今日の英語ニュース☆2023.08.20☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める

PBS News Weekend Aug. 19, 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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セサミストリートで英語を楽しむ

今までに何回か書きましたが、いつもと違うことを少し…
普段は英語ニュースの動画に使っている再生ソフトですが、動画ファイルと字幕ファイルをダウンロードすれば、セサミストリートもこんな感じに再生できます（レイアウトやフォントサイズは自由に変更可）。
小学生の英語教材として、これ以上のものはないと思います。しかも無料。
大人の私も好きです　＾＾
セサミストリートのYouTubeチャンネル

実際のところ、セサミストリートの英語が分かって、使うことができれば、大人でも英語の日常会話にあまり不自由しないと思います。使う単語は違っても、英会話の基本的な形はセサミストリートで身につきます。つまり、大人の英語教材にもなるってことですね。
何より、英語の発音は抜群によくなるはずです。

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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

[01:59]　News Wrap

In our news wrap Saturday, Hurricane Hilary is expected to become a tropical storm when it hits Mexico's Baja peninsula as early as tonight. The death toll in Maui’s wildfire disaster has risen to 114, with hundreds missing. Wildfires in Canada forced more residents to evacuate in two separate provinces. And a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv killed at least seven people.
《Hurricane Hilary is to become a tropical storm when it hits Mexico's Baja peninsula; death toll in Maui’s wildfire disaster has risen to 114; 》

[04:23]　How communities can improve warning systems and disaster responses

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency resigned this week amid criticism for not activating warning sirens during the wildfire that killed more than 100 people. It has put a spotlight on how communities respond to emergencies. Tricia Wachtendorf, the director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, joined John Yang to discuss.
《Tricia Wachtendorf, the director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware; 》

[10:53]★今日のおすすめ★　What a new Montana law means for transgender children and their families

Families and medical providers in Montana are preparing for a new law set to take effect in October that bans certain medical treatments for minors with gender dysphoria. Proponents of the bill say the law protects children from making medical decisions they may later regret, while others call it dangerous and unethical. Montana PBS's Joe Lesar reports.
《Montana; transgender; LGBTQ; gender dysphoria; transmasculine; モンタナ州; トランスジェンダー; 性別違和症候群; 性別違和感; a new state law (= Senate Bill 99) set to take effect in October banning certain medical treatments for minors with gender dysphoria; Sid Beardslee; Jessy Beardslee, mother; Brandon Beardslee, father; Montana PBS's Joe Lesar 》

[10:52] A new Montana law is set to take effect in October, banning certain medical treatments for minors with gender dysphoria.
[* gender dysphoria = a profound and persistent unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's biological sex, experienced especially by transgender people (wiktionary); Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identity—their personal sense of their own gender—and their sex assigned at birth. Previously, the diagnostic label gender identity disorder (GID) was used, until it was eliminated in 2013... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria Wikipediaの右上のlanguagesに日本語のページへのリンクもあります。性別違和症候群; 性別違和感 ]

[11:47] Sid identifies as non-binary transmasculine. Assigned female at birth, Sid neither identifies as a boy nor a girl, but feels a connection to masculinity.
[* non-binary = nonbinary = relating to or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male nor entirely female (Merriam-Webster); Non-binaryand genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are not solely male or female (identities outside the gender binary). Non-binary identities fall under the transgender umbrella, since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is different from their sex, though some non-binary people do not consider themselves transgender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender ; ノンバイナリー。自らを男性・女性のどちらでもないと認識している人]
[*  Transmasculine, often abbreviated to transmasc, refers to transgender people who have a gender identity, gender expression, or both that is predominantly masculine. Some definitions specify that transmasculine people must have been assigned female at birth. Transmasculine people may or may not identify as male... https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Transmasculine ]

[12:10] It wasn't really a surprise when Sid came out. I mean, I kind of always knew they were a little different.
[* このtheyは三人称複数ではなく、nonbinaryの人を表す三人称単数。男性か女性かという分類にうまく当てはまらないのがnonbinaryなので、theyを使う。"My pronoun is they/them"とか"my pronoun is he/him"というように指定されることもある。本人が希望する代名詞(pronoun)を使うのがマナーだと思う。itを使うことは、まずない。]

[12:58] Sid is among the last group of transgender youth in Montana who can legally receive gender-affirming care. A new law, Senate Bill 99, takes effect on October 1. It prohibits the use of puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries to treat minors with gender dysphoria.
[* gender-affirming = Inducing a change in the physical gender characteristics, whether surgically or pharmaceutically, of a transgender person (wiktionary); 性適合の(ための);
see also:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_health_care ]

[13:27] If you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments, I hope the next time there's an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer you see the blood on your hands.
>> Democratic state Representative Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first openly transgender lawmaker, directed that remark at the bill's supporters during debate in April.
[* 今年４月に放送されたZooey Zephyrへのインタビュー ]

[16:59]　How the ongoing writers' strike impacts reality and unscripted TV

Writers and actors are still on strike as broadcast TV networks head into the fall season, meaning there will be no new episodes of scripted dramas and comedies. Networks are now filling their prime time schedules with 38 hours of reality and competition shows. Ali Rogin looks at what the writers' strike means for reality and unscripted TV with The Hollywood Reporter’s Ryan Gajewski.
《脚本家組合ストライキ; riters and actors still on strike; no new episodes of scripted dramas and comedies; leaning on reality and competition shows; what it means for for reality and unscripted TV?; Ryan Gajewski, digital staff editor, The Hollywood Reporter; 》

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