squeal 復習
今年６月に生まれたジャイアントパンダの赤ちゃんシャンシャンが、本日の一般公開に先駆けて昨日、地元の小学生と報道陣に公開されました。
Xiang Xiang meets kids before public debut
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Some local elementary school children were invited to meet Xiang Xiang at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Monday, one day before the female giant panda cub is put on public display for the first time since her birth a little more than six months ago.
In an event to celebrate the cub’s public debut at the zoo in Taito Ward, the 30 lucky fifth-graders from Shinobugaoka Elementary School in the same ward squealed with delight as Xiang Xiang waddled toward the viewers’ aisle. Leaning over the fences, the students called the cub’s name repeatedly.
Watching Xiang Xiang biting into bamboo and rolling around on the floor, Reimi Toma, an 11-year-old girl, said, “She’s fluffy, round and cute.” The student said she had been too excited to sleep well the previous night.
“Xiang Xiang was pinker than I thought,” Tomoka Shinohara, also 11, said. “She was more like an energetic girl than a baby.”
At a press preview held the same day, the panda cub, born on June 12, climbed smoothly up a tree but slid down slowly from a height of 2 meters, suggesting she is not yet good at descents.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004134881
取り上げる単語は、"squeal"です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「（感情、体験から）キーキーいう、金切り声をあげる、歓声をあげる」などとありました。LDOCEでは"to make a long loud high sound or cry"と定義されています。つまり、シャンシャンがよたよた歩く可愛らしい姿に歓声が上がった様子が表現されています。(Akim)
