ひな雪さんの おぼえた日記 - 2023年4月7日(金)

■ビジネス英語Interview Leonard Slatkin　１－前半

リスニングポイント
１Why does Mr. Slatkin describe his job as a “silent profession”?
２What does Mr. Slatkin consider important when conducting?

Shibata:
So Maestro, first of all you've been conducting for more than 60 years now. Could you briefly tell us about what you call your “baton-wielding journey” so far?
＊baton-wielding journey　　指揮棒を振る人生

Leonard Slatkin：
Just as the violinist has a violin to play.
I suppose you could say that the conductor plays the orchestra.
But really our instrument is just a stick.
It's what we hold on to.
It's what the orchestra uses to see the gesture that conductor makes, and showing expression of the music.
In a way, it's a silent profession because the stick doesn't make a sound.

And yet at the same time, it can produce this incredible world of sound from anywhere, say, 8 musicians, sometimes 120 depends on program.
I've been doing this for a long time.
And I don't get tired of it.
It's not about control.
For me, it's about collaboration.
When I work with the orchestra, I try to show with my gestures of the stick, of my body, my face what I believe is in the music.
That's how I communicate to them.
It's not about words I use.
It's about how I feel about the music.
And the stick is the instrument through which I show that.

Shibata:
The stick is the magic for you.

Leonard Slatkin：
A little but.

こたえ
１ Because the stick doesn't make a sound.
２He thinks how he feels about the music is important.

レナード・スラットキンさんは、アメリカ生まれの世界的指揮者。ジュリアード音楽院にて指揮法を学ばれ、デトロイト交響楽団、フランス国立リヨン交響楽団、セントルイス交響楽団の音楽監督を歴任されています。NHK交響楽団では客演指揮をなさっています。
質問にわかりやすく丁寧にゆっくりと話してくださっていますので、とても聞きやすいインタビューです。週1回、2か月にわたって(5月まで）放送されるそうです。


■　現代英語 ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian president Putin
　（国際刑事裁判所がロシアのプーチン大統領に逮捕状を発効）

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but legal expert says the warrant's execution appears unlikely.
Putin is suspected of conducting the unlawful deportation and transfer of children to Russia from occupied areas of Ukraine.
Speaking at The Hague on Friday, the ICC president says children have special protection under international law.

“The judges have reviewed the information and evidence submitted by procecutor and determined that there are credible allegations against these persons for alleged crimes.”

The ICC also issued a warrant for a senior official in the Russian presidential office in charge of children's rights.
As Russia does not recognize the court's jurisdiction,　a former ICC judge says it's impossible to imagine Moscow handing over Putin to the court, but the arrest warrant will have an impact.

ICC(International Criminal Court)　
　＝戦争や民族紛争などで非人道的な行為をした個人を訴追し裁く裁判所
arrest warrant　　逮捕状
execution 　　　　執行
appears unlikely　可能性が低いようだ
unlawful deportation and transfer　違法な国外退去と移送
The Hague　　　　ハーグ　ICC本部がある
credible allegation　信じるに足る申し立て
alleged crimes　　　申し立てられている犯罪
court's　jurisdiction　裁判所の管轄権

〇現代の英語は・・・
英語は世界の共通語。外国語として英語を話す人は世界に１０億人。
real life Englishを聞いていきましょう。


■マッテオのレシピ１２か月【１月】スペアリブとトマトソースのポレンタ
【Curiosità e modi di dire（知りたい！　言い習わし）】

★　Del maiale non si butta via niente!
　　(豚に捨てるところが何もない）

　貧しかった時代、豚は農家にとって唯一のたんぱく源。腸、足、耳、尻尾、血までそのすべてが保存され消費されました。毛は刷毛に、脂肪はオリーブオイル代わりに使われました。

▽文法
siを用いた受動態構文　受身：～される／siを用いる場合一般的事柄を表す。
「受動のsi+動詞buttareの3人称単数」　主語は不定代名詞の「niente」。
　主語が複数になると「受動のsi+動詞buttareの3人称複数」。
　主語はしばしば動詞の後ろに置かれます。

（例）
Come si prepara la polenta?
ポレンタはどうやって作りますか？　　*主語はla polenta
Qui si mangiano dei buonissimi spaghetti alla carbonara.
ここではとても美味しいスパゲッティカルボナーラが食べられます。
→ここのスパゲッティカルボナーラはすごく美味しい