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2008年からスタートした本ポッドキャストの「やさしい英語会話」も、とうとう今回で200回目を迎えました。リスナーの皆様の日頃のご支援に感謝いたします。今後も英語学習に役立つ楽しい番組を作ってまいりますので、これからもよろしくお願いします!



さて今回は、少しシリアスな話題をユーモラスにお届けします。これは日本・韓国・アメリカのTVドラマにたびたび登場する話題ですが、国によって取り上げる視線がかなり異なるようですので、比較してみるのも面白いかも知れません。今回のテーマは「養子」です。



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(15:17 9.3MB 初級~中級)You're Adopted



*** It's a Good Expression ***

(今回の重要表現)



unethical

倫理に反する



Caucasian

コーカソイドの、白人の

cf. African American(アフリカ系アメリカ人の、黒人の)



a pigment deficiency

色素欠乏症



a driver's permit

運転許可証

※国際運転免許証のような、一時的な許可証のこと



a birth certificate

出生証明書



you need your birth certificate to get one

運転許可証を取得するためには出生証明書が必要である

※ここでのyouは人一般を指す。



sit ... down

(大切な話をするために)...を座らせる



it doesn't really matter.

全然問題ない



there was a little part of me that knew all along

(自分が養子であると)最初から分かっていた自分がいた



You don't say...

まさか、ほんとう?

※don'tとsayを強く発音することに注意。





*** Script ***

(Slow speed) 04:00-05:40

(Natural speed) 11:45-13:00



You're Adopted



M: Kendra! I just found out I was adopted! I can't believe my whole life has been a lie!!



W: Wait, what? You didn't know you were adopted?



M: Hey, you knew?! Why didn't you ever tell me?



W: I thought you already knew! I mean your parents are both African American…. And, and you're very… Caucasian…



M: I thought I had a pigment deficiency!



W: Well, how did you find out?



M: I went to get my driver's permit, and you need your birth certificate to get one. So, I asked my parents, and then they gave me this really strange look. They sat me down in the living room, and explained to me that I was adopted.



W: Oh, well, how do you feel about it?



M: I guess OK. I'm still pretty shocked, but I guess it doesn't really matter. My parents are still my parents. And, maybe… there was a little part of me that knew all along.



W: You don't say…



M: And, hey, maybe they'll feel bad enough about not telling me all this time that they'll buy me a new car!



W: Um, I cannot begin to explain how unethical that statement was!



(Written by Matthew Bola)