《上級者向け》今日の英語ニュース☆2024.06.10☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める
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[05:45] JOHN YANG: Why the neglect, why the band-aid approach? Is this just out of sight, out of mind?
[** out of sight, out of mind = That which cannot be seen or is not noticeable will be forgotten (thefreedictionary)]
[06:46] JOHN YANG: How much would it take to really fix the system? Is it more that the federal government has to do it, or is it the problem that we have this sort of confederation of local independent water systems?
>> So there's going to be a tremendous need with this funding gap. I mean, the $55 billion that set aside is not nearly enough, partially because we also need to think about new approaches connecting these nodes.
[** confederation = (in this context) a group or arrangement of decentralized entities ]
[** In this context, "node" likely refers to an independent component of a larger system. More specifically, "node" means each of the 50,000 to 60,000 independent water systems that collectively make up the country's entire drinking water system. ]
[08:17] And then I also think that, particularly in election years, like now, we need to think about how water is a pressing political issue akin to whether it's health care or education. We need to hold our government officials accountable at all levels to ensure that they're also thinking about this and prioritizing it, because we know it's disenfranchising the poor disproportionately.
[** disenfranchise = to deprive (a person or group) of a basic right -- in this context, the right to access safe drinking water ]
[08:50] JOHN YANG: We've covered on this on this broadcast, water problems in Flint, Michigan, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in Jackson, Mississippi. Is it a coincidence that these are all majority-Black cities?
>> No, it's not a coincidence. I mean, if you look at sort of the tenets of environmental racism and if you look at the troubled history we've had in this country, it is not a coincidence that, once again, the disenfranchised tend to be those that have had really disproportional impact on their livelihood across the board. So whether it's health or education, these communities are facing the same challenges.
[* tenet = a fundamental principle ]
[** environmental racism = 以前の番組に出てきました ]
[12:24] >> Well, the initial rollout starts a bit slow and is kind of one of these exponential things where the demand has been pending for a while and then the message to countries as well, you know, you're going to have to be a little patient, this is going to take some time.
[** exponential = (in this context) starting off very slowly but, after a certain point, increasing drastically ]
[** pending = (in this context) not yet addressed or fulfilled ]
[13:38] So these four doses, last one being delivered very late. So the big difference there is kids aren't necessarily coming to the clinics then. So it's a new -- what we sort of say a new touchpoint, right? A new place where parents have to bring their kids.
[** touchpoint = (in this context) a point of contact or interaction (between parents and healthcare services) ]
[14:50] Even this vaccine is 40 or so percent effective, again, you know, much like, as you know on COVID, as the time after the vaccination goes, your sort of protection drops. So it's not as if it's like a single point, right? It's changing. But, you know, 40% of a big number, still a big number.
[** = 40% of a large number of people is a large number ]
[15:29] There's talk about, you know, HIV vaccine trials. And we would expect for something like an HIV vaccine, for example, we'd also see something that wasn't 90% effective.
[** "wasn't" is used because it's subjunctive mood, indicating a hypothetical or conditional situation. ]
[16:03] According to the advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, half of the states in America have passed laws or policies restricting treatment for young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. That's the discomfort or distress that might occur when someone's gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.
[** gender dysphoria = 上のように番組内で説明がある通り ]
[21:37] They need to find a therapist who can do that mental health evaluation, then they need to get into the clinic, then they really need to get all the education from the doctors to their family. So it's really a slow, involved process. And I would say the opposite of anyone being rushed into it or certainly not pushed into it.
[** involved = (in this context) requiring significant time, effort, involvement and engagement ]
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