英検 Presents 実践!グローバル・コミュニケーション
Let's Read the Nikkei in English
記事は「Nikkei Asian Review ( http://asia.nikkei.com/ )」
(日本経済新聞社)から
●< 英検準1級で制す! 今週のニュース >
★Australian students get 'immersed' in Asian languages ( http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140911-The-long-shadow/Life-Arts/Australian-students-get-immersed-in-Asian-languages )
★Security risks spreading as extremists regain power, take to Internet ( http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140911-The-long-shadow/Cover-Story/Security-risks-spreading-as-extremists-regain-power-take-to-Internet )
★GPIF's foreign asset purchases expected to help push yen lower ◎注目記事 ( http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140911-The-long-shadow/Markets/GPIF-s-foreign-asset-purchases-expected-to-help-push-yen-lower )
●< 注目記事の時事英語・キーワードなど >
GPIF (Government Pension Investment Fund)
年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人
foreign asset purchase 外債買い
long-term depreciation of the yen 長期的な円安
play a key role 重要な役割を担う
institutional investor 機関投資家
interest rate hike 金利上昇
begin to be factored into the market 市場に織り込まれ始める
widening gap between Japanese and U.S.interest rates
広がりつつある日米の金利差
geopolitical risks 地政学リスク
undermine optimism about the global economy
世界経済の楽観論を後退させる
add selling pressure (円)売り圧力を高める
relatively low-risk Japanese currency 相対的に低リスクの日本円
assets denominated in foreign currencies 外貨建て資産
with those factors in mind こうした要因を念頭において
mounting yen-selling incentives 円売りの動機が高まること
allocation 配分、割当て
domestic bond 国内債
portfolio strategy ポートフォリオ戦略
respectively それぞれ
speculation (不確かな)推測
trust bank 信託銀行
foreign securities 外国証券
purchases exceeding sales 買い越し
mutual aid funds 共済年金
corporate pension funds 企業年金
follow suit 追随する、まねをする
rock the market 市場をかき回す、市場を混乱させる
massive amounts of money 巨額の資金
●< 準1級の英語 (注目記事から) >
foreign asset purchase 外債買い
undermine optimism about the global economy
世界経済の楽観論を後退させる
mounting yen-selling incentives 円売りの動機が高まること
respectively それぞれ
purchases exceeding sales 買い越し
mutual aid funds 共済年金
massive amounts of money 巨額の資金
●< 英検3級のやさしい英語で国際人 >
今週のテーマ「refusing an invitation」
Jeff : Can you and your sister go to the Hamptons with us this weekend?
Nanae : We'd love to, but we have tickets to see Evita.
Jeff : Oh, I see. Well, maybe another time then.
Nanae : That would be very nice. Thanks for thinking of us.
Jeff : Well, enjoy Evita.
→ twitterアカウントは「@radionikkei_jp」 「#英語で国際人」
●< 英検4級で話せる! 2020年の英会話 >
今週のテーマ「場所を人にたずねる」
Jeff: Nanae, do you know where the city office is?
Nanae: Sure. It's right across from the police station.
Jeff: Jeff: Umm, I don't know where the police station is, either.
Nanae: Go down this street and turn left at the supermarket.
The city office is on your right.
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英会話テーマを随時募集中「#ゴリングリッシュ」