《上級者向け》今日の英語ニュース☆2024.02.02☆時事英語・ニュース英語を極める

■今日の動画：PBS NewsHour Feb. 1, 2024

[ １年前の今日のニュース ]

どんな分野についても言えることだと思いますが、ある程度のレベルまで達したら、あとは誰かに教えてもらうのではなく、自分でテーマを決めて進んで行くものです。

英語についても同じです。
このnoteに書いてあることは、その域に達したと感じている人にとっての、一つの方向になるかもしれません。

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冒頭の動画をダウンロードして、専用プレーヤーで英語字幕を読みながら再生(あるいは、動画を見ながら聞き取れなかったところを字幕で確認)してください (再生画面はこんな感じです)。字幕は、すぐ下の「字幕ファイルの作り方」のようにすれば簡単に出来ます。

字幕には間違いや省略が含まれていますが (番組放送後２時間ほどでアップロードされる字幕なので、間違いがあっても仕方ないかもしれません)、慣れれば、間違いや省略に気付いて、補正しながら動画を見ることが出来るようになります。英語上級者には必要ないと思いますが、実際に英語音声を聞いて訂正した字幕ファイルが、このページの一番下からダウンロードできます。

とりあえず３ヵ月間続けてみてください。下の説明のように動画をダウンロードして、字幕ファイルも自分で作れば１円もかかりません。
でも、慣れるまでは、かなり大変だと思います。ですから、努力しないで楽に英語のニュースを理解できるようになる方法があると思う人には向きません。

• 専用プレーヤーのダウンロードと使い方 (情報を新しくしました)

• 動画のダウンロード方法

• 字幕ファイルの作り方

■おすすめの辞書

• Wiktionary

• TheFreeDictionary

• 英辞郎 on the WEB

• このページ上部の検索欄に語句を入れて「@wgc888の記事を検索」をクリックすると、これまでの取り上げた語句説明が見られます

■今日の注目語句

[14:06] The third thing that's going on is the states are starting to what we call unwind Medicaid enrollment. So, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress required states to keep people on Medicaid for about three years. Now states are starting to go through the Medicaid renewal processes, and folks who are no longer eligible for Medicaid because their income is a little bit too high are now eligible for the marketplace plans.

[26:18] LAUREN SHAPIRO, John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Swatting simply means calling 911 to report falsely when an incident is occurring, and serious, such as kidnapping, killing, in order to get a response from the police. Preferably, they want SWAT to come in to harm the people who are the victims.

[31:42] BRAD ONISHI, Co-Host, "Straight White American Jesus": Christian nationalism is an ideology that is based around the idea that this is a Christian nation, that this was founded as a Christian nation, and, therefore, it should be a Christian nation today and should be so in the future. According to survey data, Christian nationalists agree with statements like the federal government should declare the United States of America a Christian nation. Our laws should be based on Christian values. Being a Christian is important if you want to be a real American.

[** (white) Christian nationalism = 番組内で上のように説明している通り ]

[32:12] LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Onishi tracks a number of subgroups and ideas under the umbrella of white Christian nationalism, including what's known as the New Apostolic Reformation.
BRAD ONISHI: Well, the New Apostolic Reformation is notable for a number of reasons. One, it's built around the idea that Christians are called to a new transformation or reformation of the United States. These are Christians who want to revolutionize the way that our country looks, and to make it great again in terms of being a Christian nation. They also are deeply invested in the notion of spiritual warfare, the idea that we are called as Christians to fight a cosmic battle between good and evil, and that it's our duty to be boots on the ground for God in that conflict. What this has led to some decades later is, the New Apostolic Reformation leaders, the apostles and the prophets that are really at the head of this movement were some of the earliest to support Donald Trump in 2016. And they have remained steadfast in that support. They were at the very avant-garde of trying to get the 2020 election overturned in the wake of Joe Biden's victory and mobilizing folks to be at January 6. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of New Apostolic Reformation Christians at January 6, as an example.

[50:56] "Killers of the Flower Moon" is her first major studio film, collaborating with the likes of Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro.
LILY GLADSTONE: There's going to be an element of impostor syndrome when suddenly you're thrust in the middle of the circle with these incredibly renowned actors. And...
JEFFREY BROWN: You felt that?
LILY GLADSTONE: A bit. A bit. But I had to hide it. (LAUGHTER)
LILY GLADSTONE: Because, really, when you get there, and you see the level of commitment and also the level of, like, questioning, it was refreshing to know that artists are constantly a little bit challenged and haunted by their work. And it just felt at a certain point that I'd be doing these human beings that happen to be uber-famous, uber-renowned in their field, they're also searching, striving artists that need questions answered, and I was doing them a disservice if I was a little bit too leaned back or too nervous. I had to bring something to the table too.

番組内に語句説明があることが多いですし、そうでない場合も辞書や検索で意味は分かると思います。もう少し説明が必要だと思われるものについては、一応、下に説明があります。

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■字幕ファイル

上の「字幕ファイルの作り方」のようにすれば、自分で作ることが出来ます (その場合、もとの字幕の誤りはそのままになります)。
番組の音声をすべて実際に聞いて確認し、誤りを訂正した字幕がこの下からダウンロードできます。今日の字幕ファイルの中には、次の表現についての説明 (あるいは説明へのリンク)もあります。
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