October 16, 2012　=========

☆ report　報告

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The word report can be used in many different ways. Here
are the three main ways to use it as a noun.
1. A news article or TV program which gives people information
about something that has just happened.
This could be an article in a newspaper, or TV news show.
It could also be a “press report” letting us know about something
very important that we need to be told about immediately.

2. An official document written by someone or some group after
investigating a situation or event. For example, “a report by the
university showed that 25% of graduates could not find
work within a year of graduating.”

3. If you give someone a report on something, you tell them
about what has happened. For example, “She gave me a report
of what had happened in the meeting that I missed.” Or even
in a less formal situation, “he gave me a report on what had
happened in the soccer game while I was in the toilet.”

Do you know any other ways to use “report” as a noun?

Bye,
Chris
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言葉での報告は、色々なものがあります。
ここに、名詞で使う場合の主な3つの使用法をご紹介します。

１． 起こったことを情報として伝えるニュースの原稿やテレビ番組。
これは、新聞の記事や、テレビ番組などを指します。
私達がすぐに知るべき、重要で必要な報道などもこれにあたります。

２． 研究や調査後に、個人や団体によって書かれた公式な文書。
例：
“a report by the university showed that 25% of graduates could not find work within a year of graduating. ”
(大学は、卒業後1年以内に仕事が見つからない新卒は25％に上るとの研究を報告した)

３． 人に、何かについて報告するということは、何が起こったかを説明することです。
例えば、
“She gave me a report on what happened in the meeting that I missed. ”
(彼女は、私が出られなかった会議で何があったかを報告してくれた)
などと言います。
また、よりカジュアルな状況では、
“He gave me a report on what had happened in the soccer game while I was in the toilet. ”
(トイレに行っている間にサッカーの試合がどうなったかを教えてくれた)
などと言います。

他にも、“report”を名詞で使う場合の使い方がありますか？
　
それでは！
クリス