１日１題リスニング：Remarks by the President Obama

04/27/202404/30/2024

Listening Test

Remarks by the President in a National Address to America’s Schoolchildren

1.The first Harry potter book was turned down twelve times before it came out.
2.Because of the many failures, Michael Jordan was able to achieve success.
3.Learning from failure is the key to success.
4. Even if you struggle with studying, you can still succeed with the support of others.

語彙のチェック

successful people：「成功した人」

reject：「断る」 turn down

be published：「本が出版される」 = come out

He was cut from his high school basketball team. 「彼はバスケットボールチームから外された」

hundreds of：「数百の」thousands of：「数千の」

over and over and over again：「何度も何度も」 i

that’s why：「というわけで」

you can’t let your failures define you. 失敗に自分を定義させてはいけません。

You have to let your failures teach you. 失敗から学ぶことを許さなければいけません。

You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.

次回は何を違うようにすべきかを教えてもらわなければいけません。

get into trouble：トラブルに巻き込まれる

act right：正しい行動をする・ちゃんとふるまう

get a bad grade：悪い成績をとる

Script

Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. J. K. Rowling’s – who wrote Harry Potter – her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.

全訳

アメリカの学校児童への大統領の演説

世界で最も成功した人々の中には、最も多くの失敗を経験した人々がいます。ハリー・ポッターシリーズを執筆したJ.K.ローリングもその一人で、彼女の最初のハリー・ポッターの本は12回も拒絶された後、ついに出版されました。マイケル・ジョーダンも同様で、彼は高校のバスケットボールチームから外されました。彼はキャリアの間に何百もの試合に負け、何千ものシュートを外しました。しかし、彼はかつてこう言いました。「私は何度も何度も失敗しました。そして、それが私が成功する理由です。」