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　ニュースで学ぶ現代英語　2023.6.22

“迷惑動画”で６７００万円賠償請求

SUSHI CHAIN SUES PRANKSTER FOR HARMING ITS BUSINESS

sue A (for damages)は「（損害賠償を求めて）Ａを訴える、Ａに対して訴えを起こす」。file a lawsuit against Aとも言う。

post a video on social mediaは「ＳＮＳに動画を投稿する」。
名詞prankは「悪ふざけ、いたずら」。「いたずら」と訳されることが多い言葉ですが、子どものいたずらから、いわゆるドッキリのようなもの、今回のような迷惑行為までを含む。prank videoは、ここでは「迷惑動画」。ちなみに、prank callなら「いたずら電話」、play a prank on …なら「～にいたずらをする」。

ここでの-basedは「～に本拠地（本社）・拠点を置く」。a company based in ...「～に本拠地を置く会社」をより簡潔に表せるため、ニュースではよく使われる。

file a lawsuit against …なら「～に対して訴えを起こす」だが、file a lawsuit with …は、どこの裁判所に提訴したかを表す

seek … in damagesは「～（金額）の損害賠償を求める」

ここでのsignificantは「大幅な、著しい」という意味

suffer (a) lossは「損害を被る」。「赤字を出す」や「敗北を喫する」「（選挙などで）議席を失う」などの意味もあるので、文脈で判断する。

ここでのoffendは「（人の）気分を害する、怒らせる」という意味。「（目や耳などの感覚器官に）不快感を与える」という意味でも使い、例えばThe clutter in the room offended my eyes.なら「その部屋の散乱物が目に不快感を与えた（目障りだった）」

ここでのcontrolは「管理」という意味の名詞。例えば、quality controlなら「品質管理」

Listening Point

★一文ずつ理解していくリスニングの勉強法

Akindo Sushiro says the video led to a significant drop in customers nationwide and a sharp decline in the share price of its parent company.

Today’s Takeaway

★Discussion Session

Asuka: Recently, many young people have posted prank videos on social media. Personally, they bother me a lot. This has been seen not only in Japan but also around the world, I am sure. What about in the U.S.?

Tom: Oh, those kinds of videos are everywhere — and they're always getting crazier. In today's social media-dominated world, the wilder the video you post, the more views it gets, and the more clout — influence, in other words — you gain. It's a weird system.

Asuka: Right. The biggest concern about this kind of act is the digital tattoo it leaves. The people who post such videos may not consider this point enough.

Tom: Basically, the recordings last forever. That's a scary thing to think about.

Asuka: That's right. Pranks have been around for a long time. The difference is people didn't carry video cameras all the time in the past, so they didn't have easy opportunities to record the foolish acts and spread them on the internet.

Tom: But people have smartphones with cameras now.

Asuka: Correct. So what adults need to do is to teach children not to conduct such acts and help them recognize the terrifying aspects of digital tattoos.

Tom: Agreed. Now that my daughter has her own smartphone, I'm going to try to get her to ask herself something before she puts something online: What if this post goes viral? What if people remember my name or face from this video? Hopefully that’ll help her at least give a second thought to the effects it could have. Sometimes, that makes a huge difference.


ラジオ英会話　2023.6.29

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I used it a lot on the job.

GAV

1 比較表現を使いこなす

You're better at this technology than I am.

2 助動詞willのイメージ

You'll do a great job.

Typical Expressions

☆Take my word for it.

1 I guarantee you that you won't find a better deal.

It is guaranteed that～

2 For sure we'll arrive by nightfall.

I(can)assure you.

3 The mailman comes everyday at 10:15. You can bank[count/depend/rely]on it.

Typical Expressions in Action

1 You won't regret choosing our products. I guarantee it.

2 Our products are the highest quality on the market. Take my word for it.

3 I can assure you that we will continue searching until we find the source of the problem.