2018-08-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧
児童虐待件数が過去最高多に上りました。The number of child abuse cases handled by child counseling centers across the nation in fiscal 2017 increased 11,203, or 9.1 percent, from the previous year to 133,778, the Health, Labor and Welfare M…
先日の語学研修にて興味深い表現に出会いました。 the whole enchiladaです。初め、enchiladaがスペイン語に由来しているのではないかと予測し、whole「全体としての」を伴って「何かを大まかに捉えたもの」であると思いましたが、いまいち意味が掴めなかっ…
なぜこのような事故が起きたのでしょうか。GIFU (Jiji Press) — Five patients in their 80s died apparently of heatstroke at a hospital in the city of Gifu in the past few days, local police said.(中略)The police raided the hospital on Tuesda…
朝日新聞による、日本のこれからの多様化に関する記事です。AJW wants your views on diverse society through foreign influxHistorically, there has always been a sense of us and them when dealing with foreigners in our midst. The Asahi Shimbun b…
ロシア人女性によるスパイ活動の手口が紹介されています。This is how Russian spies use sex and schmoozing to get their wayAccused Russian spy Maria Butina followed many of the basic rules of foreign espionage – except for a major one: keep a …
昨日の裏ゼミで学んだ表現についてです。電話をしたい相手の携帯電話を鳴らすという意味で用いられる表現の一つにgive you a buzzがあるとUG先生に教えていただきました。 家に帰ってから『ライトハウス英和辞典』(第5版 研究社)でbuzzの項目を見てみると…
病気にかかっても,もう病院へわざわざ足を運ぶ必要はなくなるのかもしれません。Technology is changing the way you see a doctor, but is that good for your health?One morning, Charlie Latuske woke up feverish and somewhat delirious in his home …
広島市に、珍しいピザの自動販売機が設置されたようです。HIROSHIMA — Just put your money in the vending machine and in three minutes, you’ll get piping hot pizza. A rare pizza vending machine from Italy, called Pizza Self, has appeared in Nis…
Astronomers observe 'monster galaxy'A team of international scientists has made the first close observation of a star-generating "monster galaxy" that was formed shortly after the Big Bang.The team, led by a Japanese astronomer, used a rad…
福島市にある巨大像「サン・チャイルド」の撤去が決まりました。FUKUSHIMA--Fukushima city will remove a large statue of an injured child wearing a yellow hazmat suit after complaints rolled in that the artwork grossly exaggerates the damage fr…
Intercultural Communicationに向けた予習の中で気になる表現を見つけました。本日は、hot-button issueを取り上げます。文脈に基づき、この表現を見た時「大変な問題」と解釈したことは覚えています。『ジーニアス英和辞典』(第五版、大修館書店)を引いてみ…
Young Tokyo man pleads guilty to murdering pregnant classmate in 2017TOKYO -- A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant classmate last year after the victim asked the defendant to kill her, during the first hearing of his …
昨日、ゼミで年齢に関する表現を先生に教えていただきました。それがbe on the wrong side of 〜という表現です。 この表現は、「〜歳以上である」という意味になります(『ウィズダム英和辞典』)。この表現は少しネガティブな印象を与えてしまう表現のような…
和歌山と大阪を結ぶ高速バスが渋滞を迂回しようとしたところ、道を間違え、狭い山道で立ち往生していたことがわかりました。Bus driver takes wrong turn, strands riders on a cliffDozens of terrified passengers riding on an expressway bus were stuck…
Fascists, charlatans and propagandists are as old as time, but never before have they been mobilised with today’s powerful tools, which can coalesce forces globally and amplify messages in a flash. (Skip the rest)https://www.google.co.jp/a…
裏ゼミで扱った記事から表現を紹介します。Toyota ponies up $500 mil. for joint project with Uber SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies sai…
北朝鮮に身柄を拘束されていた日本人男性が帰国しました。A Japanese man released by North Korea after being accused of an unspecified crime arrived back in Japan on Tuesday, officials and reports said.Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who was arrested in ea…
A 20-year-old woman was found guilty of killing an elderly woman after colliding with her while handling her smartphone on a bicycle in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in December 2017.中略However, Presiding Judge Kenichi Emi rejected the a…
神奈川県三浦市のビーチに、観光客の間で人気の少し変わった娯楽があるそうです。 MIURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Here’s a mode of sea transport with plenty of horsepower, and one that is going down a storm with holidaymakers--horse riding in the s…
北朝鮮を観光中に拘束された杉本倫孝さんが日本に帰国しました。前略Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who visited North Korea as a tourist, had been held for criminal investigation until the country "decided to leniently condone him," the state-run Korean Ce…
夏季語学研修の宿題の一つに、自分の読んだニュース記事のpersonal responseを書いて提出するというものがあります。前回選んだ記事はタリバンについてのものでした。Personal responseの中でI cannot see the end of this battleといういかにも今までの戦い…
The judicial process is one thing, however; the moral opprobrium that now attaches to Aung San Suu Kyi – revered and idealised for so long, especially in the western world – constitutes a reversal of fortunes that verges on tragedy. (Skip …
ちびまる子ちゃんの作者である、さくらももこさんが乳がんで亡くなっていたことがわかりました。Creator of beloved 'Chibi Maruko-chan' series dies at 53Momoko Sakura, the author of “Chibi Maruko-chan,” a long-running and highly popular manga and…
VOX POPULI: Beating the heat is really all about finding good ‘company’Hogeta-san, a company worker, has overslept as usual. Forgetting to don his glasses and take his bag, he rushes out of the door in his bedroom slippers中略Even when we …
車の事故を防ぐため、顔認証システムを用いて運転者の顔の表情などを感知する装置の開発が進められています。Driver-monitoring cameras help prevent accidentsCarmakers, among other companies, are competing to develop systems that can detect a driv…
ながらスマホは大変危険です。大きな事故を引き起こしてしまいます。A 20-year-old woman was found guilty of killing an elderly woman after colliding with her while handling her smartphone on a bicycle in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in Decem…
安倍首相は自民党の党首選へ立候補することを正式発表しました。Abe throws hat into LDP chief race; duel with Ishiba loomsTARUMIZU, Kagoshima Prefecture--Against a dramatic backdrop of Mount Sakurajima, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his …
Like to get your heart rate going while you sight-see? For the intrepid architectural adventurer, we've pulled together the most spectacular mountain landmarks that are a fitting reward for a long hike. Prefer adventures on four wheels? We…
今回は、現在読み進めている World War Zという本の中からの紹介です。 内容になりますが、最新型の武器が導入されて以後の兵士らの動向について描かれたchapterにおいて、newbie /ˈnjuːbi/ という単語に出会いました。実際の表記は “noob“ となっていて、初…
戦時中のアンコール遺跡群を写した幻の写真が発見されました。前略After returning to Japan, the group organized exhibitions in Kyoto and other locations and published a report of its findings from the trip. The documents brought back to Japan …