1(S): Now, Chris, we talked about the focus on wellness. Uh...the word "wellness" seems to be coming back. It means more than just being well, right?
2(C): Yeah, I think so, because we have the word "well" and we also have the word "healthy". So I think wellness is a larger concept. It includes being healthy and it includes being uninjured
but that's still closer to physical health. I think wellness includes the idea also of being happy and comfortable in your life, not just physically and mentally, you know, the way you should be.
3(S): Well, compared to the 70's and 80's, people are more health-conscious these days. We no longer hear about three-martini lunches or liquid lunches, do we?
4(C): That's true. I think also maybe the pace of life is a little slower, so you could have a drink or two at lunch time, and didn't have to function immediately afterwards. But uh...it's it's not only that I think part of it is because baby boomers are getting older, though oldest ones are retirement age now. And uh...even the
I think they are thinking about their health a lot more.
5(S): They don't want to look old.
6(C): Yeah. I think, in the past, people just sort of assumed they're gonna lose a couple of teeth as they got older and they assumed they were gonna get wrinkled and they assumed they were
will start sagging and it's true all of those things do happen to people, but the more they take care of yourself, the later it happens or I think it happens less. I've read things about getting older people even very old people to exercise makes quite a difference in their quality of life or I suppose you could say in their wellness.
7(S): And more people are on diet and we talked about portion control.
8(C): Yeah, I think people are thinking about it a lot more I don't know if it has much of an effect yet, ha ha...But if this idea of wellness continues to become really main stream and everybody just expects to have some degree of wellness in their lives. Although I have read a couple of things, heard a couple of things about people who think in the near future you may be able to live for ever, or at least extend your life quite a bit.
9(S): I am reminded of this graffiti we did a number of years ago. Which went something like uh... I intend to live forever so far so good.
10(C): Uh,Huh.
11(C): Ha ha..I guess everybody could say that.
あんな時、こんな時
□ Am I glad to see you! (窮地に陥って、そこに誰か助ける人が現われた。) ああよかった、といった時の表現
12(C): With the intonation you can make it more clear whether you just happy to meet someone or whether they came in the nick of time and saved you.
□ Glad you could drop by [stop by].
13(S): drop by も stop by も同じような意味ですね。ちょっと立ち 寄ってくれて、ありがとう。
14(C): Just be careful who you drop in on. Because or who you drop by to see, because a lot of people are not too happy with that.
15(C): You can also use this as a farewell. When the people are walking down the sidewalk going back toward the car or to the train station, you're waving good-bye, you could say "glad you could stop by."
□ It's great to hear from you.
16(C):hear from は「お手紙をもらう」ということですけれど、
17(C): I think this one is when somebody calls you or sends a letter. If they call you on the phone, of course, you can say it directly to them after they've called you, if it's a letter, you might write this in your reply and earlier we had "glad to hear that." "Glad to hear that" you would say someone face to face. "Glad to hear from you" implies that you are not face to face.
□ Charmed.
18(S): Charmed. というのはどういう時に使いますか?
19(C): It sounds a little old-fashioned to me or maybe a little bit British. You can use that, when you meet somebody, it means you are very charming, so I feel charmed just meeting you.
22(C): The first one in this set is probably used usually when somebody's made a request. and you're glad you can help them or support them or give them what they'd like. The second one can also be used the same way. It gives me great pleasure to help you or to do what you would like. You can shorten it and just say "With pleasure."
□ It gives me great pleasure.
23(C): The phrase "it gives me great pleasure" is fairly often used to when people are introducing other people. Like on a stage "It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you our speaker tonight."
問題
24(C): There's all kinds of things you could say, but here is pretty good one. "I'm so glad to see you again. You're looking healthy and prosperous."
looking healthy and prosperous 健康で裕福そうに見えますね。
English Challenge
1 25(C): Look at the form. You will hear a man giving information to put on the form.
26(C): The answers are: (1) Chong (2) Boston (3) Super Soft (4) Sales representative.
2 27(C): Look at the form. You will hear a message from a customer enquiring about a company's cleaning services. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate information.
28(C): The answers are: (1) computer (2) warehouse (3) 7th of June (4) reception