今日の英語ニュース☆2023.11.10☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める
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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. 9, 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
[02:31]★今日のおすすめ★ Israel's military pushes deeper into Gaza amid negotiations for humanitarian pauses
[07:09] News Wrap
[11:00] Republican presidential hopefuls make their case to voters but remain far behind Trump
[15:45] Manchin won't seek reelection, creating a new challenge for Democrats' Senate majority
[18:09] So let's just start by explaining -- reminding viewers that, right now, our U.S. Senate has 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans. So let's say Manchin's seat, as it is expected now, goes Republican, 50/50. So let's look at the rest of the map for next year's Senate elections. We have got 34 seats up for grabs. And if you look at this map, you can see there aren't a lot of -- there are several Democratic seats that are going to be tough. Montana, light blue, that's Jon Tester. That might be tough to hold. Look at that yellow seat. That's Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona and also yellow in Ohio. That's Sherrod Brown. Those are three seats. Democrats have to run the table basically to keep all three of those seats.
[** to be so successful in a particular situation as to dominate and overwhelm one's opponents ]
[19:16]★今日のおすすめ★ Why the Screen Actors Guild agreed to a end a strike that crippled Hollywood
[20:17] We broke pattern with the other two unions, the WGA [* = Writers Guild of America representing writers of film and television ] and the DGA [* = Directors Guild of America, the labor union representing directors of film and television ] . So we got more minimum wage growth than they did, which is unusual and unprecedented. And we got an amazing deal for our lowest-earning members, who are our background performers.
[** to break pattern = to change or interrupt a routine. この文脈では、他の組合の例に倣わない。違うことをする ]
[21:17] People don't do the right thing unless they're forced to. And as Frederick Douglass said, power concedes nothing without demands.
[** = Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c.February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass ( Wikipediaの右上のlanguagesに日本語のページへのリンクもあります )]
[23:54] That means that you're in control of your likeness. You're in control of if you want to be duplicated, if you want some kind of a synthetic version of you on screen. And that puts a lot of control back into the performer's hands, because the performer's likeness, the performer's performance, everything that makes them them, I think that there was quite a bit of back-channeling to get the messaging across that, without this, we're going to protract the strike.
[** likeness = an image; a pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something]
[** to back-channel = to use a back channel < back channel (noun) = An unofficial communications channel used to make informal negotiations ]
[24:47] So, without the protections that we absolutely felt we needed, there was no way that we were going to sign a three-year contract, because, three years from now, the whole idea of it is going to be a completely different animal. And if we don't put a saddle on that wild pony now and pull in the reins, we're never going to be able to catch it.
[** to pull in the reins = to regain or tighten control over someone or something; to begin doing something more carefully or cautiously ]
[26:10] They walked away from the table at one point, but that intimidation tactic did not work for us. And then they would take a week, at least, before they'd come back with even a supposal, let alone a counter, [* counter = counterproposal ] once they did come back.
[** supposal = This is a method where each side explores the possibility of a position and the response to that position without making a formal proposal. “If we do this, will you agree to that?” http://www.pasboerc.org/NewSFUploads/2053Collective Bargaining Issues and Strategies.pdf ]
[27:41] Top Hamas official in Tehran discusses relations with Iran and the attack in Israel
[30:11] Soon after the October 7 attacks, there was speculation in Washington and beyond that Tehran helped plot the assault that Hamas calls the Al-Aqsa Flood.
[** Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the (October 7) attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (or Deluge ...), while they are referred to in Israel as Black Saturday...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel ]
[31:06] In general lines, we are in coordination with Iran and Hezbollah, with the components of the resistance axis.
[** axis = An alliance or coalition ]
[36:21]★今日のおすすめ★ Senate Democrats expand their probe over ethics concerns on the Supreme Court
[36:19] GEOFF BENNETT: A series of reports this year about several conservative Supreme Court justices accepting free trips and failing to disclose them [** 関連ニュース1 関連ニュース2 ] has prompted renewed efforts by Senate Democrats to implement a code of ethics for the High Court. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee intend to subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow [** 関連ニュース ] and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo [** 関連ニュース1 関連ニュース2 ] as part of their investigation.
[42:23] SHELDON WHITEHOUSE: I think the holdup is probably Thomas and Alito, who seem to be the ones with their hands furthest in the cookie jar, who probably don't want any further inquiry into that, and who seem to be liking billionaire-funded lifestyles of the rich and famous.
[** < caught with one's hand in the cookie jar ]
[42:37] GEOFF BENNETT: There are Republicans who say this entire effort, this entire enterprise is aimed at defanging the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority as it moves jurisprudence to the right.
[** = philosophy of law; the body of case law (regarding a certain subject) ]
[43:50] In the time that remains, I want to get your reaction to West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announcing today that he's not running for reelection in 2024. At a minimum, it's going to be difficult, if not impossible, for Democrats to hold onto that seat in deep red West Virginia.
SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE: Yes, I think that probably puts an extra seat on the table for Mitch McConnell, and that means we have to fight particularly hard to win in Texas and defeat
[** Mitch McConnellは上院少数党(共和党)院内総務。この部分の意味は、共和党が上院議席を一つ増やすということ ]
[44:49]★今日のおすすめ★ Disability Reframed: How climate change risks disproportionately impact people with disabilities
[46:02] As (Hurricane) Ian approached, the two huddled in a Fort Myers motel. LYNNE BITZINGER: I was on the first floor in an ADA room, and when the water started surging, we had to escape to safety. I have never seen water like I saw. Everything was underwater.
[** = A hotel room that complies with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
http://acronymsandslang.com/definition/7716305/ADA room.-meaning.html ]
[47:40] He also went into shelters to make sure they complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act. He found cluttered aisles, residents unable to reach staff, and a shortage of accessible restrooms.
[** accessible = built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities ]
[51:38] JUDY WOODRUFF: But criticism of FEMA persists. Lynne Bitzinger said she jumped through many hoops with the agency, only to be denied housing assistance.
[** to jump through hoops = to face or have to complete many challenges in pursuit of something that one wants, especially challenges that seem arbitrary or excessive ]
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