helloさんの おぼえた日記 - 2022年6月4日(土)

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」　今週のﾆｭｰｽ

1)フィリピン 次期大統領にマルコス氏
MARCOS DECLARES VICTORY IN PHILIPPINE ELECTION

・more than double 　2倍以上

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared victory in the Philippines' presidential election held on Monday.

The independent organization that monitors the election says he garnered over 30 million votes. That's more than double the number of his nearest rival.


2)日本周辺の“異常な雨”は温暖化の影響
STUDY: CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSING EXTREME RAINFALL IN JAPAN

・extremeは「極端な、極限の」

・rainfall eventは「降雨事象」

・(be) to blameは「責めを負うべきである、責任がある、責任の所在である」

・predictは「予測する」


A new study says extreme rainfall events are happening more often in Japan, and climate change is mostly to blame.

The team also predicted the events would continue to increase in Japan to about 19 days in the year 2050.


3)カナダ食品市で日本食材をアピール
JAPANESE GOVT. PROMOTES REGIONAL FOODS IN CANADA

・serve upは「（料理を）出す、提供する」

・a range of ...は「さまざまな」

・regional specialtyは「地方の特産品」

The Japanese government has taken part in Canada's largest food fair for the first time in 15 years.It's part of an effort to raise food exports to 5 trillion yen, or nearly 40 billion dollars, by 2030.

They are serving up a range of regional specialties, including striped jack from Ehime, sake brewed in Fukushima, and premium beef from Iwate.


4)キム総書記 コロナ感染拡大に危機感
KIM JONG UN FRUSTRATED WITH SLOW DELIVERY OF MEDICINE
2022年5月16日のニュース

・medical supplyは「医薬品、医療品」

・outbreak は「（疫病や感染症などの）流行、勃発」

We start in North Korea, /where officials announced its first coronavirus cases /last week. (反訳ﾄﾚｰﾆﾝｸﾞ)

Leader Kim Jong Un has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow delivery of medical supplies amid an outbreak of what his regime calls fevers.


5)マクドナルド ロシアから撤退へ
GOLDEN ARCHES COMING DOWN

・go up「上へ行く、掲げられる」

・come down「下へ来る」、つまり「降ろされる」

Many Russians were amazed /more than three decades ago /to see a symbol of American capitalism go up in Moscow.(反訳ﾄﾚｰﾆﾝｸﾞ) But now, the Golden Arches of McDonald's are coming down.

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