今日の英語ニュースから [2022.12.15]
PBS NewsHour Dec. 14
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[00:06] 今日のニュースまとめ
[08:06]The 1967 Frederick Wiseman film exposed patient abuse at a Massachusetts hospital for what were then called the criminally insane [*触法精神障害者。刑法罰に問われたものの、精神障害を理由に不起訴、あるいは無罪となった人。].
[09:39] FRBの利上げについて専門家に聞く
[14:40] the one thing we have to remember is that, while we are all feeling inflation, it is hitting the hard -- the poor particularly hard. This is not just an economic issue. This is a social issue. [*忘れてならないのは、誰もがインフレを感じているが、貧困層が特に打撃を受けている点だ。インフレは経済の問題だけでなく、社会問題なのだ。]
[15:18] 連邦議会の年末のあわただしい動きについて
[20:10]I want our viewers to understand something called the motion to vacate.
motion to vacateの説明（https://www.forbes.com/ より）
・Under existing rules put in place by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), there must be majority agreement from a caucus to force a vote on a “motion to vacate” -- which allows members to replace their leader -- but a faction of Republicans now want to make it even easier to exert leverage over their next speaker.
・A group of seven conservative House members called on incoming leadership to change the “motion to vacate” so that any member can initiate the procedure to remove the speaker.
・The motion to vacate was used for the first time since 1910 in 2015 when former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) attempted to remove former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who resigned before Congress could vote on the motion.
[21:53] コネチカット州ニュータウンの小学校乱射事件から１０年。犠牲者の母親に話を聞く。
[28:34.24]NICOLE HOCKLEY: You know, it's interesting. Jake is -- he's kind of a silent processor. You know that they say still waters run deep. [* still waters run deep = said to mean that someone who seems to be unemotional or who is hard to get to know is in fact interesting and complex (https://www.collinsdictionary.com)]
[31:09] 民主党下院院内幹事James Clyburnへのインタビュー
[40:07] パキスタンのBilawal Bhutto Zardari外相へのインタビュー
[46:52]Your critics say that politics shouldn't be a family affair [* 政治は御家芸であるべきでない], though.
