おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
リモートワーク可能にしてくれた2020-2022は私にとってもラッキーでした。
pint
意味 (英話)1 パイントのビール
“All I want to do is go and meet my friends and have a pint,” said Katie Pennick, a campaigner and wheelchair user, recently on BBC Radio 4.
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こういう単語の使い方、かっこいいなー。
exclude from
意味 （…から）〈人· 物〉を締め出す, 排除する, 除外する
The shift to working at home over the past year brought new opportunities to those previously excluded from the workforce.
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agoraphobia
意味 広場恐怖症
As one woman with agoraphobia told me: “Lockdown has opened my world” – it allowed her to get a job from her front room.
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But as ministers and some employers push for a return to the office, many disabled workers are worried their hard-won progress will go backwards.
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これは確かに不安だわ…私も前の会社が（2021秋に）出社開始を決めてから転職活動始めたもんなー。
endometriosis
A research scientist with endometriosis and IBS told me her employer has already stopped letting her work from home full-time, even though her job can be done remotely.
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stagnant
意味 〈経済· 社会· 活動などが〉停滞 [沈滞] した, 不振な; 鈍い, さえない (dull)
The disability employment gap in the UK is vast – in 2020, the employment rate for disabled people was just 53.7%, compared with 82% for non-disabled people – and has been largely stagnant for years.
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この比率、日本なんて更に低そうだけど。
assume
意味 〈理論· 考えなどが〉…を前提とする; [～ (that) 節]…であると想定する
Too often, cultural prejudice around disability assumes disabled people don’t need the same pleasures as everyone else, but health doesn’t change who you are.
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