H☆Mさんの おぼえた日記 - 2018年5月13日(日)

[Bikingest Workplace](1,2,3) -Lesson 3 /Business Communication in Action-

Chuck Salmans: I know you commute by bike just about every day, Shota. Do you think I should start biking to work too?

Ueda Shota: Oh, definitely. And you couldn't pick a better time to do that, because May is National Bike Month. Teams and riders go head-to-head in the Bike to Work Challenge. It's a month-long competition to find New York City's "bikingest workplace."

Pat McMillan: Bikingest workplace. I like that. That's a winningest slogan.

Ueda: People compete to see which workplaces have the highest percentage of bike commuters. Thousands of people who work in the city will be taking part. As workers compete for the bikingest title, they also get a new perspective on New York's streets and what needs to happen to make them safer for cyclists.

Lidia Grace: I'm all for it. But my goodness, how times change. It wasn't too long ago that New York streets belonged to cars and taxis, and only hardcore cyclists would brave the chaotic traffic. Now the city has plenty of bike lanes, bike-friendly tracks and parking facilities. So many people are riding bikes, I've seen them packed together at red lights during the evening rush, spilling out in front of the cars.

Ueda: Yes, New York has become way more bike-friendly, even though the city has become much more crowded.




★It's a month-long competition to find New York City's "bikingest workplace."
　これは、ニューヨーク市の「バイキンゲストな職場」を決めるために、1か月かけて競うものです。

★Just look at the way pedestrians in a hurry have started walking on the streets instead of the jam-packed sidewalks.
　急いでいる歩行者たちが、人でいっぱいの歩道ではなく、車道を歩き始めるようになったさまをちょっと見てください。

★New York City is focusing on bike safety as part of its Vision Zero campaign to eliminate traffic fatalities.
　ニューヨーク市は、交通事故の死亡者をなくすためのビジョン・ゼロというキャンペーンの一環として、自転車の安全に重点的に取り組んでいます。


[words and phrases]
-[You couldn't pick a better time to do that.]それをするには今が一番良い時だ。
-[go head-to-head] 大接戦を演じる/正面からぶつかる
　⇒[neck-and-neck] 甲乙つけ難い
-[get a new perspective on-]
-[I'm all for it.]
-[it wasn't too long ago that-]
-[belong to-]
-[hardcore cyclist]
-[brave the chaotic traffic]
-[pack together]
-[spill out]

-[bikingest]=[having the highest percentage of bike commuters] 自転車通勤者の割合が最も高い
-[Bike to Work Challenge]「自転車通勤チャレンジ」
-[winningest]=[having achieved the most wins] 最多勝利の
-[lovingest] 最も愛情のこもった
-[willingest]…する気が最もある

-[just about]=[almost, very nearly]
-[take part]=[participate]
-[chaotic]=[something disordered or frenzied]