Business: English Skills
ビジネスチャンスを活かす英語力UPのために
1月号のB頁を担当させていただきます、貝塚です。
今回はトランプ大統領弾劾についての記事を一部選抜し解説を行いたいと思います。
(1) Just shy of the third anniversary of his presidency, Donald Trump was impeached in a mostly party-line vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening. Trump became the third president to be impeached.
(2) After a full day of debate, the House voted 230-197 to approve a first article of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power, with one “present” vote. A second article, charging Trump with obstruction of Congress, was approved 229-198.Trump now faces a trial in the Senate, where he is expected to be acquitted. Proceedings in the Republican-controlled body are likely to begin next month, but the exact timing remains unclear as Democrats and Republicans negotiate over the terms of the trial.
As Wednesday’s vote unfolded, Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan. “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached,” he said, to cheers. “This lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the Democrat party.” But Trump’s fierce efforts to seal himself in a bubble of adulation, and his insistence that Republicans pretend away the existence of facts threatening to pierce that bubble, could not divert the historic reality coalescing on Capitol Hill. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, described the proceedings as a “sad day” for the country. “The president’s reckless activities necessitated us having to introduce articles of impeachment,” she said at a press conference following the vote.
As Wednesday’s vote unfolded, Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan. “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached,” he said, to cheers. “This lawless partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the Democrat party.” But Trump’s fierce efforts to seal himself in a bubble of adulation, and his insistence that Republicans pretend away the existence of facts threatening to pierce that bubble, could not divert the historic reality coalescing on Capitol Hill. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, described the proceedings as a “sad day” for the country. “The president’s reckless activities necessitated us having to introduce articles of impeachment,” she said at a press conference following the vote.
-By Tom McCarthy and Joan E Greve “Donald Trump impeached by House of Representatives in historic vote”. The Guardian, December 19, 2019.
Vocabulary:
Impeach弾劾、House of Representatives衆議院、 Voted 投票した、Trial裁判、
Obstruction妨害、acquitted 無罪にする、Partisan徒党の一員、Fierce激しい、
adulation追従、coalescing融合
Translation:
(1) Just shy of the third anniversary of his presidency, Donald Trump was impeached in a mostly party-line vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening.
ドナルドトランプが大統領になって３年が経とうとしている中、水曜日に議会下院の本会議で弾劾訴追する決議案が可決されました。「Shy」は内気や恥ずかしがりという性格を表す言葉ですが、「Just shy of」は足りたいやもうすぐと言う意味で使われます。
ドナルドトランプが大統領になって３年が経とうとしている中、水曜日に議会下院の本会議で弾劾訴追する決議案が可決されました。「Shy」は内気や恥ずかしがりという性格を表す言葉ですが、「Just shy of」は足りたいやもうすぐと言う意味で使われます。
例）
I am really shy. 私はとても内気です。
I am just shy of a dollar. 後１ドル足りない。
I am really shy. 私はとても内気です。
I am just shy of a dollar. 後１ドル足りない。
(2) After a full day of debate, the House voted 230-197 to approve a first article of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power, with one “present” vote.
下院本会議は議論の末、「権力乱用」の弾劾条項は、賛成230票、反対197票の賛成多数で可決された。「Abuse of power」は権力乱用と訳されます。「Abuse」は「乱用」や「虐待」というネガティブな意味で使われています。また、「Abusive」（形容詞）だと「口汚い」などの意味で使われます。
下院本会議は議論の末、「権力乱用」の弾劾条項は、賛成230票、反対197票の賛成多数で可決された。「Abuse of power」は権力乱用と訳されます。「Abuse」は「乱用」や「虐待」というネガティブな意味で使われています。また、「Abusive」（形容詞）だと「口汚い」などの意味で使われます。
例）Child abuse’児童虐待
Some people can get abusive when they are angry. ‘怒ると口汚くなる人は少なくない。
Some people can get abusive when they are angry. ‘怒ると口汚くなる人は少なくない。
今回は政治用語が多い記事でしたが、いかかでしたでしょうか？英語には様々な政治用語があるので覚えるのは大変ですが、政治に関心を持つ事は大切なのでちょっとずつ覚えていきましょう。
