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彼の提言はI see three areas where the world should act.と書いてからFirst..., Second..., Third...とオーソドックスに書いていますね。
Those understandings should shape our response. The United States and other developed nations have a chance to act smarter, think bigger and move faster in addressing this crisis and preventing the next one. Having talked with refugees, and having talked to countless officials and representatives of civil society along the way, I see three areas where the world should act.
First, the refugees, and the countries where they’re living, need more humanitarian support. （後略）
Second, we can help host countries see refugees not just as a burden, but as a benefit. （後略）
Third, the world needs to shore up the development assistance it gives to those countries that have not collapsed but are racked by conflict, corruption and weak governance. （後略）
もう一人写真家のサルドガが25年前に撮った湾岸戦争時の写真をNYTで紹介していました。
近々発表される写真集のプロモーションのようですが、彼の活動もMore just worldを目指したものとして尊敬しています。10-15年近く前に東京で彼の写真展をやっていた時に彼の講演を聞きにいきましたが「写真家は社会活動家でなければいけない」みたいなことを語っていたのが印象的でした。
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, as the United States-led coalition started driving out Iraqi forces from Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s troops responded by setting ablaze hundreds of oil wells, creating one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory.
By the time I reached southeastern Kuwait in April 1991, on assignment for The New York Times Magazine, the war had ended but the smoke from the arson in the Greater Burgan oil fields continued to obliterate the sun and the flames lit up the desert horizon. Oil-well firefighters from dozens of countries had begun working in unbelievably difficult circumstances to try to extinguish the inferno.
口語表現も採用すると言われている新形式。確かに公式問題集ではbe not big on ...（〜は大して好きではない） / have got to do（〜しなければいけない） / run into ... （ばったり出会う）のようなインフォーマル表現が使われていました。 この件については過去にブログで取り上げました。
（公式vol3のテスト1のパート4） Hello Dr. Laury, this is Jennifer Clark, an editor with Mechanical Engineer's Journal. I wanted to touch base with you about your paper that was recently accepted for publication
ほとんどの辞書ではインフォーマルとしているようですがロングマンにはラベルがありませんね。
（ウィズダム） ｟米くだけて｠ «…と» 連絡[接触]する «with» .
（オックスフォード） touch base (with somebody) (informal) to make contact with somebody again
（ロングマン） touch base (with somebody) to talk to someone to find out what is happening about something
RITE OF SPRING A couple reclines under sakura boughs, taking part in the hanami flower-viewing in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden on April 6 as the blossoming period neared its end. For centuries, people in Japan have celebrated the roughly two week each year between the first bud’s opening and the last petal’s falling by gathering for picnics or outdoor parties.
As much as cherries are enjoyed worldwide, in Japan the relationship between people and cherry blossom (sakura) goes far deeper than floricultural appreciation. As a Japanese friend once told me, for many the cherry blossom is Japan, or at least a potent symbol of the national character of the Japanese people. Historically the short but spectacular flowering season of the cherry was viewed as an allegory for the frequently brief but glorious life of the samurai, prompting the saying, “The cherry is among flowers as the samurai is among men.”
Cherry blossom is strongly associated with the cultural tradition of mono no aware, the awareness of the impermanence and transience of things, and consequent restrained sadness for their passing. Unsurprisingly, sakura features heavily in Japanese art, in particular traditional ukiyo-e woodblock printing, and memorably in Hiroshige’s “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”.
新形式が導入されてどこまで口語表現が使われるようになるのか？ いまのところはそんなに大きく変わることはなさそうな感じです。How about ...?という表現で考えてみます。
How about ...?という提案表現はTOEICに頻出するだけではなく自分でも使えると便利ですよね。
How about going out for lunch? - Sounds good.
What time should I meet you in the lobby? - How about 1:00 P.M. after lunch?
新形式の問題集を聞いていてHow about if節?が登場していました。以下の例はこれまでの形式にあったものでifがあります。
I think it's beyond repair. I think we need a new one. -How about if I call Tom in the purchasing office to see if he'll approve a purchase order for a new machine?
新形式だとHow about I call Tom in the purchasing office?とifがないかたちで用いられていました。
ジーニアスもウィズダムもインフォーマルではHow about (if)節?も用いられるという説明がありました。オックスフォードはifなしの節、ロングマンはifなしの節とifのある節の両方を紹介しています。
（オックスフォード） how about…? used when asking for information about somebody/something I'm not going. How about you? used to make a suggestion How about a break? How about going for a meal? (especially North American English) How about we go for a meal?
（ロングマン） spoken how about...? a) used to make a suggestion about what to do [= what about]: No, I'm busy on Monday. How about Tuesday at seven? how about doing something How about putting the sofa closer to the window? How about we have that game when we get back? How about if we tell the police where Newley is hiding?
これまでのTOEICだったらifを省略することはなかったと思うんですよね。今回の新形式の問題集でifを省略したHow about we go for a meal?という表現を見て、ふと思いました。これは＜リスニングセクションの変更点＞のElisionsにあたるかわかりませんが、このような省略はありとみなしたということですよね。
Elisions（省略形： going toが gonnaなど）、 Fragments（文の一部分： Yes, in a minute; Down the hall; Could you?など）を含む会話が流れます。
先週はFresh AirやNYT Book Reviewなどに作者が登場していました。驚きなのはアメリカの石油会社Texacoがヒトラーも支援していたフランコ側に石油を融通していたという事実でしょう。アメリカの中立政策に反するものですがアメリカ政府が把握してなかったことは考えられそうもないので黙認していた可能性が高そうです。「反ユダヤ主義」などを全部ヒトラーの責任にしようとするのが戦後の歴史の見方ですが、同時代の空気がどういうものであったか丁寧に見ていきたいものです。もちろんヒトラーに罪はないと言いたいのではありません。
GROSS: One of the most interesting characters that you write about in this book is the head of Texaco oil, Torkild Rieber. He was the head during the Spanish Civil War, and he supported the fascist cause, the military coup in Spain. And he made a deal with Franco's regime. What was the deal? HOCHSCHILD: Here was the deal - before the war, Texaco had been the principal oil supplier to the government of Spain. The moment the war began, Rieber signaled that he would cut off oil supplies to the Spanish Republic, the Democratic side, and would sell oil to Franco's Nationalists. He not only did that, but he gave them the oil at a big discount, which, as far as we can tell, he never told Texaco shareholders or even his board of directors about. And he violated American law in a couple of ways because U.S. neutrality legislation was pretty strict and said that if you were selling anything to a country at war, the oil couldn't travel on American ships. But he shipped it on Texaco tankers. The Nationalists had no tankers. U.S. law also said you could not sell things on credit to a country at war, and Rieber gave the Nationalists very, very, very generous terms of credit. And he did something else as well.
Texaco, being a major oil company, had offices, installations, agents, tank farms in ports all over the world. And he sent out orders to them saying, send us as soon as possible any information you acquire about oil tankers heading for the Spanish Republic. And this information was passed on to the Nationalists to help submarine captains and bomber pilots look for targets. Twenty-nine oil tankers headed for the Spanish Republic were destroyed, damaged or captured during the war. And in at least one or two cases, we can specifically tie it to information supplied by Texaco. So the United States might be neutral, but Texaco had gone to war.
Well, I think the common theme is I do like to write about people who felt they were struggling or battling one way or another for a more just world. And what that means is exposing evils of colonialism in Africa, creating some sorts of resistance to Stalinist dictatorship of the Soviet Union, resistance to the apartheid regime in South Africa, or the attempt to keep the Nationalists from taking over all over of Spain.
Somehow what gets my juices going as a writer is when I feel that I’ve got into a kind of people who are struggling as part of what they felt to be a great crusade. It doesn’t mean that they were completely right about everything. Sometimes they were quite blind to various things. But that just is what makes political events meaningful to me.
a more just worldを目指している人を書きたいとおっしゃっています。もちろんIt doesn't mean they were completely right about everything. Sometimes they were quite blind to various thingsとこの人たちが全てにおいて正しかったわけでも時に偏狭になることもあったと認めた上で共感しているようです。
Panama Papersなんかを見ていると世界は仕組まれている、権力のある人たちはぬくぬくと暮らしていると絶望感と無力感に襲われますが、世の中をよりよくしようと奮闘している人たちも同時にいるわけですよね。Yutaができるのはたかがしれていますがやはりa more just worldを意識していきたいです。
全然内容を把握していないので単なる雑感ですが。。。アメリカの政界や財界は自分たちに都合のいいようによろしくやっているという意味でThe system is rigged.という表現が使われていることを以前紹介しましたが、今回の件でもevery political system in the world—even the nakedly authoritarian ones—is hopelessly riggedとriggedが使われていました。
The Panama Papers Show Us That Every Political System in the World Might Be Rigged And they're the result of a brilliant international exercise in investigative journalism. BY CHARLES P. PIERCE APR 4, 2016 MADISON, WISCONSIN—You'll have to forgive me, but it was the weekend, so I didn't manage to get through all 11.5 million files that were leaked regarding who was stashing how much money where around the globe. But I read enough to know that a whole massive amount of the world's financial and political corruption got dumped onto the Intertoobz, certainly enough to give more weight to the possibility that every political system in the world—even the nakedly authoritarian ones—is hopelessly rigged, and that the marvelous new world of the miraculous global economy is an even bigger thieves' paradise than you, me, or even Jamie Dimon thought it was.
The Passport Bubble Selling citizenship in St. Kitts and Nevis BY ATOSSA ARAXIA ABRAHAMIAN October 29, 2015 In 2006, as the government of St. Kitts and Nevis was winding down its ailing sugar industry, a slight, wiry Swiss man with thick eyebrows and a brooding manner arrived on the scene. His name was Christian Kalin, and through his company, Henley & Partners, which helps wealthy people obtain second or third citizenships and residence permits, he proposed restructuring the islands’ “citizenship-by-investment” program. With a population of about 50,000, the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is both the newest and smallest sovereign state in the Americas; when the country gained independence from Great Britain in 1983, it had little with which to support itself save for sugar exports. In 1984, the islands had added a citizenship-by-investment provision to their naturalization act, opening the doors to foreigners who made a “significant contribution” to the state to become bona fide citizens. It seemed like an easy way to attract the occasional entrepreneur in the market for warmer climes and lower taxes. But the program lay practically dormant for 20 years, with only a couple hundred passports exchanged for investments during that time.
Carpeted in dense vegetation, surrounded by azure waters, and lined with golden beaches, Okunoshima looks, at first glance, like any typical holiday destination. The small island lies just three kilometers off the coast of the Takehara municipality of Hiroshima Prefecture, in the Seto Inland Sea, and is home to a hotel and onsen resort, a swimming pool, a camping site, and biking and walking trails. The island is also overrun with rabbits.
The vigorous little creatures regularly bounce up to visitors asking to be fed and petted, earning the island its nickname “Usugi Jima” (“Rabbit Island”). But while Okunoshima may be among the cutest places in Japan, it has a dark past, with ties to wartime history becoming more evident upon closer inspection of the island.
At different locations dotted across the island’s four-kilometer circumference, the remains of grey, concrete structures are slowly being reclaimed by nature. Shrouded in secrecy, the building ruins date back to World War II, when Okunoshima was the site of a secret poison gas factory. The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 had destroyed most of the chemical plants in and around Tokyo, and rather than reconstruct them, the military decided it would be cheaper to build a new one.
See pics from Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris' absolutely fabulous getaway Erin Jensen, USA TODAY 3:55 p.m. EDT March 16, 2016
こちらも米語で「短い休暇」を指すようですね。
（ロングマン） getaway especially American English a short holiday away from home, or a place where people go for a short holiday: Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.
こちらはTOEICで少しだけ登場していました。
Get away from it all with Getaway Tours! Visit Niagara Falls!
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この広告でこのプロモーションに参加することをenter the sweepstakesとしていました。
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TOEICではenter the raffleが使われていましたが、同じような意味でつかわれているでしょうね。
And whey you come to the store, don’t forget to pick up a fee ticket for the raffle contest! Q&P will be giving away hundreds of dollars’ worth of products and equipment to guess who enter the raffle.
Come join us for another exciting island adventure on one of the seven islands of Izu during the 'Golden Week'! THIS TRIP FEATURES: Swimming and snorkeling in crystal clear water (bring your wetsuits) Bridge and platform diving Hiking with 360° panoramic views Beautiful Maehama beach Beach side camping Outdoor onsen Beach volleyball Bonfire parties Sightseeing and walking Dramatic sunsets Beautiful stars at night (star gazing) Kouzushima offers many exciting activities that the other islands don't, including mountain hiking with unique breathtaking 360° panoramic views, crystal clear ocean waters to snorkel, swim, CLIFF and PLATFORM dive into (if you have wetsuits), onsens, camping ON the beach with beautiful ocean views and dramatic sunsets, beach volleyball, beach parties, and so much more.
Of all the communication and public speaking skills, talking to non-native English speakers is one of the most under-appreciated.
It does not come naturally to most English speakers, but, like all skills, it can be learnt. Rephrasing points in different ways helps. So do avoiding complex metaphors and watching people’s faces to see whether you are being understood.
Because so few native English speakers speak another language these days they have little idea how hard it can be to operate in one.
A failure to understand how you are coming across diminishes your impact, and can lead some to believe you are being cruel and sarcastic.
Rephrasing points in different ways helps. So do avoiding complex metaphors and watching people’s faces to see whether you are being understood.（何種類もの方法で言い換える、複雑なたとえを避ける、理解してもらっているか表情を見る）などは、誤解のないクリアなコミュニケーションを目指す上で参考になりますね。何度もいっていることですがTOEICで比喩や皮肉やイディオムが多用されないのもこのような配慮があるからと思っています。
Most intriguingly, there may be a feedback loop from speech back into thought. Ingenious researchers have found that sometimes decision-making in a foreign language is actually better. Researchers at the University of Chicago gave subjects a test with certain traps—easy-looking “right” answers that turned out to be wrong. Those taking it in a second language were more likely to avoid the trap and choose the right answer. Fluid thinking, in other words, has its down-side, and deliberateness an advantage. And one of the same researchers found that even in moral decision-making—such as whether it would be acceptable to kill someone with your own hands to save a larger number of lives—people thought in a more utilitarian, less emotional way when tested in a foreign language. An American working in Denmark says he insisted on having salary negotiations in Danish—asking for more in English was excruciating to him.
Hopping from language to language is a constant reminder of how others might see things differently, notes a Dutch official at the European Commission. (One study found that bilingual children were better at guessing what was in other people’s heads, perhaps because they were constantly monitoring who in their world spoke what language.)
Target celebrates Pokémon’s 20th anniversary with deals & giveaways By Lauren Musni on March 9, 2016 Target is hosting its very own Pokémon Day event on March 19th. From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the toy department, fans will be able to walk in and pick up a shiny Magikarp promo card and a Pikachu visor.
Celebrate celebrates Pokémon’s 20th anniversary Saturday, March 19th Find the new Charizard EX and other favorites at the event from 11 am to 2 pm in our Toys Department. Free trading card giveaway while supplies last.
（オックスフォード） giveaway something that a company gives free, usually with something else that is for sale There’s a giveaway with our magazine next month—a free CD!
while supplies lastという表現も気になります。サイトで丁寧に説明してくれるものがありました。TOEICにでてもおかしくなさそうです。
①While Supplies Last お店の掲示で、「在庫一掃セール」 ②Offers valid while supplies last. オンラインショップの宣伝文句です 「在庫のある限り（商品を）ご提供可能です」 ③Order now while supplies last. 通販の宣伝文句で、「数に限りがありますので今すぐご注文を！」
And whey you come to the store, don’t forget to pick up a fee ticket for the raffle contest! Q&P will be giving away hundreds of dollars’ worth of products and equipment to guess who enter the raffle.
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And, this Sunday, stop by our Taste of Spring event sponsored by Hanover Coffee Company. Hanover representatives will be in the store giving away free samples of their newest coffee flavors. We hope to see you there!
電子書籍のeリーダーというのは昨今では最高にホットなガジェットというわけではなくなった。しかし私を含む一部のユーザーにとっては生活の欠かせない一部だ。ジェフ・ベゾスは「幸福なる少数者」であるわれわれeリーダーの熱烈なファンに向けてKindleの新しいハードウェアが来週にも発表されるとツイートした。 E-readers may not be the most exciting space in tech these days, but some of us still find a place for them in our lives — and it is we happy few whom Jeff Bezos announced, with enthusiasm palpable, that new Kindle hardware is just around the corner.
（オックスフォード） heads-up (about something) (especially North American English) a piece of information given in advance of something or as advice Send everyone a heads-up about the changes well in advance. Can anyone give me a heads-up about how to change the format? This is a heads-up about the seminar this week. His statement said that he was not given a heads-up about the FBI raid.
（ケンブリッジ） heads-up informal a warning that something is going to happen, usually so that you can prepare for it: This note is just to give you a heads-up that Vicky will be arriving next week.
a short talk or statement about how a situation or plan is developing: The boss called a meeting to give us a heads-up on the way the project was going.
TOEICで登場していたのは動詞でhead up ...でしたが、こちらは「〜を率いる」という意味でした。
Oh, it’ll be the same thing I’ve been doing here. The company’s ready to start marketing our new speech recognition software in Asia – and since my team’s had a lot of success selling the product here, they’ve asked me to move to Hong Kong to head up the sales efforts there.
（ロングマン） Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) a US politician in the Democratic Party who was President of the US from 1913 to 1921. During his time as president, the US became involved in World War I, women were given the right to vote, and Prohibition started. He also helped to establish the League of Nations.
（オックスフォード） Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) the 28th US President (1913-21). He was a Democrat and is remembered as an honest man who worked hard for world peace. Earlier in his career he had been President of Princeton University (1902-10) and Governor of New Jersey (1911-3). As US President, he tried to keep the US out of World War I, but he finally sent US soldiers to join the Allied forces in 1917, saying that 'the world must be made safe for democracy'. After the war Wilson's Fourteen Points were used as the basis for the peace agreement, and he was given the Nobel Prize for peace in 1919. He also created the idea for the League of Nations and was greatly disappointed when Congress decided that the US should not join it. Wilson's government also established the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission.
In the Nation's Service? Woodrow Wilson Revisited という展示会のタイトルはウィルソンの演説のタイトルから取られているようです。クエッションマークをつけているので留保しているのでしょう。ここでのNation's serviceは国に仕える、お国のためみたいな意味でしょうか。軍人の人に感謝するThank you for your service.にはお国のために軍務をしてくれてありがとう的なニュアンスがあると思います。
In the Nation's Service? Woodrow Wilson Revisited April 4, 2016 - October 28, 2016 Exhibit Hours Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Groups of 10 or more are asked to schedule a tour by contacting Elisabeth Donahue at 609-258-5988 or edonahue@princeton.edu.
Democracy demands dialogue. This is why the contested legacy of Woodrow Wilson forms the focus of a new exhibition at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Opening April 4, the show, “In the Nation’s Service? Woodrow Wilson Revisited,” documents not only the positive but also the negative aspects of Wilson’s tenure as 13th president of Princeton University and 28th president of the United States.
The exhibit, which will run through Oct. 28, will be located in Robertson Hall’s Bernstein Gallery and will also be available online beginning April 4.
Among historians, Wilson is consistently ranked as one of the country’s great presidents, noted for his successful domestic legislative agenda in his first term and international achievements in his second. At Princeton, many entities bear Wilson’s name, honoring his important contributions to both the institution and the nation.
Yet, Wilson was also a highly divisive figure in his time, alienating many and denying others the fullness of their humanity on racial grounds. Under his watch, Princeton University remained a bastion of white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, and, as U.S. president, the federal civil service was segregated, closing one of the few paths to African American advancement.
（前略） Princeton was challenged to take a deeper look into Wilson's life in the fall, when a group of students raised questions about his racist roots and their impact on his worldview and policy. The Black Justice League held a 32-hour sit-in inside the president's office at Princeton, demanding Wilson's name be removed from programs and buildings, and for other changes to be made on campus to make the university more diverse and inclusive. A Princeton University committee's decision whether to change the name is imminent.
Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Wilson School, said the students have opened a helpful dialogue that is part of a national conversation.
"It's important for students to understand great people are complicated," said Rouse. "Rarely is someone black or white. We have to learn to live with that complexity. It's what we're grappling with on campuses across the country. We can sandblast a name from the building, but to actually change how we operate, and what our community is like is much harder."
The panels explore his achievements, including his transformative role as president of Princeton from 1902 to 1910, and his years as the country's 28th president from 1913 until 1921. Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. But he also supported segregation — including in the federal government — rolling back progress for the emerging black middle class in the nation's capital.
Wilson's faults are laid bare from the beginning. One states plainly: "Among Wilson's most serious failings was his racism and the damage it did to individual lives at home and abroad." Another quotes him in his own words: "Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen."
"It's important for students to understand great people are complicated," said Rouse. "Rarely is someone black or white. We have to learn to live with that complexity.とあるように善悪と単純に分けるのではなく、良い側面も悪い側面も見据えて人物像をみていくことが重要でしょう。Rarely is someone black or white.の部分は倒置なので文法好きにはたまらないかもしれません。
Wikipediaで”Birth of a Nation”という映画にも登場しているのを知りました。人種差別的な面についてWikipediaはそれなりに扱っています。
(Wikipedia) Civil rights
Several historians have criticized a number of Wilson's policies on racial grounds.[265][266][267][268][269][270] According to critics, Wilson believed that slavery was wrong on economic labor grounds, rather than for moral reasons.[270] They also argue that he idealized the slavery system in the South, viewing masters as patient with "indolent" slaves.[270] In terms of Reconstruction, they argue that Wilson held the common southern view that the South was demoralized by Northern carpetbaggers and that overreach on the part of the Radical Republicans justified extreme measures to reassert Democratic national and state governments.[271][272] Wilson's War Department drafted hundreds of thousands of blacks into the army, giving them equal pay with whites, but in accord with military policy from the Civil War through the Second World War, kept them in all-black units with white officers, and kept the great majority out of combat.[273] When a delegation of blacks protested the discriminatory actions, Wilson told them "segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen." In 1918, W. E. B. Du Bois—a leader of the NAACP who had campaigned for Wilson—was offered an Army commission in charge of dealing with race relations; DuBois accepted, but he failed his Army physical and did not serve.[274] While president of Princeton University, Wilson had discouraged blacks from applying for admission, preferring to keep the peace among white students and alumni.[275] Wilson's History of the American People (1901) explained the Ku Klux Klan of the late 1860s as a lawless reaction to a lawless period. Wilson wrote that the Klan "began to attempt by intimidation what they were not allowed to attempt by the ballot or by any ordered course of public action".[276] Cabinet heads appointed by President Wilson re-segregated restrooms and cafeterias in their buildings. Wilson showed the film The Birth of a Nation (1915) in the White House. The film, while revolutionary in its cinematic technique, glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed blacks as uncouth and uncivilized. Wilson, who did not know the nature of the film beforehand, never praised the film and considered it to be "a very unfortunate production."[277] During Wilson's term, the government began requiring photographs of all applicants for federal jobs. He told black leaders that he sincerely believed this was in their interest.[278]
Rose- You’ve become part of the story. too. Kelly - Right. That’s been unfortunate. That was never my goal. That’s never a news person’s goal. Rose- But you’ve got to like being on the cover of Vanity Fair. Kelly - Yes, I would be lying if I said it wasn’t cool to see myself on the cover of Vanity Fair. Right. It’s like what I’m doing here. This is bizarre. And good looking enough Rose- Oh, come on. I know your confidence level. You’re probably saying “Not soon enough”. Kelly – Not true. I have confidence in my interviews and my presentations in my interaction with other people. No problem. But in terms of glamor, and beauty shot, and magazine, fish out of water. Rose- But they turned out all right. People look at you and say not only she’s smart she’s beautiful she’s all goes with it. Kelly – You know what. As I like to say smart enough and good looking enough, I mean put in the hands of right professional I can wind up looking pretty good and that is good enough for me. I will say having kids keeps you humble. I showed them the Vanity Fair a month before I was to be on the cover. And I said “Guess who’s gonna be on the cover of this magazine next month. It’s someone in our family”. And my son said “Papa?” I said “Someone who lives in this house.” My daughter said “Me?”
口語表現としてこれまでの公式問題集で登場してこなかったのが、have toと同じように使われるhave got to doというもの。
M You should visit a clinic I go to on the other side of town. The doctor there helped me get over my allergies with just some changes to my diet. W Really? You’ve got to give me that doctor’s name, then.
良さそうな病院を進めている同僚に対して、You’ve got to doでその医者の名前を教えてくれるように催促・依頼しています。文末にthenもあるので「それなら〜してよ」みたいな感じになるでしょうか。
今回のインタビューでは提案や依頼というよりも、That was never my goal.と不本意であることを語っている相手に「喜ぶべきですよ」という話者の主観を表しているかんじでしょうか。
You shouldのかたちですが今回のような使われ方はTOEICでも登場しています。契約がとれたけど残業が多くなると愚痴っている相手に使っています。
(Man) Well, they announced a contract with Yoon Corporation to develop a new software program. But, because of the deadline, we'll probably have to work a lot of overtime to finish up the work by January 1. (Woman) You should be happy to get the contract. Lots of companies around here have had to lay off employees recently because they don't have enough work for them to do.
You should do や You've got to doのような表現は「〜すべきである」という義務を表すとガチガチに理解するとニュアンスが掴みづらくなるので、やり取りの中で様々なニュアンスをつかんでいくようにした方がよさそうです。パート3は短いですが文脈がわかりやすいので格好の素材となります。
The blood-testing devices that Theranos Inc. touted as revolutionary often failed to meet the company’s own accuracy requirements for a range of tests, including one to help detect cancer, according to a federal inspection report.
A redacted version of the report was released late Thursday. A full version was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The 121-page document details deficiencies found by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during its inspection of the closely held company’s Newark, Calif., laboratory last fall.
冒頭の文でThe blood-testing devices that Theranos Inc. touted as revolutionary often failed to meet the company’s own accuracy requirementsと動詞toutが使われていますがここでは「実情はわからないが売り込んでいる」というニュアンスですね。
（オックスフォード） tout [transitive] tout somebody/something (as something) to try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it She's being touted as the next leader of the party. Their much-touted expansion plans have come to nothing.
Another punishing article in the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening, revealing the depths of the problems that led federal regulators to cite a Theranos lab for multiple “serious deficiencies” in January, raises the question of how many more setbacks the young blood analytics company can survive.
According to the article, regulators at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have so far found the company’s plan to fix deficiencies at its Newark, Calif. lab last January “inadequate” and they plan to impose sanctions against Theranos that could range from fines to suspension of their right to test human samples.
The 1,400-word Journal article provides a close analysis of a nonpublic, unredacted version of the highly technical, 121-page CMS inspection report. A redacted version of that report was publicly released only minutes before the Journal article came out. To me, the ongoing boldness of the leaks to the Journal suggest a level of outrage about Theranos’s conduct on the part of either CMS officials or among Theranos’s own high-level employees or, again, both.
In any case, even if the CMS gives Theranos another chance, it’s highly unclear whether Walgreens—which hosts 43 of Theranos’s 45 blood collection centers—will be as charitable. (It already suspended the operations of its Theranos’s wellness center in Palo Alto, which had depended on the Newark lab.)
Theranos Statement on CMS 2567 Report PALO ALTO, CA (March 31, 2016) – Quality and patient safety is our top priority. Theranos submitted a Plan of Correction to CMS and related evidence that addressed how the company has actively ensured that our lab operates at the highest standard. We’ve made mistakes in the past in the Newark, CA lab, but when the company was made aware of the deficiencies we have dedicated every resource to remedy those failures. As part of that comprehensive review and our review of CMS’s survey findings we have taken the following actions:
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We will continue to work with CMS to ensure every issue has been fixed completely. We recognize the critical role they play in the laboratory industry, and will continue our work to implement best-in-class policies and procedures. Theranos shares the same goal as CMS, which is to provide best quality care to our patients. This has only made the company stronger and we are better for it today. Brooke Buchanan Vice President of Communications Theranos Inc.
There are two main issues for .... First, .... Second, ....
There are two main issues for Theranos that are not fully put to rest by its statement, however. First, part of the problem the CMS seemed to find—the use of proprietary equipment that was not producing results within acceptable levels of precision during proficiency testing—suggests that its proprietary methods may simply not work well enough for certain kinds of tests, or at least that they are still not yet ready for prime time more than two years after the company started offering tests to the public. Second, the notion that problems of this gravity resulted solely from certain failings of the previous lab crew at Newark is not credible. The lab was also the responsibility of the chief operating officer, Sunny Balwani, who is president of the company. A former Microsoft official and entrepreneur, he comes from a software background, not a lab background, which may be part of the problem.
ネットでOne swallow does not make summer.を目にしたのですが、大学時代の第二外国語の授業でフランス語ではUne hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.と「夏」ではなく「春」と習った記憶がありました。ネット検索すると丁寧に説明してくれているサイトがありました。「夏」とする国と「春」とする国とで分かれるようです。
古代ギリシャの哲学者アリストテレス（Aristotle 前384～前322）はツバメが冬になるといなくなるのは木の洞か泥の中で冬眠しているからだと考えたとか。 そのアリストテレスが著した『ニコマコス倫理学』（Nicomachean Ethics 前325頃）という本の英語訳がインターネットで公開されています。 BOOK I の７の６段落目 にこんな文があります。
But we must add 'in a complete life.' For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. （Translated by W. D. Ross） しかし我々は「完全な暮らしにおいて」という言葉を付け足さなくてはいけない。 というのは1羽のツバメが来ても夏にはならないし， 一日で夏になるになることもない。 このようにまた1日もしくは短い時間で人は幸福にも幸運にもなりはしない。
この中の One swallow does not make a summer. 「1羽のツバメが来たとしても夏にはならない」 は長く人口に膾炙し「1つの証拠だけで主張の正しさは証明できない」とか「早合点は禁物」という意味の諺として定着しています。
しかし原文のギリシャ語ではこの部分は「夏」ではなく「春」になっています。 そしてこれを踏まえたラテン語の諺 Una hirundo non facit ver も「春」になっています。
オックスフォードの学習辞典では北国には夏に来るとありますね。
（オックスフォード） swallow a small bird with long pointed wings and a tail with two points, that spends the winter in Africa but flies to northern countries for the summer
one swallow doesn’t make a summer (saying) you must not take too seriously a small sign that something is happening or will happen in the future, because the situation could change
一方、フランス語のラルース百科事典でHirondelle（ツバメ）を引くとElles arrivent en France en mars ou avril （フランスには3月か4月に来る）とありますので、フランスはフランスの実情にあったものなのでしょう。
Hirondelle Oiseau (hirundinidé) migrateur, au plumage noir et blanc, à bec court et largement fendu, aux ailes longues et pointues, aux pattes courtes, se nourrissant d'insectes capturés en plein vol, commun dans tout l'hémisphère boréal. Les hirondelles sont des passereaux de faible taille (13 à 20 cm). Elles arrivent en France en mars ou avril, et repartent collectivement dès le début de l'automne vers l'Afrique intertropicale.
（オックスフォード） overhead An overhead compartment: the bag fits in most airline overheads
overhead locker British An overhead compartment for stowing luggage on an aircraft, coach, or train: I quickly collected my hand baggage from the overhead locker
Dimensions, Weight and Number of Bags The size limitation of your luggage is calculated by adding the total outside dimensions of each bag, length + width + height. Carry-on roller board bags, duffle bags, large backpacks, or other personal items that don't fit in the overhead bins or under the seat must be checked at the gate and placed in the cargo compartment on American Eagle planes.
Hawaiian Airlinesの説明にはThe overhead compartments are for all passengers and are on a first come, first served basis.とありました。on a first come, first served basisという表現はTOEICkerにはおなじみですね。
Your primary storage area is the space under the seat in front of you. The overhead compartments are for all passengers and are on a first come, first served basis. If your carry-on item cannot safely be stored under the seat in front of you or in the overhead bin, or if all storage areas are full, we may have to ask you to check in your baggage for pick-up at your destination.
ONE BAG. ONE ITEM. NO CHARGE. We know, you’ve probably heard it before, but just in case you need a reminder: you’re allowed one carry-on bag and one personal item at no extra charge. Just make sure they fit into the overhead bin or under the seat in front of you. Cram sessions are not pretty — and they slow things down.
