実践ビジネス英語 Sep.10.2008

はじめに

英語リスニング向上を目的に，NHK実践ビジネス英語をディクテーションする．

なお，音声は上記リンクからDL可．ただし，ラジオ放送に1週間遅れで，また１週間のみ．

9月10日放送分　Midlife Crisis (4)

ディクテーション

Observing the many people feel life begins at forty,
the team realizess that many middle aged people are actually happy.

Cortez:
I hope Don gets the basic message.
Like many guys our age, he's inclined to give in to his impulses.
He doesn't want to feel that he is tied down.

Kinkaid:
Most of us have rountinely struggled with the questions about the pupose of life and what lies ahead.
Nothing wrong with such common reactions to life's challenges, right?
So, why do people buy into this myth of a crisis at midlife.
Is it part of a pursuit of eternal youth?
What's wrong with aging gracefully?

Tyson:
Well, someone once did say that the main culprit is our culture,
which makes a virtue of the relentless pursuit of self renewal.
Many people think that means perpetual youth.

Cortez:
Yes, the news media are full of stories of pepole who seek to recapture their youth simply by dumping long term relationships like a hot potato.
They shed their spouses, quit their job or leave their families.
Most middle aged people resist such temptations, though.
In fact, most people report an incereased sense of well-being
and contentment in middle age.

Tyson:
A former girl friend once said to me, " you can't be a boyscout forever."
The clock keeps tickling.
Daily excercise keeps me fit, but im not as lithe as I was.
I may not handle a one handred meter dash very well,
but my mind continues to ripen.

Cortez:
It sounds like middle age opens new doors of opportunity.
Let's not call that a crisis.

Tyson:
Life goes on. And as they say, "Life begins at forty."

おわりに

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