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#22 「1日1語」<reckoning> (報い)

A reckoning for the tourism industry could come soon. In July, G7 leaders threw their weight behind a burgeoning movement in the finance world for mandatory climate risk disclosure , which would force companies and their financiers to tell…

#20 「1日1語」<long-hauler>(長期罹患者)

This is “long-haul” COVID-19. Even young, healthy people can become long-haulers (as many call themselves), left unable to work, lead a normal life or, some days, get out of bed. (TIME August 21, 2020) 「これが”長期にわたる”新型コロナだ。…

#18 「1日1語」<booster shot>(追加接種)

So, Do We Need Booster Shots Now? As you've probably seen by now, Pfizer—like Moderna before it—yesterday released "encouraging" data about the efficacy of booster shots. The company says administering a third dose of its vaccine six month…

#17 「1日1語」<shot> (注射)

Relatively high vaccination rates in the U.S. do offer some comfort to health officials battling the new variant. However, while nearly 70% of adult Americans have had at least one shot, that number is much smaller in some parts of the cou…

#15 「1日1語」<Juneteenth>(ジューンティーンス)

『「ジューンティーンス」(英語: Juneteenth)(「6月」(June)と「19日」(nineteenth)の混成語であり[1]、「自由の日」(Freedom Day)[2]、「歓喜の日」(Jubilee Day)[3]、「解放の日」(Liberation Day)[4]としても知られる)は、アメリカ合衆国で…

#14 「1日1語」<whataboutism>(お前だって論法)

Fielding questions from Russian and U.S. media, Putin deployed one of Moscow’s most reliable and vexing tactics from the Twentieth Century in blunting criticism from Washington: Whataboutism. ("Moscow's Long History of Turning the Table on…

#13 「1日1語」<breakthrough infections>(ブレークスルー感染)

The new drugs could not only fill the breach left by the vaccine-hesitant who are slowing the push in the U.S. and around the world to reach herd immunity, they could also serve as a backstop against breakthrough infections—cases of COVID-…

# 12 「1日1語」<herd immunity>(集団免疫)

Nepal has administered about 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinations so far among its population of 30 million. Unfortunately, many individuals that received the first dose have been unable to get their second dose to finish the treatment…

#11 「1日1語」<the Delta variant>(デルタ株)

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly becoming an arms race among the emerging variants of the virus, and at the moment, there’s no question which one is winning: the Delta variant—formally known as B.1.617.2—one of four strains to have em…

#10 「1日1語」<surreal>(シュール?)

Following the terror attacks that took place Sept. 11, 2001, people across the country began searching Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary for the same word. The word was not “rubble,” or “triage,” or even “terrorism,” but “surreal.” (Why …

#9 「1日1語」<come fall>(秋になれば)

This week, tragedy struck close to home. A student at the high school my older daughter will attend come fall was fatally shot near the soccer field where he excelled, as the New York Times headline eloquently put it. To say that it has sh…

#8 新型コロナワクチン

TIME誌の記事(2021年1月18日付け)翻訳 コロナワクチンの接種がやっと始まりましたが、今までのワクチンとどう違うのか、ファイザー・ビオンテック社製、モデルナ社製、アストラゼネカ社製、その他はどう違うのか、などこの記事はワクチンの基本的なことを…

#5 Foot the Bill  費用を負担する

"Working From Home Is Driving Up Our Energy Costs. Should Employers Foot the Bill?" (TIME February 26, 2021) (在宅勤務で光熱費が増加、企業は費用負担すべきか?) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------…

#3 英語はなぜ難しいのか

こんにちは。Uncle Jackです。 明けましておめでとうございます。今年もどうぞよろしくお願いします。 といっても、年末から始めたばかりの新参者なので、「今年からよろしく」と言ったほうが適切なのですが。 コロナ禍に 何を祈るや 年明くる (惹句庵) さ…