クルキだべ！さんの おぼえた日記 - 2013年5月27日(月)

☆ 収容する　　　☆スピードの出し過ぎは事故のもと　　Speeding (　　　) accidents.

・・・ Old News Again　・・・

For the first time in its history, the Vienna Boys’ Choir has sung in its own theater.
The Boys, known for their angelic voices, sang masses by Mozart and Haydn in celebration of the completion of theater.
The Choir of 100 boys between ages of 10 and 14 sings every Sunday in a chapel in Vienna. It has never had a concert hall of its own since it was founded in 1498.
The new hall cost about 20 million dollars. It was built on a lot next to the boy’s dormitory. The new hall seats 400 people and it’s likely to become a favorite tourist attraction in Vienna. More than 120 performances are scheduled this year.

ウィーン少年合唱団　the Vienna Boys' Choir [kwáiər]
天使のような声　angelic voices
ミサ曲、塊、まとまり　mass [mǽs]　（複）masses　the masses大衆、庶民
一区画、用地、くじ、分け前、抽選、運命　 a lot
（ホール・乗り物が）収容する　seat
観光名所　　a favorite tourist attraction

☆make up (of･･･) (･･･で) ～を構成する、編成する [ constitute ]

　合唱団を構成するのは、１０歳から１４歳の少年１００人です
　　One hundred boys between ages 10 and 14 make up the group.

　５人で１チームです
　　Five players make up a team.

※ a load of [ loads of ] 　大量の、非常に多くの

　そこで、できることはいろいろとありそうです
　　There's loads of possibilities for what you can do there.


☆ (建物、乗り物が) 収容する　seat, accommodate, admit, contain, hold,house[háuz]

　6人乗り（の車）を探しているんです。
　　I'm looking for something that seats six.

　この車は何人乗りですか？
　　How many people will this car hold?

　そのホテルは500人収容できる
　　The hotel can accommodate 500 guests.

　東京スカイツリータウンは約310の店舗を収容しています。
　　Tokyo Sky Tree Town houses about 310 stores.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　[háuz]

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Keepers at the London Zoo have begun their annual stock-taking of animals and insects. The zoo, established more than 180 years ago, has more than 17,000 residents.
Zoo staffers carefully count every single creature, including leaf insects and other camouflaged animals as well as poisonous snakes and spiders.
The workers were seen feeding otters and other fast moving animals as they counted them. Curious meerkats interrupted their work by jumping on the survey form held by one of the keepers. One keeper said counting penguins was easy but not so flocks of birds. The census data is added to an international database for breeding programs for endangered animals. The final tally could take weeks.

定期的な調査、国勢調査、個体数調査　census
棚卸しstock-taking　[inventory]
一つ一つ数える　count every single
コノハムシ　leaf insect
偽装する、擬態する　camouflage
カワウソ　otter
ミーアキャット　meerkat
妨げる・じゃまをする　interrupt
（鳥、羊などの）群れ　flock
繁殖計画　breeding programs
　　※breed　種族、品種、血統；子を産む、繁殖する、引き起こす[pose] 、～の原因となる
　　　　☆スピードの出し過ぎは事故のもと　　Speeding breeds [poses] accidents.
絶滅の危機にある　endangered
記録、得点、スコア；～を勘定する、総計する　　tally