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CNN10

Patrolling The Arctic Ocean | October 4, 2024

 

A whole swath of darkness left

Most impacted places by these outages are

Mobile substation

Restoration process

Making it very difficult for help to be sent to make those repairs

Get back on their feet

National anthem

 

New to the job

Embattled restaurant chain Rd Lobster

In the wake of bankruptcy

Get the ultimate feast

Since its deception

Janitor

Custodian

leaf blower trash bag juggling

he's been sweep keeping his young audiences off their feet

 

 

 

 

A Deeper Look At The US Port Strike | October 3, 2024

 

Longshore workers 沿岸の

Airtight language

Smi-automation

Potentially put them out of jobs

Shuttle goods from container ships in place of humans

*shuttle verb: To go, move, or travel back and forth, especially by a shuttle

Holding their ground

Have walked off the job

The stakes are very high

Could disrupt the flow of almost half the goods that come into the US that could lead to shortages

Then higher prices

Could also be in shorter supply and then get more expensive

They’ve got inventory rerouted to the West Coast it’ll come over by rail

They’ve fallen way behind other sectors in wages

Replace some of them

Negotiating in bad faith

*in bad faith
悪意を持って=> 誠意がない: 不誠実: 不正な意図: 不当な利益を得ようとする:

Comes on the heels of successful strikes by ..

「~のすぐ後に続いて、~の直後」

In just a matter of days

「In just a matter of days」は、日本語にすると「わずか数日のうちに」「ほんの数日で」

This road is treacherous even in the best of times and

*treacherous
「裏切りやすい」「危険な」「信頼できない」

To see if …

There’s absolutely no way to know for sure if there are still

We saw is the literal and figurative end of the road

l  Literal end of the road: 物理的な道の終わり

l  Figurative end of the road: 比喩的な道の終わり、つまり状況の終点や限界

Riverbed 河床/川底の地面

Stumble upon the sight of a shipwreck

 

*tugboat
タグボートとは、船舶や水上構造物を押したり引いたりするための船のこと
「引船(ひきぶね)」や「曳船(えいせん)」

Headed out on a planned 3-day expedition

A mere 5 minutes after they started scanning,

 

Scientifically known as vibrissae, what physical trait do house cats share with sea lions? 家猫とアシカが共有する身体的特徴

vibrissae:感覚毛、ひげのこと。

 

whiskers ほおひげor claws…  

 

 

 

Major Missile Attack On Israel | October 2, 2024

 

we're already halfway through the week

a barrage of ballistic missiles was launched

200 projectiles rained down

comes at a sensitive time in the region as concerns over an expanding Regional War continues to grow earlier in the day

comes after several events including an Israeli military ground operation

the incursion came after hours of artillery fire from Israel

in the Palestinian Enclave 飛び領土, 包領,

condiment 薬味

what condiment was used for what was thought to be its medicinal qualities in the 1800s

it was made into pills set to cure conditions like indigestion and jaundice 黄疸

we should try to never take moments for granted

ephemeral つかの間の, はかない

sickened and even took the lives of people

was trace back to a

B's head plant in Virginia

they've been getting their Severance (雇用の)契約解除

hydrofoiling

ハイドロフォーリングとは、船舶や水上バイクなどが高速で航行する際、船体の一部または全てを水面から持ち上げ、水上の抵抗を減らすことで高速化を図る技術

 

 

 

 

A Crippling US Port Strike? | October 1, 2024

 

Longshore workers 沿岸の, 海岸で働く

「in the storm's wake」の「wake」「航跡」->「嵐の後」や「嵐が過ぎ去ったあと」

「all but」「ほとんどすべての」「~を除いてすべて」

covered in mud

inaccessible because the roads are impassible a

an aquafence -> アクアフェンスとは、洪水から建物やインフラを守るための移動式の防水パネル

for some of the most in need patients Who can't be moved

 impermeable

 is engineered to withstand a

seepage 「浸透」や「しみ出し」

no small feet

eucalyptus leaves

marsupial

yelping

rembrand

 

 

 

CNN10

Recovering From Hurricane Helene | September 30, 2024

 

didn't go well for my Cardinal but big shout

根本的な 中心的な 主要な

transformation over the years into one of the most powerful paramilitary forces

 

Reeling

よろめく,よろめきながら歩く

were unaccounted for in just one County

 

a common refrain along much of Florida's West Coast

特定の状況で繰り返し言われる言葉やフレーズ

 

this has been just a heck of a storm surge

「a heck of a」は、何かを強調したいときに使う
  extremely

  incredibly

  amazingly

  awfully

 

Creek
 

where a relentless deluge caused historic flooding

*deluge 「大洪水」や「豪雨」

l saturated the region

surrounded by raging floods

*raging 「猛威をふるう」「激怒した」

consist of women of color 

catnap「昼寝」-> dozing off

feline

their used stuffies to be upside ccle to repurpose and uh so far so good

 

Panda Pair Arrive in Hong Kong | September 27, 2024

 

where a government shutdown has been averted.

and the political landscape will look much different with a new president-elect after the November election.

A NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut

absolutely pummeling Florida.

*pummel 打ちまくる

Meantime, Hurricane John is still drenching Mexico.

do not spend their winters hibernating

It`s no secret the unbearably cute, clumsy, and often sleepy giant panda is loved all over the world.

before going through another month of acclimation, of adjusting to their new environment.

*acclimation 新環境順応, 順化

Authorities say they believe a dye commonly used by plumbers is to blame. It apparently leaked from a storm drain.

will dissipate some of the fluorescent green water.

*dissipate 散らす, 消す

a disclaimer for today`s story getting a 10 out of 10. If you have arachnophobia, you might want to avert your eyes,

 

*disclaimer 「免責事項」

* arachnophobia蜘蛛恐怖症(クモが苦手な人)

 

get up to the size of a Post-it note

This invasive invader is drawing quite a crowd.

It`s giving some here an early season spook.

 

* heebie-jeebie 「ゾクゾクする感じ」

first spotted the arachnid a few weeks ago

*arachnid [əˈraknəd] クモ形綱の動物

an arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider

 

These spiders are really good at hitchhiking on people`s cars and truck

they`re not as scary as they appear.

They`re no more venomous than any other garden spider.

* venomous 毒液を分泌する, 有毒なven·om·ous [ˈvenəməs]

 

the intrepid traveler`s legacy will live on.
*intrepid 勇猛な, 大胆な

 

 

 

 

Astronomers rethink the structure of the universe | September 26, 2024
 

I’m here to help you get your mind fueled up

Send billions of dollars in Aid to support

and space out the delivery of supplies

made some offensive gains over …
began counter offenses to regain region lost to Ukraine

support Ukraine with aid

uphold the UN charter 「国連憲章を守る」

bring an end to the hostilities

 

sovereignty

sɑvrənti]

 

We must hold those responsible for war crimes accountable

hold ...  accountable」「~に責任を問う」

Rolling out those safety updates

Is going to start looking a little different

 

By default
as a standard setting

as the default option

make all teen accounts private by default

 

get their parents okay to make their Instagram settings less restrictive

If you click on that, it takes you to a popup that will tell you

We do have other safety technologies in place or

Put you through an ID check in order to verify and make sure that you are the age that you’re stating.

1,000 light-years away

Ginormous black hole

Have a reputation of being the garbage disposals of the universe

Inhaling anything that comes near them

Some of the materials are ejected before they get drawn in forming these powerful jets

get drawn in」「吸い込まれる」=> pulled in」「sucked in

Found So enormous our entire Milky Way Galaxy

 

Dormant black hole Gaia BH1

*dormant -temporarily inactive or inoperative:

The width of 140 milky way galaxies

 

Octopuses have long been known to do their own thing but

Might not be as solitary as we once thought

Super intelligent cephalopods have been found to seek

cephalopods(頭足類)

Using their tentacles to puch on cooperative fish as punishment to get them to leave the group

Complaint

Turned out a lot better

Private gripe or complaint can do

She may share for a while down the road

 

 

 

Major Hurricane Could Hit Florida | September 25. 2024

Olympic gymnast

an action-packed show

pick up pace and rapidly intensify into hurricane Helen

be bracing for what could be the United States' most powerful hurricane this season

make landfall

had maximun sustained winds of 120 mph

 

「sustained winds」は、気象予報などでよく使われる専門用語

 

have paused their operation

a paramilitary group in Lebanon are escalating

both sides are trading waves of air striked over ...

the number of displaced people in ...

as tens of thousands flee their homes

battering 

bombardment

change the equation

dismantle

a war of extermination in every sense of the word

escalatory stratefy is 

were give just 2 hours notice vefore ...

as smokeengulfed swaths of Lebanon

as the prospect of all out War now looms larger than ever

all-out war 全面戦争、総力戦

 

resplendent show 

 

What do you like to do for healthy alone time?

If I'm doing healthy alone time, it's 

bougie 

Boujee リッチで高級感のある様子

be steered back to safety

 

resplendent

shining brillianty, characterized by a glowing splendor

 

 

First came the earthquake. Now the floods | September 24, 2024

 

Let's get this show on the road

looming

spend money appropriated

set aside for a specific use by

bill need to be passed by Monday

cease all non-essential functions

temporarily

flight delays 

will start making its way through 

 

be devasted by 

has now been hit by treacherous flooding and landslides

 

treacherous 「危険な」裏切りをする, そむく

  • treachery: 名詞形。裏切り、裏切り行為。
  • treacherously: 副詞形。裏切りに満ちて、危険に。

torrential downpours

caused over a dozen rivers in the area to breach their banks in what officals call the heaviest fainfall there

it's reeling from what the Japanese weather agency said

the heaviest rainfall that it's ever seen 

 

and again the city became like a scene out of a movie in septemver

I cannot help thinking the Noto region might be cursed or something 

having to start all over again

part of the destrction that we've seen from these floods could have been exacerbated by the damege caused from that earthquake earlier this year

 

the damage caused to embankments and preventment

dispatch

rescure any remaining survivors

assess the exact extent of the damage caused

 

nanoparticle powder

microscopy

crime fighting

examining a breakthrough in forensic science

there's always room for improvement

powder dusting method to identify fingerprints 

be utilized since the 19th century

there's only so much this earlier technique can detect

left residue behind

luminous substance

made form tiny particles of matter and a suger found on the exterior of shellfish

evaporate

fluorescence in this new powder

there's no chance you mistake the detail for the bank note

reasonably optimistic about this

will inevitably be some residue lefe 

make fingerprints easier to detect while ...

obsserve microscopic images

 

fruitfly embryos

zoologist


zoologist
[zoʊˈɑləʤəst]

 

time-lapse photos 

(time-lapse photography)一定の間隔で撮影した静止画をつなぎ合わせて動画として再生する撮影方法

 

a cell in the spinal cord of a zebrafish

scientific imagery

 

harp root veggie a shovel a fingerprint

the unicode consortium

will see these rolled out in the next few month

 

ginormous

becoming a social media sensation

weighs a whopping 50 pounds=lbs

eat twice as many fish the average adult penguin eats

shrink down some when he sheds his fluffy brown baby feathers for the classic black and white tuxedo look

 

 

 

 

Can AI News Anchors Protect Journalists? | September 20, 2024

 

bunker 貯蔵庫

 

AI avatars

the brainchild of a group of media organizations

 

a crackdown on free scpeech

experience political and economic strife

astronomical prices and shortages of goods

take to the streets to protest 

the authoritarian regime

all but four of them are still behind bars for charges like terrorism

 led these journalists to get creative

government censorship

 

front a newscast

doesn't come without its own risks 

 

in the wrong hands
「悪意のある人物の手に渡ると」「悪用されると」

 

erode trust in institutions

a collective of journalists 

proclaim  宣言する

under hate incitement laws

how can I be sure that 

AI is sometimes touted as a threat to reliable information and a risk to democracy but...

 

has the highest salinity or soncentration of salt.

thanks to factors like large drainage areas and trade winds.

 

trade wind

blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
赤道の上下を東から西へ吹き抜ける間断のない風。

 

 bore occurs when the leading edge of an incoming tide creates a wave that surges up a river.

Tide watching is a Chinese tradition of the mid-autumn festival, which falls on a full moon.

 

go bonkers
To be or become extremely excited or enthusiastic (about something).

To be or become wild, restless, irrational, or crazy; to act in such a way.

To be or become very angry or upset.

 

a refurbished bunker 14ft underground

be nestled 14 ft below a contry field

roughly the size of a garage

this cozy decommissioned bunker retains some of its original charm

features like an as bes as fire blanket 燃性の素材で作られた簡易消火用具

vintage binoculars

this ominous cold war hotline phone

has sought-after upgrade

 

sought-after
引っ張りだこの

can't put a price on that

volatile real estate market

thermonuclear blast

this craggy crib

crib ベビーベッド/ 貯蔵所

 

the uber-unique home of 

Covered in everything from pipestone to pink quartz to volcanic rock,  there`s more here than meets the eye[見かけ]以上のものがある」

a world champion caliber home

 

caliber」は、銃の弾丸の太さや銃の性能

=>「能力、才能、質」「世界チャンピオン級の家」