that it's a moral certainty he'll win the final race.