This time Tyson notes that social networking started with teenagers and office workers, because they were already comfortable using computers to interact with other people.
irksome
厄介な =annoying
tech-smart
技術に強い
province
活動分野、領域 =a subject that someone knows a lot about or something that only they are responsible for
with-it
=fashionable and modern in the way that you dress, think etc [= trendy]
"be interested in" or "knowledable" "mentally comtempt"
folks on Madison Avenue
広告業界の人 Mad Avenue =a street in New York City that is famous as the centre of the advertising business. Its name is sometimes used to mean the US advertising business in general.
Internet devotee
インターネット愛好者 最後のeeにストレスを置いて使うものは英語には多い devocee(離婚した女性), examinee(受験者),interviewee(インタビューされる人), employee (従業員)など
staid
真面目な、旧弊の =serious, old-fashioned, and boring
あまり使われないが、どちらかというとnegative。 やわらかではあるけれど。 serious, sedate, deginity staid oldster と人に言うのはよくない fit a mold
型にはまる
race around,
run around 駆け回る positiveにもnegativeな場合にも使える
be dedicated to
~専用である
<訳は英辞郎およびLDOCE(LongmanDictionary of Contemporary English)など、 またディクテーションは メルマガの「NHKビジネス英語を120%利用」から引用・参考にしています>