2010年7月20日火曜日
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndromeの略
エイズウイルスに感染して起こる疾患
Researchers, policy makers and activists are busy preparing for the International AIDS Conference.
administration
政権
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced its National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
infected
感染
The government says sixty-five percent of Americans who discover they are infected get treatment within three months.
antibody
抗体
The director of its Vaccine Research Center, Gary Nabel, says each antibody blocks the virus from attaching to white blood cells.
otherwise
さもなければ
It reacts with that region, it inactivates the virus and the virus never has a chance to enter the cells that it would otherwise infect.
development
一方で
In another development, the United Nations reported Tuesday that the number of young people becoming infected with HIV in Africa is falling.
agency
媒介
The U.N. AIDS agency gives credit to better use of preventive measures. It says young people in Africa are waiting longer to have sex.
2010年7月13日火曜日
http://storynory.com
http://storynory.com/2010/06/07/the-desolate-island/
parable
寓話
This parable from the Middle East has a mysterious and spiritual tone, and is also rather intriguing.
slave
奴隷
It’s about a slave who asks his master for his freedom.
merchant
商人
In ancient times, in the city of Tyre, there lived a merchant, who had amassed a great fortune trading in silks, carpets, and dyes.
incentive
動機
f the master was not there, they would laze around or steal, for there is no great incentive for a slave to make an effort unless it is to avoid punishment.
unloaded
荷を降ろした
He was intelligent, and diligent, and above all honest. Over the years the merchant began to rely on Ziad to keep his accounts and to oversee the goods being loaded and unloaded onto his ships.
comfortable
快適な
He rewarded him with tasty food, comfortable quarters, and smart uniforms.
Desolate
荒れ果てた
And that’s the story of the Desolate island.
parable
寓話
This parable from the Middle East has a mysterious and spiritual tone, and is also rather intriguing.
slave
奴隷
It’s about a slave who asks his master for his freedom.
merchant
商人
In ancient times, in the city of Tyre, there lived a merchant, who had amassed a great fortune trading in silks, carpets, and dyes.
incentive
動機
f the master was not there, they would laze around or steal, for there is no great incentive for a slave to make an effort unless it is to avoid punishment.
unloaded
荷を降ろした
He was intelligent, and diligent, and above all honest. Over the years the merchant began to rely on Ziad to keep his accounts and to oversee the goods being loaded and unloaded onto his ships.
comfortable
快適な
He rewarded him with tasty food, comfortable quarters, and smart uniforms.
Desolate
荒れ果てた
And that’s the story of the Desolate island.
2010年7月9日金曜日
週刊 ST Essays
Part Fifteen — the noise factor
shake
振る
After an hour my entire body started to shake.
announcement
お知らせ
I tried to get away from the sale announcements that happen every five minutes, which are just people screaming into a microphone.
scream
悲鳴
kept thinking and remembered the sound trucks that drive around town and scream political propaganda.
curious
好奇心が強い
So now I'm curious. Does everyone else mind all this noise or is it just me? Isn't it tiring and grating on everyone's nerves to get yelled at all the time?
extreme
極端な例
Even when our senses become dulled by certain things such as extreme noise, it doesn't mean that the sound isn't registering somewhere in our brains and causing yet unknown stress or damage.
shake
振る
After an hour my entire body started to shake.
announcement
お知らせ
I tried to get away from the sale announcements that happen every five minutes, which are just people screaming into a microphone.
scream
悲鳴
kept thinking and remembered the sound trucks that drive around town and scream political propaganda.
curious
好奇心が強い
So now I'm curious. Does everyone else mind all this noise or is it just me? Isn't it tiring and grating on everyone's nerves to get yelled at all the time?
extreme
極端な例
Even when our senses become dulled by certain things such as extreme noise, it doesn't mean that the sound isn't registering somewhere in our brains and causing yet unknown stress or damage.
2010年7月6日火曜日
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/essay/essay.htm
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/english_news/essay/current/ey20100702/ey20100702main.htm?print=noframe
found myself trapped in
〜に引っかかってしまった
I called my bank the other day, and found myself trapped in one of those voice recognition systems — the kind where I was greeted with a disembodied voice that said, "If you have an account with us, please say 'Yes.'
straightforward
明白な
It seemed straightforward enough, so I said "Yes." There was a pause before the voice came back to me: "I'm sorry, I didn't get that.
entire
全体
This entire exchange repeated itself at least twice, until I finally decided to visualize Hugh Grant in all his foppishness and put on an English accent — it worked.
abilities
能力
I've had teachers, and even people I considered my friends, think it's OK to make me feel bad about my language abilities.
found myself trapped in
〜に引っかかってしまった
I called my bank the other day, and found myself trapped in one of those voice recognition systems — the kind where I was greeted with a disembodied voice that said, "If you have an account with us, please say 'Yes.'
straightforward
明白な
It seemed straightforward enough, so I said "Yes." There was a pause before the voice came back to me: "I'm sorry, I didn't get that.
entire
全体
This entire exchange repeated itself at least twice, until I finally decided to visualize Hugh Grant in all his foppishness and put on an English accent — it worked.
abilities
能力
I've had teachers, and even people I considered my friends, think it's OK to make me feel bad about my language abilities.
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