今日の英語ニュース☆2023.11.23☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める
このnoteの目的は、アメリカのニュース番組が理解出来るようになる方法を伝えることです。その方法とは、英語字幕を読みながら英語ニュースを毎日見続けること。 こんな感じです(サンプルのスクリーンショット)。
使う教材は、上のリンクの動画です。
アメリカの公共放送PBSのニュース番組で、質の高い報道に定評がありますが、残念なことに、字幕に誤りがかなり含まれていることがあります。番組がアメリカで放送されてから約2時間で最終版の字幕がアップロードされますので、時間的制約を考えれば誤りは仕方がないことかもしれません。
しかし、英語学習者の場合、字幕に誤りがあると、変だと思っても、それが本当に間違いなのか分からないことがあると思います。あるいは、間違いに気付かないこともあるかもしれません。ですから、正確な字幕が必要です。
そこで、約1時間の番組ですが、英語音声をすべて聞いて、字幕の明らかな誤りを訂正したものをダウンロードできるようにしています(少し下にあります)。この字幕ファイルと動画をダウンロードして再生ソフトで使ってください(上のスクリーンショット動画のように再生できます。英語が速すぎる場合は、あまりおすすめしませんが、再生速度の調節もできます)。
また、このnoteや字幕ファイルでは、辞書を調べても分からないような英語表現を説明しています(辞書を引けば分かる言葉は、自分で調べてください)。辞書に載ってないような表現、辞書にあっても意味がたくさんありすぎてどれなのか分からない言葉、文脈の中で特殊な使われ方をしている言葉、背景の知識がないと分からない部分、ニュース英語や時事英語の独特な表現、知っていると訳に立ちそうな表現などを説明しています(書き加えた説明は[* ……] )。
それでは、今日も一緒に英語のニュースを見ていきましょう!
■ 英語字幕ファイルのダウンロード
[PBS NewsHour Nov. 22, 2023] の字幕ファイルのダウンロード
(この字幕ファイルはテキストエディタ(windowsの「メモ帳」など)で開くことも出来ますが、下の「字幕ファイルの使い方」のように再生ソフト(無料)で使うことをおすすめします。こんな感じに表示されます。)ブラウザーによってダウンロードがブロックされる場合ば、下のテキストファイルをダウンロードして拡張子.txtを .lrcに変更して使ってください(例えば、Chromeは、.lrcのようなあまり使われない拡張子のファイルを危険と判断することがあるようです)。
■ 動画サイトへのリンク
・直接動画サイトを見る場合のリンクです(リンク先字幕の誤りは元のまま)
・分からない言葉はこの2つの辞書でたいてい見つかると思います
・上の字幕ファイルには、約1時間の番組の全字幕と語句説明があります
・以下はサンプル程度です
[00:00] Introduction
[02:25]★今日のおすすめ★ Fighting between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza ahead of pause for release of hostages
イスラエルとハマスの戦い47日目/ 06:57~ 国家安全保障会議のジョン・カービー戦略広報調整官に聞く/一時停戦、人質交換、救援物資搬入の具体的手順
[09:55] JOHN KIRBY: Well, the pause could be extended in accordance with those parameters that Israel laid out. I don't know that we could say indefinitely, but, certainly, if Hamas is willing to release more hostages, it certainly would appear that Israel would be willing to keep the pause in place.
[** parameter = A factor that restricts what is possible or what results; any constant or limiting factor; limits or boundaries; guideline (thefreedictionary)]
[11:45] GEOFF BENNETT: Are there concerns that Hamas will use this pause in fighting to regroup and to reorient for the potential fight to come?
JOHN KIRBY: That's always a concern. When you're dealing with a terrorist group like this, any pause in the fighting could allow them to regroup, refit, retrain, resource their troops. That's always going to be a concern.
[** to reorient = to adjust or align in a new or different way ]
[** to resource = to source anew // to source = to procure ]
[12:25] That's one of the reasons why, quite frankly, we're not in favor of a permanent cease-fire, because that does benefit Hamas to a fare-thee-well, to allow them additional time and breathing space to prepare and plan for other attacks.
[** to a fare-thee-well = to the utmost degree ]
[14:18] News Wrap
今日のその他の主要ニュース
[18:37]★今日のおすすめ★ Why OpenAI reversed course and brought Sam Altman back as CEO
サム・アルトマン、OpenAIのCEOに復帰
[18:59] All right, Mike, so Sam Altman was ousted by the board on Friday. By Monday, Microsoft announced that they'd hired him, which is when we last spoke. [** その時の番組 ] And then, late yesterday, OpenAI says, actually, Sam Altman's coming back as chief executive. What is going on?
[21:57] There's the folks called accelerationists, [** accelerationistとは何かを説明している部分 ] which sounds very futuristic, but, essentially, their idea is push the tech forward as fast as possible so we can use it to help humans. And there are the folks who are essentially like, let's slow this down and keep it safer.
[23:05]★今日のおすすめ★ Report showing graphic aftermath of mass shootings raises questions about avoiding images
銃乱射事件、衝撃的な映像をメディアはどこまで見せるべきか
[25:21] The reaction we got to that piece prompted us to have further conversations, because many in the public actually said we should be going further, that we were actually sanitizing the impact on the body. And they wanted us to really question whether there was more we should be sharing with the public.
[** to sanitize = to make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or offensive features from ]
[26:47] Much of the -- many of the crime scene photos that are taken by law enforcement officials are kept private, in part because of new laws passed in the wake of the Newtown shooting. And so, really, what the public usually sees are sort of the iconic images of the crime scene tape and then the memorials.
[** iconic = symbolic ]
[30:52] MATEA GOLD: I think, if we are going to wrestle with this issue as a country, and it's important for everyone to have sort of a shared sense of what we are talking about, our goal is just to present information, to present clear, powerful journalism that helps people understand the challenges that we face as a nation. And that was really what we saw as our through line through this.
[** through-line = a common or consistent element or theme shared by items in a series or by parts of a whole (Merriam-Webster). 一貫して共通している点 ]
[31:42]★今日のおすすめ★ More American families rely on food banks as high prices squeeze budgets
食品価格の高騰に苦しむ人が増加
[32:05] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: More than an hour before it opens, the line starts to grow outside Today's Harvest in the St. Paul suburb of Oakdale. Some have used the food pantry for years. Others are visiting for the first time. All are welcome, no questions asked, which, in a still challenging economy, means demand has gone through the roof.
[** food pantry = a usually non-profit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to people in need (Merriam-Webster) //
food bankとの違い see: https://nwpafoodbank.org/get-educated/food-bank-vs-food-pantry/ ]
[32:51] JESSICA FRANCIS: We have faith every day that it's going to work out and that we're going to have enough food for everybody that's going to come through our door today. And, every day, it does. But there are days, probably, that -- where we stretch that faith a little bit.
[** to stretch one's faith = 信条を曲げる ]
[33:43] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Across Minnesota, visits to food pantries, also known as food shelves, [** = food pantryの別の言い方 ] have skyrocketed from about 3.6 million in 2021 to more than 5.5 million last year. And that number is expected to reach seven million this year.
[34:08] FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Colleen Moriarty leads the St. Paul nonprofit Hunger Solutions. She points to inflation driving up the cost of food coupled with the rollback of federal benefits like SNAP, once known as food stamps, which were temporarily increased during COVID.
[** rollback = a return to a prior state ]
[* SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ]
[37:07] 74-year-old Clarence Allen lives on a fixed income and has been coming here to stretch his budget since the onset of COVID.
[** to stretch one's budget = to be thrifty with what little money you have ]
[38:44] Columbia Univ. faces scrutiny for ignoring complaints about OB-GYN who abused patients
コロンビア大学病院の産婦人科医、20年以上患者に性的暴行・わいせつ行為/大学は患者の訴えを無視
[46:54] A look inside the National Museum of Women in the Arts after its major renovation
女性アーティストの美術館、新装開館
[51:25] I think there's this idea that women like to work or prefer to work or have a proclivity toward working on a smaller, more diminutive scale. We want to blow that idea out of the water with this kind of show.
[** to blow someone/something out of the water = to totally defeat someone/something; to thoroughly overwhelm someone/something ]
■ おすすめの辞書(時事英語やニュース英語に強い辞書)
■ 英語のラジオを聞く(BGM代わりにCNNやBBC)
■ 英語のテレビを見る(NBC News ・ ABC News)
■ セサミストリートで英語を楽しむ
この記事が参加している募集
この記事が気に入ったらサポートをしてみませんか?