ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 24/5/17(金)-トムさんとのトーク-熱中症特別警戒アラート 運用開始
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 24/5/17(金)-トムさんとのトーク-熱中症特別警戒アラート 運用開始
日本が熱中症特別警戒アラートを導入
Japan introduces special heatstroke alert.
-Today’s Takeaways 【ニュース解説に関連する英語表現】
大門さんが、熱中症特別警戒アラートについて解説しました。関連する表現を紹介します。
Japan’s warning system to prevent heat-related illness has begun operations for this year, as the country gears up for what could be another intensely hot summer.
gear up for -, 「～の準備をする、～に備える」 = get ready for -,
Right. For example, the company is gearing up for an upcoming auto show.
近い内に開催されるモーターショーに備えて準備している。
intensely hot summer
intensely 「強烈に、非常に、極めて」
scorching weather 「焼けつくような天候」、sizzling hot summer 「うだるように暑い夏」
Tom:
And there’s plenty more where those expressions came from. Just on this program, in fact, we’ve covered stories, featuring the words scorching and sizzling. Other adjectives for describing high, high heat include blazing, weltering and stifling.
焼け付くような、灼熱の
うだるような
息が詰まるような
heatstroke も外の言い方があるのですか？
Tom:
Sure. There are lots of expressions for heat related illnesses. According to places like the Mayo Clinic, heatstroke is a serious condition where your body temperature rises to at least 40 degrees.
メイヨー・クリニックは、アメリカ合衆国ミネソタ州ロチェスター市に本部を置く総合病院
Tom:
Then there are also things like heat exhaustion and heat stress which are slightly different from and less severe than heat stroke.
And one common alternative name for heatstroke is sunstroke. Then there are also things like heat exhaustion and heat stress which are slightly different from and less severe than heatstroke.
Right.
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The alert will be issued in prefectures where the so-called Wet Bulb Globe index is estimated at 35 or higher at all observation points.
Tom:
Extreme heat is increasingly becoming the big silent killer.
Tom:
Well, I’m a coach for my son’s baseball team. So I know how dangerous the heat can be. Heat stroke, like symptoms. show up a lot in these months, even in kids, you’d never expect to have problems. So when it comes to the heat, you can never be too careful.
We can’t wait to have you back.
See you next time.
-Today’s Takeaways
現代英語を学ぶうえで役に立つ知識を取り上げます。
【ニュース解説に関連する英語表現】
大門さんが、熱中症特別警戒アラートについて解説しました。関連する表現を紹介します。
gear up for … 「～の準備をする、～に備える」
intensely 「強烈に、非常に、極めて」
scorching weather 「焼けつくような天候」
sizzling hot summer 「うだるように暑い夏」
暑さが引き起こす健康障害を表す英語表現について、トムさんがいくつかの例を挙げています。
There are lots of expressions for heat-related illnesses. According to places like the Mayo Clinic, “heatstroke” is a serious condition where your body temperature rises to at least 40 degrees. One common alternative name for heatstroke is “sunstroke.” Then there are also things like “heat exhaustion” and “heat stress,” which are slightly different from and less severe than heatstroke.
