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“Unlimited Power”(1986)
/ Anthony Robbins (Free Press)


■Chapter 20: Trend Creation: The Power of Persuasion


□words

-----------------------------
　　135) plea (n)
　　136) mandate (n)
　　137) nauseate (v)
　　138) suave (adj)
　　139) fetus (n)
　　140) dopey (adj)
　　141) abdicate (v)
　　142) extraterrestrial(n)
-----------------------------
※これらの単語は、"My Wordbook(57)" で解説しています。

135) plea (n)
136) mandate (n)

It might be a plea to buy a car or mandate
to vote for a candidate.
(p.386)


137) nauseate (v)

They coughed and gagged and felt nauseated.
(p.387)


138) suave (adj)

We've been persuaded that smoking is sexy,
or suave, or adult, or macho.
(p.387)


139) fetus (n)

Have you ever seen the one showing a fetus
smoking a cigarettes in its mother's womb?
(p.388)


140) dopey (adj)

Brook Shields looking dopey with cigarettes
coming out of her ears?
(p.388)


141) abdicate (v)

If you abdicate responsibility,
there are plenty of others ready to fill the void.
(p.391)


142) extraterrestrial (n)

How so you feel about extraterrestrials?
(p.395)



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雑誌『TIME』や英検対策用の　"My Wordbook"。
現在読んでいる洋書、

“Unlimited Power”(1986)
/ Anthony Robbins

から、選出しています。


□Words

引用文は、こちら↓。

　Unlimited Power (15)
　・Chapter 20: Trend Creation: The Power of Persuasion

-----------------------------
　　628) plea (n)
　　629) mandate (n)
　　630) nauseate (v)
　　631) suave (adj)
　　632) fetus (n)
　　633) dopey (adj)
　　634) abdicate (v)
　　635) extraterrestrial(n)
-----------------------------

628) plea (n)

= a request that is urgent or full of emotion


629) mandate (n)

= if a government or official has a mandate
　to make important decisions, they have the authority
　to make the decisions because they have been elected
　by the people to do so

→mand-[=command]
→命令、委任


630) nauseate (v)

= to make someone feel that they are going to vomit

→nau-[=ship,※] + ate
→船酔いで気分が悪い
→に嘔吐を催させる

※ex./ astronaut, nausea, navy, navigate


631) suave (adj)

= someone who is suave is polite, confident,
　and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way:


632) fetus (n)

= a baby or young animal before it is born


633) dopey (adj)

= thinking or reacting slowly, as if you have taken a drug:


634) abdicate (v)

= to give up the position of being king or queen:

→ab[=off] + dic-[=say ※]
→から離れると宣言する
→を捨てる

※ ex./ addict, condition, contradict, dedicate, dictionary


635) extraterrestrial (n)

= a creature that people think may exist on another planet

→extra-[=outside] +terr-[=earth, land※]
→地球の外にいる生き物
→地球外生物

※ex./ Mediterranean, subterranean, territory




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村上春樹の『１Q84』BOOK2を読んでいる白うさぎです。

twitterで、村上春樹さんの「つぶやき」を
読むことができます。なかなかおもしろいです。

http://twitter.com/Murakami_Haruki

追伸
『News Digest Beginners　vol.9』では
村上春樹のエルサレム受賞スピーチが収録（抜粋ですが･･･）されています。
村上さんの声ではないのが残念です。


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“Unlimited Power”(1986)
/ Anthony Robbins (Free Press)


■Chapter 19 : The Five Keys to Wealth and Happiness
　　(p.371-384)


□印象に残った文章

◆1st Key: You must learn how to handle frustration.

　Here’s two-step formula for handling stress.

　　 Step 1: Don't sweat the small stuff.
　　 Step 2: Remember, it's all small stuff.

　All successful people learn that success is buried
on the other side of frustration. Unfortunately, some
people don't get to the other side. People who fail to
achieve their goals usually get stopped by frustration.
They allow frustration to keep them from taking the
necessary actions that would support them in achieving
their desire.
(p.375)


◆2nd Key: You must learn how to handle rejection.

　Ever hear of a guy named Rambo? Sylvester Stallone?
Did he just show up at the door of some agent or studio
and hear, "Hey, we like your body. We're going to put
you in a movie?"
　Not, exactly. Sylvester Stallone became a success
because he was able to withstand rejection after rejection.
When he started out, he was rejected more than a
thousand times. He went to every agent he could find
in New York, and everyone said no. But he kept pushing,
kept trying, and finally he made a movie called Rockey.
He could hear the word "no" a thousand times and then
go knock on door 1,001.
(p.376)

　There are no real successes without rejection.
The more rejection you get, the better you are,
the more you're learned, the closer you are to your
outcome. The next time somebody rejects you,
you might give him a hug. That’ll change his physiology.
Turn "no's" into hugs. If you can handle rejection,
you'll learn to get everything you want.
(p.377)


◆3rd Key: You must learn to handle financial pressure.


◆4th Key: You must learn how to handle complacency.

　"Little things affect little minds."
　　　　　　　　　　　- Benjamin Disraeli
　　(p.382)


◆5th key: Always give more than you expect to receive.

　What would happen if you went to the soil and said,
"Give me some fruit. Give me some plants?"

　The soil would probably respond,
"Excuse me, sir, but you're a little confused. You must be
new here. That's not the way the game is played."

Then it would explain that you plant the seed.
You take care of it. You water it and till the soil.
You fertilize it. You protect it and nurture it.
Then, if you do it well, you will get your plant or your fruit
sometime later. You could ask of the soil forever,
but it wouldn't change things.

You have to keep giving, keep nurturing,
for the soil to bear fruit- and life's exactly the same way.
(p.384)


□words

-----------------------------
　　128) indomitable (adj)
　　129) wobble (v)
　　130) abstruse (adj)
　　131) delusion (n)
　　132) callous (adj)
　　133) mediocre (adj)
　　134) wondrous (adj)
-----------------------------
※これらの単語は、"My Wordbook(56)" で解説しています。


128) indomitable (adj)

If you can handle these five keys consistently,
your life will be an indomitable success.
(p.372)


128) wobble (v)

I noticed a man wobbling back and forth, coming my way.
(p.372)


128) abstruse (adj)

There's nothing profound or abstruse about these five keys.
(p.373)


128) delusion (n)

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Affirmation with discipline creates miracles.
(p.373)


128) callous (adj)

I'm not callous enough to suggest
that poverty doesn't have huge frustrations.
(p.374)


128) mediocre (adj)

If you want to be complacent and mediocre,
spend your time gossiping about who is sleeping with whom.
(p.383)


128) wondrous (adj)

If you can handle these five thing,
you'll be able to use all the skills and powers taught
in this book to do wondrous things.
(p.384)



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