【無料サンプル】Season2 Unit31 「大統領選」11/18(Fri) at the office 2Part構成　公開日：2016/11/23

Mr. Bart, you know about the presidential election in the US, right? (*1)
(バートさん、大統領選でしたね。)

They say it was the worst presidential election ever. (*2)
(史上最悪の大統領選と言われてますが。)

Whatever they say, the presidential election is important, you know. (*3)
(何と言われようが大統領選は重要だよ。)

They chose the person who can best control the country. (*4)
(アメリカを統治する人を決めたんだぞ。)

The swing states were key to his success. (*5)
(Swing statesがキーでしたね。)

Right.
(そうだね。)

Mr. Trump won. I guess American people feel stressed out. (*6)
(トランプが勝ちましたね。アメリカ人もストレスがたまっているのかな。)

What about you? Hillary? Or Trump?
(君はヒラリー派？トランプ派？)

Mr. Sanders.
(サンダース派です。)

He wasn't a candidate. (*7)
(いないじゃないか！)

彼は、いかんせん年を取りすぎているね。
(ヒント：ヒント： "too" を使ってみよう。)

[選択肢1]
He is way too old, anyway. (*8)

[選択肢2]
He is a bit too old, anyway. (*9)

Right. Having physical strength is really important for a presidential candidate. (*1)
(そうですね。大統領選は、体力勝負ですね。)

How will this influence us here in Japan? (*2)
(この選挙結果は日本にどんな影響を及ぼすのですかね。)

I don't know, man. This result could affect the exchange rate and we don't prefer to have the yen strong. (*3)
(分からないが、為替に影響があるだろうね。円高は嫌だね。)

Well, it seemed to me that both candidates were speaking ill of each other until the end of the election period. (*4)
(しかし、お互いに悪口を言い合って終わった感じですね。)

Right. It looked like a kids’ fight. (*5)
(まるで子供の喧嘩だね。)

What do you think about this result? (*6)
(君はこの結果をどう思う？)

People will be interested in seeing what he does the first few months. (*7)
(初めの数か月は皆、彼に興味を持つのでは？)

And then?
(それで？)

結局、飽きてしまう、みたいな。
(ヒント：「飽きる」は "get bored?" "get boring?" )

[選択肢1]
I guess they'll end up getting boring. (*8)　

[選択肢2]
My guess is they'll end up getting bored with him. (*10)