Wednesday, November 18, 2015

(会員)2015年11月18日(水曜日)英会話ライブレッスン

(会員)2015年11月18日(水曜日)英会話ライブレッスン
2 terrorist suspects killed, 7 held after raid in Saint-Denis, officials say
容疑者 = a suspect
a raid = a police attack on a place, 警察の手入れ
the officials = 当局者

a suicide bomber

Two US-to-Paris Air France flights diverted due to threats
to divert = to change direction

divert someone's attention =(人)の気を散らす、注意をそらす

The flight was diverted.

Obama turns up heat again on China's assertiveness in South China Sea

assertive personality  = 我の強い性格

to turn up the heat = to increase pressure
an idiot, a moron, an imbecile
held = arrested, to hold = to arrest
Who has custody of the child?
custody = 〔親が離婚・別居・死去した後の〕子どもの養育権、親権、後見
take custody of   =   ~を保管する、~を預かっておく
Australian court fines Japanese whaling company $1 mil for contempt
to fine sb = to make sb pay money for breaking the law
a whaling company = 捕鯨会社
contempt of court = 法廷侮辱(罪)
The judge cited him for contempt of court.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouABR1_N4Ig
Man uses "F-word".  He curses judge and gets 364 days in jail for contempt

f-word = fuck
to curse = to say a bad word
a curse word = a bad word, like fuck, shit, asshole
Australia’s exclusive economic zone,

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