Notes:
resolutions 決意;
the feeling of helplessness　どうしようもないという気持ち;
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What does the new year mean to you? To many people, it means new hope, mew dreams, a chance to start something again or try something new. Many people make resolutions, promises to themselves that they will or won’t do something. But most people don’t keep their own resolutions for long. The feeling of helplessness makes some people resolve never to make another resolution. How about you? Do you have any resolutions? If you do, good luck keeping them! If you don’t, why don’t you make it a resolution to spend 2 minutes a day thinking in English? It’s only 2 minutes, but it could really help your English. Good luck! (by Prof. Carmella Lieske)
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Notes:
what a load of ～！ ～は何てやっかいなんだ！
Globish グロービッシュ(Global Englishからの合成語。特に英語が母国語でない人々のために、語彙数を制限し、基本的構文だけ用いて考案された簡単な英語 );
Pidgin English　ピジン英語(東南アジアや南西太平洋諸国で使われている英語と現地語の混成語);
put up with ～を我慢する;
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Some of you may have seen an article in the June edition of Newsweek about a new language called Globish. It is an easier version of standard English and is a response to the changing demands of a global economy. Globish is not ‘pidgin’ or ‘broken’ English but it is highly simplified with no idioms. So instead of saying “I would never put up with that behaviour” Globish translates as “He should not do such a thing.” Globish fans say English takes 24 years to learn – if you study for 20 hours a year. Whereas, Globish, which has a vocabulary of 1,500 words, takes just 9 years to learn. Personally, I don’t think we need another language! (by Prof. Simon Smith)
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