the public interest

英語力向上に効果がないというのに聞き流しをしているのは単に内容が面白いから。最近面白かった番組はイギリスのカルト。

番組のまとめ記事もありました。
Inside the life coaching cult that takes over lives
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65175712

ながいのでまとめてquote。

One day, Dawn overheard one of Jeff's many supposedly motivational daily calls. [..] But "you can only ever go so far".
can only go so far

It meant he could tap into Lighthouse's network of brilliant entrepreneurs[..]

The schedule, often running from 05:00 to 22:00, was relentless with little time off. But these calls weren't what Jeff had signed up for.

But before long, it drifts into endless introspection about troubled backgrounds and awkward families[..]

After two years, doubts started to creep in for Jeff. But he knew Lighthouse could be ruthless with dissenters.

Erin, meanwhile, was berated as a "cynical old witch" when she asked where her money had gone. [..]
And when she did eventually leave, Paul made good on his threats in a YouTube video, where he named Erin.
こういうのもmake goodなんだ。。

He recalled playing golf with Paul Waugh and watching a senior mentor scurrying after him carrying his equipment. At one point, the senior mentor dropped to his knees to tie Paul's undone shoelace.
undoneは日常では頻出語なのにすぐ出てこない。体得できてない。

[..]Paul Waugh bombarded him with messages, some friendly, some hostile, to try to get him to stay. Lighthouse told him to wait two years for any return on his money and warned him that creating controversy could jeopardise his investment.
bomber someone with something / controversial > controversy (variable noun) 前アクセント

The house became "absolutely filthy" and every bedroom had been converted into a bedsit. For a time, after they all moved out, three or four letters arrived daily about unpaid bills.
bedsitはイギリス語。Airbnbとかで気をつけないと。

Sitting on day-long mentoring phone calls seems a far cry from the popular image of a cult - where depictions tend to be about mysticism and new religions. But the experts say cults are opportunistic, latching on to new trends, even if that is self-help for entrepreneurs.[..]

[..]partly because attempts to criticise the group often backfire, leaving them unsure how to act.

"I just feel numb now. I'd so love to have him back"

[..]the business secretary argued the company was working against the public interest.

Despite the claims of pioneering research, they could "only identify significant amounts of money passing to Paul Waugh as its prime mover".

"Catrin Nye's sinister cover up attempt"

Logic is gone.

"It was a master stroke" replied one of his followers.
辞書だと一語。masterstroke

やはり自己啓発、コーチング、７つの習慣はやばい。

選挙公報を見ていたら少し前に大川隆法が亡くなったことを知りました。
いろんなソースから時事情報は入ってくるものだなーという感じ。