expansive 復習
義父とハイキングに行って11日間行方不明となっていた18歳の青年が、どのようにして無事に戻って来たのかを語りました。
Teen hiker missing for 11 days in woods describes how he survived
A teen who had been missing for 11 days, after he was separated from his stepfather during a hike, walked out of a dense Tennessee forest in good condition on Tuesday.
Austin Bohanan, 18, described how he was lost and survived after he was stranded alone in the expansive Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
"I was with my stepdad and we were hiking up in the mountains and following a trail most of the time," he said. "He was in the middle of the creek and said he'd lost his glasses."
The teen helped with the search, he said, since his stepfather can't see well without the glasses.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-hiker-missing-11-days-tennessee-woods-describes/story?id=49397461
取り上げる単語は"expansive"です。"expand"と関連していて「拡大した」などの意味があると予測できます。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、「膨張力のある、(町、産業などが)発展的な、拡張的な、広々した」や「豊かな、ぜいたくな、気さくな」とありました。ここでは「広々とした」という意味で使われ、国立公園の広大さを表現しています。LDOCEでは"very large in area, or using a lot of space"と定義されています。(Akim)
