Aさんの おぼえた日記 - 2016年12月22日(木)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"There is an ambient（環境の） prickliness（prickly：とげだらけの、厄介な）. We could end up picking fights with three-quarters of the world."
PHILIP D. ZELIKOW, who served in both Bush administrations and now teaches at the University of Virginia, on Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy.

DECEMBER 22, 2016

（１）Berlin Attack Sets Off Hunt for a Tunisian in Germany
The identity of the Tunisian, Anis Amri, who had been labeled a security threat and was supposed to have been deported（国外追放） months ago, alarmed intelligence officials.

（２）Customers signed up for the Affordable Care Act in Miami last month.
Health Exchange Enrollment Jumps, Even as G.O.P. Pledges Repeal
The Obama administration said 6.4 million people had signed up so far for 2017 health insurance, an increase of 400,000 over a similar point last year.

（３）President-elect Donald J. Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Wednesday. He and his national security adviser met with a group of top military officers.
Trump Suggests Berlin Attack Affirms His Plan to Bar Muslims
“All along, I’ve proven to be right,” the president-elect told reporters, speaking of the truck rampage（暴れ回る） that killed 12 and injured dozens.

（４）President-elect Donald J. Trump’s son Eric at Trump Tower in New York City this month. He said he now recognized that his status as the president-elect’s son meant that donors could try to use him to gain access to his father.
Trump’s Son, Fearing ‘Quagmire（窮地、苦境）,’ to Stop Soliciting for Charity
Eric Trump said he recognized that his status as the president-elect’s son meant that donors to his foundation could try to use him to gain access to his father.

（５）Kaos, 23, a member of the Black Disciples whose given name is Ron. “If we’re sitting here bored, getting high and we got guns around, it ain’t nothing else to do,” he said of the relentless cycle of violence.
Bored, Broke and Armed: Clues to Chicago’s Gang Violence
Gang members spend their days worrying about rivals and how to make money — and turn to shooting to settle even the pettiest disputes.

（６）Matt Damon in “The Great Wall.” Shot in China, the film is meant to entertain but also to show that the Chinese film industry can serve up global box-office winners.
The East Lobs a Blockbuster-Hopeful to the West With ‘The Great Wall’
As the epic（勇ましい） fantasy movie begins its global release, it will show whether the Chinese film industry is ready to become an international player.

（７）An investigator on Wednesday stood amid the wreckage of houses destroyed in an explosion at the San Pablito fireworks market.
Despite Fatal Blast, Mexicans Clamor to Rebuild Fireworks Market
As families congregated（集まる） in hospitals to visit loved ones or look for the missing, there was scarcely a word of criticism for the failings in accountability that led to the fire.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2742, County Governments
State constitutions give legislatures power to create local governments, which receive charters, or grants of authority, to carry out a wide range of governmental responsibilities. 州憲法は、地方政府を創設する権力を立法者に与えているが、その地方政府は憲章をもち、広汎な政府責任を遂行するために、その機関を与えられる。
Which is not a function of a county government?
a. Voter registration
b. Tax collection
c. Construction of roads
d. Voting in the Electoral College
Nicely done! Choice d is correct.