英文リーディングトレ41*スタートレック・オークションで
ほとんどの方は三連休でしょうか?ちょっと長めの記事をご紹介しますね。でも読み方はいつもと同じですよ♪意味のかたまりごとに理解しながら、読み戻り・訳し上げ無しで、どんどん読み進めてくださいね。そのまま読んだり、イメージ上でスラッシュ入れたり、プリントアウトして実際にスラッシュを入れながら読んでもいいですね。問題を出しますので、キーワードを探しながら早く読んでくださいね~。わからない単語はまず類推でどうぞ。問題1:$132,000で競り落とされた商品は何と何?名前を2つお答えください。2:ではその2つをデザインしたのは誰でしょう?3:3つ目のミニチュアStarship Defiantは、いくらで競り落とされたでしょう?4:今年でスタートレックは何周年でしょう?Star Trek auction: $132,000 for Starfleet replicasNEW YORK -- The second day of the Star Trek auction did big business, with a pair of miniature models from the fictional Starfleet selling Friday for $132,000 apiece -- the highest price yet in the three-day sale.A plastic and cast resin model of the Starship Voyager, the principal miniature used in filming the "Star Trek: Voyager" television show, was the first to sell. The 155-by-61-by-25 centimeter model was designed by illustrator Rick Sternbach, who was told to come up with something "faster, sleeker, meaner and more powerful" than previous crafts in the Star Trek franchise, according to the auction catalog.The sale price at Christie's auction house was far beyond the pre-sale estimate of $15,000 for the replica.A short time later, a 72-inch diameter model of space station Deep Space Nine brought the same $132,000 -- an even bigger surprise, since its pre-sale estimate was $12,000. Sternbach was also the designer of this model, which was seen in every episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."A third miniature, the Starship Defiant from "Deep Space Nine," sold for $102,000. It was the smallest of the three ships auctioned off, at 94-by-69 centimeters, and was anticipated to sell for $8,000.The Friday auction was broken into morning and afternoon sessions, with the final day of bidding set for Saturday. From costumes and props to blueprints and furniture, more than 1,000 lots from the archives of CBS Paramount Television Studios went on the block.Trekkies from around the United States turned out for the rare opportunity to pick up a piece of memorabilia on the 40th anniversary of the original "Star Trek," the television show starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. (AP)WordsStarfleet: 宇宙艦隊cast resin: 注型樹脂sleek: つやつやした、流線型の、かっこいいmean: すばらしい、かっこいい、劣った、みすぼらしい、いじわるなestimate: 見積もりdiameter: 直径memorabilia : 記憶に値する事柄、記念品prop(s):小道具、撮影備品、支え、答え1:Starship VoyagerとDeep Space Nine2:Rick Sternbach3:$102,0004:40周年おまけTrekkie (or Trekker) is a term that in recent decades has been used to describe a fan of the Star Trek science fiction franchise.スタートレックの熱狂的ファンを「トレッキー」って言うんだそうですが、揶揄するニュアンスがあって、当人らは嫌がってるらしい・・・と言うことです。