HUITTさんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年2月26日(金)

2/26(金)実践ビジネス英語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2021/02/19」「藤井塾」
2/19放送分　Homeless in America (3)

■ Summary
Lyons say that some homeless people have jobs but that various financial difficulties mean they can't pay for housing.
McMillan laments that many people have to make terrible choices about what they can pay for and that housing often gets dropped because of its high cost.
And Grace says losing one's job can also lead to homelessness.
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difficulty 困難、[しばしば複数形で](特に)財政困難、窮境、
lament 嘆く、悔やむ、

■ 聞き取りのポイント
Q1). ほとんどの場合、ホームレスになることの要因は何だと、グレースは言っていますか。
"To become homeless almost always comes down to one factor, money. People have no money, don't make enough money to afford housing, or they lose their homes because they can't afford to make regular mortgage or rent payments."
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afford　余裕がある、持つ余裕がある、買う余裕がある、
mortgage (抵当権つき)住宅ローン、貸付金、担保、抵当(権)、

Q2). ホームレスの比率がもっとも高い地域は、全国で何がもっとも高い地域でもあるのですか。
"I've read that the states with the highest homeless rate are New York, Hawaii, Oregon and California, as well as Washington D.C. Not surprisingly, those states and the nation's capital also have the highest housing costs in the country."
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rate 割合、率、
surprisingly 意外と、驚くほどに、

■ Vignette
Lidia Grace : There are all sorts of reasons people become homeless. But it almost always comes down to one factor - money. People have no money, don't make enough money to afford housing or they lose homes because they can't afford to make regular mortgage or rent payments.
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Come down to 　結局のところ〜だ、〜に行き着く、→　つまるところ〜である、
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afford 　余裕がある、
mortgage 住宅ローン、抵当、担保、貸付金、▷pay back a mortgage 住宅ローンを返済する、

Steve Lyons : Many of us don't realize that some homeless people do have jobs. But medical bills, crippling debt, or other personal financial difficulties mean they can't afford to pay for housing. In some cities,　the cost of housing is so high that people who can only get low or minimum wage jobs can't afford their own place to live.
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Medical bill 医療費
crippling debt 巨額の借金、莫大な負債、
minimum wage job 最低賃金の仕事、 wage 賃金

Pat McMillan : It's so very sad, isn't it? Too many people face awful choices when they have only limited resources to pay for the basic necessities of life. All too often it's housing that has to be dropped. That's because it takes up a huge chuck of their income.
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limited resources 限られた財源/資源
basic necessities of life 生活に欠かせない基本的なもの、→生活必需品、
take up a huge chuck of one's income 人の収入のかなりの部分を必要とする/占める
face 直面する
awful choice ひどい選択肢、

Ueda Shota : I've read that the states with the highest homeless rates are New York, Hawaii, Oregon and California, as well as Washington D.C. Not surprisingly, those States and the nation's capital also have the highest housing costs in the country. Compared to other parts of the United States, people in those areas spend a higher percentage of their income on rent and mortgage payments.
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not surprisingly 驚くまでもなく、

Lidia Grace : Losing your job or being unemployed for a prolonged period can also lead to homelessness.
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unemployed　　　失業した/仕事のない、
for a prolonged period 　長期間にわたって、

■ Quote unquote ...
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want - Jonathan Swift (Anglo Irish satirist and churchman)
富にあふれている人たちにとっては、そうでない人たちがどれほど困窮しうるかを想像することほど難しいことはない。 ージョナサン・スウィフト(イングランド系アイルランド人の風刺作家で司祭)
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abound in 　　(場所などが)〜であふれている、〜に富む、〜が豊か、
conceive 　心に描く、思いつく、着想する、
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anglo 「英国・英語」の意