kontaさんの おぼえた日記 - 2012年10月4日(木)

本日の学習　　ABCニュースシャワー95日目　
「候補者討論会の歴史」（10月2日放送）

昨日の復習　　ABCニュースシャワー
「ディベートに備える両大統領候補」 （10月1日放送）

It's preparation, cramming by the candidates for their big debate.
「重要なディベートにむけて、両候補者にとっては準備、特訓の時だ」
キーワード：cramming 「特訓、詰め込み」
cram 「詰め込む」

make-or-break opportunity 「のるかそるかのチャンス」
one-liner 「印象に残る一言、決めぜりふ」

そのほかの語句も含めて例文でチェック♪
★　cramming 「特訓、詰め込み」
「Benedict College Gives Scholarship to Trinidadian Student Anthony Jugmohan」
http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2008-03-31-voa7-66744632/562253.html
"However, what I have experienced personally is that a more gradual piece of assimilating your work, you can retain your work better as oppose to cramming and passing an exam. So therefore the educational disposition was one and the foods is one as well, he says.
※　assimilate 「（知識・文化などを）吸収する、取り入れる」

★　cram 「詰め込む」
「This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory」
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx
Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.
※　binge on ～を好きなだけやる、～をどか食いする

★　make-or-break opportunity 「のるかそるかのチャンス」
「South China Sea High on ASEAN Agenda」
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia_says_asean_ministers_agree_key_elements_of_sea_code/1381394.html
Carlyle Thayer, as specialist on ASEAN affairs with at the University of New South Wales, say this week is make or break time for ASEAN countries on the issue.

★　one-liner 「印象に残る一言、決めぜりふ」
「History Says Debate Moments Matter」
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/03/162186226/history-says-debate-moments-matter
Stick To Talking Points
In 1980, Ronald Reagan used his well-known debate one-liner, "There you go again," against President Jimmy Carter.

★　narrow 動詞「～を狭くする、狭める」
Yes, the generation gap has narrowed and mellowed quite a bit in recent years.
/english/phrase/17528
「ええ、世代間のギャップは、近年かなり小さく穏やかなものになっています。」

★　insider「内部関係者」「（内部情報を知る）消息通、インサイダー」
「Vietnam Could Become World's Biggest Rice Exporter」
http://www.voanews.com/content/vietnam-could-edge-thailand-as-worlds-biggest-rice-exporter/1515229.html
Vietnam's rice insiders say they would welcome being number one in exports but whether they can maintain the title depends on the weather and global demand.

★　crisp 「短くて明瞭な、簡潔で明瞭な、はっきりした」
「NASA Launches Black Hole Hunter」
http://www.voanews.com/content/nasa-launches-black-hole-hunter/1210647.html
"NuSTAR will open a whole new window on the universe, by being the very first telescope to focus high-energy X-rays," said Harrison. "As such, it will make images that are 10 times crisper and 100 times more sensitive than any telescope that is operated in this region of the spectrum."

しばらくはアメリカの大統領選挙の話題が尽きない予感...