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「大統領のマラソン遊説」 （10月25日放送）
48-hour fly-around campaign marathon extravaganza
「48時間飛び回るマラソン遊説のドタバタ劇」
キーワード：extravaganza 「ドタバタ劇」
all-nighter 「徹夜」
★ extravaganza 「ドタバタ劇」
「'Fired Up' Obama Makes Appeal To Early Voters」
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163606513/fired-up-obama-appeals-to-early-voters
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Florida is the fourth stop on what the president jokingly calls his marathon campaign extravaganza. In the last 24 hours, he's also held rallies in Davenport, Iowa, Las Vegas, Nevada, and before a screaming crowd of 16,000 in Denver, Colorado.
★ all-nighter 「〈話〉一晩中続くもの、徹夜の仕事［勉強］、24時間営業の店」
「European Leaders Try To Tackle Eurozone's Crisis」
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/29/155967369/european-union-summit-convenes-for-second-day
Germany's Angela Merkel is looking increasingly isolated. Merkel emerged from the all-nighter, saying she was happy and that some major decisions had been made.
★ pull an all-nighter 「徹夜する」
「'Fired Up' Obama Makes Appeal To Early Voters」
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163606513/fired-up-obama-appeals-to-early-voters
HORSLEY: The Obama team insists this grind-it-out, vote-by-vote contest is what they always expected, and what they've spent more than a year preparing for. Mr. Obama joked yesterday about pulling an all-nighter on this campaign trip. There could be 13 more long nights ahead.
★ by a hair 「やっとのことで、危ないところで、タッチの差で、紙一重で」
「Obama & Romney: 'Corporate Executive' Vs. The 'Government Professor'」
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/01/162100614/live-blog-obama-romneys-first-debate
As for how important the debates may be, Mara said it's "hard to find an example since the Kennedy-Nixon debates" in 1960 when they appeared to significantly affect the outcome of an election. But in a race that's likely to be "decide by a hair," said Mara, "little things really do matter" and a good or bad debate performance could be important.
★ frenetic 「熱狂した、大騒ぎの、狂乱状態の」
「For Liberian Youth, A Creative Outlet In Krumping」
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161283651/for-liberian-youth-a-creative-outlet-in-krumping
The moves involve intense, aggressive footsteps, chest thumps and wild arm waves. It's a more frenetic derivative of hip-hop dancing, and developed in the churches and gang communities of Los Angeles.
★ tape 「テープ録音［録画］する」「～をテープにとる［録音する・録画する］」
「Obama Hits Battleground States In Final Blitz」
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/23/163499522/obama-hits-battleground-states-in-final-blitz
HORSLEY: Well, it is going to be a lot of miles. He's in a very tight race in many of the battleground states, so over the next three days, he Hitting half a dozen battleground states, including two separate visits each to Ohio and Florida. He's also going to make a side trip to Los Angeles to tape "The Tonight Show" and travel home to Chicago to cast his own ballot on Thursday.
