Is a University Degree a Waste of Money?

1:18
land a job; 仕事を見つける
話し言葉です。

He chose in part because he thought it would land him a job. 
（機械工学科を卒業して...）

4:36
make ends meet; やりくりする、生活する
【例】It's hard to make ends meet these days. I need to earn money.

Her main job isn't enough to make ends meet. 

8:10
nature-nurture debate; 人間は遺伝子によって決まるのか、それとも育った環境で決まるのかの議論

How many of you have heard of the nature-nurture debate? 



Micro Van Dwelling: Toyota Sienna Minimal Minivan
Dwelling; 住居、居住施設
居住していれば、洞窟でも、車の中でもどこでもDwellingです。




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今回の動画は
Gravity | Sandra Bullock EXCLUSIVE Interview

0;17
Do you copy?

この映画でよく出るフレーズ。copyは無線でのやりとりでよく使われる表現で、ちゃんと理解できたか？を確認しています。考えをcopyできたかどうかというイメージ。

1;11
contraption; a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange (OALD)

this film was odd because you were always in some contraption that limited your ability to act. 

3;41
dissect;(/daisekt./) to examine sth carefully in order to understand it (LONGMAN)
ここでは上記のように発音されていますが、/disekt/でも構いません。

I was able to see a movie for the first time and enjoy it, rather than dissect it. 

4;28
get bogged down with; to become so involved in something difficult or complicated that you cannot do anything else (Cambridge Dic.)
bogは沼という意味。泥にハマって動けない→動きがとれない というイメージ。

as an adult we just get bogged down with worry, and trying to control things that, just in the end, just don't matter.

I am bogged down with my homework.


 
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