今日の英語ニュース☆2023.09.25☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める
PBS News Weekend Sept. 24, 2023
日本時間25日午後３時現在、上のリンクの動画には字幕がついていません。このサイトにトランスクリプトがありましたが、多くの間違いや省略があるようです。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。
週末版の字幕は、翌日以降に比較的正確なものがアップロードされるようです。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
前にも書きましたが、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 ＾＾
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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
[02:03] News Wrap
House negotiations to avoid a government shutdown enter their final week, France is ending its military presence in Niger, talks continued in the auto workers and Hollywood strikes, NASA retrieved its first asteroid samples from space, Ethiopian Tigist Assefa broke the women’s world record at the Berlin Marathon, and Megan Rapinoe is playing her final game with the USWNT.
《negotiations to avoid a government shutdown; 政府閉鎖; France is ending its military presence in Niger; all French forces will be out of the country by the end of the year; NASA retrieved its first asteroid samples from space; Ethiopian Tigist Assefa broke the women’s world record at the Berlin Marathon; and Megan Rapinoe is playing her final game with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team; 》
[02:31] We knew September 30 was coming all year. And, Kevin McCarthy has been dilatory. He's been fiddling like Nero as Rome burns.
[* < Ancient tradition has it that Nero was so moved by the sight of the great fire that swept across the capital of his empire in the summer of 64 CE that he climbed to the top of the city walls and declaimed from a now-lost epic poem concerning the destruction of Troy. It is said that he wept copiously while reciting lines describing the conflagration that the Greeks put to the fallen city of Troy...
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-nero-really-fiddle-as-rome-burned ]
[05:11]★今日のおすすめ★ WTA returns to China despite unresolved questions about tennis star Peng Shuai
When Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai disappeared after accusing a high-ranking official of sexual assault, the Women’s Tennis Association said it would not hold tournaments in China until her whereabouts were known. Two years later, there’s still no official word about Peng, but the WTA’s China Open begins Tuesday in Beijing. John Yang speaks to Sophie Richardson at Human Rights Watch for more.
《女子テニス協会、彭帥選手問題未解決のままチャイナ・オープン開催へ; Peng Shuai; 彭帥; 女子プロテニス選手; Women’s Tennis Association; still no official word about Peng, but the WTA’s China Open begins Tuesday in Beijing; Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch; 》
[09:40] The Chinese government has a long track record of disappearing people. And whether it's, for example, a journalist named Huang Xueqin who is just tried on Friday after being off the grid for two years, she made her name actually writing about MeToo cases in China, or whether you're talking about the until recently foreign minister who disappeared off the grid in June, the authorities have no trouble simply depriving people of their liberty.
[* off the grid = (この文脈では)消息不明。連絡が取れなくなっている]
[10:37]★今日のおすすめ★ How a lack of regulation for tattoo ink puts Americans’ health at risk
Nearly one in three Americans surveyed this summer said they have at least one tattoo, according to the Pew Research Center. But while tattoo artists are required to have a license in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, tattoo ink is totally unregulated in the United States. Dr. Thomas Rohrer, a dermatologic surgeon, joins John Yang to discuss the associated health risks.
《tattoo ink is totally unregulated in the United States; 規制がまったくないタトゥーインク; タトゥー・インク; タトゥー; 入れ墨; 刺青; 入墨; タトゥー顔料; 入墨顔料; 刺青顔料; Thomas Rohrer, dermatologic surgeon; 刺青でメラノーマの発見が遅れる; 刺青顔料の発がん性; 刺青がMRI検査に影響; tattoo removal; 刺青除去; picosecond laser; it's going to hurt a lot more and cost a lot more to remove the tattoo than it is to get the tattoo placed in first time; 》
[15:55] Why unexpectedly high ambulance bills are still a problem in the U.S.
In a medical emergency, you want to get to a hospital as quickly as possible. But what happens when the cost of that transportation is hundreds or thousands of dollars, even with insurance? NewsHour health reporter Laura Santhanam joins Ali Rogin to discuss how a legal loophole is creating a dangerous dilemma for families across the country.
《high ambulance bills; 救急車で高額請求; Laura Santhanam, NewsHour digital health reporter; No Surprises Act; legal loophole; ground ambulances not included in the No Surprises Act; 》
[18:31] There were a lot of things that the No Surprises Act tackled, especially thinking about, you know, out-of-network billing. But when it came to ground ambulance services, it was just a bridge too far. Just in large part because the one universal truth, it seems, about ground ambulances in the US is that it's a complex system and it took us decades to get here.
[* a bridge too far = A step or action that is too ambitious ]
[21:14] The life of Lydia Mendoza, the 1st queen of Tejano music
For Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we look back on the life of Lydia Mendoza, a Mexican American singer whose music bridged styles and cultures to tell the stories of the working class.
《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 series; 歴史に埋もれた貢献者; Lydia Mendoza; Tejano music; 》