joeさんの おぼえた日記 - 2019年6月6日(木)

５月２７日

Backyard Training

Sam: Are we going to teach Elvis tricks?
Betsy: Not exactly. We are going to practice using positive reinforcement.
Sam: I can do that. Elvis, here boy! Good boy!
Betsy: Hold on. We need to give Elvis a calm response.
Jack: Sam! We all need to get onboard with this.
Betsy: You’re not supposed to shout. Be calm!
Sam: Sit, Elvis.
Jack: He obeyed you.

not exactly: やんわり否定する言い方
positive reinforcement:　繰り返しほめて身につけさせる
enthusiastically: 張り切って
here boy! こっちにおいで
hold on：待って！
give ～　clam response:　～にたいして穏やかに対応する
get onboard with: ～に参加する
You are not supposed to

応用表現
A: look at the floor!
B: Shi! You are not supposed to talk.
A: But look! There’s a centipede.
B: I think I’m going to scream.

They are not supposed to shout. They need to give Elvis a clam response. It’s starting to work. (They are seeing the results.)


I'm reading the comic book "ECONOMIX" now.
I found these words in the preface of the book:"We're citizens of a democracy. Most of the issues we vote on come down to economics. It's our responsibility to understand what we're voting about".
That's exactly why I'm trying to study economics.