demarcation 復習
北朝鮮の兵士が亡命を図って韓国の軍事境界線を越えた事件で、監視カメラが捉えた映像が公開されました。
Dramatic video shows mad dash as North Korean defector shot 5 times, pulled to freedom
The United Nations Command in control of the border between the two Koreas released dramatic video footage on Tuesday of what happened when a North Korean solider defected to the South earlier this month.
The video shows the defector speeding south in a Jeep, before getting out, pursued by North Korean soldiers who open fire on the man, and later dragged to freedom by South Korean soldiers after being shot at least five times.
The surveillance video also showed one of the North Korean guards step across the demarcation line, a violation of the ceasefire agreement, while chasing and shooting after the defector as he ran for freedom.
取り上げる単語は"demarcation"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「境界、限界、境界設定、（明確な境界による）区分」とありました。よって、"demarcation line"で「境界線」となります。LDOCEでは、"the point at which one area of work, responsibility etc ends and another begins"や"the process of deciding on or marking the border between two areas of land"と定義されています。兵士は５か所も銃弾を受け、内臓が破裂していたとのことでしたが、韓国側の兵士によって救出され、２回に及ぶ手術の後、現在意識を取り戻したとのことです。亡命を試みた理由など、今後の発言に注目です。(Akim)
