英字新聞を読み解く!!!Vol.498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://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7096913/YouTube-crashes-two-hours-amid-problem-Googles-Cloud.html?fbclid=IwAR27caGfIhlBdaUFR-tHuSdZEJdNoZ58S2lBrOf0ZTbJKmhA16xEy2LnZU8

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!

YouTube, Gmail, Snapchat and Uber experience outages as Google’s Cloud network suffers technical issues

・Google’s Cloud tech team said the technical issues began at 12.25pm on Sunday

・DownDetector.com said YouTube’s crash was first reported at 2.50pm

・#YouTubeDOWN was the #1 trending topic in the US Sunday afternoon

・The outage mainly affected users in the US northeast, but problems were also reported along the west coast near California, in Europe and South America

・Users who visited the site’s homepage were only able to view a blank screen

・Twitter users also reported problems with Gmail and Google Drive

・Technical issues also were reported for third-party sites and applications like Snapchat, Pokemon Go, Uber, Uber Eats, Vimeo and Discord

third party (adjective)

Macmillan Dictionary によると ” people or organizations involved in a legal agreement or case という風に記載されていますね。

Google experienced several major technical problems Sunday that left YouTube down for many users in the US, South America and Europe.

The Alphabet-owned search engine company said its tech troubles began at 12.25pm on Sunday. YouTube‘s was first reported down at 2.50pm, according to downdetector.com.

YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite services including Gmail were affected, but Google said it believes it has identified the cause of the issue in its cloud network.

Some users also said they were having issues with third-party sites and applications including Snapchat, Pokemon Go, Uber, Uber Eats, Vimeo and Discord.

The platform’s tech team said it was experiencing a ‘cloud networking issue,’ and ‘a multi-region issue’.

‘We are experiencing high levels of network congestion in the eastern USA, affecting multiple service in Google Cloud, GSuite and YouTube,’ the company said.

‘Users may see slow performance or intermittent errors. We believe we have identified the root cause of the congestion and expect to return to normal service shortly,’ the statement concluded.

#YouTubeDOWN ranked first among trending topics in the US Sunday afternoon.

congestion (noun)

Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles, so that it is difficult to move around という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

The project aims to reduce traffic congestion.

The (traffic) congestion in the city gets worse during the summer.

The restaurant would increase traffic congestion and noise.

intermittent (noun)

Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in between: という風に記載されていますね。

例文:

intermittent rain

a dull day with intermittent rain

an intermittent noise

Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.

Instead of seeing the usual menu of recommended videos, users who visited the YouTube homepage were gifted with a blank screen.

Most of the outages were reported along the US northeast coast, but many users in southern California, South America and Europe reported the site being down as well. 

Users reported YouTube being back online after about two hours.

Twitter users were quick to drag YouTube for crashing.

‘Is #YouTubeDOWN because its [sic] the sabbath and they are all good Christians in church?’ YouTuber Tim Pool tweeted.

‘YouTubeDOWN i need to watch my kpop videos’ Twitter user @Angie88835471 said.

the Sabbath (noun)

Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a day for people of some religions to rest and pray. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday and the Christian Sabbath is Sunday. という風に記載されていますね。

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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