11/10　　　修正11/15

聞き取りのポイント

1. 9,200 steps for men and 8,300 steps for women are goals
for what?
2. Caruso says the a tie-up with who would be a natural?
3. Walker says the walking kit should include a page or two on what?
4. What does Caruso say is relatively easy?

手ごわい！数字はninety-two　hundred, eighty-three　hundredという
読み方もあるのね。Caruso（人名）って初めて聞いたわ!?なんて思ってたら随分
前から登場してました。Walkerさんもそうですが、登場人物をちゃんと把握
していないと聞き取れないのだなあ。人名ってむずかしい。

In English, a lot of people say for digit numbers a little bit
differently when they end in two zeros like these numbers
which are the goals for the number of steps to take.
Instead of “ninety　two　hundred” or “eighty　three　hundred”,
you can also say “nine thousand two hundred” or
“eight thousand three hundred”.

Foot wear
Foot wear is a fairly common way to talk about all the different
kinds of things you can wear on your feet. But the word “wear”,
as a noun, is usually not used alone in English to talk about
clothing or shoes. It appears in combination. For example,
sports wear, outer wear, casual wear, and even formal wear.

Wear/gear 　　　foot gearという言い方も可

Relatively
Instead of “relatively”, you could substitute the word
“comparatively”. It’s, of course, comparing the easiness.
It’s not absolutely easy.

Food media (食品関連媒体)
In English, “food media” sounds a little funny if you think of it
carefully. Most people just hear it the way it’s meant. But if you
look back and think about “print media”, that’s information
on paper that’s printed. Or if you think about “broadcast media”,
that’s information that sent out or broadcast by radio or television.
And then think about “food media”, It it sounds like information as
is somehow being sent out to people on food. Actually, of course,
it means the media people who specialize in a topical food.

Sift something into first gear
“Sifting something into first gear” means “getting it started”,
“start it moving”, “taking action”. It’s past the planning stage.

ほかにもなじみのない単語が沢山出ていますが、眠いのでもうやめます。