Meet the Press:オバマ氏インタビュー (1)
いつも流し見しているMeet the Pressですが、今回は話題のオバマ氏の登場とあって、これから候補者選びも夏に向けてデットヒートしてくるし、今回のインタビューをきちんとチェックすれば、必要な単語とか言い回しのいい勉強になるだろうと思って、トランスクリプトを小冊子印刷して、見るだけじゃなく、スクリプトチェックもしてしまおう!という壮大な計画を立てました。たった、数分で、チェックすることてんこ盛り・・・。後半は前半のチェックが聞いて、チェック量が減ることを希望的観測しつつ・・・。'Meet the Press' transcript for May 4, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)epic:壮大な、(米俗)素晴らしいan epic book, poem, or film tells a long story about brave actions and exciting eventsvery large and impressiveReverend:師、牧師 略記はRev.a title of respect used before the name of a minister in the Christian church↑動詞 revere から。発音に注意。動詞は「リヴィア」で、師の場合は「リヴァレンド」understatement:控え目な表現a statement that is not strong enough to express how good, bad, impressive etc something really isWhat has the controversy over Reverend Jeremiah Wright done to your campaign?簡単に書くと、What has the controversy done? 何が議論をさせたのか → 議論の原因は何か?controversy over ~:をめぐる論争distract:(心を)そらす、~の気持ちを動転させる[transitive]to take someone's attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something else↑このdistractは今回のインタビューの中で何度も出てきた。Well, obviously it's distracted us. ... we can't be distracted or engaged in this divisive, hateful language.And I don't want his words to somehow distract from what I think are the opportunities for us to move this country forward inIf we don't, if we're continued to be distracted by the kind of games that we see typically out of Washington, then we're going to have missed our, missed our opportunity.end up doing:結局は~することになるto be in a particular situation, state, or place after a series of events, especially when you did not plan itcommit to:~にささげる relationship [intransitive and transitive]to give someone your love or support in a serious and permanent waydenomination:宗派abolition:廃止date back to〔起源などが〕~にさかのぼるlive out:〔夢・理想などを〕実現する、かなえるlive out something:to experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for [= fulfil, realize]It has lived out, I think the, the social gospel by dealing with poverty and providing shelter to the homeless and, and working on critical issues that make me very proud.It(=church) has lived out the social gospel by ~教会は~することによって、社会的福音を実現してきた。social gospel:《プロテスタント》社会的福音baptize:~に洗礼を施すmarry;[transitive]to perform the ceremony at which two people get married:The priest who married us was really nice.↑いきなりオバマ氏、Wright牧師のことを、Reverend Wright, who married me と言ったのでぎょっとしましたが、そのあと、 and baptized our, our children,となったので、ああ、Wright牧師の前で結婚の誓いを立てたのかとわかりました。learn of:~を知るfind out [intransitive and transitive] formalto find out information or news by hearing it from someone else or reading it [= discover]objectionable:異議のある、不愉快なdivisive:分裂した、意見を異にするput ~ behind :考えないようにする、~決別するfeed into something: phrasal verb に注ぐ、絡むto have an effect on something or help to make it happenantagonism:敵意、反目4:26までチェック。