Ellenの部屋8『Young Gun Control Activist Naomi Wadler Visits Ellen』
今回は11歳の少女、Naomi Wadlerさんが登場した回です。彼女は黒人の女性、そして少女のために活動しています。自らが企画したwalkoutのことや、大勢の前でスピーチを行ったときの様子を語っています。特に後半のwalkoutについての話が素晴らしかったです。
動画はこちらから。
彼女のスピーチについては、こちらの動画で見ることができます。(リンクがうまく貼れないようなので、コピペでお願いします。)
チェックした英文
■I was beside myself, (1:54)
[訳] 私は我を忘れた
・beside myself → 我を忘れる
■And he said I spoke very eloquently. (3:01)
[訳] 彼は、私がとても雄弁に話していたと言った
・eloquently → 雄弁に
■they don't teach cursive anymore. (3:54)
[訳] 彼らは筆記体を教えなかった
・cursive → 筆記体
英文スクリプト
00:00 - Over a million people across the United
00:01 States marched for gun control last month,
00:04 and there was one speaker at the March in Washington
00:06 whose message was heard around the world.
00:08 Take a Look.
00:09 - My name is Naomi, and I'm 11 years old.
00:12 I am here today to acknowledge and represent
00:14 the African-American girls whose stories don't
00:16 make the front page of every national newspaper.
00:20 I represent the Africa-American who
00:22 are victims gun violence, who are simply
00:24 statistics instead of vibrant, beautiful girls
00:27 that are full of potential.
00:29 For far too long, these names, these black girls, and women
00:32 have been just numbers.
00:34 I'm here to say never again for those girls, too.
00:40 - From Alexandria, Virginia please welcome 11-year-old
00:44 Naomi Wadler.
00:46 [APPLAUSE]
01:08 Well, I think you're awesome.
01:10 - Thank you.
01:11 You're awesome.
01:11 - Well, thanks.
01:13 But you're really-- you're awesomer.
01:14 - Thank you.
01:15 [LAUGHS]
01:15 - So you're 11 years old.
01:17 And I mean, when you look at that,
01:19 when you look at what you did-- first
01:20 of all, what was it like when you were standing there?
01:23 - Well, OK, so I was really, really nervous.
01:28 And when I went on, the first thing I said was high.
01:30 And then everybody was like, hey.
01:33 And that's when I started to feel like more comfortable.
01:36 And I focused on only the first few rows.
01:38 - Good idea.
01:38 - So like I wasn't looking out onto the hundreds of thousands
01:41 of people that were watching me.
01:42 - Right, right.
01:43 - And how did you find out that you were going to speak there?
01:46 - So my mom called me into the kitchen.
01:49 She said, the organizer of the March for Our Lives
01:52 wants you to speak there.
01:53 And I was freaking out.
01:54 I was beside myself because I had wanted to go before.
01:58 And she said, no, because there was too many things going on.
02:00 And so, now I had to.
02:01 I mean, this was an opportunity.
02:03 And so, she gets off the phone with the woman.
02:07 And she's like, Naomi, do you know who George Clooney is?
02:10 I'm like, yes.
02:11 She's like, why.
02:14 And I'm like, well, you asked me.
02:16 She's like, he's going to call us in a few minutes.
02:20 And so I turned around, and I'm like, dad,
02:23 George Clooney is going to call us.
02:25 And he's like, it's not a big deal, honey.
02:27 I'm going to Home Depot right now.
02:29 [LAUGHS]
02:30 And so-- [LAUGHS] I mean, who can resist.
02:36 And so then, I hear the phone ring.
02:41 And she's like, shh.
02:43 This is Julie.
02:45 And I hear, hi, this is George Clooney.
02:46 And I'm like silently freaking out in my seat at the table.
02:49 And they talk about like planning
02:51 and a bunch of boring stuff for like 10 minutes.
02:53 And then, he hands the phone to me
02:55 and he told me that he saw my video based on me
02:58 from a media company called Now This.
03:01 And he said I spoke very eloquently,
03:03 and that he loved my message.
03:05 And then as soon as he hung, he's like see you Saturday.
03:08 I'm like, see you too.
03:11 And then, he hangs up, and I fall off my chair.
03:14 - Yeah, yeah, it's George Clooney.
03:16 I mean, he's super cool, isn't he?
03:17 - Yeah, he's pretty cool.
03:18 - That's amazing.
03:19 And so what does it feel like that you've
03:21 reached so many people?
03:22 I mean, people know who you are now.
03:24 - Yeah, it didn't sink in for a while.
03:28 So when I got home I went to a friend's house,
03:30 and when I came back I noticed that my mom's phone
03:32 was blowing up with like hundreds of e-mails
03:34 in her inbox.
03:35 Like, is that your daughter?
03:36 And there are celebrities tweeting me and Instagraming
03:39 me.
03:40 And then, we went to a restaurant.
03:42 And a woman working there was like, are you the Naomi.
03:47 I was like, yes.
03:49 And she's like, can I have your autograph.
03:50 I'm like sure.
03:51 And that's when I realized, I don't have a signature.
03:54 So I wrote-- they don't teach cursive anymore.
03:58 So I wrote what I do on every math test.
04:00 I was like Naomi Wadler.
04:03 And then, I was like, oh, this is big.
04:06 And I really realized that I had made
04:07 an impact when you guys called.
04:09 I was like, oh my gosh.
04:11 - Really?
04:12 That was it?
04:13 - Yes, nothing else mattered.
04:15 Ellen called me.
04:16 I'm good.
04:16 - Oh my god.
04:18 That's so sweet.
04:19 That's so sweet.
04:20 [APPLAUSE]
04:23 So fifth grade, and you helped organize a walkout, right?
04:26 - I did.
04:27 - What happened with that?
04:28 - So the night of the Parkland shooting, my mom's high school
04:33 friend, Jamie Guttenberg, was his daughter.
04:36 And she had been missing.
04:39 And so, I woke up the next morning
04:41 and I asked my mom if she was OK.
04:43 She had been shot in the back and she passed.
04:47 And so, I was thinking about what I could do to help.
04:51 And I noticed that a bunch of students were doing walkouts.
04:54 So I thought to myself, I want to do a walk out too.
04:58 So on the next day, I went to my friend Carter's class,
05:03 and I was like do you want to go to the principal
05:05 and discuss a walk out with him and gain his permission.
05:08 And he said, yeah.
05:10 And so then, we went and he was a little surprised.
05:13 But that's fine because nobody expects
05:15 a bunch of 10 and 11-year-olds to be political activists.
05:18 And so, we had meetings, and we ended up
05:22 having 60 plus kids on our front lawn that day.
05:24 - Wow, good for you.
05:25 Good for you.
05:27 [APPLAUSE]
05:30 - And our March was a little different because we added
05:34 an extra minute to honor Cortland Arrington,
05:38 a black 16-year-old in Alabama who was shot.
05:41 And we decided to do that because I feel way too
05:45 often black women are shot and their names aren't remembered.
05:49 And they're not valued as much.
05:51 And so, I thought this would be a good way
05:53 to get a message across.
05:54 [APPLAUSE]
06:03 - You're awesome.
06:04 You're amazing.
06:05 - Thank you.
06:05 - And I want you to come back.
06:06 I have a feeling you're going to do a lot more,
06:08 but you're doing a lot of good already.
06:10 So I'm so proud of you.
06:11 I'm so--
06:11 - Thank you.
06:12 - You're just awesome.
06:13 I admire you so very much.
06:14 - Thank you.
06:15 - Thank you for being here.
06:16 - Of course, thanks for having me.
06:17 - All right, Naomi--
06:18 - Hi I'm Andy.
06:19 Ellen asked me to remind you to subscribe to her channel
06:21 so you can see more awesome videos,
06:23 like videos of me getting scared or saying embarrassing things,
06:26 like ballpeen hammer, and also some videos of Ellen
06:29 and other celebrities if you're into that sort of thing.
06:32 [SCREAM] [BEEP] God [BEEP]
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