2006/02/24
英文記事で読解力アップ【ネイティブ音声付】
こんばんは。ioriです。 購読してくださってありがとうございます。 英文読解力を高めていきましょう。 荒川選手やりましたね。 ところで不思議なことが起こりました。 メルマガ発行をサボってしまったのに 読者数が若干増えているのです。 これって頑張って発行しろっていう 読者様の啓示？いずれにしろ、 読者様は神様ですということで 今日も行きましょう。 Japan's Arakawa Grabs Gold in Olympic Figure Skating Upset By Parke Brewer Turin 日本の荒川がオリンピックの フィギュアスケートで金を取る番狂わせ 24 February 2006 This news article's URL http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-24-voa2.cfm Listen to Brweer report (Real Media) http://tinyurl.com/ewax8 英文記事学習部分です。 Japan has won its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, scoring a surprise win in women's figure skating. Shizuka Arakawa not only won her nation's first medal at these Winter Games, but she also became the first ever Japanese to win the women's figure skating gold medal. The top three women after Tuesday's short program were separated by less than one point, so the pressure was on for Thursday night's free skate, and Arakawa rose to the occasion, hitting all of her triple jumps and performing difficult spins. She now has an Olympic title to go with her world title from 2004. 直読直解です。 Japan has won its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, 日本は冬季オリンピックで初の金メダルを獲った scoring a surprise win in women's figure skating. 女子フィギュアスケートで驚きの勝利をあげて Shizuka Arakawa not only won her nation's first medal at these Winter Games, 荒川静香はこの冬季五輪で彼女の国で初のメダルを獲得 しただけでなく but she also became the first ever Japanese to win the women's figure skating gold medal. 彼女は女子フィギュアで金メダルを勝ち取った史上初の 日本人となった The top three women after Tuesday's short program were separated by less than one point, 火曜日のショートプログラムを終了した時点で上位3名 が1ポイント以内の中でひしめき合っていた。 （精確には順位がついていたです。でもそれではニュアンス がつたわらない。） so the pressure was on for Thursday night's free skate, だから、フリーの演技へのプレッシャーがかかっていた and Arakawa rose to the occasion, チャンスをものにして （偶然上昇してきたということです。荒川選手に失礼ですね。 この文章。） Dictionary.comより rise to the occasion Show unexpected skill in dealing with a difficulty that arises hitting all of her triple jumps 予定の三回転ジャンプを全てこなして and performing difficult spins. 難しいスピンを演じた She now has an Olympic title to go with her world title from 2004. 彼女は今2004年の世界選手権タイトルにつづく オリンピックタイトルを手にしている 復習です。 Japan has won its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, scoring a surprise win in women's figure skating. Shizuka Arakawa not only won her nation's first medal at these Winter Games, but she also became the first ever Japanese to win the women's figure skating gold medal. The top three women after Tuesday's short program were separated by less than one point, so the pressure was on for Thursday night's free skate, and Arakawa rose to the occasion, hitting all of her triple jumps and performing difficult spins. She now has an Olympic title to go with her world title from 2004. 最後に記事全体に挑戦。 Japan has won its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, scoring a surprise win in women's figure skating. Shizuka Arakawa not only won her nation's first medal at these Winter Games, but she also became the first ever Japanese to win the women's figure skating gold medal. The top three women after Tuesday's short program were separated by less than one point, so the pressure was on for Thursday night's free skate, and Arakawa rose to the occasion, hitting all of her triple jumps and performing difficult spins. She now has an Olympic title to go with her world title from 2004. American Sasha Cohen, first after the short program, fell on her opening triple Lutz and then stumbled out of her triple flip. She said she had to pull herself together after those mishaps. "I took it one step at a time and I was able to believe when everything looked really dark and grey," she said. Cohen was successful on five other triple jumps and earned the silver medal. "I definitely didn't think I was going to get any medal, so it was a nice surprise," she said. Reigning world figure skating champion, Russian Irina Slutskaya, had been second after the short program, but she fell on a triple loop, was wobbly on a triple flip, and doubled one of her other scheduled triple jumps. She had to settle for the bronze medal. このメルマガはVOAに許可をいただいて 発行させていただいております。 Permission kindly given by Mr. Joe O'Connell, Office of Public Affairs 連絡先bu3nbu3n2642<at>gmail.com 送信するときは<at>を@に変えてください。 返信ボタンでも私に届きます。 私のブログです、バックナンバーもあります。 http://blog.livedoor.jp/bu3nbu3n2642/ 変更、解除はこちら http://www.mag2.com/m/0000174922.html
