異文化ディスカッション (61) France and North Carolina

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11月から来年１月まで、毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。

今回のゲストはアメリカ・ノースカロライナ出身のマディソン（Madison）と、フランス出身のニコラ（Nicolas）です。第１回目の話題は「フランスとノースカロライナ」です。



聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―）

（中級〜上級向け）



＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。

＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。France and North Carolina



North Carolina

= a large state south of Virginia, north of South Carolina, and east of Tennessee



a major

= 専攻



to double-major in

= to have two majors in two different fields



a minor

= 副専攻



TESOL

= Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages



random

= (はっきりした目的・計画のない)手当たり次第の



an instruction manual

= 説明書



a region

= an area



slightly

= a bit, a little



climate

= the weather



The Alps

= the mountains in eastern France



The Pyrenees

= the mountains in southwestern France, on the Spanish border



The Mediterranean

= 地中海



way

= much (Note: This is used a lot in conversation)



to coast

= the shore



plainlands

= flat areas



to the far west of

= in the extreme western part of



a personality

= 性格



to revolve around

= to center upon



a redneck

= 米南部の無教育の白人労働者（しばしば軽蔑）



in and of themselves

= かれら自体は



a class (of people)

= 階級



apparently

= it seems like



dirt bikes

= small off-road motorcycles



to shoot

= to hunt



to be associated with

= to be linked to, to be connected to



racist

= 人種差別的



liberal

= friendly toward people from different races



Latin America

= Central and South America



the Immigrant Crisis

= the news during the last couple of years in which people, especially from Syria, have run away to Europe



the descendents of nobles

= 貴族の末裔



to be open-minded

= to be accepting and tolerant of other people and ideas (Note: the opposite is “close-minded”)



soul food

= traditional African American food such as chitterlings (pig intestines), ham hocks (pork leg joints), and collard greens (dark green leaves)



a biscuit

= similar to a roll



to be heavy on

= having a lot of, or thick with



a blockbuster

= a large, expensive and successful movie



the influence of

= の影響



weird

= strange



lyrics

= the words in songs



absolutely

= truly, completely



entirely

= completely



to be prominent

= stands out, widespread



5 miles

= about 8 kms



a grocery store

= a food store



a sidewalk

= （舗装した）歩道



a million-dollar question

= the most important question



every-day living

= daily life



a barrier

= an obstacle, 障害物