英語を使って働こう！

本日はお休みでまったりしています。
現在の英語学習教材を下記にまとめてみます。

1.NHKラジオ入門ビジネス英語
2.NHKラジオ英語5分間トレーニング（最近やってない）
3.DHC英文ライティング講座
4.海外ドラマ「Dexter」「The West Wing」
5.CNN HP Business関係
6.IFRS

全てが毎日出来ているわけではありません。残念です・・・（涙）

I am on holiday today.
Here is the list of my current materials for English study.

1. Business English for beginners (NHK radio)
2. 5-minitue English training (NHK radio)
3. Correspondence course for English writing (DHC)
4. Articles related to business (CNN website)
5. IFRS

Regrettably, it is impossible for me to study all of them every day.

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I happened to know Sysan Boyle. She is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZTmbmvYSm0

Imagine you are in Japan. You want to drop by your friend’s place, so you have to take a train to go there. You wait for the train on the station platform you want to get on. Unfortunately, the train is delayed a couple of minutes for some reason. In this case, you have a right to be frustrated. We take it for granted that trains should arrive on time, though we rarely snap at the train staff members or blame them for the delay harshly.

“Ladies and gentlemen, there was an accident on the railroad resulting in death. We have to keep you waiting for a while. We sincerely apologize for causing you trouble.” or “The train bound for XX will arrive a few minutes behind the schedule. We are terribly sorry.” You would sometimes hear such an announcement on the platform.

Actually, my train was delayed a few minutes the other day. Hearing the announcement briefing the delay, I got irritated a little bit secretly. Am I strict?

Below this post, you see three ads by Google. One of them may be zeiken which is very helpful to you for knowing the latest news about Accounting. Not to mention they take up issues about IFRS, International Financial Reporting Standards. I sometimes go to the website in the office. Don’t ask me whether or not I can understand all of the contents.

I’ve heard many times that transcription is helpful to you for raising your listening ability.
Placing a piece of paper and a CD player on the table at home, I once tried to transcript English as much as I could, but I gave it up very soon, because it was troublesome when I had to fast forward or backward the player many times. I felt a waste of time and tired.

What do you think of transcription for your language study? Should I resume transcribing English if I want to improve my listening ability? Or doesn’t it matter much even if I try hard to transcribe English?

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think that there is a rosy road to master a language. That being said, if there were an easy way to use English like a native English speaker, I’d definitely want to know the secret. That sounds like I am lazy.

自分にとっては、この２つは似ているような気がしてましたが、
違うようですねえ。
例えば、会社がコピー機を借りているなら、リースで、
私がレンタルショップでCD借りるなら、レンタルですかね。
両者の違いって考えると
期間の長さがすぐに浮かびます。
あとは、契約内容の違いでしょうか。リースの方が借りている人が
抱えなけらばならない責務が重そう。。。

当然ですが、会計上の処理にも違いがあり、
複雑さを感じました。。。