第二回目のビジネス英語「お試しクラス」を以下のように開催します。
◆日時： 8月16日（木）19:00~20:30
◆場所： ワイズアカデミー品川教室
◆費用： 1,000円
◆人数： 最大5名
内容はオバマ大統領のWeekly Addressにします。
冒頭のyoutube動画と以下の原文をご参照ください。
なお、私の過去のオバマ演説の解説記事は、こちらをクリックしてご覧ください。
なぜ今回は、教材を「オバマ演説」にしたのか？
なぜ初級向けのVOA（ボイス・オブ・アメリカ）にしないのか？
それは前回VOAを使った際に、上級の方からは「通常のスビードよりも遅いことで逆に分かりにくい」というコメントをいただいたからです。
私の現在のイメージですが早朝クラス＝初中級、夜のクラス＝中上級、というクラス分けも面白いかな、と頭に浮かびました。
しばらくは試行錯誤が続くかと思いますが、より充実した内容を目指し、皆さんのニーズにあったものにしたいためですので、どうかご容赦ください。
オバマ大統領の毎週の演説は、時事問題を理解していくのにピッタリであると思います！
急なお知らせで申し訳ありませんが、ご興味のあるかたはぜひご参加ください。
ご連絡は以下までお願いいたします。
ワイズアカデミー（通信制高校・英語教室）
108-0074港区高輪3-25-27-504
大森善郎
info@shinagawa-english.com
0120-169-155
Hi, everybody. Today, I want to talk about something that most of you know already 窶骭 it’s hot outside. It’s really hot. And if this feels worse than normal, that’s because it is. We just found out that the month of July was the warmest month on record 窶骭 warmer than any other month since we began keeping track more than a century ago.
But the heat is just half the story. We’re also suffering through one of the worst droughts in over 50 years. More than a fifth of this country is experiencing what we call “extreme” or “exceptional” drought 窶骭 with states like Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas getting hit harder than most.
That’s bad news for a lot of people, but it’s especially tough on our farmers. Right now, half of the corn crop in America is in poor or very poor condition. Cattle farmers are struggling to feed their animals. Many folks are seeing their livelihoods dry up in front of their eyes. And if we don’t get relief soon, Americans everywhere will start feeling the pinch, with higher prices on grocery store shelves all across the country.
We can’t let that happen. That’s why, at my direction, the Department of Agriculture, led by Secretary Vilsack, has been working with other agencies across the federal government to make sure we’re doing everything we can to help farmers and ranchers fight back and recover from this disaster. Already, we’ve given farmers across 32 states access to low-interest emergency loans.
We’ve opened up more federal land for grazing. And we’re working with crop insurance companies to give farmers a short grace period on their premiums, since some families will be struggling to make ends meet at the end of the year.
This past week, we went even further 窶骭 announcing an additional $30 million to help get more water to livestock and restore land affected by the drought. We’re making it easier for even more farmers, ranchers and businesses to get emergency loans. And the Department of Transportation is helping more truck drivers deliver supplies to states that need them the most.
This is an all-hands-on-deck response, and we’ll be doing even more in the coming weeks to help families and communities that are suffering right now.
But my Administration can’t do it alone. Congress needs to do its part, too. They need to pass a farm bill that not only helps farmers and ranchers respond to these kinds of disasters, but also makes necessary reforms and gives them some certainty year-round. That’s the single best way we can help rural communities right now, and also in the long-term.
So call your Members of Congress, write them an email, and tell them that now is the time to come together and get this done. Too many Americans are suffering right now to let politics get in the way. Let’s help farmers, ranchers and business owners recover. Let’s make sure that families who already stretch their budgets to the limit don’t have to pay more for groceries this fall.
In the meantime, I’ll keep doing everything I can to help respond to this disaster. Because at times like these, it doesn’t matter if you live in Des Moines or Detroit 窶骭 we’re Americans first. And if we look out for each other, we’ll come out of this stronger than before.
Have a great weekend, everybody. And stay cool.
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