毎週水曜日が、ビデオと練習問題の新しい構成。
練習問題を解いてから、このブログをアップします。
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
First child of an infant nation
生まれて間もない国の最初の子供
Report and vocabulary
Transcript
First the birth of a nation and then the arrival of its first citizen.
The weekend saw South Sudan usher in independence after decades of civil war.
As revellers were marking the newborn country's secession from the north, Josephine Alphanes gave birth to her son, who she named Independence.
Nurses and midwives joined in the celebrations.
まず、国の誕生、それからその最初の市民の到着。
週末に、南スーダンが数十年の内戦の後に独立を勝ち取った。
飲み騒ぐ人達が新しく誕生した国の北からの分離を祝っている一方で、ジョセフィン・アフファネスは息子を産み、Independence(独立）という名前をつけた。
看護婦と助産婦達がそれらの祝いに加わった。
usher in：begin something new, welcome a new situation
revellers：people celebrating and having fun in a noisy way
secession：the political separation and independence of one part of a country
gave birth to：had a baby, was the creator of
midwives：medical staff who help women through the process of childbirth 助産（夫）婦
で、上の５つの単語を書きの空白のどれに当てはまるかという練習問題。
Exercise
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a BBC news report. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
usher in / revellers / secession / gave birth to / midwives
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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