実践ビジネス英語 Thursday, December 20
1) The H&B staff agree that money can't buy happiness, if people make wise decisions about what to spend their money on, such as family dinners instead of large TVs. Breakstone and Pearson add that travel doesn't have to be expensive or involve long distances to bring happiness, saying weekend excursions to nearby locations are just as good. Collins recommends buying flowers as an inexpensive way to make others happy.
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Money and Happiness (2)
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2) dust can't land on: Pearson is using "dust" as a noun, but it can also be a verb as in "dust off." In addition to literally removing the "dust" from something, we also use "dust off" to mean bring something out or back to use it again. The nuance is that we haven't used it in a while, so it has figurative "dust" on it, as in "I need to find a new job, so I better 'dust off' my resume and update it."
3) say: Pearson inserted "say" into his sentence to mean for example. You can also use it to mean approximately. For example, "A bullet train ticket to that city will cost, 'say,' 10,000 yen."
4) money can't buy happiness: There are a lot of expressions that use the word "money," including "be on the money." This comes from betting on the right horse and means something is exactly right or correct. For example, "The magazine's predictions for economic growth this year 'were right on the money.'"
5) Another very common expression is "get one's money's worth," which means to get appropriate value for the money paid for some good or service. Imagine you have a tax accountant who doesn't return your emails promptly or answer your questions very carefully, you'll probably fire him or her because you weren't "getting your money's worth."
6) weekend getaway: A "getaway" refers to a vacation or a place suitable for a vacation or we can "get away" from ordinary daily life. A ski lodge might promote itself as a great winter "getaway."
7) There's also "get away from it all," which is leaving all our daily concerns behind for a while. So you could say, "I'm going to Hawaii to 'get away from it all' for a week." Or "I like to have lunch alone and read a book, you know, 'get away from it all' for a little bit."
8) by the same token: In the same or similar way, for the same or similar reasons, Pearson means. Imagine someone who always buys inexpensive clothes because she is very frugal. "By the same token," she is careful to turn off unneeded lights and not let the water run.
9) treat oneself to: This is to buy or do something special for ourselves. For example, "I 'treated myself to' a new pair of shoes after I finished the report." We also "treat someone to " often to mean we are paying for food, a drink or some special gift experience for another person. For example, "My boss 'treated me to' lunch on my birthday." In other words, took me lunch and paid for it.
gift experience 参考サイト （Cecile さん、Daddy さんより）
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiential_gifts
10) prospect: In this case, I define "prospect" as an envisioned future endeavor, or the thought of some future endeavor. For example, "Starting a new job can be a daunting 'prospect.' Will we like the people, the work? Will the company be successful?"
11) warm someone's heart: This is pretty self-explanatory and has a direct counterpart in Japanese. The adjective would be "heartwarming," which is one word, as in, "There was a 'heartwarming' story on the news about a woman who rescues abandoned pets."
