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★★★本題 — 生保を降りて内装の現場にいる男と、年金の電話営業を辞めた講師の25分。Apple の社員の芝居が見えたのは、男がピラミッドの一番下にいたから。 DMM (録音に講師の名前は無い。英国の語彙 — knackered / cuz。スペイン在住で、日中は屋外の肉体労働、午後にボクシング、夜中にレッスン。講師は「前に見せた Shi Heng Yi」「あなたは建設の仕事を manage している」と言っており、初対面ではない。本人は冒頭で「昨日の続き」と言ったが、講師はそれに触れておらず、第114夜の講師と同じ人かは録音からは確定しない。) — 25分 ★本人は屋外。風が強く回線が途切れ、冒頭でカメラを切ってもらった。オフィスが使えなくなり、予定(英検の残り3問)を捨てて雑談にした。 ★★話題は6つ — 講師の週(肉体労働・ボクシング・夜のレッスン)/ an honest day's work / 会議の9割は無意味(講師の Bullshit Man)/ Apple の社員は「Apple の社員」を演じている / 過労死と入社のしごき / 生命保険と年金営業の shady さ。 ★★講師が2回「その見方は考えたことが無かった」と言った。 ★本人は「前の職場でうまくやれたか」に No, no, no と答えた直後、ごますりが得意だったと白状し、講師の At least you're honest を引き出した。講師はそのあと、自分が唯一辞めた仕事(年金の電話営業)を話した。 ☓a は落ちる所と余る所が同じ25分に並んだ — 前夜の宿題(That's の次は a)の場面で a が立ち、要らない席にも6枚立った。

2026-09-1825 分
検死レポート（ノイズ＝直すべき癖）
第115夜。講師の名前は録音に無い。英国の語彙(knackered / cuz / I don't reckon)、スペイン在住。講師は「前に見せた Shi Heng Yi」「あなたは建設の仕事を manage している」と言っており初対面ではないが、第114夜の講師と同じかは録音からは確定しない。本人は屋外(強風・回線不良・カメラOFF)で、予定(英検の残り3問)を1分目に捨てて雑談にした。話題6つ — 講師の週(肉体労働・ボクシング・夜中のレッスン)/ an honest day's work / 会議の9割は無意味 / Apple の社員は役を演じている / 過労死としごき / 生命保険と年金営業。講師が2回「その見方は考えたことが無かった」と言った。本人は「うまくやれたか」に No を5回言い、ごますりが得意だったと白状し、講師は At least you're honest と返して自分が唯一辞めた仕事を話した。前夜の宿題①(That's の次は a)は執行され、同じ口が名詞の来ない席と数えない名詞の前にも a を置いた(宿題の過剰執行)。I really appreciate it は be なしで着地(第112夜の宿題)。
ネイティブらしくない癖
前夜の宿題の「置く場所」を覚え、「置く条件」を覚えない。That's / kind of の後ろに、名詞が来なくても a を置く → a と言ったら名詞まで言い切る。名詞が出なければ a を取り消す
共感を I understand / I see で済ませる。今夜は I've been と言いかけて there が落ちた → 相手の苦労を聞いたら、自分も経験があるときは I've been there の3語
同じ中身を言い直して強める(似ている → 全く同じ / collapsing and falling apart)。これは維持する → 言い直しで強めるときは、2本目を短くする
自分に刃を向けた告白(ごますりが得意だった)が、相手の告白を引き出した。これは維持する → 失敗の話を振られたら、得意だった恥ずかしいことを1つ添える
観察を1文の比喩で言う(会議=ママ友のカフェ / 社員=役を演じている)。講師が2回「その見方は無かった」と言った。これは維持する → 比喩のあとに、なぜそう見えたかの具体を1つ足す
乖離（短いSVOで言い切る練習）
講師が「画面の前の仕事は地獄だ」と言った直後、共感する: I've been there. / Cubicle life. / Been stuck in a cubicle myself.
会議は減らすべきだ、と言う: The fewer meetings, the better. / That meeting could have been an email. / Fewer meetings would be great.
会議はママ友のカフェと同じで、所属の感覚をくれる、と言う: It's pretty much the same thing. / It gives them a reason to be there. / It gives them a sense of belonging.
Apple の社員の自己評価と実力を言う: They have high self-esteem. / They think they're doing a great job. / They're good at figuring things out.
「その環境でうまくやれたか」に答える: Not really. / I was good at brown-nosing, though. / I was pretty good at sucking up to bosses.
過労死という言葉の成り立ちを説明する: That word was coined because of our culture. / Our culture values long working hours. / Overwork is worn like a badge of honor.
生徒Hello?
解説
★開幕は屋外。風の音が入っている。今夜の25分は、ここから予定を1つずつ捨てていく。
先生Hey, how are you doing?
解説
★講師の第一声は定型。本人はこれに答えず、先に回線の事情を話す。
生徒Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Windy. Could you turn off camera? Choppy connection.
ネイティブなら
Sorry, it's really windy out here. Mind if we go audio-only? My connection's choppy.
NEWgo audio-only
金具だけSorry, sorry — it's windy. Could you turn off your camera? The connection's choppy.
解説
☓turn off ▲ camera — 誰のカメラかが落ちた。turn off your camera / turn your camera off。#14 ★Windy は It's windy の It's が落ちた形。電報としては通じる。
★Windy. / Choppy connection. — 名詞と形容詞だけの電報で、事情は全部届いた。講師は1秒でカメラを切った。 ★★頼みごとを Could you で出した。前夜の宿題③(have to を相手に向けない)の場面で、have to は出ていない。★go audio-only = 音声だけにする。カメラを切ってほしいときの一言。
先生Yeah, sure. I'll turn it off. There you go.
解説
★I'll turn it off — 講師は it を付けて返した。本人が落とした「何を」を、相手が埋めた。
盗む
There you go.
頼まれたことを済ませた瞬間の3語。「はい、どうぞ / できたよ」。物を渡すときも、設定を変えたときも使える。
生徒Yeah, thank you. Yes. And originally, yeah, I was supposed to, you know, follow up, like start like, you know, start where we left off yesterday. test prep, boring test prep. But something came up and I couldn't use my office, so right outside. And I already disregarded like original plan. No plan, no contingency plan. So how's going? Just chat. Let's chat.
ネイティブなら
The plan was test prep, but that's out the window now. Let's just chat.
NEWout the window
金具だけThanks. Originally I was supposed to pick up where we left off yesterday — boring test prep. But something came up and I couldn't use my office, so I'm right outside. I've already scrapped the original plan. No plan, no contingency plan. So how's it going? Let's just chat.
解説
☓so ▲ right outside — 主語と動詞が落ちた。so I'm right outside。 ☓disregarded ▲ original plan — disregard は「無視する」で、捨てるなら scrap / ditch。the も落ちた。#14 ☓how's ▲ going — it が落ちた。第113夜の本人と同じ形。#26
★start where we left off / something came up / contingency plan — 3本とも無傷。予定が崩れた事情を、定型3本で説明した。 ★本人は「昨日の続き」と言った。講師はそれに触れていない。 ☓how's ▲ going は2夜ぶり2回目。第113夜の本人、第114夜の講師(書き起こし上)に続いて、3夜で3回、it が音から消えている。★out the window = (計画が)ご破算になった。窓から捨てた、の絵。
先生Any particular topic in mind that you want to talk about, or just go with the flow?
解説
★講師は選択肢を2つだけ出した。話題を決めるか、流れに任せるか。
盗む
Or should we just go with the flow?
go with the flow = 流れに任せる。予定を決めない雑談の合図。自分から提案するなら Let's just go with the flow。
生徒No, no, no. No, because TGIF, so I'm really tired. I'm obviously, you know, I mean, I'm not enjoying preparing for tests. And, yeah, it's, I'm a kind of a little sick and tired of preparing for tests, exam. So it's a bit, well, it, it, I need a little bit change of pace, you know, fresh kind of perspective. So it's, and TGIF, so I don't want to talk about tests, just, you know, casual, random stuff.
ネイティブなら
Honestly, I'm burnt out on test prep. I need to switch gears.
NEWswitch gears
金具だけNo — it's Friday, so I'm really tired. Obviously I'm not enjoying test prep. I'm kind of sick and tired of it. I need a bit of a change of pace — a fresh perspective. So no tests today, just casual, random stuff.
解説
☓I'm a kind of a little sick — a が2枚余った。kind of は副詞なので a は要らない。 ☓a little bit change of pace — of が落ちた。a bit of a change of pace。 ☓fresh kind of perspective — a が落ちた。a fresh perspective。#14
★sick and tired of / change of pace / TGIF — 3本とも中身は正しい。 ☓1文の中で a が余り(a kind of a)、別の所で落ちた(▲ fresh perspective)。今夜の a はこの形で25分続く。前夜の宿題①(That's の次は a)を守ろうとした口が、要らない席にも a を置き始めている。★switch gears = ギアを切り替える、気分を変える。
先生Anything other than tests is fine, yeah.
解説
★Anything other than ~ = 〜以外なら何でも。講師は1文で了承した。
生徒Yes, yes. So no hard work, nothing. How, how was day? How, you know, I, I know your,
ネイティブなら
So no hard work. How was your day?
解説
☓how was ▲ day — your が落ちた。#14。How was your day? は4語で固定。
★質問を返した。雑談に入る最短の1本で、講師はこのあと4分、自分の週を話す。
先生studying for tests is kind of annoying. Yeah, I'm not really one for studying, which is kind of funny because I'm a teacher, but I was probably one of the worst students.
解説
★教師なのに勉強嫌い、を自分から言った。本人の「試験勉強はうんざり」を、講師は自虐で受けた。
盗む
I'm not really one for studying.
be not one for ~ = 〜するタイプじゃない。I'm not one for parties / I'm not really one for small talk。「嫌い」より柔らかい。
生徒Yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生in history. But anyway, um,
解説
★one of the worst students in history — 史上最悪の生徒の1人。誇張の定型。
生徒Yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah.
解説
★相槌4つ。回線が途切れている時間帯。
先生So, yeah, what was I going to say? Today, pretty normal kind of day, but I was a bit busy this morning. I had a few little errands and things to do. I've been getting up really early, like 6:00 or something in the morning, and then, basically, all week this week, I've been pretty tired.
解説
★I've been getting up / I've been pretty tired — 今週ずっと続いていることを現在完了で言っている。
盗む
What was I going to say?
話が飛んだとき、自分で戻る合図。言いかけたことを忘れたら、黙らずにこれを言う。考える時間も稼げる。
生徒Oh.
解説
★相槌。
先生Uh, cause I've like working, doing that work, hard work outside.
解説
★講師の文も途中で組み替わっている。I've like working → doing that work → hard work outside。
生徒Uh-huh.
解説
★相槌。
先生Um, and then, doing
解説
★講師が語を探して止まった。本人はこの0.5秒に1語を挟む。
生徒Physical labor, like doing your, getting your hands dirty kind.
ネイティブなら
Physical labor? Like, getting your hands dirty?
解説
☓末尾の kind — kind of thing の of thing が落ちた。無くても通じるので、切るなら kind ごと切る。
★★講師が語を探した0.5秒に、本人が語を差し出した。前夜に3回発動した「空席に1語」が、今夜も1回目で出た。★getting your hands dirty(手を汚す = 体を使う仕事をする)は無傷。講師は Exactly で受けた。
先生Exactly, yes. Yeah, yeah, it's like, essentially like manual labor kind of.
解説
★講師は本人の語を受けて、manual labor と言い換えた。
盗む
It's basically manual labor.
manual labor = 肉体労働。manual は「手の」。physical labor とほぼ同じで、仕事の種類として言うならこちら。
生徒Uh-huh.
解説
★相槌。
先生Bit of gardening, kind of grounds keeping, construction, like maintenance type stuff. So, it's um, it's hard physical work. It's demanding, in that sense.
解説
★仕事の中身を4つ並べた — 庭仕事、敷地管理、建設、保守。
盗む
It's demanding, in that sense.
demanding = (仕事が)きつい、要求が多い。hard より一段かたい。a demanding job / a demanding boss。
豆知識
groundskeeping(グラウンズキーピング)= 敷地や芝の管理。学校・ゴルフ場・墓地・大きな屋敷の外回りを保つ仕事で、担当者は groundskeeper。
生徒Ah. Oh, yeah, I see. Yeah. Demanding, yeah, hard, yeah, okay, I see.
解説
★demanding を復唱して、hard と自分で言い換えた。聞いた語を口に1回通している。
先生Yeah, and then that with the getting up early, and then after work the boxing, and then, and then doing some night lessons, as well.
解説
★早起き、仕事、ボクシング、夜のレッスン。講師の1日が4段で出た。
生徒Mhm. Wow, night lessons, boxing?
解説
★聞き取れた2語を疑問の形で返した。短いが確認になっている。
先生Yeah, after the the the lesson, no no, the boxing is like in the afternoon, like after siesta time, and then, sometimes I do lessons at like during the middle of the night. In Spain, it's like first thing in the morning in in Japan, cuz it's eight hours ahead.
解説
★講師の拠点はスペイン。シエスタのあとにボクシング、夜中にレッスン。
盗む
It's first thing in the morning in Japan.
first thing in the morning = 朝いちばんに。I'll call you first thing in the morning(朝いちで電話する)。
豆知識
スペインと日本の時差は、夏時間の間は7時間、冬時間(10月最終日曜から)は8時間。講師は8時間と言ったが、9月は夏時間なので実際は7時間 — スペインの夜11時は日本の朝6時。★スペインは地理的にはイギリスと同じ経度なのに、中央ヨーロッパ時間を使っている。1940年から続く設定で、そのせいで夕食が夜9時〜10時と遅い、という説がある。
生徒Ah.
解説
★相槌。
先生So if I'm doing, if it's 11:00 here, it's like Uh, 7:00 in the morning or something there, so it would be like from 7:00 to 9:00 or something in in
解説
★時差を具体的な時刻で説明した。
生徒Mhm. Yeah. I see, yeah, yeah, yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生So I do like four lessons sometimes at night. Um, but anyway, it's weird. It's like juggling two different things because if I do that job, if I do that other job, then I need to do more classes to try and do my usual amount of classes, and then I work at the weekend and then I don't have any day off. And plus I'm doing the nights, and I'm doing the other job, and I'm doing the boxing, so I'm just like knackered all the time.
解説
★juggling = 複数のことを同時に回す。講師は2つと言い、中身を数えると3つだった。
盗む
I'm just knackered all the time.
knackered = へとへと(イギリス英語の口語)。アメリカなら beat / wiped out。講師がイギリス寄りの英語だと分かる1語。
生徒Yeah, yeah. Three different stuff.
ネイティブなら
Yeah. Three different things.
解説
☓three different stuff — stuff は数えない名詞なので、数字を付けられない。three things。#14 限定詞の数
★講師が two different things と言った中身を、本人が数え直して3にした — 別の仕事、夜のレッスン、ボクシング。数は合っている。☓数えた物が stuff だった。stuff は量で言う語で、個数を言うなら things。
先生Uh, so, yes, at some point I should sleep well and have a complete night's sleep. Um, but I'm not sure when that will be. So, but anyway, how about you?
解説
★講師のほうから質問を返した。本人の番。
盗む
At some point I should get a full night's sleep.
a full night's sleep = 一晩ぐっすり。講師は complete と言ったが、定型は full。a good night's sleep も同じ形。
生徒Hello?
解説
★回線が切れた。講師の質問は届いていない。
先生So anyway, yeah, that that was the breakdown of my week so far, but anyway.
解説
★講師は自分の話を1文でまとめ直した。回線が戻ったときに、本人が話の続きを拾えるようにしている。
盗む
That's the breakdown of my week so far.
breakdown = 内訳。予定や費用を項目ごとに言ったあと、まとめる1文。Can you give me a breakdown of the costs? とも使う。
生徒Yeah, oh my, yeah. Okay, maybe just my, yeah, also my connection is so bad. And yeah, so uh you know, I was so encouraged by your you know, wearing multiple hats, uh getting early in the morning, and yeah boxing is also it's kind of like takes a lot of physical like energy, right? And, but it's at the same time it's very good because you kind of like uh uh uh got got tired by it, but uh it's kind of like a physically good exercise, and at the night you can sleep like easily, I think. You know what I mean? Get up early, and did a did uh outwork like a manual labor and physical labor. That's uh kind of like a fulfilling lifestyle at the same time. And like at night, like one one or two, you know, beer and uh that's, you know. That's uh nice because human beings, you know, Japan and uh doing a white-collar work it's uh physical-wise it's yeah, maybe we go to gym we go to the gym someti- yeah, but uh still it's not uh balanced not well-balanced lifestyle here. Too much mental, too much brain work, not physical work. So, yeah.
ネイティブなら
Honestly, that's how humans are built to live — wear out your body, then sleep like a log.
NEWsleep like a log
金具だけMy connection's really bad too. Anyway, I'm inspired by how you wear multiple hats — getting up early, boxing, which takes a lot of physical energy. But that's good, because it wears you out, so at night you can fall asleep easily. You get up early, do manual labor outside — that's kind of a fulfilling lifestyle. Then a beer or two at night. That's nice. In Japan, doing white-collar work, we go to the gym sometimes, but it's still not a well-balanced lifestyle. Too much brain work, not enough physical work.
解説
☓getting ▲ early — up が落ちた。getting up early。#12 ☓it's kind of like takes — 主語が it's と takes の2つに割れた。it takes。 ☓got tired by it — by は受け身の行為者。it wears you out / you get tired from it。 ☓at the night — the が余った。at night。#1 ☓did a outwork like a manual labor — outwork は「〜より多く働く」という別の動詞で、manual labor は数えない。do manual labor outdoors。 ☓one or two beer → a beer or two。 ☓doing a white-collar work — work は数えない。white-collar work。 ☓not ▲ well-balanced lifestyle → not a well-balanced lifestyle。
★★wearing multiple hats(いくつもの役を兼ねる)が無傷で出た。講師が「2つを juggling している」と言った中身を、本人は別のイディオムで言い直した。 ★★That's uh kind of like a fulfilling lifestyle — 前夜の宿題①の場面で a が立った。That's の後ろに kind of が来て、名詞 lifestyle で終わる形。 ☓同じ段落で、要らない席に a が3枚立った — a outwork / a manual labor / a white-collar work。3枚とも、数えない名詞の前。宿題を守った口が、a を配りすぎている。★outwork はモンスター図鑑に登録(屋外の仕事、のつもりで作った語)。 ★sleep like a log = 丸太のように眠る、熟睡する。
先生Right. Yeah, it's funny though. There is something about like what they call it like an honest day's work. I'd much even even though it's tiring, and you probably don't want to be like doing the gym or doing exercise afterwards. You just want to rest, but it it it's somewhat satisfying. Like you were saying, you manage the construction jobs and stuff, it's quite it's satisfying to see it completed,
解説
★講師は本人の職業を覚えている — you manage the construction jobs。初対面ではない。
盗む
There's something about an honest day's work.
an honest day's work = まっとうな1日の労働。体を動かして、成果が目に見える仕事のこと。There's something about ~ は「〜には何かがある(うまく言えないが良い)」。
生徒You're you're kind of like a very like a, like a, It's Yeah. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a management side of this also. It's not I'm just standing and just watching people doing their stuff and uh yeah, what, you know, kind of like, you know, I don't I'm like a uh uh overseeing stuff, so. But sometimes I do.
ネイティブなら
I mostly oversee things, but I'll pitch in when they need an extra pair of hands.
NEWpitch in
金具だけI'm more on the management side. I'm not just standing around watching people do their stuff — I oversee things. But sometimes I do get my hands dirty.
解説
☓I'm a management side — 側に「いる」ので on が要る。I'm on the management side。#8 ☓I'm like a overseeing stuff → I oversee things。 a が動詞の前に立った。
★講師の「あなたは manage している」に、本人は訂正を入れた — 管理側だが、ただ見ているだけではない。中身は正確。 ☓I'm a, I'm a, I'm a — a を3回言ってから management side が来た。on が座る席に a が座っている。★pitch in = 手を貸す、加勢する。
先生Yeah, but still, you do see its completion and you see the stages of So at the end of the day, something gets completed or something, and it's satisfying to look at uh that it's done.
解説
★you do see — do で強調。「それでも、完成は見るでしょう」。
盗む
At the end of the day, something gets done, and it's satisfying to look at.
at the end of the day = 結局のところ。ここでは文字どおり「1日の終わりに」とも取れる二重の使い方。
生徒Yeah. Yes. Yes, uh because yeah yeah, because especially in internal uh like last touch, like uh you know, not like a grand scheme of like uh basic building stuff, it's about the last touch of wallpaper or like a flooring, so you can actually see the results, and the customers also, I mean, uh judge like either good or bad, you know. You got, you either get like a punched out, you know, you get punch in your face or you get like a success, you know, you get, "Oh, it's very nice. Thank you so much," kind of like a you know, compliments you get. So, that's kind of like a black and white, you know, you know the results, the whether you did a great, great job or Yeah, so that's uh yeah, I I think it's just kind of, you know, you can feel such a, such a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment. Yeah.
ネイティブなら
It's instant feedback. The client either loves it or tears it apart.
NEWinstant feedback
金具だけEspecially in interior work, it's all about the finishing touches — not the big structural stuff, but the wallpaper and the flooring. So you can actually see the results, and the customers judge it right away. Either you get punched in the face, or you get "Oh, it's lovely, thank you so much." It's black and white. You know right away whether you did a great job. So you feel a real sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.
解説
☓internal → interior。internal は「内部の(組織・体の中)」、内装は interior。#13 ☓last touch → the finishing touches。複数で使う定型。#12 ☓a grand scheme of — in the grand scheme of things は「大局的に見れば」で、ここは the big structural stuff。 ☓get punch in your face → get punched in the face。 ☓that's kind of like a black and white — 名詞が来ないので a は要らない。it's black and white。 ☓a flooring — flooring は数えない。
★内装の仕事を、施主の反応の二択で説明した — 殴られるか、ありがとうと言われるか。講師の satisfying を、本人は sense of fulfillment and accomplishment の2語に分けて返した。無傷。 ☓that's kind of like a black and white — a を立てたが、後ろに名詞が来なかった。前夜の宿題を守った形と同じ出だしで、名詞が無いまま終わった。★in the grand scheme は第113夜に in a grand scheme として出た定型で、今夜は意味ごと別の場所に置かれた。
先生Yeah, and they say that, like an honest day's work, like you said, because you've getting your energy out. Like some that Shaolin monk guy that I was showing you before, Shi Heng Yi, he says this. He says like, "People in the old days, they didn't have time to be depressed, because they were carrying the water,
解説
★講師は「前に見せた」と言った。以前のレッスンで、この講師は本人に Shi Heng Yi を見せている。
盗む
People in the old days didn't have time to be depressed.
didn't have time to ~ = 〜している暇が無かった。忙しさが悩みを追い出す、という話の型。I didn't have time to be nervous(緊張する暇も無かった)。
豆知識
Shi Heng Yi(シー・ヘン・イー)は、ドイツ南西部オッターベルクにある少林寺ヨーロッパ(Shaolin Temple Europe)の師範。TEDx の講演や大型ポッドキャストへの出演で知られる。★講師が引いた話は、禅の言葉「悟りの前、薪を割り水を運ぶ。悟りの後、薪を割り水を運ぶ」(Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water)と同じ系統である。
生徒What Shaolin? What Shaolin? So did you recommend some Shaolin? What Shaolin?
ネイティブなら
Wait, which one? Remind me.
NEWRemind me.
金具だけWhich Shaolin guy? Did you recommend him to me before?
解説
☓What Shaolin — 候補の中から「どの」なら which。Which Shaolin guy? ☓recommend some Shaolin — 人を指すなら him。
★★流さずに止めた。聞き取れなかった人名を、4回聞き返した。講師は名前と所在地を言い直した。★Remind me = (忘れたので)もう1回教えて。2語で、相手に説明をやり直させる。
先生Yeah, yeah, Shi Heng Yi. He's got, he's on like a lot of podcasts and stuff. Um, he's got some uh some some um Shaolin Temple in in in Germany.
解説
★名前 → 出演している場所 → 拠点、の3段で人物を言い直した。
生徒Really? Oh, yeah, yeah, I remember. Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, sorry, yeah. I get it, I get it. Yeah.
解説
★I get it — it 付きで2回。前夜の宿題②(動詞の後ろに it)と同じ金具。短い定型の中の it は落ちない。
先生Um, but anyway, he said that, and that the the doing the exercise and the mindfulness, and just focusing on the task at hand, you don't really have time to be confused and overthinking things. Whereas like being stuck in a kind of job like you know in The Matrix, Mr. Anderson, at the beginning like working
解説
★Whereas = 一方で。体を動かす暮らしと、画面の前の仕事を対比する接続語。
盗む
Just focus on the task at hand.
the task at hand = 目の前の作業。at hand は「手元の」。先のことを考えすぎる人に言う1文。
豆知識
『マトリックス』(1999)の冒頭、主人公ネオは Thomas Anderson という名で、ソフトウェア会社のキュービクルで働くプログラマーである。遅刻を上司に叱られる場面があり、仕切られた机が並ぶ画面が「画面の前の労働」の象徴として引かれる。★講師はこの夜、キアヌ・リーブス主演作を2本出す(もう1本は『ディアボロス』)。
生徒Yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生That's much more hellish, you know. Like you're just a cog in the machine. You're just sat in front of a screen. I spend a lot of time sat in front of a screen, so I shouldn't really say anything, but you know that you're just working for some giant conglomerate. You're a number to them. You know, you don't have any relationship. You can't really talk to your colleagues, and you're just stuck there like in front of a computer, like a
解説
★sat in front of a screen = 画面の前に座らされて(イギリス英語の口語)。アメリカなら sitting。★I shouldn't really say anything — 自分も画面の前にいる、と自分に刃を向けた。
盗む
You're just a cog in the machine.
a cog in the machine = 機械の歯車の1つ。替えのきく存在、の定型。You're a number to them(会社にとってはただの番号)と対で使える。
生徒I've been. Yeah. and a box separated by the boxes and uh ah yeah, and
ネイティブなら
I've been there. Yeah — stuck in a cubicle.
NEWI've been there
解説
☓I've been. — there が落ちた。I've been there = 私も経験がある。there が無いと「私は存在した」で文が止まる。 ☓a box separated by the boxes → a cubicle。仕切られた机は1語で言える。
★★講師の cog in the machine に、本人は体験で返そうとした。言いたいことは正確で、仕切られた机を「箱で仕切られた箱」と描写している。 ☓I've been ▲ — 共感の3語から there が落ちた。門番の there ではなく、場所の there。★I've been there は「その立場を経験した」で、失恋にも、就活にも、キュービクルにも使える。
先生The the the monotony of it is like soul destroying. I don't think it's actually natural for a human being to be in an environment
解説
★monotony = 単調さ。
盗む
The monotony of it is soul-destroying.
soul-destroying = 魂が削られる(イギリス英語でよく使う)。退屈で無意味な仕事を言う定型。a soul-destroying job。
生徒Not natural at all. Yeah, because a desk job is like a 90%, you know, I also used to work in a financial industry, and uh uh 90%, it's you know, because I want to a little bit uh uh what to say, uh uh joke about it. 90% of the job is a bullshit job, bullshit. It's not about anything to It's like a mm doesn't contribute to anything in a in this like it's like a how do I put it, um yeah, you are kind of like uh feel like doing something, but uh uh maybe if some people actually really scrutinize you and uh watch like objectively, like uh, you know, uh yeah, 90% of the job were there like a um uh for example like uh uh meetings after meetings after meeting, 90% of that like a, you know, that's not, you just, you can do this with a with just a one email, you know. You don't have to do like 1 hour, 2 hours long
ネイティブなら
Honestly, that meeting could have been an email.
NEWcould have been an email
金具だけNot natural at all. I used to work in the financial industry too, and — I'm half joking — 90% of a desk job is bullshit. It doesn't contribute to anything. How do I put it? You feel like you're doing something, but if someone really scrutinized it, 90% of the job is, for example, meeting after meeting after meeting. You could do that with one email. You don't need a one- or two-hour meeting.
解説
☓a financial industry → the financial industry。業界は1つに決まる。#14 ☓what to say → how do I put it。how to say の変種。 ☓meetings after meetings after meeting → meeting after meeting after meeting。同じ語を after でつなぐときは単数・冠詞なし。前夜の from generation to generation と同じ形。#12 ☓just a one email → just one email。 ☓1 hour, 2 hours long → an hour- or two-hour-long meeting。
★Not natural at all — 講師の not natural を受けて、at all で強めて返した。無傷。 ★how do I put it が戻った。第112夜の直し → 第113夜3回 → 第114夜ゼロ → 今夜1回。 ★scrutinize(細かく調べる)は本人の在庫。 ☓meetings after meetings after meeting — 3回目で単数に着いた。前夜、講師が2回言って直した from generation to generation と同じ形で、今夜は1回目と2回目が複数、3回目が単数。★That meeting could have been an email = その会議、メールで済んだよね。英語圏の職場で定番の皮肉。
豆知識
Bullshit Jobs(ブルシット・ジョブ)は、人類学者デヴィッド・グレーバーの2018年の本の題名。「働いている本人でさえ、存在する意味が無いと思っている仕事」と定義した。★きっかけの一つは英国の世論調査(YouGov、2015年)で、働く人の37%が「自分の仕事は世の中に意味のある貢献をしていない」と答えた。
先生Oh, everyone says about that. Uh, there's a guy, a guy, Karl Pilkington, that says that when he goes to those kind of meetings, they ask him like, "If you had if you had a super power,
解説
★講師は本人の「会議は無意味」を、英国のコメディの話で受けた。
豆知識
Karl Pilkington(カール・ピルキントン)はイギリスのテレビ・ラジオの人物。リッキー・ジャーヴェイスとスティーヴン・マーチャントのラジオ番組とポッドキャストで有名になり、嫌々世界を旅させられる番組『An Idiot Abroad』に出た。真顔で言う素朴な持論が笑いの芯になっている。
生徒Yeah, less meetings, that's better, yeah, more better, yeah. Less meeting is a great.
ネイティブなら
The fewer meetings, the better.
NEWThe fewer ~, the better.
金具だけYeah — fewer meetings. Fewer is better. Fewer meetings would be great.
解説
☓less meetings — 数えられる名詞には fewer。口語では less も聞くが、試験では fewer。 ☓more better — better がすでに比較級。more は要らない。 ☓Less meeting is a great — a を立てたが、後ろに名詞が来ない。Fewer meetings would be great。#14
★言いたいことは3回とも同じで、3回とも正しい。形が3回とも崩れた。 ☓more better — 比較の札が2枚。 ☓is a great — a を置いたのに、名詞が来ないまま文が終わった。今夜の a の余りの典型。★The fewer ~, the better = 少なければ少ないほどいい。The + 比較級, the + 比較級 の型。
先生like what would your superpower be?" And he said like, "I would be Bullshit Man." So, like anytime people are like stuck in one of those meetings where they're just point ba- banging on about pointless sort of gibberish, and it's not actually like constructive. It's just like weird office politic stuff and overanalyzing things, and just like going on and on and on about real pointless stuff, that he would just come in like flying through the window like Superman or something and just point at them and say, "Bullshit."
解説
★Bullshit Man — 窓から飛び込んで、無意味な会議を指さして「くだらない」と言うヒーロー。
盗む
They're just banging on about nothing.
bang on about ~ = 〜をだらだら話し続ける(イギリス英語)。going on and on about と同じ。He keeps banging on about his new car。
生徒Gibberish, yeah. Yeah, please call Bullshit Man.
解説
★講師の gibberish(意味不明なたわごと)を反響し、please call Bullshit Man で笑いに変えた。会議の話を、講師の出したヒーローで締めた。
先生And they'd have to just stop the meeting, like call it short.
解説
★講師は call it short と言った。定型は cut it short(切り上げる)。call it a day(今日は終わり)と混ざった形。
盗む
They'd have to cut the meeting short.
cut ~ short = 〜を途中で切り上げる。We had to cut our trip short(旅行を切り上げた)。
生徒Yeah, I think like uh, well, yeah, uh nine out of 10 is a meeting is a bull, you know, bullshit. It's okay to like mingle and uh It's like a, you know, like uh mother's like uh, you know, talk, you know, meaningless uh at the cafe, you know, mothers talking endlessly. That's That's a similar, it's exactly the same. And but it's like uh people are, you know, and also like talking something about, you know, meaningless stuff, but at the same time, you know, it belong, it gives them the meaning to be there, and uh they kind of like uh feel, you know, long, belonging you know uh feel "Okay, I'm here to, you know, preside this position," and uh
ネイティブなら
Half those meetings are just people making sure they still have a seat at the table.
NEWa seat at the table
金具だけNine out of ten meetings are bullshit. It's okay to mingle. It's like moms chatting at a café for hours about nothing — exactly the same. They talk about meaningless stuff, but it gives them a reason to be there. It gives them a sense of belonging: "Okay, I'm here, I hold this position."
解説
☓nine out of 10 is a meeting is — be が2枚。nine out of ten meetings are。#10 ☓That's a similar — 名詞が来ないので a は要らない。That's similar。#14 ☓it gives them the meaning to be there → a reason to be there。 ☓preside this position — preside は「議長を務める」で over が要る。ここは hold this position。
★★講師に「その見方は考えたことが無かった」と言わせた段落。会議をママ友のカフェに重ね、中身は無くても、そこにいる理由と所属の感覚を与えている、と言った。 ★mingle(人と交わる)/ belonging(所属)は本人の在庫。 ☓That's a similar — 前夜の宿題の出だし(That's + a)のまま、名詞が来なかった。今夜2枚目。★a seat at the table = 決定の場に席があること。
先生Right. Oh, vanity. I never thought about it that from that perspective.
解説
★★1回目の「その見方は無かった」。講師は本人の話を vanity(虚栄心)の1語にまとめた。
盗む
I never thought about it from that perspective.
相手の意見を本当に新しいと思ったときの1文。from that angle とも言う。Interesting よりはっきり、自分の考えが動いたことを伝える。
生徒Yeah, that's, and And you got, you get pretty good, pretty good salary. Salary-wise, you're very good because, you know, financial uh life insurance kind of job, you know what I mean? So, you get kind of like a little bit uh uh self like self-image is like a little bit higher than other like uh manual labor jobs or
ネイティブなら
The paycheck props up your ego.
NEWprops up
金具だけAnd you get a pretty good salary — life insurance pays well. So your self-image gets a bit higher than people in manual labor jobs.
解説
☓you get ▲ pretty good salary — a が落ちた。a pretty good salary。#14 ☓Salary-wise, you're very good — 良いのは給料で、あなたではない。The pay is really good。 ☓higher than other manual labor jobs — 比べる相手が自己像と仕事でずれた。higher than people in manual labor jobs。
★給料が良いと自己像が上がる、という話の骨は通った。 ☓-wise が今夜も出た — salary-wise / physical-wise / pyramid-wise / environment-wise / conditions-wise / money-wise。第93夜に講師の sound-wise から入った語尾が、今夜6回。★prop up = 支える、つっかえ棒をする。
先生Right.
解説
★相槌。
生徒You know what I mean? Yeah, because salary is good.
ネイティブなら
You know what I mean? Because the pay is good.
解説
☓salary is good — 特定の職場の給料なので the。the salary / the pay。
★同じ理由を1文でもう1回言った。
先生It's more stroking, they're kind of like stroking their own ego, in a way. Because I I I've I've had a few sort of middle-management-type bosses or worked for some schools and companies that try to operate their business in that way, and I've never thought about it from that perspective, but that summarizes it quite well. That's exactly what it is. Like they love the sound of their own voice, which is funny coming from me cuz I talk
解説
★★2回目の「その見方は無かった」— that summarizes it quite well / That's exactly what it is。講師は自分の元上司たちに、本人の見方を当てはめた。★which is funny coming from me — 自分もよく喋る、と自分に刃を向けた。
盗む
They love the sound of their own voice.
love the sound of one's own voice = 自分の声を聞くのが好き、喋りたがり。会議で長く話す人を言う定型。stroke one's ego(自尊心をくすぐる)と並べて使える。
生徒Stroking, yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And narcissistic. Yeah, but yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, because yeah. Yeah, um, the other day, uh, can I, can I tell you something story? The other day, you know, I, I went to the, uh, Apple, like a,
ネイティブなら
Yeah, and narcissistic. Can I tell you a story? The other day I went to Apple —
解説
☓something story — Can I tell you something? と Can I tell you a story? が合流した。どちらか1本。
★narcissistic(自己愛の強い)を講師の stroking their ego に足した。無傷。 ★the other day(先日)は第113夜に続いて2夜連続。 ★話を始める前に、話していいかを聞いた。雑談の主導権を取りにいく1文。
先生Mhm.
解説
★講師は1音で許可した。
生徒uh, not store, like a huge factories. Not factories, like a development side of like, uh, uh, building. And, uh, I met, I, I got a chance to meet like, uh, Apple employees, you know, Japanese and also, uh, I don't know, American or like so kind of. And, you know, and they I I I noticed, uh, immediately. They enjoying like, uh, playing the Apple like, uh, uh, employee employees, and uh, you know, I know that they got good salary and, uh, also they show off in like a, you know, the way they behave is okay, and uh, I'm at the at the at the last end of the, you know, I'm like, you know, construction workers and nobody expects big deal kind of. So, they're very, very like a pyramid-wise, very low the end of. So, they don't care about those workers, and uh, yeah, not peacocking, but uh, you know, okay. Yeah. Uh, it's, it's like a Hollywood movie, like uh, they're pretending. They, what, they're playing their characters. And enjoying. Yeah.
ネイティブなら
They weren't just working there — they were playing the part of an Apple employee.
NEWplaying the part
金具だけNot a store — a huge facility. Not a factory, more like an R&D building. I got a chance to meet some Apple employees, Japanese and maybe American. And I noticed right away — they were enjoying playing "the Apple employee." I know they get a good salary, and it shows in the way they carry themselves. I'm at the bottom end — with the construction workers, and nobody expects much from us. Pyramid-wise, we're at the very bottom, so they don't care about us. Not peacocking exactly, but it's like a Hollywood movie — they're playing characters, and enjoying it.
解説
☓a huge factories — a と複数形が同席。a huge facility。#14 ☓They enjoying — be が落ちた。They were enjoying。#10 ☓they got good salary → they get a good salary。 ☓at the last end → at the bottom end。 ☓they're very low — 低いのは自分たち(建設の作業員)。we're at the very bottom。 ☓And enjoying → and enjoying it。#26
★★観察の中身が鋭い — 社員は、Apple の社員という役を演じて、それを楽しんでいる。講師はこのあと、この見方に何度も戻る。 ★★peacocking(孔雀のように見せびらかす)が出た。第92夜に peafowling として召喚され、第99夜に正しい形で回収された語が、16夜あけて3回目。 ☓they / we の取り違え — 見下されている側(自分たち)を they と言った。第91夜の he/she と同じ、伝令の揺れ。★play the part = 役を演じる。
先生Right.
解説
★相槌。
生徒But okay, yeah, it's okay, but uh, still. It's kind of like, a bit, a bit funny and, you know, I, I'm good at caricaturing them, and so. Wow, uh, so. Well, maybe, you know, self-high uh, esteem, you know, very, they think they're great job. I don't know, maybe they I think, you know, you know, if they're uh, you you graduate from great universities, and uh, kind of like, good, you know, resume and uh, that's nice, and uh, maybe you are really good at like uh, working out and uh, solving actual problems. Yeah, that I admit. But, uh, yeah, and uh, but at the same time, I noticed that. They're playing characters, so that's not real, you know. Be real. You know what I mean? It's uh, I see.
ネイティブなら
I could do a pretty good impression of them.
NEWdo an impression of
金具だけIt's a bit funny, and I'm good at doing impressions of them. Maybe they have high self-esteem — they think they're doing a great job. If you graduated from a top university and have a good résumé, that's nice. Maybe you're really good at figuring things out and solving actual problems. That I admit. But they're playing characters. That's not real. Be real, you know?
解説
☓self-high esteem — 語順が割れた。high self-esteem。 ☓they think they're great job → they think they're doing a great job。 ☓working out — 「筋トレする」になる。解決するなら figuring things out / working things out。#13
★caricature(戯画にする)を動詞で使った。正しい。話し言葉なら do an impression of。 ★★That I admit — 目的語を先頭に出す倒置が無傷。認めるところは認めてから、But で反論する形。 ☓self-high esteem はモンスター図鑑に登録。high が self と esteem の間に割り込んだ。
先生Right. Not yeah Not not everyone who works in those kind of financial industries, or sales, or whatever it is, is is like that. Or then you get from the human resources, so annoying, with their, you know, "Oh, we need to give you more training," and it's everything's about the employee wellbeing, and, you know, we need to tackle some problem in the workplace because someone made a joke, or something that's inappropriate. That's even more annoying. That's like a really like an acting session, you know, where everyone's just pretending to be nice, but actually they hate each other, or whatever. Um, so that's that's even more annoying. But like not everyone who works in financial industries like has a big ego like that. Maybe they act a certain way when they're in the office because it's competitive environment, or something, but like when you speak to them outside of their work, they're not like on their high horse like going on about how great they are, or something. I mean, sometimes they might brag a little bit, like "I went to this university. You know, I I work for this really really big investment bank," or whatever it is, and I'm like, "Okay, well, that's impressive. You know, I'm sure your salary is very high. That's good for you." Doesn't do anything for me. But like It's part of the culture, right? In In Japan and like South Korea, and stuff, I think that mentality
解説
★★講師は本人の「役を演じている」を受けて、公平の線を引いた — 全員がそうではない、オフィスでは競争のせいでそう振る舞うだけかもしれない。そのうえで、人事の研修こそ演技の場だ、と本人の見方を別の場所に広げた。★Doesn't do anything for me = 私には何の意味もない、響かない。
盗む
They're not on their high horse.
on one's high horse = 偉そうにしている、上から目線で。Get off your high horse(偉そうにするな)の形でもよく使う。
生徒Yes. Yes. Some people are really sincere. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, I understand. It's like Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I understand. Yeah, because like uh, yeah, job title or what like a companies you are working, you know, and you are belonging is like a huge status in the badge, honor, and uh honor, and uh yeah, I think, um, so so, the huge percentage of because also we like uh, you know, there's a word, you know, you mentioned "karoshi," you know, karoshi, you know, dying to, working themself dying to death kind of. Because that word coined because of the our culture very uh focusing on and uh valuing the long hours work, and uh people are respected for that reasons, you know, and uh they neglect like cannot spend enough time spending in with kids because of that because, and so, yeah, um, it's hugely
ネイティブなら
Here, overwork gets worn like a badge of honor.
NEWa badge of honor
金具だけSome people are really sincere. But in Japan, your job title and the company you work for are a huge status symbol — a badge of honor. There's a word — you've probably heard it — karoshi. Working yourself to death. That word was coined because our culture values long working hours. People are respected for that, and they can't spend enough time with their kids.
解説
☓what like a companies you are working — a と複数形が同席、for が落ちた。the company you work for。#14 #8 ☓a huge status in the badge → a status symbol, a badge of honor。 ☓working themself dying to death → working themselves to death。#12 ☓that word coined — 受け身の be が落ちた。was coined。#10 ☓the our culture — 限定詞が2枚。our culture。#14 ☓for that reasons → for that reason。
★Some people are really sincere — 講師の「全員がそうではない」に、まず同意してから日本の話に移った。 ★badge と honor を別々に出して、a badge of honor の半分まで来た。 ★karoshi を英語の会話にそのまま出した。英語でも karoshi で通じる。
豆知識
過労死(karoshi)は英語の主要な辞書にも見出し語として載っている日本語である。日本の「過労死ライン」は、時間外労働が月100時間、または2〜6か月の平均で月80時間を超える状態で、労災認定の目安になっている。★厚生労働省は2016年から毎年『過労死等防止対策白書』を出している。
先生Yeah, they have to sacrifice, right? And the new workers, they like haze them, and stuff. Even Even in the bank, even in the banking sector and the investment banks, and stuff, in um financial industries, even in the UK and in in the US, it's exactly the same. Like they haze the new employees. They're like they're going to make you work like 16 hours a day just to see if you can handle it. It's almost like you know when they when they beat you up to join a gang, like an initiation, or something.
解説
★講師は日本の話を「英米の投資銀行でも同じ」と、自分の側に引き取った。
盗む
It's almost like an initiation.
initiation = 入会の儀式、通過儀礼。新人にきつい仕事を与えて耐えられるか試すこと。haze(新人をしごく)と並べて使う。
豆知識
hazing(ヘイジング)= 新入りへのしごき・いじめの儀式。米国では大学の友愛会(fraternity)で死亡事故が繰り返され、ほとんどの州に反ヘイジング法がある。
生徒Yeah. Mhm. Yes, same. Uh, military Yeah. Yeah, initiation, that's exactly true.
ネイティブなら
Yes, same here. Like the military. An initiation — exactly.
解説
☓that's exactly true — 口語では that's exactly it / so true。exactly と true は一緒にしない。
★military を1語で差し込み、講師の initiation を復唱した。
先生To to see if you can put up with it, basically, and then if you put up with it, then it's like, "Okay, now you can be in our in our gang cuz you're like a proper slave," you know, "but we're testing you to see how much of a slave you are," basically. Um, so
解説
★proper slave — proper は「ちゃんとした、本物の」(イギリス英語の口語)。
盗む
They want to see if you can put up with it.
put up with ~ = 〜に耐える、我慢する。I can't put up with this anymore(もう我慢できない)。講師はこの夜、自分が辞めた仕事の話でもう1回使う。
生徒Yeah. Don't, Yeah, because be- before like uh, you know, it's it's it started it starts with like job hunting stage, because already there's you you should be some kind like uh slave mentality, and uh you need like uh so much, that's that's why you need like uh people from uh what not not like uh they don't value like education, you know, they need like a strong will, or the sports like a uh background. Especially in Japan, rugby Yeah, I know you know, because you are boxing and
ネイティブなら
In Japan, a college sports background is basically a golden ticket for job hunting.
NEWa golden ticket
金具だけIt starts at the job-hunting stage. You're already expected to have a kind of slave mentality. That's why they don't value education so much — they want a strong will, or a sports background. Especially rugby, in Japan.
解説
☓with like job hunting stage → at the job-hunting stage。#8 #14 ☓the sports like a background → a sports background。限定詞が2枚。
★日本の就活で運動部出身が好まれる話を、学歴より意志の強さ、と言い切った。 ★a golden ticket = 確実に道が開く切符。
豆知識
体育会系 — 日本の新卒採用で、大学の運動部出身者が上下関係と体力を理由に好まれる、とよく言われる。英語にそのまま当たる語は無く、説明するなら college athletes / a jock culture。
先生Right. Yeah, and having that ruthless ruthlessness, and sort of doing whatever it takes to get the job done, kind of worshipping money over everything.
解説
★講師は運動部を「冷酷さ」「お金の崇拝」につなげた。
盗む
Doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
whatever it takes = どんな手を使ってでも。I'll do whatever it takes。get the job done(やるべきことを片付ける)と組み合わせる定型。
生徒Grit, may Yeah, it's it's a grit is a good word, yeah. Grit, gritty, and Yeah.
ネイティブなら
Grit. Grit is a good word.
解説
☓a grit — grit は数えない。a は要らない。#14
★★講師の ruthlessness に、本人は別の語 grit(やり抜く力)を差し出した。冷酷さではなく粘り強さ、と向きを変えている。講師は Grit と復唱した。☓a grit is — 今夜の a の余りの1枚。
先生Grit.
解説
★講師は1語で受け取った。
生徒never give up kind of. And I think, you know, it's it's a good like personality and uh yeah, that's uh it's it should be like uh admired and lead into that your success in life. Gritty, grit, and yeah. Uh, because you put an effort.
ネイティブなら
Never give up. It's a good personality trait. It should be admired, and it leads to success in life, because you put in the effort.
解説
☓a good personality → a good personality trait。personality は人格全体、性質の1つなら trait。 ☓lead into that your success → leads to success。 ☓put an effort → put in the effort。
★grit を「成功につながる、称えられるべき性質」と、肯定側に置いた。講師はこの直後、それを会社が利用する、と逆側から返す。
豆知識
grit を一般に広めたのは、心理学者アンジェラ・ダックワースの本『GRIT』(2016)。長期の目標への情熱と粘り強さ、と定義し、才能より成果を予測すると主張した。
先生Yeah, perseverance is key to never give up, right? But they um they might take advantage of that and use that to kind of manipulate you into molding you to become one of their drones, if you know what I mean. Um, and then you end up selling your soul, or something, like in The Devil's Advocate.
解説
★講師は grit を認めてから、裏側を出した — 会社はその粘りを利用する。
盗む
They might take advantage of that.
take advantage of ~ = 〜につけこむ / 〜を活用する。向きが2つある語で、人に使うと「つけこむ」になる。
豆知識
『ディアボロス/悪魔の扉』(The Devil's Advocate、1997)は、キアヌ・リーブス演じる若手弁護士が、アル・パチーノ演じる悪魔の経営する法律事務所に入る映画。講師はこの夜、キアヌ・リーブス主演作を2本出した(マトリックスと、これ)。★devil's advocate は、議論のためにあえて反対側に立つ人、という意味の慣用句でもある。
生徒Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
解説
★相槌。
先生Uh, but, yeah, I mean obvious not all of them are like that, but, you know, as a whole, if you were to analyze those kind of industries, there's a lot of that. But like sales is like that, commission jobs are like that. To me, I don't see them that differently, you know. Like business is business, like it's cut throat at the end of the day, like it's always been like that, like cloak and dagger, like
解説
★講師はここでも「全員ではない」を先に置いた。この夜、3回目。
盗む
Business is business. It's cut-throat at the end of the day.
cut-throat = 容赦のない、食うか食われるかの。a cut-throat industry。cloak and dagger(陰謀めいた)も同じ段落で出た。
生徒Sell your soul, sell your soul in How to say, like a, you you have to be evil kind of. Yes. Dog eat dog kind of like, uh, yeah.
ネイティブなら
You have to sell your soul. How do I put it? You have to be a bit evil. It's dog-eat-dog.
解説
☓How to say → How do I put it。今夜2回目の how to say。
★★dog eat dog(食うか食われるか)は本人が先に言い、講師が1秒後に同じ語で文を続けた。今夜の「空席に1語」の3回目。 ★sell your soul は講師の selling your soul を受けた反響。
先生multinational corporations, it's like dog eat dog. They like will do anything, whatever it takes to like get 2% from their competition, or whatever it is, you know. They don't care how ugly
解説
★講師は本人の dog eat dog を受け取って、多国籍企業に当てはめた。
生徒Yeah. Yes. Yes, because it's competition all the time. Yeah. You have to You You are like uh in the environment-wise, it's yeah. That's, because, you know, higher salary kind of means, you know, that because why you get so much good conditions-wise in the salary-wise, because you have to compete and you have to win all the time. And if you lose, like you know, the company's reputation is down and everything like collapsing and falling apart, so you always have to fight, fight, fight. So, it's uh That's a culture and you know soldier kind of mentality, military mentality guys, it's if you are built for that kind of environment, go for it, you know. Success is guaranteed, you know. But it's not about everything.
ネイティブなら
It's great if you're wired for it. If you're not, it eats you alive.
NEWwired for
金具だけBecause it's competition all the time. That's why the salary and the conditions are so good — you have to compete and win all the time. If you lose, the company's reputation goes down and everything falls apart. So you always have to fight. It's a soldier mentality. If you're built for that kind of environment, go for it — you'll succeed. But that's not everything.
解説
☓so much good conditions-wise in the salary-wise — so much は good に付かない、-wise が2枚。such good conditions。 ☓everything like collapsing — be が落ちた。everything falls apart。 ☓it's not about everything → that's not everything。
★★built for(〜向きにできている)が無傷。If you're built for that kind of environment, go for it — 相手を否定せずに、自分は違う、と言う形。 ★collapsing and falling apart — 同じ意味を2本重ねて強めた。
先生Right. Did Did you do well in that sort of environment, or did you not?
解説
★講師は話を本人の過去に向けた。
盗む
Did you do well in that sort of environment?
do well = うまくいく、成果を出す。Did you do well on the test?(試験はうまくいった?)でも使う。
生徒No. No. No, no, no. I'm good at like uh, how to say, uh, uh, uh, like so, you know, brown brown-nosing kind of stuff, you know what I mean? Sucking up to bosses, and uh, I'm really pretty
ネイティブなら
No. Well — I was good at brown-nosing. Sucking up to bosses. I was pretty good at it.
解説
☓I'm good at — 前の職場の話なので過去。I was good at。 ☓how to say → how do I put it。今夜3回目。
★★★今夜いちばんの笑い。「うまくやれたか」に No を5回言い、その直後に「ごますりは得意でした」と白状した。brown-nosing / sucking up to bosses — ごますりの口語を2本、どちらも無傷。講師の返事は At least you're honest。
先生At least you're honest.
解説
★講師は4語で笑いを返した。
盗む
At least you're honest.
at least = 少なくとも。相手の告白を責めずに受ける1文。At least you tried(少なくとも挑戦はした)も同じ形。
生徒Yeah. I have kind of like uh, I'm talented, but uh, it also uh, erodes my like, uh, you know, identity or like self, you know, Oh, but I know I'm good at, but uh, at the same time, it's it doesn't bring me anywhere, nowhere. It's like uh, yeah, it's there is no future, you know. The future why, money-wise it's yeah, okay. Guaranteed, like very safe life ahead of me, but uh, at the same time, it's maybe like uh, eroding your uh, like uh, total wellbeing, you know, but slow slowly.
ネイティブなら
It pays the bills, but it slowly eats away at you.
NEWeats away at
金具だけI was talented at it, but it also eroded my sense of self. I know I'm good at it, but it doesn't get you anywhere. There's no future in it. Money-wise it's fine — a very safe life ahead. But slowly, it erodes your overall wellbeing.
解説
☓I know I'm good at ▲ — at の後ろが空いた。good at it。#26 ☓doesn't bring me anywhere, nowhere — 否定が2枚。doesn't get me anywhere。 ☓▲ very safe life → a very safe life。#14 ☓slow slowly → slowly。
★erode(浸食する)を段落の頭と尻で2回、正しく使った。才能はあるが、自分を削る — 自分の過去を正確に言っている。 ★there is no future — 門番の there が立った。 ☓good at ▲ — 前夜の宿題②と同じ種類の空席。動詞ではなく前置詞の後ろで出た。★eat away at = じわじわ蝕む。erode の口語。
先生Yeah, it happened it happened to me. I I I I one job that I had, I had a bunch of jobs like that, like sales, commission. Um, and one of the
解説
★★本人の告白を受けて、講師が自分の職歴を話し始めた。
盗む
I had a bunch of jobs like that.
a bunch of = たくさんの(口語)。a lot of より軽い。
生徒Yeah. Because you are good at uh talking. Yeah, you can, yeah.
ネイティブなら
Because you're a good talker.
解説
★講師を褒めて、話を促した。good at talking でも通じる。a good talker は名詞1つで言える形。
先生Yeah. I don't know, and the I studied business, so those kind of things come up, but even before just like some part-time job or some temporary job to make some money, but there's always an element of like shadiness to it. Like they're sort of tricking the customers, or they're selling something that doesn't really exist, and, you know, rip ripping off some old people or something.
解説
★講師は大学で経営を学んだ。
盗む
There's always an element of shadiness to it.
an element of ~ = 〜の要素。shady(うさんくさい)を名詞にした shadiness と組む。There's an element of truth in it(一理ある)も同じ形。
生徒shady. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, my god, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. Yeah.
解説
★shady を反響した。
先生And it gets to the point where you have to be really kind of ruthless,
解説
★it gets to the point where ~ = 〜という段階まで来る。
盗む
It gets to the point where you have to be ruthless.
事態が一線を越えたことを言う型。It got to the point where I couldn't sleep(眠れないところまで来た)。
生徒Oh, my god, yeah. Just, you know, sell your soul, like How to say, like you have to be evil kind of.
ネイティブなら
Yeah. You just sell your soul. You have to be a bit evil.
解説
☓How to say — 今夜4回目(what to say を含む)。
★同じ中身を2回目。sell your soul / evil は通った。
先生kind kind of, or you just have to not care about other people, because a lot of the time it's like you know you can't believe in what you're selling because you know that it's like almost like an illegal business. Like they're selling something that doesn't exist. They're like tricking them, using some loophole or something, to basically scam money out of people. Um, or selling them something that they just don't need, you know. Like poor old people that don't know any better, they get talked into it.
解説
★loophole = 抜け穴。
盗む
They get talked into it.
talk ~ into ... = 〜を説得して…させる。受け身で「言いくるめられる」。I got talked into buying it。反対は talk ~ out of。
生徒Sense. Yeah. Yep, yep, yep, yes. Yes. Yeah. I understand. Totally understand. Ah, I can't I couldn't agree with you more, because, you know, life insurance, so next time maybe I'll talk about my my experience, because, yeah, it's uh it's so greedy business and so shady, but uh, but at the same time, you know, life insurance there is no like uh guaranteed, you know. It's like uh, if you die, your families are, you know, is thank you for you kind of thing, right? So, there is no such thing as it's uh, maybe you you if you did, you know, selling like a bullshit stuff,
ネイティブなら
Don't get me started on life insurance.
NEWDon't get me started on
金具だけI couldn't agree with you more. Next time maybe I'll talk about my experience in life insurance. It's such a greedy, shady business. Nothing is guaranteed. If you die, your family gets the money and thanks you — that's the deal. So if you're selling bullshit...
解説
☓so greedy business — so の後ろに名詞は来ない。such a greedy business。 ☓selling like a bullshit stuff — stuff に a は付かない。selling bullshit。#14 ☓your families are ... is — 主語と動詞の数が2回ずれた。
★★I couldn't agree with you more — can't と言いかけて couldn't に自分で直し、着地した。同意の最上級。 ★次回の話題を本人が予約した — 生命保険での自分の経験。 ★Don't get me started on ~ = 〜の話を始めさせないで(始めたら止まらない)。不満のある話題に入るときの定型。
先生And there's always weird clauses and technicalities, right? Like the medical history.
解説
★講師は本人の話を「約款の細かい条項」に具体化した。
盗む
There are always weird clauses and technicalities.
technicality = 細かい規定、形式上の理由。on a technicality(形式的な理由で)は、裁判や審査で負けるときの定型。
豆知識
生命保険には告知義務がある。契約前の病歴や健康状態を事実と違って申告すると、契約が解除されて保険金が出ないことがある。講師の medical history はこれ。
生徒Yeah, because at the end of the day, there's, yeah, you no, no one can decide which like amount of money uh should left to your family, you know, if you die. So, it's like a little bit uh, you know, very not shady, but uh, yeah, nobody can decide, so.
ネイティブなら
At the end of the day, no one can decide how much money should be left to your family if you die. So it's a bit — not shady exactly, but nobody can really decide.
解説
☓which amount of money → how much money。 ☓should left — 受け身の be が落ちた。should be left。#10
★at the end of the day(結局のところ)— 講師が2回使った定型を、本人が使った。 ★not shady, but — 言いすぎた語を自分で1段下げた。
先生Yeah, there's always weird legal technicalities where they pay the smallest amount that they can physically possibly pay, or if they can, get out of paying it altogether. That's basically what the business is. That's like the art of the business, basically. Um,
解説
★the art of the business — 払わない技術が、商売の芸である。
盗む
They try to get out of paying it altogether.
get out of ~ing = 〜するのを逃れる。I got out of going to the meeting。altogether は「完全に」。
生徒Yeah, exactly. It's art, yeah.
解説
★講師の art を1語で受けた。
先生So, but it's all done in like small print, like pages and pages of stuff that no one can understand or have the time to read. And then, but they've signed it, you know. So, once they've signed it, that's it. It's like they've agreed to it, anyway, you know. But, like you say, life insurance, life insurance, like if you Most of my friends,
解説
★once they've signed it, that's it — 署名したら、それで終わり。
盗む
It's all in the small print.
the small print = 契約書の細かい字の部分(イギリス英語)。アメリカでは the fine print。Read the small print(細則を読め)。
生徒Yes. Yeah, yeah, life insurance is more complicated, and more like uh, you know, like uh, evil, you know, because, you know, the uh, I will I will I will explain it uh, next time, because, yeah, and uh, with, you know, with the help maybe, you can understand.
ネイティブなら
Life insurance is even more complicated — and more evil. I'll explain it next time. With some help, maybe you'll understand.
解説
☓with the help → with some help。どの助けかが決まっていない。
★I will explain it — 動詞の後ろに it が立った。前夜の宿題②の金具。 ★次回の話題を2回目の予約。
先生I I worked for like uh financial advisers and like It wasn't It wasn't that dishonest, but it was like calling people on the phone, and the amount, and it was like trying to talk to people about their pensions and stuff, and it was so It made me sick like doing that job. Like I couldn't I don't know why, but it made me depressed. Like I had to It's the only job that I've ever actually quit. Like because I just couldn't put up with it, because it was like calling people over and over again, and it's so demoralizing because like 50% of the people that you call, they're like, "I have no pension. Like I lost my pension. Like my company cheated me out of my pension." And they would just be like shouting at you like, "I don't want to talk about pensions." Do you know what I mean? Like, "I lost my pension," and I'm like, "Oh, god. Like I'm sorry. I don't know like why I have this job, like I don't actually want to do this."
解説
★★講師が自分の唯一辞めた仕事を話した — 年金の電話営業。電話の半分が「年金を失った」「会社にだまし取られた」と怒鳴る相手だった。本人の「ごますりが得意だった」の告白に、講師が自分の告白で返した。
盗む
It was so demoralizing.
demoralizing = やる気を削がれる、士気を下げる。同じ段落の put up with(耐える)/ cheat ~ out of(〜をだまし取る)と組になる。
豆知識
英国では2019年1月から、年金についての勧誘電話(cold calling)が法律で禁止されている。年金詐欺の被害が相次いだことが理由である。★企業が破綻して企業年金が減る事例もあり、その場合は年金保護基金(Pension Protection Fund)が一部を肩代わりする。
生徒Yeah, yeah, because Okay, yeah, FB, yeah, financial Uh-huh, yeah. Mhm. Ah, put up, yeah. Yeah. Yes, like uh Oh. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh my. Yeah, I I totally, you know, understand what you're saying, because yeah, I I'm in I was in that industry and wow, yeah, and well, maybe time is up, and uh, I really appreciate it.
ネイティブなら
I totally understand what you're saying, because I was in that industry too. Well, I think time's up. I really appreciate it.
解説
★誤りなし。I'm in → I was in を自分で直した。書き起こしの FB は、financial の直前なので FP(ファイナンシャル・プランナー)の聞き違いの可能性がある。
★★I really appreciate it — be を挟まずに着地した。第112夜の宿題(感謝は I appreciate の3語で始める)が、3夜あけて執行された。 ★I'm in → I was in — 時制を自分で直した。辞めた業界なので過去。
先生It was interesting, but I'm glad I ended up doing something else cuz uh I I I don't reckon I would uh been able to uh survive doing that job for a longer period of time. Just made me feel
解説
★I don't reckon = I don't think(イギリス英語の口語)。
盗む
I'm glad I ended up doing something else.
end up ~ing = 結局〜することになる。予定していなかった結果に着いたときの形。I ended up staying home。
生徒Mhm. Yeah, because you are good, great person, you are a good person. That's, because that, that's why I like you. That's why we are about, quick quick, we are on the same page. We are the same wave wavelength, right? Because And uh,
ネイティブなら
Because you're a good person. That's why I like you. We're on the same page — on the same wavelength.
解説
☓you are ▲ good, great person — 1回目は a が落ち、2回目で you are a good person と付いた。 ☓we are the same wavelength — on が落ちた。on the same wavelength。#8
★★締め。講師の告白に、you're a good person, that's why I like you で返した。 ★on the same page(認識が一致している)は on 付きで無傷。 ☓直後の wavelength で on が落ちた。同じ形の定型を2本並べて、2本目の前置詞を忘れた。録音はここで切れている。
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