異文化ディスカッション (55) Texas and Homeschooling

この番組「異文化ディスカッション」では、いつも広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、いろいろな国の文化について英語で話してもらっています。



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Texas and Homeschooling

Texas

= a huge state in the southern part of the US, on the Mexican boarder



to be homeschooled

= to learn most things at home instead of school



a traditional school

= a regular school



would

= (Note: This is the "habitual past experience" would -- used when talking about something in the past which was done often, but is not done anymore.)



to be gifted

= to be extremely intelligent or talented from a young age



an opportunity

= a chance、機会



whenever you please

= whenever you want



extracurricular activities

= 課外活動



an option

= a choice



motivated

= やる気がある



to be in charge of

= to be the boss of, to have responsibility for



a self-starter

= a person who can do things by his/herself



to procrastinate

= to delay, postpone or put off doing things



on (one's) own

= by (one's) self



a specialist

= 専門家



to pursue

= to go to try to get, to go after, to investigate



socialization

= becoming a person who can communicate well and get along with other people in society



to miss out on

= to not experience



a detriment to

= a weak point, a problem, a handicap for



pretty

= relatively, 比較的に、かなり



Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth

= the biggest cities



all over

= everywhere



The Alamo

= a large religious building which resembled a fort. In 1836, Americans and Mexicans had a big battle there because both countries wanted the area. About 200 Americans in the building were surrounded by about 2,000 Mexican soldiers. In the end, almost all of the Americans were killed and lost the battle, but they became heroes because they did not give up. Today "Remember the Alamo!" is a famous expression in American culture.



a mission

= a group of people (often religious) sent to another country to achieve a goal



San Antonio

= a city in southern Texas, famous during the last 20 years for having a strong National Basketball Association team



to take place

= to occur



would

= (Note: This "would" is imagining something in the future. Example: "Why would someone want to go there?")



bravery = courage



to be slaughtered

= to be killed completely or without mercy



to stand as a testament to

= to exist as evidence for



The Gulf of Mexico

= the part of the Caribbean Sea, stretching from Mexico to Florida



Dealey Plaza

= the place when Kennedy was assassinated



former

= 以前の



John F. Kennedy

= the US president from 1961-1963. Famous for active government policies, the Cuban Missile Crisis, encouraging the mission to go to the moon, and other things.



a memorial

= 記念碑



dedicated to

= in remembrance of, to pay respect to



an accomplishment = an achievement



currently

= now



NASA in Houston

= the Mission Control Center. Space missions are launched from Florida, but they are mostly controlled from Houston.



to be headed

= to be centered or based



a decade

= a 10-year time period



diverse

= varied, having different characteristics



Latin

= from Central and South America



an ethnicity

= a race, 人種



relatively

= to some extent, kind of, moderately, pretty



Ethiopian

= from the north African country of Ethiopia



a State Fair

= an annual festival, in all states, usually in the summer



a competition

= an event to determine a winner



absurd

= crazy



ice cream Snickers

= a famous chocolate bar made like ice cream



occasionally

= sometimes, once in a while, from time to time