《上級者向け》今日の英語ニュース☆2024.05.21☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める
■今日の動画：PBS NewsHour May 20, 2024
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[06:29] Indeed, both the leaders of Hamas and the leaders of Israel have been charged with crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes. So these are incredibly serious allegations, extremely serious crimes. And so the fact that they are being charged in an independent and objective manner, an even-handed manner by the prosecutor is of enormous significance. The practical significance may be limited. Even if arrest warrants are issued by the pretrial chamber , it may be very, very difficult to execute them. But they're significant in two other ways. The first is the expressive value of affirming the rights and the dignity of the victims of crimes committed by both sides of this terrible conflict.
[30:36] Costello's testimony was something of a last-minute addition, and he was truly a cantankerous and feisty witness. At several times today, he expressed verbal displeasure with judge's comments, with the judge sustaining certain objections.
[32:16] Over the past week, OpenAI unveiled its next generation chatbot, or ChatGPT-4o. The new A.I. assistant can respond to voice, text and visual commands in real time, as in this presentation when engineers asked it to tell a bedtime story.
A.I. VOICE: Oh, a bedtime story about robots and love? I got you covered. Gather round, Barret. Once upon a time...
[40:39] GEOFF BENNETT: And, Amy, Speaker Mike Johnson's appearance is notable, I think, given the constitutional heft of his office. And by being there, he is effectively leveraging his speakership and all of the symbolic weight and significance that carries against the justice system.
[43:15] And what they're saying here is, well, we will support the results if it's a fair election. But it's worth noting that former President Trump really only thinks an election is fair if he wins. And I will just remind you that, after 2016, he won, and then he claimed that there was election -- there was voter fraud in California and New Hampshire because he didn't win those states. So he is someone who has a very lengthy, proven track record of denying election results. And now you have Republicans out there, mainstream Republicans, creating sort of a permission structure, saying that, if it's fair, then maybe I will support the results. They're not willing to commit in advance. And that creates a permission structure for mainstream Republican voters to say, well, if they're OK with this, then I can be OK with this.
[51:13] JARED BOWEN: Gallery after gallery reveals O'Grady's argument that the world is so much more than black and white. Cross-pollination courses through her work, the trunk of a palm tree crowned by fir tree branches, a family album that features Egyptian Queen Nefertiti alongside the artist's sister Devonia, Harlem parade attendees suddenly framed as art.
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blood libel
pretrial chamber (pre-trial chamber)
run out of road
draft/ as far as the depth and the draft that's necessary to bring the larger vessels in, that depth is there.
threaten/ A stunning loss that threatens instability
in the light of/ Iranians have a tendency to interpret events in the light of their own history
pass from the scene/ The supreme leader in Iran, who holds ultimate authority, is 85 years old and is expected to pass from the scene in coming years.
jarring/ This is a jarring moment for a nation to lose two leaders like this so suddenly at a time of enormous upheaval in the region
under someone's sway/ I was loyal to him and I was under his sway
side-eye/ when you are in my courtroom, you will not behave this way. You will uphold a certain level of decorum. You will not be giving me any side-eye
facility/ we're seeing incredible advances in facility with language
cut agasint/ In just a few weeks, Apple's going to roll out a bunch of A.I. features in the new version of iOS for the iPhone, and we will see them partner with a Google or an OpenAI for some of the features in a way that might cut against some of their privacy promises.
with a slow burn/ If that sounds like an honor delayed, much of O'Grady's career has played out with a slow burn.
backstory
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