前回、英文を前から訳すためにパートに分けて日本語に訳していったのですが、実際は、英文をパートに分け、その塊を英語のまま理解して、先に進んでいく方が英文を読むという作業が速くできますし、リスニングの練習にもつながります。
では、やってみます。
①Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators are continuing their sit-in in downtown Hong Kong despite heavy rain.
;
この英文は、
;
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators
are continuing their sit-in
in downtown Hong Kong
despite heavy rain.
;
と分けて、塊ごとに意味がとれれば先に進みます。
②Student activists had threatened to escalate their protest unless Hong Kong's chief executive held direct talks with them on Tuesday.
Ｓtudent activists
had threatened to
escalate their protest
unless もし～しなければ
Hong Kong's chief executive行政官
held direct talks with them on Tuesday.
③But the Hong Kong government has made no offer of dialogue.
But
the Hong Kong government
has made no offer申し出 of dialogue.対話
④The protesters have been rallying against Beijing's decision to effectively exclude pro-democracy candidates from the first direct election for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017.
Ｔhe protesters
have been rallying 結集するagainst Beijing's decision
to effectively事実上の exclude締め出す pro-賛成のdemocracy candidates
from the first direct election
for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017.
⑤One protester said a dialogue with the chief executive may not be easy, but he will continue the sit-in near the government's headquarters until the leader shows up.
One protester said
a dialogue with the chief executive
may not be easy,
but
he will continue the sit-in
near the government's headquarters
until the leader shows up.
⑥More people are expected to join the sit-in on Wednesday and Thursday, which are public holidays.
More people
are expected to
join the sit-in
on Wednesday and Thursday,
which are public holidays.
⑦In mainland China, the National Day holiday period begins on Wednesday.
In mainland China,
the National Day holiday period
begins on Wednesday.
⑧An increasing number of travel agencies are suspending group tours to Hong Kong, raising concerns about the impact on the territory's tourism industry.
An increasing number of travel agencies
are suspending 一時中止group tours
to Hong Kong,
raising concerns 懸念
about the impact影響
on the territory's 中国本土のtourism industry.旅行業界