ペリカン英語日記

英語ペラペラじゃない私と日本語ペラペラな英語人との国際結婚。英語力アップの為に日々ゆる〜く勉強中。そんな毎日の中、耳にする英単語やイディオムを書き留めておきます。

単語ちゃん、あなたの事覚えてないかもだけど、またいつか会う日まで〜👋😅

(注)これは4月8日(水)の話です。

ロックダウン中、『ん?今日は火曜日?水曜日?』と、たまに曜日が分からなくなる今日この頃です😅。

 

以前は、食事の準備をしながらラジオを聞いたりしていましたが、ロックダウンが始まってからは自宅勤務の方が居るので、静かにしなくちゃね〜と、控えていました。

今日はイヤホンをして、久しぶりにラジオを聞いてみよう!

 

ラジオはちょうどプレスコンファレンスのライブ中継中でした。

その内容はこちら👉https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UOyHC8RTI5E&t=1841s

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なんですが、下記はその内容の字幕を一部(28:19〜30:38)を抜粋したものです。

 

Ms. Crerar (Daily Mirror):

The data and the science suggests that it’s too soon to say. But Mr. Pires was talking just days ago about green shoots and the begging of signs of the curve flattening was that premature.


Professor Powis (NHS England National Medical Director):

I think what I said last week was that the green shoots were occurring in some of the early things that we were seeing such as the reduction in transport, the reduction in footfall that we described in these press conferences, which recognizes that the British public is complying with instructions and as we’ve said the messages we need to continue complying with those instructions on social distancing. So those green shoots over time translating to benefit in a reduction in the number of infections. A reduction in the number of hospitalizations and then sadly, finally into a reduction in the number of deaths. And I think as you have heard from Angela at the start of this press conference we are starting to see a plateauing of infections and hospitalizations. And if we had not taken those measures if people had not complied with them we would not be seeing that, we would be seeing an exponential curve and a set of graphs that were steeply rising. So it’s we are beginning to see the benefits I believe but the really critical thing is that we have to continue following instructions. We have to continue following social distancing. Because if we don’t the virus will start to spread again and if it starts to spread again, Then in a week or twos time we will be seeing a set of figures which are not going in the direction that we want to see them. We will see increased pressure on the NHS. We will see increased numbers of deaths. So this is not the time to become complacent. It’s not the time to think that the job has been done. This is the time to continue everybody continuing whether you’re me whether you’re the member the public frankly whether you’re a football team to continue to keep with social distancing and ensure that the hard work and the hardship that we’ve that we are that everybody is no doubt encountering leads to those benefits. That’s a simple message today and you’ve heard it time and time again and there are no apologies for giving it green.

 

と、この
This is not the time to become complacent.

の部分を聞いて『あ…』と。

以前調べてるよ、この単語…でも、意味が思い出せない…😓。

 

"complacent" 

前にも調べたこの単語😓。

👉(complacent - ペリカン英語日記

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この単語だけではないんですが、悲しいかな、単語の意味を調べた事は覚えているのに、その意味は覚えていないと云う…😓。

忘れた頃にポロッと現れるんだよね。

 

他にも幾つか分からない単語があったので、次またいつか出会うかもしれないので、ついでに書き留めておきます。

 

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