やさしい英語会話 (200) You're Adopted
Hiroshima University's English Podcast
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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)