野菜嫌いの直し方

06/30/10　

Onions don't have it easy.

They smell funny,

they make you cry;

the natural born enemy

of many vegetable-phobic kids.

If you are a banana or

a strawberry or a blueberry

or something

that kids actually eat readily,

it's not so hard to market to them.

But if you are an onion,

what do you do?

You call in a secret weapon.

They launched a national

marketing campaign

tied in with the new Shrek movie.

The committee estimates that

sales of Vidalia onions are up

50% this year.

Can one monster make

that much of a difference?

Do you like onions?

Uh...not really.

What if I told you that

Shrek likes onions.

（nodding)

タマネギは手ごわい。

においは変だし 泣かされるし

野菜嫌いの子どもの天敵だ。

バナナやイチゴなど

子どもたちが喜んで食べるものなら―

売るのは簡単です。

でも タマネギではねぇ…

そこで秘密兵器だ。

キャンペーンに

人気キャラクターを起用した。

今年このタマネギの売上は

5割増しを見込んでいる。

そんな効果が本当にあるのか？

タマネギは好き？

あんまり好きじゃない。

シュレックの大好物だったら？

銃規制に違憲判決

06/29/10　

We begin with that pivotal ruling

on gun control in America.

In a five-to-four ruling,

the justices said no to

Chicago's strict ban on handguns,

saying Americans have

a right to bear arms.

Justice Samuel Alito announced

the Court's sweeping decision

declaring that

"self-defense is a basic right."

What that means is that

the justices have undermined

state and local gun bans and

restrictions across the country

and awarded a huge victory

to gun owners

and the National Rifle Association

by making the Second

Amendment right to bear arms

a private individual civil right.

The case came out of Chicago

where laws ban virtually all

private ownership of handguns.

That law is now doomed.

銃規制に関し

重要な判断が下された。

最高裁は銃の所有を禁じた

シカゴの法律を違憲とし―

武器を持つ権利を認めた。

アリート判事は発表の際に

自衛は基本的な権利だと明言した。

今回の判断で州や自治体の

銃に関する規制が限定される。

銃所有者や

全米ライフル協会の勝利だ。

憲法にある武器を持つ権利は

個人の権利とされた。

発端となった拳銃所持を禁止する

シカゴの法律は覆されたのだ。

abcニュースシャワー"最高裁判事の指名承認公聴会"

　06/28/10　

Tomorrow in Washington,

hearings start,

the confirmation hearings for,

in the Senate for Elena Kagan,

the President's nominee

for the Supreme Court.

Kagan herself once wrote

that confirmation hearings

have become

a "vapid and hollow charade."

Now those words may well

come back to haunt her.

Ranking Republicans

made it clear today,

they are gearing up

for a political fight,

indicating where Elena Kagan's

record might make her vulnerable.

Having never served as a judge,

senators won't be able to

dissect her rulings,

so the focus has turned to

Kagan's politics.

Democrats expect

Kagan will be confirmed,

but the woman who once called

the hearings process

"vapid and hollow" may have to

eat her words this week.

明日、ケーガン氏の―

連邦最高裁判事 指名承認の

公聴会が開かれる。

以前 彼女はこの公聴会について

"うわべだけの茶番"と書いたが―

今後 何度も蒸し返されそうだ。

共和党幹部は

一層の政治論争をしかけ―

ケーガン氏の過去を

攻撃すると明かした。

判事としての経験がない彼女を

攻撃するには―

政治的な姿勢が焦点になる。

民主党は承認を見込んでいるが―

彼女は"茶番"という前言を

撤回することになるかもしれない。

abcニュースシャワー"メキシコ湾にハリケーンのおそれ"

06/25/10　

In the Gulf tonight,

now, a tropical hot spot:

a storm just developing,

so new it has no name.

But everyone involved in the spill

is watching the clot

because if it grows

and starts to move,

ships have to flee, the cap

on the oil well has to be lifted.

It's still unclear

where the system is heading

but were it to

form into a tropical storm,

it would be called Alex, the first

named storm of the season.

And these trajectories show

it could make a beeline

for the Gulf.

If it does, hundreds of miles

of boom could be wrecked.

And Diane, if that storm

does hit this area,

they would have to lift

all those ships.

And a roundtrip to

get them out into safety

and then back over to that spill

would take 10 days.

In that time,

up to 20 million gallons of oil

could spill again

into the Gulf of Mexico.

メキシコ湾の天候に注目が集まる。

嵐が発生し今まさに発達している。

原油流出の関係者は―

嵐が直撃すると

作業を中断することになる。

進路はまだ不明だが―

勢力を増せば

この夏初めて名前が付く嵐となる。

もし被災地へまっすぐに向かうと―

オイルフェンスが壊れる可能性も

直撃の場合には

作業船をみな退避させる。

一度避難すると現場に戻るまで

10日間かかり―

その間に最大2,000万ガロンの

原油が流出する。

abcニュースシャワー"アフガニスタン司令官を「更迭」"

06/24/10　

A Source close to President Obama

described this as a sad, tragic day;

it was certainly

a day of consequence.

The Oval Office meeting between

the President and the General was

tense and short, only 30 minutes,

after which Stanley McChrystal's

command in Afghanistan

came to an abrupt

and inglorious end.

It started with

those disparaging remarks

McChrystal and his aides

made about

the President and key members of

his national security team

in Rolling Stone magazine.

The conduct represented

in the recently published article

does not meet the standard

that should be set

by a commanding general.

In some ways, General McChrystal

made it easy for the President.

He didn't put up much of a fight,

as one official told me,

"The General knew what was

coming and he took it like a man."

大統領の側近は今日を

“残念な日”と表現。

過ちの結果が表れた。

大統領とのわずか30分間の

緊迫した会談のあと―

マクスタル司令官は

不名誉な形で地位を失った。

事の始まりは司令官の侮辱的な発言。

雑誌の取材で

大統領らを批判したのだ。

記事から読み取れるような態度は―

司令官として許されません。

司令官は特に逆らわず―

きぜんと受け止めていたと

関係者は語った。

abcニュースシャワー"司令官がオバマ政権を批判"

06/23/10　

The top commander in Afghanistan ordered home by an angry Commander in Chief after a magazine interview critical of the President and the key players in the war.General McChrystal and his aides spent a month with Rolling Stone reporter, Michael Hastings, and they let almost no top administration official go uninsulted.First, the Commander in Chief, described by an advisor, as looking uncomfortable and intimidated when he first met the General.I think it's clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed poor judgment.General McChrystal did issue a statement saying that he extends his sincerest apologies, it was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and he has enormous respect and admiration for President Obama and his team.

アフガニスタン駐留の司令官が召還された。雑誌に載った政権批判が大統領を怒らせたのだ。司令官と側近は記者と１か月を過ごし―関係する政府高官ほぼ全員を侮辱した。初めて司令官に会った大統領は“不安でおどおどしていた”そうだ。あの雑誌に掲載された司令官らの発言は―稚拙な判断の表れだと思います。司令官は自分の稚拙な判断が招いた過ちだと謝罪し―大統領らへの尊敬と称賛を伝えた。

abcニュースシャワー"チアリーディングvs.バレーボール"

06/22/10　

A closely watched federal trial

that got underway

in Connecticut today.

The question at the center

of the case:

Is cheerleading a sport

as much of a sport as volleyball?

And this decision could impact

schools and athletes

all across the country.

No pom-poms or megaphones here.

The Quinnipiac University

cheerleaders are agile and strong.

They see themselves as gymnasts

and they think

what they do is a sport.

Last year, the university agreed.

They eliminated

women's volleyball

and replaced it with cheerleading,

officially recognizing them

as athletes.

That didn't sit well

with the volleyball team,

which filed a lawsuit against

the school saying "not so fast."

Cheerleading will

always have a stereotype.

But for right now, it doesn't matter

what they say, I know what I do.

連邦裁判所で始まった注目の裁判。

争点になっているのは―

チアリーディングは

スポーツかどうか。

判決は全米に影響を及ぼす可能性も。

ポンポンなどは使わない。

この大学のチアリーダーは

機敏で力強い。

自らを体操選手だと

とらえている。

大学側もバレーボール部をやめて

チアリーディング 部を設置し―

彼女たちをアスリートだと公認。

バレーボール部はこれを不服とし

大学を提訴した。

私はチアリーディングは

スポーツだと確信しています。

abcニュースシャワー"「ジョーズ」公開から35周年"

06/21/10　

The movie that scared

everybody out of the water

is now turning 35.

Millions came, saw and left

scared witless.

Shark mania gripped the country.

Well, sharks,

most particularly their jaws,

have become a phenomenon

in this country.

That's "Jaws" junior there.

Fishing charters offered

a chance to hunt sharks.

All sharks became maneaters

in the collective consciousness.

In the last couple of weeks,

I have kind of been uneasy.

The film's psychological impact

on beachgoers

hasn't ever quite gone away.

There's hardly

an American over 40

that hasn't at least once

looked out over the ocean

fearing the telltale sign

of a great white.

誰もがおびえた映画が

35周年を迎えた。

その映画に

大勢の観客が震え上がった。

人々はサメに熱狂。

全米でサメが

社会現象になっている。

小型の“ジョーズ”だ。

サメ狩りのツアーも登場。

集団心理で

サメはみな“人食い”に。

ここ数週間

言い知れぬ不安を感じます。

映画が与えた心理的な影響は

今も消えていない。

40 歳以上のアメリカ人なら―

サメを恐れて

海を見渡したことがあるはずだ。

abcニュースシャワー"ガザの経済封鎖を緩和"

06/18/10　

After the outcry because of the

Israeli commando confrontation

on that cargo ship last month,

the government of Israel

announced

the three-year-old land blockade

of Gaza will be eased.

This morning, the government of

Israel took decisions

to liberalize the system

under which civilian goods

may enter the Gaza Strip.

The blockade was imposed

three years ago

after Hamas took control.

And some of it

never made much sense.

For the last three years,

frozen meat allowed in,

fresh meat not.

Candles, yes,

toys and schoolbooks, no.

Israel says all of it

will be allowed in now.

Building materials have been

banned too,

leaving much of Gaza

looking like this.

Desperately needed cement and

steel were approved today

but only for UN projects.

支援物資を乗せた船を強襲し

批判を受けたイスラエルが―

3年前に始めた地上封鎖を

一部緩めると発表。

イスラエル政府は―

ガザへの民生品の輸入制限を

緩和します。

ハマスの支配に対して始まった封鎖。

不可解な規定もあった。

例えば冷凍肉はよくても生肉は禁止。

ろうそくはいいが教科書は禁止。

だが今後は許可される。

建材も持ち込めず

街はこのとおりだったが―

国連の事業に限り

セメントや鋼材が許可された。

100617オバマ大統領 BP幹部と会談

06/17/10　

In what resembled

a call to the principal's office,

BP's top executives

were summoned

to the White House this morning.

The President

immediately sat down

in the Oval Office with this man:

BP Chairman

Carl-Henric Svanberg.

I emphasized to him that

for the families that I met with

down in the Gulf,

this is not just

a matter of dollars and cents.

What was finally agreed upon:

BP will contribute $20 billion,

$5 billon each year until 2013,

to an independent escrow account.

Afterwards, BP's

Swedish-born Chairman said

he could feel

the President's concern.

He is frustrated because

he cares about the small people.

And we care about

the small people.

校長室に呼ばれたかのように

ホワイトハウスに入るBP幹部。

オバマ大統領はすぐさま

スバンバーグ会長と会談した。

私は会長に強調しました。

被害者にとっては

単なるお金の問題ではないと。

会談の結果。

BPは200億ドルの拠出に合意。

2013年まで毎50億ドルを

基金に拠出する。

大統領の気持ちが伝わってきたと

会長は言う。

大統領は被害者を気にかけています。

私たちも同じです。

ペトレアス司令官 倒れる

06/16/10　

Gen. David Petraeus,

the head of US Central Command,

the famously tough warrior,

suddenly slumped over

at the witness table

at a hearing on Afghanistan.

A muffled thud,

now just watch his face.

Pure shock as Gen. Petraeus's

head hit the table.

Aides rushed to help Petraeus,

all of them stunned

and for good reason.

The General is

a physical fitness fanatic

with a superhuman persona.

It wasn't

Sen. McCain's questions ...

Just got dehydrated.

Yes, Gen. Petraeus learned today

the lesson of even the strongest

of mere mortals;

even if you can take a bullet,

you have to stay hydrated.

タフな軍人として有名な

ペトレアス司令官が―

公聴会の証人席で

突然 倒れ込んだ。

鈍い音を聞いて

マケイン議員はこの表情。

司令官の様子に

ショックを受けている。

側近たちがあわてて駆け寄るのも

無理はない。

彼は常に鍛錬に励み

超人的な強さを誇っているのだ。

議員のせいではありません。

脱水症です。

この日 屈強なペトレアス司令官は

1つの教訓を得た。

銃弾に負けない男でも

給水は必要だ。

abcニュースシャワー"アフガニスタンの鉱物資源"

06/15/10　

A truly surprising story

about Afghanistan.

Imagine that country as rich as

Saudi Arabia with all its palaces.

Yes, Afghanistan.

The Pentagon confirmed

buried treasure there:

Mineral reserves worth $1 trillion.

Imagine you're a geologist

working from old dusty maps

in some of the most

forbidden terrain on the planet

discovering lithium found in only

a handful of sites in the world,

iron deposits

alone worth some $400 billion,

copper in

a thousand-year-old mine.

But it won't be easy.

There is no infrastructure yet

to get the minerals out.

There's corruption.

And when bidding begins

in a few months,

mining companies will have to

weigh the risk

of working

in a dangerous country.

アフガニスタンで驚きの発見。

サウジアラビアのように

裕福な国になるかもしれない。

1兆ドル相当の鉱物資源の存在を

国防総省が確認した。

古い地図を手に禁断の地を探索する。

地質学者のようなもの。

世界的にとても希少なリチウムや―

4,000億ドル相当の鉄鉱脈

さらに銅も発見されたのだ。

だが問題は多い。

インフラがなく汚職も横行。

参入企業は不安定な情勢も考えて

入札する必要がある。

abcニュースシャワー"ホームセンターで結婚式"

06/14/10　

It was the ultimate

do-it-yourself ceremony.

Among a sea of nearly 200 orange

smocks and loyal customers,

Carolyn Weatherly and

her groom Audwin Mosby

walked down the aisle past

light bulbs, grills and paint

in aisle No.1.

This is the man for me.

We're going to get married

at the Home Depot.

Carolyn and Audwin,

both Home Depot employees,

said "I do" in the garden section,

the stage created out of lumber

and their guests seated next to

bags of garden soil and fertilizer.

Today, we met up with the couple

as they were congratulated

by fellow employees.

Hey, the newlyweds!

How are you doing?

Next on line: A honeymoon

donated by generous customers.

究極の手作り結婚式だ。

200人近い店員と常連客に囲まれ―

このカップルが結婚式を挙げた。

2人が歩いた通路には電球やペンキ。

この人とここで結婚しようと

思いました。

新郎新婦はこの店の従業員。

園芸コーナーに設けた材木の祭壇で

愛を誓った。

参列者の席の脇には土や肥料の袋。

今日も仲間の店員に祝福されていた。

やあ 新婚さん！

新婚旅行は店の客からの贈り物だ。

abcニュースシャワー"政治家の失言"

06/11/10　

Big gaffes.

A newly-minted Senate candidate

joins the open-mic club:

Politicians caught

talking candidly.

Just hours after she became

California's Republican nominee

for the Senate,

Carly Fiorina forgot that

for candidates

the camera is always hot.

Still basking

in her primary victory,

Fiorina was waiting for

an interview on KXTV

in Sacramento

when she started musing about

her opponent's hairstyle.

God, what is that hair?

So yesterday!

But it happens

even to political pros.

George W. Bush

calling a reporter a…

Judging from Fiorina's reaction

when she realized

the mic was on,

that won't be happening again.

新人上院議員候補の失態だ。

政治家による失言の例がまた増えた。

候補に選ばれたわずか数時間後に

フィオリーナ氏が立場を忘れた。

予備選で勝った直後―

テレビ出演に備えるフィオリーナ氏。

ライバル候補について話し始めた。

なに あの髪形。

古くさい！

ベテラン政治家も犯す過ちだ。

ブッシュ前大統領も…

マイクがオンだと知ってこの表情

懲りたことだろう。

イランへの制裁決議を採択

06/10/10　

The UN Security Council

today adopted

a new round of sanctions

against Iran's nuclear program.

President Obama came to

the Diplomatic Room today

to herald what he called

the toughest sanctions ever

against Iran.

These sanctions show

the united view of

the international community

that a nuclear arms race in

the Middle East

is in nobody's interest.

A draft resolution

has been adopted.

Unlike the three

previous sets of sanctions

against Iran passed since 2006,

there were two "no" votes

for these sanctions:

From US allies Turkey and Brazil.

And though these sanctions

may be the toughest yet,

few experts think they're tough

enough to change Iran's behavior.

Is this strong enough,

do you think?

I don't think so.

I don't see that

this causes sufficient pain.

国連安全保障理事会が

イランへの追加制裁決議を採択した。

これまでで最も厳しい制裁だと

オバマ大統領は評価する。

中東での核軍備競争は無益だと

国際社会がこの制裁で示しました。

決議案は採択されました。

イランへの制裁決議は

過去に3回あるが―

今回は米国の同盟国

トルコとブラジルが反対した。

これまで以上に厳しい制裁だが

不十分という声もある。

有効でしょうか？

十分な打撃にはならないでしょう。

Jordin Sparks - Tattoo Lyrics

oh oh oh

No matter what you say about love

I keep coming back for more

Keep my hand in the fire

Sooner or later I get what I'm asking for

No matter what you say about life

I learn every time I bleed

The truth is a stranger

Soul is in danger I gotta let my spirit be free

To admit that I'm wrong and then change my mind

Sorry but I have to move on and leave you behind

I can't waste time so give it a moment

I realize nothings broken

No need to worry about everything I've done

Live every second like it was my last one

Don't look back got a new direction

I loved you once, needed protection

You're still a part of everything I do

You're on my heart just like a tattoo

Just like a tattoo

I'll always have you (I'll always have you)

Sick of playing all of these games

It's not about taking sides

When I looked in the mirror didn't deliver

It hurt enough to think that I could stop

Admit that I'm wrong and then change my mind

Sorry but I've gotta be strong and leave you behind

I can't waste time so give it a moment

I realize nothings broken

No need to worry about everything I've done

Live every second like it was my last one

Don't look back got a new direction

I loved you once, needed protection

You're still a part of everything I do

You're on my heart just like a tattoo

Just like a tattoo

I'll always have you (I'll always have you)

If I live every moment

Won't change any moment

There's still a part of me in you

I will never regret you

Still the memory of you

Marks everything I do, oh

I can't waste time so give it a moment

I realize nothings broken (yeah)

No need to worry about everything I've done

Live every second like it was my last one

Don't look back got a new direction (don't look back)

I loved you once, needed protection (no, no)

You're still a part of everything I do

You're on my heart just like a tattoo

I can't waste time so give it a moment (i can't waste time)

I realized nothings broken

No need to worry about everything I've done (no need to worry)

Live every second like it was my last one

Don't look back at got a new direction (don't you ever look back)

I loved you once and I needed protection

You're still a part of everything I do

You're on my heart just like a tattoo

Just like a tattoo

I'll always have you

abcニュースシャワー"共和党の女性新人候補者たち"

06/09/10　

This might just be

the year of the Republican women.

Exhibit A: California,

where former

Hewlett Packard CEO

Carly Fiorina is the front-runner

in the Senate primary

to take on Barbara Boxer.

And in the governor's race,

the favorite for the Republican

nomination is Meg Whitman,

former eBay CEO, who has spent

more than $70 million

of her own money on the race.

And here in Nevada,

women are front and center

in the battle

for the biggest Republican

prize of all,

the chance to take on Senate

Majority Leader, Harry Reid.

The leading candidate is

Sharron Angle,

a gun-toting Tea Party candidate

with hard-line conservative views.

But none of them talk much

about gender.

Instead, they are all running as

something more important

in this anti-incumbent year,

political outsiders.

共和党の女性が強そうだ。

例えばカリフォルニア。

HP社の元CEO

フィオリーナ氏が―

上院予備選挙で

先頭を走っている。

州知事予備選では

ホイットマン氏が有力。

eBay社の元CEOは選挙戦に

私財7,000万ドルを投入した。

ネバダの予備選挙でも

女性たちが最前線で戦い―

勝てばリード上院院内総務に挑む。

強いのはアングル氏。

銃を携行する

保守強硬派の候補者だ。

彼女たちの共通点は―

反現職ムードを追い風に

政界の部外者として戦っている点だ。

abcニュースシャワー"原油による人体への影響"

06/08/10　

These people swimming

in the oil-contaminated waters

of Gulf Shores, Alabama,

are making a mistake.

Crude oil is known to irritate

eyes, lungs and skin.

The fumes can be dangerous to

anyone with

heart and lung disease.

But the real risk isn't for

these swimmers.

It's for the people out in the Gulf

working on the cleanup every day.

Crude oil vapors can cause

a whole array of health problems:

Headaches, dizziness,

nausea, vomiting,

shortness of breath, cough.

But the real x-factor

in terms of danger

is the millions of gallons of

dispersants used in the Gulf.

The effects of the mix of oil and

dispersants on you and health

has never been studied.

We really don't know

what it's going to do

over even the short term,

let alone

the long term in the Gulf.

原油で汚染された海で

泳ぐ人がいるが やめるべきだ。

原油は目や肺や肌を刺激する。

気化すると心臓や肺にも危険だ。

本当に危険にさらされているのは

毎日 清掃している人々だ。

原油が気化したガスは―

頭痛やめまい

吐き気などを引き起こします。

だが原油より未知数なのは

何百万ガロンもの分散剤。

原油と混じると

どう影響するかは不明だ。

長期的な影響はもとより

短期的な影響さえわかっていません。

油が砂浜にも漂着

06/07/10　

There is tar on Pensacola's

sugar-white beaches,

bikini bathing

next to hazmat suits

and anger in the streets,

anger from beachcombers.

Disgusting.

Look at that,

that's disgusting, BP.

You want that in your backyard?

There is also confusion about

what to do.

Floridians are out in force

to protect their shore;

a bagful, a cupful,

a plastic-toyful at a time.

But the state wants to stop that

to spare beachgoers

minor skin irritation and

perhaps panic.

Essentially if you see the stuff,

let somebody

who has already been trained to

pick it up pick it up instead of you.

So far, the only sign of that oil

on these beaches is this tarry goo.

But that main oil slick is

just a mile or two offshore.

And Floridians are anxiously

wondering when it will hit,

and how badly it will tar

the image of a state

whose main product is itself.

砂浜にはタールが漂着

水着姿と防護服が並ぶ。

街では怒りの声。

浜にいる人も…。

こんなもの

誰も欲しくないでしょう。

対応に混乱も広がる。

海岸を守ろうと 多くの住民が

油をすくいに来ているが―

危険なのでやめるよう

州は呼びかけている。

訓練を受けている人に

任せてください。

現在 漂着しているのは

この程度の油だが―

巨大な油帯はもうすぐそこだ。

住民は いつ漂着して―

どれほど州のイメージを汚すか

懸念している。

隠されていた原油流出映像

06/03/10　

BP could see the oil pouring out

of the bottom of the ocean,

but publicly seemed to be

downplaying the hard reality.

Brian Ross obtained the video

BP refused to let us see

for 20 days. Brian.

Well, Diane, these new videos

show clearer than ever how BP,

with the apparent help of

the US Coast Guard,

kept the public in the dark

for weeks

about just how bad things were

beneath the surface.

Nine days after the explosion,

on May 1,

this still picture was the only

image the public was given

of what was happening

underwater:

A BP photograph of a broken pipe

spewing oil

released by the US Coast Guard.

Compare that to the video

the Coast Guard and BP had

on that day

but did not make public.

BP社は原油が噴出する様子を

知りながら軽く見せようとした。

彼らが20日間 隠してきた映像を

入手した。

映像を見れば分かるとおり

BPは沿岸警備隊と結託して―

海底のひどい状況を

何週間も公表しなかった。

事故から9日後の

5月1日の時点で―

公にされた海底の様子は

この写真だけだった。

BPが撮った流出現場の写真を

沿岸警備隊が公表したのだ。

この動画は両者が入手しながら

公表しなかったものだ。