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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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！
Plane crazy! Moment a man lights a CIGARETTE while on a flight – to the fury of his fellow passengers – before an attendant quickly puts it out
・A man was filmed lighting up a cigarette while aboard a flight on May 21
・The incident took place on a Spirit Airlines flight headed to Minnesota at 8.30am
・The man was lying across two seats, making loud outbursts, and lit the cigarette
・A concerned passenger flagged down an attendant who ashed the cigarette on a seat tray and said: ‘You cannot smoke on airplanes.
・It’s against the law’ The man jumped and appeared startled when attendant put out the cigarette
・Upon landing, airport police escorted him off the flight
outburst (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a sudden spoken expression of a strong feeling, especially anger “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
a violent outburst
emotional outbursts
His colleagues used to be shocked by his outbursts of temper.
flag down (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to wave at the driver of a car so that they stop “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
tourists trying to flag down a cab
I managed to flag down a passing police car.
To ash (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to drop cigarette ash “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
He ashed his cigarette in a coffee cup.
startled (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” suddenly frightened or surprised by something “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
He was startled when dozens of strangers showed up at his office.
She jumped like a startled rabbit.
This is the dangerous moment a dazed man aboard a flight to Minnesota lights up a cigarette and takes a puff – despite smoking being illegal on planes.
The man, wearing a dark polo and shorts, is filmed by a woman sitting in his row on the Minneapolis-bound Spirit Airlines flight at 8.30am on May 21.
She captures the moment the man lights up his cigarette, despite the concerned faces of passengers around him, shifts his body to get comfortable, and calmly closes his eyes.
A concerned passenger then flags down a flight attendant.
dazed (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” unable to think clearly or understand what is happening because you are surprised, upset, tired, or have been hit on the head “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
You’re looking rather dazed – is something wrong?
a dazed expression
The driver in the accident appeared dazed but not badly hurt.
puff (noun/verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” a small amount of smoke, air, or something that can rise into the air in a small cloud: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
She took a puff on her cigarette and thought for a moment.
Sean blew a puff of smoke at his reflection in the mirror.
He hit the ground with his stick and a puff of dust rose up into the air.
‘Throughout the flight, I could hear him making loud outbursts. Roughly 40 minutes before we landed, he laid across the two seats with his butt towards me. He continued his loud outbursts and began aggressively flipping the tray open and closed, then he sat up,’ the woman who filmed the video said.
‘I saw him take the cigarettes and lighter out of his pocket. I pulled out my phone and started to record as he lit the cigarette. The man across from us became nervous and flagged the attendant down as I recorded,’ she explained.
The attendant then comes over and wakes the man up and snatches the cigarette out of his hands.
‘You cannot smoke on airplanes. It’s against the law, you do know that, right?’
To snatch (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to pull or take something away quickly “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Her brother snatched the letter and tore it open.
He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.
The man jumps and appears startled saying ‘Oh man!’ when the attendant takes the cigarette and puts it out on the airplane seat tray.
The attendant then demands to see his boarding pass and the man quickly brings it out.
‘The attendant put the cigarette out on the tray and took his boarding pass. He didn’t have any other issues, and when we landed, the airport police took him off the flight first,’ the woman who filmed the video said.
It’s not clear what happened to the man after his arrest.
To soothe (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to make someone more calm and more relaxed when they are feeling nervous, worried, or upset “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
She was doing her best to soothe the crying baby.
I picked up the crying child and tried to soothe her.
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）
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