テレプロンプターという便利な道具の発明家の話！
Inventor of show business machine dies
ショービジネス機器の発明家が亡くなる
Summary
27 April 2011
Engineer Hubert Schlafly Jr, inventor of a machine that changed show business forever, has died aged 91. The teleprompter or autocue, used by actors, newsreaders and politicians worldwide, helps them remember what to say.
ショービジネスを変えた機器の発明家、エンジニアのヒュバート・シュラーフ・ジュニア、が９１歳で亡くなっていた。 世界中の俳優、ニュースアナウンサー、及び政治家が使うテレプロンプター又はオートキューは彼らに言うべきことを思い出すのを助けてくれる。
Vocabulary
that sick feeling：extreme nervousness, a sense of approaching disaster
half a century ago：50 years previously
stars of the moment：celebrities who were most popular at the time 当時の知名人
lines：words that are said during a film, play or speech 台詞など
a scroll of paper：a roll of writing material
glance at：quickly look at
soap opera：regular TV or radio programme telling the story of a group of people in a dramatic or sentimental way メロドラマ
relying on：depending on, needing, trusting
induction into：introduction to, inclusion as a new member of 紹介
innovative：creative, original 革新的