英字新聞を読み解く！！！Vol.３５８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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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/03/uk/edith-cavell-google-gbr-scli-intl/index.html?utm_content=2018-12-04T00%3A31%3A19&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social

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！

Google Doodle pays tribute to Edith Cavell, heroic WWI nurse

London (CNN)A British nurse who risked — and ultimately lost — her life to help British and French soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium in World War I is remembered with a Google Doodle Tuesday.

Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865, in Norfolk, eastern England. Nursing wasn’t an immediate vocation — she turned to it at the age of 30, after caring for her sick father.

Google Doodle (noun)

Wikipediaによると ” A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages that commemorates holidays, events, achievements, and people. “ という風に記載されていますね。

To doodle (verb/noun)

Cambridge dictionaryによると ” to draw pictures or patterns while thinking about something else or when you are bored: “ という風に記載されていますね。

例文：

She’d doodled all over her textbooks.

ultimately (adverb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” finally, after a series of things have happened: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

Her efforts were ultimately bound to fail.

Technological advances could ultimately lead to even more job losses.

vocation (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a job that you do because you feel it is your purpose in life and for which you have special skills “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

Mason regarded teaching as his vocation.

I feel I’ve found/missed my true vocation.

Most teachers regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job.

She believes she has found her true vocation in life.

care for (phrasal verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to do the necessary things for someone who needs help or protection “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

The inspectors make sure that the elderly residents are well cared for.

Teach your children how to care for their pets.

Following training at the Royal London Hospital with Matron Eva Lückes, a friend of Florence Nightingale, she went on to work in a number of UK hospitals before her life changed forever with a move to Belgium.

There she was appointed the first matron of the Berkendael Institute in Brussels, where she became a pioneer of modern nursing.

Cavell, who never married, was visiting family in 1914 when war broke out. She immediately returned to Brussels, where she pledged to treat casualties of all nationalities — regardless of their allegiance.

To appoint (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to choose someone to do a particular job or have a particular position “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

We need to appoint a new school secretary.

the newly appointed editor of the magazine

She was the first woman to be appointed to the board.

We‘ve appointed three new teachers this year.

He‘s just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division.

matron (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a female nurse whose job is to look after students in a school “というふうに記載されていますね。英国での古い表現です。

break out (phrasal verb)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” If something dangerous or unpleasant breaks out, it suddenly starts: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

War broke out in 1914.

Fighting has broken out all over the city.

We got married a month before the war broke out.

The fire must have broken out during the night.

casualty (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

There were no reports of casualties from the attack.

The number of casualties in both wars was appallingly high.

regardless of (phrase)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” without being influenced by any other events or conditions: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

I tell them the truth, regardless of what they want to hear.

We will continue the race, regardless of the weather.

There must be equality of rights for all citizens, regardless of nationality.

allegiance (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” strong loyalty to a person, group, idea, or country “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

Soldiers have to swear allegiance to the Crown/the King.

In many American schools, the students pledge allegiance (to the flag) at the beginning of the school day.

She simultaneously became involved with an underground group that sheltered French and British soldiers. Together, they helped around 200 men to escape occupied Belgium.

But disaster struck in August 1915 when Cavell was caught, arrested and charged with treason. She confessed to a German military court and was executed on October 12, 1915, despite an international outcry.

Two years after her death, the Nation’s Fund for Nurses was launched to assist those who “sought the health of others at the expense of her own.” It was later renamed the Cavell Nurses’ Trust.

Cavell is the latest in a long line of notable women to be honored by Google, among them singer Ella Fitzgerald, actor Audrey Hepburn and pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart.

The image will be viewable in Britain, Iceland, Peru, Australia, Argentina and several other countries around the world.

simultaneously (adverb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” at the same time as something else “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

Two children answered the teacher’s question simultaneously.

The network was broadcasting four games simultaneously across the country.

At that exact moment, two things happened simultaneously.

The film opened simultaneously in the US and in Europe.

This step could be carried out simultaneously with step 1.

underground (adjective)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” secret and usually illegal “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

an underground newspaper/movement

He had been a member of an underground resistance movement.

occupied (adjective)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” An occupied place is being controlled by an army or group of people that has moved into it: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

occupied territory

She spent two years in occupied Paris (= Paris when it was under foreign control) during the war.

treason (noun)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” (the crime of) showing no loyalty to your country, especially by helping its enemies or trying to defeat its government: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

In 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed for treason.

To excute (verb)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to kill someone as a punishment for a crime “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

He was executed for murder.

outcry (noun)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a strong expression of anger and disapproval about something, made by a group of people or by the public: “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.

Plans to tear down the old courthouse led to a public outcry.

at the expense of something (idiom)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” resulting in the loss of something: “というふうに記載されていますね。日本語にすると、「～の金を使って、～の費用負担で、～を犠牲にして」です。

例文：

Do we really want to speed the process up at the expense of safety?

Military strength is often achieved at the expense of a country’s economic health.

the latest in somethin (phrase)

Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the newest and best type of something “と、” the most recent example of something “というふうに記載されていますね。

例文：

the latest in Internet search technology

the latest in a rash of bomb threats

This machine is the latest in LED technology.

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！

一緒に英語頑張りましょう！

また、英字新聞を読むメリットを僕なりにまとめましたので、時間がある方はこちらもみてみてくださいね！↓

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