英字新聞を読み解く!!!Vol.249難易度★★☆☆☆

英字新聞を読むには各単語の形式を知ることが大事!

英語を勉強し始めたばかりの段階だと、教材と違って英字新聞を読むのはかなり難しいと思います。それぞれの新聞が独自の書き方をもっていたりもするので。なので、僕が補足をつけながら、英字新聞を読むのお手伝いしようと思います。教材の文法には慣れたけど英字新聞はまだ苦手という、初級ー中級あたりの人用の解説です。

何回も言いますが、新聞を読むためには各々の単語が名詞(noun)なのか、形容詞(adjective)なのか、副詞(adverb)なのかがめちゃくちゃ大事になってきます!文法はほんっっっっっっとうに大事です!!!一緒に一つずつやっていきましょう!僕の勉強がわりにもなっているので、僕が知っていることは飛ばしていたりします。なので、何かわからないことがあれば気軽にコメントください。できるだけ答えます!よろしくお願いします 😉

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5907473/Little-girl-screams-delight-rides-rollercoaster-created-dad-adorable-video.html?ito=social-facebook

まずはざっと読んでみてください。

難易度は★★☆☆☆です!

読み終わったら、下の単語の解説と照らし合わせながら読んでいってみてください!よろしくです 😉

それでは英字新聞 読解スタートです!

Who needs Six Flags when you have a TV, a washing basket and an awesome dad? Little girl screams with delight as she rides a ‘rollercoaster’

Six Flags は、北米各地にある遊園地で、その運営会社です。

・The minute-long clip begins with the girl sitting in a washing basket in front of a television with a roller coaster simulation video on the screen

Footage shows the youngster squealing with excitement as her makeshift rollercoaster thunders down the track

・Her dad mirrors every move of the coaster making it as realistic as possible

To squeal (prasal verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to make a long high sound というふうに記載されていますね。

例文:

I could hear the girls squealing with delight.

Somewhere in the street tyres were squealing.

We could hear the piglets squealing as we entered the farmyard

The two children squealed with joy.

To thunder (verb)

Cambrdige Dictionary によると” to move, making a lot of noise: というふうに記載されていますね。hostile は、敵意を持ってという意味です。

例文:

The train thundered past, shaking the whole house. ​

An express train thundered through the station.

This is the adorable moment a little girl screams with joy as she rides a virtual rollercoaster made out of a washing basket.

「make out of」は、元々の形(本来の用途)からまったく違うものへ変わってしまうニュアンスがあります。「机や椅子=木」「タイヤ=ゴム」など、素材が見てわかるようなものは「make of」で表されます。

The youngster is still a little too young for the real thing so her dad improvised and managed to create a simulator right in the comfort of their front room.

The girl, named Kayla, sat in the middle of the basket as the ride began with her father emulating the jolts and bounces of the ride as it begins its climb.

To improvise (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it: というふうに記載されています。

例文:

I hadn’t prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.

We used old shirts to improvise dressings for their wounds.

We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.

simulator (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a piece of equipment used for training people to operate an aircraft or other vehicle by simulating the situations that they will have to deal with “というふうに記載されています。

例文:

a flight simulator

People learning to fly often practise on a flight simulator.

front room (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” the main room at the front of a house where you sit, watch television etc “ というふうに記載されていますね。

To emulate (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to try to be like someone or something else, usually because you admire them “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

a legal system that has been emulated all over the world

They hope to emulate the success of other software companies.

Officials are looking to emulate successful ideas from other cities.

He just wants to emulate his dad.

jolt (noun)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a sudden violent movement: “という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

As the plane touched the ground, there was a massive jolt and we were thrown forwards.

I woke up with a jolt as I thought I heard my bedroom door being pushed open.

Then just as the ride truly gets underway and begins to plummet towards the ground, the dad tipped the basket forward to create the illusion that she was racing downwards.

Closely following the twists and turns in the on-screen animation, it was clear that the girl was totally absorbed by what was occurring in front of her as she screamed ‘be careful dad!’

The ride begins to moves faster and faster as the washing basket lurches from side to side.

get underway (phrase)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to begin: “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

It’s time to get this project underway (= started).

The concert got underway at exactly 8.00.

The film festival gets underway on 11 July .

To plummet (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to fall straight down very quickly from a high position “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

House prices have plummeted in recent months.

She plummeted to the ground.

Temperatures plummeted last night.

The parachute failed to open and he plummeted to the ground.

To tip (verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side: “ というふうに記載されていますね。

例文:

The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor.

If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it’ll tip up.

Don’t tip your chair back like that, you’ll fall.

He tipped his chair back and looked at me.

absorbed (adjective)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると” so interested or involved in something that you do not notice anything else “ と記載されていますね。

例文:

Simon was so absorbed in his book that he didn’t even notice me come in.

She seemed completely absorbed.

Richard was totally absorbed in his book.

To lurch (verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to move in a way that is not regular or normal, especially making sudden movements backwards or forwards or from side to side: “ と記載されていますね。

例文:

The train lurched forward and some of the people standing fell over.

When he put the truck into gear, it lurched forward.

The bus finally lurched to a halt outside the school.

The youngster looks to be gripping onto the basket with all of her might she shrieks with delight, truly believing she is on the white knuckle adventure ride.

She will be well prepared for the future when she is old enough (and tall enough) to  hit the theme parks and ride with her friends and family for real.

The video is believed to have been filmed in the U.S. was posted to YouTube earlier this week has already racked up more than 60,000 views.

with all your might (phrase)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” using all your strength “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

Amos was tugging at the rope with all his might.

She struggled with all her might to get free.

To shriek (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to shout in a loud high voice because you are frightened, excited, or surprised “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

We shrieked with laughter when we realized how stupid we’d been.

We shrieked with laughter.

To hit (verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to arrive at a place or position: “ という風に記載されていますね。インフォーマルな表現です。

例文:

When you hit the traffic lights, turn left.

If we turn left at the next junction, we should hit the main road after five miles or so.

最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です!(電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw)

これをしないと全然伸びていきません!

それではまた明日も更新していきます!

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