課題文_69_「休業補償」

【今週の英文記事】

課題文_69_「休業補償」

「国が休業補償を」8割、世論調査

82% say government should compensate firms that shut down over virus fears

More than 80% of the public believes the government should compensate businesses that have complied with a request to suspend operations in response to a surge in coronavirus infections in Tokyo and other parts of Japan, according to a Kyodo News survey released April 13.

Conducted by telephone over the four days through April 13, 82% said the government should compensate businesses in exchange for suspending operations to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, while 12.4% said they see no such a need.

According to the latest survey, 80.4% of the 1,028 respondents from across the country said that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s declaration of a state of emergency on April 7 in Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures came too late, while only 16.3% said the timing was appropriate.

Under the declaration, effective through May 6, prefectural governors can request that businesses halt operations, although such a request is not legally binding. (Kyodo)

(165 words) 49秒で200英単語/分
(The Japan Times alpha: National news、上級、April 24, 2020)

【英英辞典クイズ from 課題文_68_「妖怪「アマビエ」」】

英英辞典で以下の説明文が表示される単語／熟語は、何でしょう？

1. very famous and admired

2. to include or show something as a special or important part of something, or to be included as an important part

3. one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birth

4. anything that is living, such as an animal, fish, or insect, but not a plant

5. one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes etc.

6. happening or done quickly and immediately

課題文_68_「妖怪「アマビエ」」

【今週の英文記事】

課題文_68_「妖怪「アマビエ」」

疫病を予言する日本の妖怪「アマビエ」 SNSで拡散、人気に

Social media users spread yokai images in hopes of a quick end to outbreak

Social media users in Japan have a creative way to end the coronavirus outbreak. They have been posting images of a legendary Japanese yokai monster.

The half-human, half-fish amabie was first featured in a 19thcentury woodblock-printed news sheet from the Edo Period (1603-1868). The creature had long hair and a beak and its body was covered in scales.

The amabie is said to have appeared in the sea off Higo Province - now Kumamoto Prefecture. It predicted: “There will be bountiful harvests for six years, but disease will also spread. Quickly, draw a picture of me and show it to the people.”

Social media users uploaded yokai images with wishes for a swift end to the outbreak.

“I hope we can get away from this disaster soon,” said Naoko Haraguchi, the daughter of famed yokai manga artist Shigeru Mizuki. (Kyodo)

(154 words) 46秒で200英単語/分
(The Japan Times alpha: Easy Reading、初級、April 17, 2020)

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【英英辞典クイズ from 課題文_67_「JR 原宿駅の新駅舎」】

英英辞典で以下の説明文が表示される単語／熟語は、何でしょう？

1. to sit or stand with your legs on either side of someone or something

2. a large quantity that is enough or more than enough

3. to include or show something as a special or important part of something, or to be included as an important part

4. almost, but not quite or not completely

5. to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces

6. the opening in a fence, wall etc that can be closed by a gate

答えは、以下の今週の英文記事の中にあります。

■有料メルマガ創刊のお知らせ

2020年05月04日、有料メルマガ「毎日2分 英英辞典クイズ」を創刊致します。（550円/月（税込））

申し込みはこちらからどうぞ

https://www.mag2.com/m/0001691263.html

What Am I? on April 10, 2020

a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a wrestler attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).

有料メルマガ「毎日2分 英英辞典クイズ」創刊のお知らせ
（2020年05月04日創刊、550円/月（税込））
申し込みはこちらからどうぞ

毎日2分 英英辞典クイズ