HUITTさんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年2月25日(木)

2/25(木)実践ビジネス英語2/18放送分Lesson20「アメリカのホームレス」
ー参照ー「ビジネス英語ディクテーション2021/02/18」「藤井塾」
Homeless in America (2)

■ Key phrase
According one estimate, however, massive unemployment caused by the current pandemic may have boosted homelessness by 40 to 45 percent.
でも、ある予測によれば、今のパンデミックによって大量の失業者が出たため、ホームレスの人の数が、40〜45％増えた可能性があります。
※ estimate 推定、概算、見積もり、

■ Summary
Grace lists some of the places where homeless people live.
And Lyons cites a government study that says over five hundred thousand people are homeless in the Unite States.
McMillan says homelessness is is linked to economic growth to some extent and that housing in cities like New York has become too expensive for people for lower incomes.
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list 表にする、記録する、
cite 引用する、言及する、
link 　つなぐ、結合する、
economic growth 経済成長
extent 広がり、地域、

■ 聞き取りのポイント
Q1). 日本では、どのくらいの数のホームレスの人がいると言われていますか。
"Japan is said to have fewer than 5,000 homeless.”

Q2). アメリカでは、パンデミックによって大量の失業者が出たため、ホームレスの人数はどのくらい増えた可能性がありますか。
"A government study says that more than half a million people are homeless in America. According to one estimate, however, massive unemployment caused by the current pandemic may have boosted homelessness by 40 to 45 percent.
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according to 〜による
estimate 見積もり、
massive 大規模、
unemployment 失業、
boost 押し上げ、増大、
homelessness 無住居、家のないこと、
caused by 〜のせいで、

■ Vignette
Lidia Grace : Some homeless people live in abandoned buildings or other places that are unfit for human habitation. Ten there are people who live permanently flophouse or who double up in apartments with family or friends. But many others have no place where they can lay their head down on it at night.
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abandoned 廃墟になった/放棄された/見捨てられた
be unfit for human habitation 人の住まいとして適していない、
flophouse 簡易宿泊所/安宿
double up with 　〜と部屋・家を共有する、
lay one's head down at night 　夜に寝る

Ueda Shota : I see homeless people all over the city. Japan has said to have fewer than 5,000 homeless. How many are there here in the U.S. I wonder.
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all over いたるところ
wonder 知りたいと思う、

Steve Lions ： A government study says that more than half a million people are homeless i America. According to one estimate　however, massive unemployment caused by the current pandemic may have boosted homelessness by 40 to 45 percent.　The problem is now affecting working class and formally middle class families.
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government study 政府による調査
according to による
estimate 推定、見積もり、
massive 大規模
unemployment 失業、
may (※)妥当性・可能性　〜できよう　as best one may できるだけ・どうにかこうにか
affect 〜に悪影響を及ぼす、
middle class family 中流家庭、

Pat McMillan : To some extent, homelessness is linked to economic growth. In major cities like New York, the cost of housing has risen to where it's out of reach for those with lower incomes. The poorest people in a supposedly affluent society are struggling to meet their most basic needs.
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link 結びつける、関係づける、
out of reach 手の届かない、
major city 主要都市、
supposedly と推定される、と想像される、
affluent 裕福な、
struggle もがく、あがく、

Ueda Shota : That's quite an indictment of American society, isn't it? Tell me, how and when did this start? And just why do people become homeless in the first place?
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quite かなり
indictment 起訴、告発、

Lidia Grace : It began to be a serious problem in the early 1980s. And unfortunately, it has persisted ever since then.
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unfortunately 残念ながら
persist 持続する、
ever since then それ以降ずっと、

■ Quote unquote ...
A minute success pays the failure of years - Robert Browning (English poet)
1分の成功は何年にもわたる失敗に報いる　ー　ロバート・ブラウニング♢
failure 失敗