今日の英語ニュース☆2023.10.02☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める

PBS News Weekend Oct. 1, 2023

今日は上の動画サイトの字幕に多くの誤りや省略があったので（週末版はいつもそうです）、字幕ファイルを作るのはやめて簡単な語句説明だけにしました。下の語句の説明のところの英語は、実際に英語音声を聞いて誤りを訂正し、省略を補足してあります。

いつものような字幕ファイルが必要な人は、リンク先の方法で簡単にできますので自分で作ってください（元の字幕に含まれている誤りや省略はそのままになります）。自分で字幕ファイルを作れるようになれば、このnoteで字幕ファイルが入手できなくなっても、自分で教材を作ってずっと続けていくことが出来ます。

週末版の字幕は、翌日以降に比較的正確なものに差し替えられるようです。でも、ニュース番組なので、翌日以降に更新されても…

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■ 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

[00:00]　Introduction

[01:55]　News Wrap

Florida Rep. Gaetz said he’ll try to remove House Speaker McCarthy from the speaker’s chair after McCarthy turned to Democrats for the votes to avert a government shutdown, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returned to regular season action for the first time since his cardiac arrest, and Jimmy Carter celebrated his 99th birthday with his family in Plains, Georgia.
《ケビン・マッカーシー; マット・ゲーツ; ダマー・ハムリン; バッファロー・ビルズ; ジミー・カーター 》

[04:19]　What’s behind the messy rollout of this fall’s new COVID vaccines

When federal health officials approved new COVID shots in September, doses were expected to be available in pharmacies within days. But two weeks later, many people are having trouble finding the vaccines, and if they do get an appointment, some are having trouble getting insurance to cover the cost. Katelyn Jetelina, a University of Texas epidemiologist, joins John Yang to discuss.
《新型コロナの最新ブースターワクチン; 展開の遅れ; Katelyn Jetelina, epidemiologist, University of Texas; Your Local Epidemiologist, Substack; US government is no longer responsible for purchasing or distributing these vaccines; Private insurance companies are mandated to cover this vaccine with no co-pay; under and uninsured people, CVS and Walgreens are required by federal law to give you a vaccine at no cost thanks to this new federal bridge program; the bottom line is if you're eligible, get the flu, COVID and RSV vaccine before Halloween and you should be pretty darn protected going into this winter; 》

[10:24]　E-bike popularity is surging, creating regulatory challenges on U.S. roads

The popularity of bikes with electric motors has soared recently, with U.S. sales topping $1.3 billion in 2022, But while e-bikes are being hailed as a more accessible mode of transportation, their introduction hasn’t been the smoothest ride. Ali Rogin speaks with Molly Hurford, who writes about e-bikes for Bicycling magazine and co-hosts the Consummate Athlete podcast, to learn more.
《e-bike; 電動自転車; 電動アシスト自転車; E-bikes are bikes with electric motors to assist riders and their popularity has soared recently; Molly Hurford, Bicycling magazine; cycling just really exploded in popularity in 2020, 2021, especially e-bikes, partially because especially in cities, people weren't comfortable using public transportation because of COVID; The price on e-bikes has also also come down hugely; battery fires; 》

[13:03] What about battery fires? What are the concerns over batteries in e-bikes?
>> Yeah, so the biggest problem with this is actually it's aftermarket batteries and aftermarket chargers.

[* aftermarket = (business) The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer ]

[13:38] One paradox seems to be that these e-bikes are faster than your average analog bike, but they're slower than cars. So how are they being regulated, and are they being regulated?

[* analog bike = An analog bike is a non-electric bicycle. They used to be called merely ‘bicycles’.
https://discerningcyclist.com/analog-bike/ 
電動アシストではない普通の自転車。「アナログ自転車」 ]

[15:47]★今日のおすすめ★　Hispanic? Latino? How the language of identity is shifting over time

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates a U.S. population of 64 million that’s diverse, growing and constantly changing. But can a single term like Hispanic or Latino describe a group with such varied ancestry and geographic origin? Mark Hugo Lopez from the Pew Research Center and Cristina Mora from UC Berkeley’s Department of Sociology join John Yang to discuss.
《Hispanic Heritage Month; ヒスパニック文化遺産月間(9月15日から10月15日); Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center; Cristina Mora, UC Berkeley’s Department of Sociology; pan-ethnic term; Hispanic or Latino; Latinx;
We've seen since some of the first pollings in the 1980s around this issue that folks in L.A., New York, even Houston in urban areas preferred the term Latino. And folks in Colorado, in more rural areas of Texas, even more rural areas of California preferred the term Hispanic; ラテンアメリカ人; ラティーネクス;  》

[22:46]★今日のおすすめ★　Jovita Idar’s fight for the rights of women and Mexican immigrants

For Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we bring you the story of Jovita Idar, a journalist and activist who spent her life improving the lives of women and Mexican immigrants at the turn of the 20th century.
《Hispanic Heritage Month; ヒスパニック文化遺産月間(9月15日から10月15日); Hidden Histories; 歴史に埋もれた貢献者; Jovita Idar, journalist and activist; 》

[*  Jovita Idar = see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovita_Idar]

[23:43] Idar wrote articles challenging racism at a time when so-called Juan Crow laws were being used to suppress Mexican-American rights. At the time, it wasn't uncommon to see signs outside businesses across the South that read No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.

[* Juan Crow = In recent years, the term Juan Crow has also been used to discuss the historical discrimination against Mexican Americans in the U.S. as analogous to the treatment of African Americans in the Jim Crow era, specifically as related to mob violence and segregation in schools... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Crow ]

[24:26] Idar later joined a White Cross nursing unit on the side of the Revolutionary Army to help injured soldiers.

[* White Cross = La Cruz Blanca Neutral (The Neutral White Cross) was a volunteer infirmary and relief service established during the Mexican Revolution to care for those wounded in the conflict. The Red Cross refused to treat insurgents and the Neutral White Cross was developed to treat all combatants...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cruz_Blanca ]

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