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2007.04.16(Review of 2003.09.17 edition)
Greetings! We're pleased to be welcoming you to another week of Berlitz WordMaster@Work!
In Buddhism, people are encouraged to practice “Right Livelihood”, that is to make a living without doing harm to others. Well, this week we examine what could be called “Very Wrong Livelihood”: the unethical, immoral, and criminal manner in which a few people choose to get by - or get rich. So let's start looking at “The Bad Boys of Business” by introducing you to a master of deceit...
CON (ARTIST/MAN) (人)をだまして～させる（詐欺師）
- To con (verb) somebody is to trick them into doing something (for example, giving you their money) by lying to them.
A con (noun) is an act of this kind.
A con artist or con man is someone who cons people. - 動詞の con とは、嘘をつくことによって、人をだまして（例えば、お金を出させるなど）何かをさせる、という意味です。
con（名詞）とは、このような行為、つまり、詐欺のことです。
con artist または con man は、誰かをだます人、つまり、詐欺師のことです。
- I got a call the other day from someone pretending to be my son. He said he'd been in a traffic accident and tried to con me into transferring money into his account.
- A retired couple in our neighborhood were conned out of their life savings by a man selling bogus (= fake) government bonds.
- a: Look! I just got an e-mail that says I've won $100,000 in a sweepstakes (= a type of lottery)!
b: Don't answer it. It's just a con. - She seemed like such a nice woman. I still can't believe that she's a professional con artist.
See you tomorrow!