異文化ディスカッション (79) Cultural Friction (2)

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「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。



聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―）



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Cultural Friction (2)



a secret

= a special method, a trick, コツ, 秘訣



to spur (someone) to do (something)

= to move, to encourage



Filipino

= the language of the Philippines, also called Tagalog



a bit

= a little



to emphasize

= to say strongly



pure

= 100%



to preach

= to speak formally in church about religion



to master

= to learn extremely well



to get (someone) to do (something)

= to ask and that other person does it



for the better

= in a good way



Arabic

= アラビア語



to some extent

= to some degree, ある程度



a Moslem

= a person who believes in Islam



to pray

= to speak to God



specific

= certain



to tell

= to know, to distinguish, to identify



pen pals

= key pals, friends who live far away and to whom you write



to bump

= ぶつかる



to high-five (someone)

= ハイファイブする



spicy

= hot



to bow

= お辞儀する



to complement

= to show appreciation, to praise



a stranger

= a person who you do not know



to exchange presents

= to give each other gifts



to rip softly

= to open gently and carefully



aggressively

= 激しく、攻撃的に



to feel guilty

= to regret having done something bad, 気が咎める



roughly

= aggressively, not gently



preciously

= carefully and with importance, 大切に



to rip (something) up

= to tear it open, ボロボロに裂く、破る



the minority

= 少数派



ligaw

= the Filipino word for “courting” or “courtship”, 求愛



serenading

= singing love songs to the person you love



to fall in love at first sight

= 一目惚れ



gradually

= slowly and steadily, little by little



weird

= strange



The Tiara Syndrome

= the idea that a woman should keep her head down, do excellent work, and hope that the right people will notice. Then the other person will put a tiara (a crown) on her head. In real life, this almost never happens. The expression was a key part of the book “Lean In”, written by Sheryl Sandberg who was a leader in Google and now works for Facebook. She says women should be stronger in the workplace.



brief

= short



the Bullet Train

= the expression which most foreigners use for the 新幹線



もったいない

= In English that would be “don’t waste things.”



hamburgers

= ハンバーガー　(Notice the “s” on the word. Native Japanese speakers usually pronounce the “s” too softly. You should say the “s” strongly! Or, you can order “a hamburger.” Also note that ハンバーグ in English is called “hamburger meat”.)