2/14(日)
実践ビジネス英語
ー参照ー「藤井塾」ー 2/3放送分「お金に関するリテラシー」
Financial Literacy (1)
■ Summary
The T and A staff talk about how more states requiring high school students to study personal finance in order to graduate.
Alvarez says the classes cover such topics as budgeting and borrowing money.
♢ borrowing →borrow 借りる
McMillan recommends also studying things like the use of credit cards but says learning to save and plan ahead should come first.
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ahead 先に、前に、
Alvarez says growing students debt and gig economy are fueling interest in financial education.
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debt 借金、債務
gig economy ギグ・エコノミー (インターネットを通じて単発の仕事を受注する働き方や、それによって成り立つ経済形態)
fueling →fuel 燃料を供給する、(感情などを)刺激する、
■ 聞き取りのポイント
Q1). ウエダは、何を知って驚きましたか。
I was surprised to learn that more states are requiring students to study money matters in high school.
Q2). 最近たくさん出ている調査結果によると、高校生は、何が欠けていますか。
There's been a lot of research recently that shoes how high school students lack basic financial literacy.