OKRob, butfirst I expectyou'regoingtoaskme a question. Bringiton.
よし、ロブ、その前に私に質問するんだろう。かかってこい。
OK. Resilienceisalso a wordusedinsciencetodescribethecharacteristicof a substanceorobject. Butwhatdoesitmean? a. Thatit's verytoughorhard. b. Thatitcanreturntoitsoriginalshapeafterbeingbent. c. Itcanturnfrom a solidinto a liquidquickly.
分かった。弾力性とは、科学において物質や物体の特性を表す言葉でもある。b. 曲げても元の形に戻ること。 c. 固体から液体に素早く変化すること。
I have a feelingitmeans b. Anobjectthatreturnstoitsoriginalshapeafterbeingbent.
Well, itis a usefultraittohaveandit's somethingthatcanhelpyoudealwithmanydifficultsituations, fromcopingwiththepressuresofworktohandlingthedeathof a lovedone. Andit's morethanjusttellingsomeonetotoughenuporget a grip, asDrDavidWesleyknows. HeisHeadofPsychologyatMiddlesexUniversityandtalkedaboutlevelsofresilienceontheBBCWorldServiceprogramme, TheWhyFactor.
It's interestingtonotethat a resilientpersonisn't necessarilysomeonequiet, whodoesn't make a fussandgetsonwiththings. Someexpertsthinkit's peoplewhoaskforhelpandusethissocialsupportnetworkwhoareactingin a moreresilientway.
Well, onethingAnnewentontosaywasthatfamiliesandfriendscanbe a greatsupportandhelpwithresilience. Thosethatwerelatebloomersonlyconnectedwithadultsandmentorslaterinlife.
Timenowtofindouthowresilientyouarewhenyoudiscoverthecorrectanswertothequestion I askedearlier. I saidthatresilienceisalso a wordusedinsciencetodescribethecharacteristicof a substanceorobject. Butwhatdoesthatmean? Isit… a. It's verytoughorhard, b. Itcanreturntoitsoriginalshapeafterbeingbent, or c. Itcanturnfrom a solidinto a liquidquickly. Andwhatdidyousay, Georgina?
Butfirst, letmeworkuptheenergytoaskyou a question, Neil. Ofcourse, someanimalshave a reputationforloungingabout. Lions, forexample, cansleepupto 20 hours a day. ButwhatistheslowestmovinganimalonEarth? Isit… a. Thegianttortoise b. Thethree-toedslothor c. ThekoalaWell, I thinkit's thethree-toedsloth.
OK, we'llfindouttheanswerlater. Asyousay, Georgina, thewordobesehas a veryspecificmeaning. Here's ProfessorAbigailSagaitalkingaboutthetermtoBBCWorldService's The Y Factor. Listenoutforwhenthewordobesitystartedtobeused.
We, aseverydayAmericansandWesternersingeneral, tendtothinkthatit's a personalattribute – it's a thingthatyoudotoyourselfandas a resultyouaredeservingofscorn.
Thereis a commonlyheldprejudicethatfatpeopleareresponsiblefortheirconditionbecausethey'relazy, greedyorlackinginmoralfibre, theabilityordeterminationtobehaveethicallyorwithself-control.
Thisterm, obesity, wascoined – orinvented – todescribe a medicalcondition, althoughmanypeoplenowadaysconsiderit a personalattribute, a qualityorcharacteristic.
Howdowedefinethetermmillennial? AlsoknownasGeneration Y, arepeoplebornbetweenthemid-1980s andearly 2000s. It's a commonterminthenews, oftenbecausepeopleborninthistimeintheWestareseentohavecertaincharacteristics.
Well, youcouldsay a businessisgoingfromstrengthtostrengthifit's earning a lotofmoney.
まあ、ビジネスが好調に進んでいると言えるのは、そのビジネスが多くの収入を得ている場合だろう。
Indeed. Andwhataboutourtermforyoungpeople, millennial? Areyou a millennial, Rob?
確かに。ミレニアル世代と呼ばれる若者たちはどうですか?あなたはミレニアル世代ですか、ロブ?
Didn't quitescrapeinthere. I'm stillGeneration X. OK. But I doliketothink I'm intouchwithwhatmillennialsdo, whichincludeshavinglotsofdifferentsocialmediaaccounts.