PBS NewsHour March 23, 2023
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[00:00]　今日の番組内容

[00:31] And Black farmers struggle to maintain their land in the face of structural racism [* 以前の番組に出てきました ] and economic headwinds.

[02:18]★今日のおすすめ★　TikTok　政治的逆風と利用者の声　リポートのあと専門家に聞く

[05:16] Chew pushed back, emphasizing TikTok's Project Texas plan [* 以前の番組に出てきました ] , which puts the American company Oracle in control of U.S. data and content.

[03:20] The grout just perfectly matches the countertops, and I'm just loving the entire vibe [* vibe = an atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing 雰囲気 ].

[06:48] It almost feels like, if you can't beat them, cancel them. [* to cancel = to kill ; to destroy]

[07:41] From one day to the next, [* = in the span of a day (wiktionary) わずか一日で] if it's gone, you said your income would be cut in half. Then how quickly do you think you could even make up that money switching over to another app?

[07:54] I can't just grow an Instagram following [* following = a group of followers ] bigger, a YouTube following bigger.

[08:12] But his new career may be built on a foundation that's about to give way [* to give way = to collapse].

[12:49] So whatever protections are put into place, I would hope that they would have a separate algorithm that is used in the United States that is not beholden to a Chinese agenda. [* = 思惑。押し進めようとしていること。やろうとしていること。ねらい。意図。活動目標。]

[14:48]　今日のその他のニュース

[19:41]　自閉症児童の増加　専門家に聞く　診断法の改善、パンデミックの影響など

[25:09] And I would be worried about kids who are put through the gauntlet [* gauntlet = a series of difficult or trying experiences ] faster to try to catch them up. I think, if we follow their developmental lead, and progress them through growth and personal achievement at their own pace, that will get better outcomes.

[27:06]★今日のおすすめ★　ユダヤ人差別による事件が急増　現状・背景・対策を専門家に聞く

[28:36] It's now just common course to use antisemitic tropes about great replacement theory [* great replacement theory = white replacement theory = A conspiracy theory based on white supremacist ideology that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people through the immigration of visible minorities and demographics (wiktionary). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement] , about who controls Congress, or who controls Wall Street, who is responsible for COVID, and on and on.

[28:49] In a world in which conspiracy theories are sort of the coin of the realm [* coin of the realm = something valued or used as if it were money in a particular sphere] , antisemitism, the oldest conspiracy theory, has new life.

[29:05] When the former president of the United States feels free to use the kind of language we wouldn't want our children to use or, to be honest, when we see hardened anti-Zionist [* 反ユダヤ主義者 Zionist < Zionism = A political movement that supports the maintenance and preservation of the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland, originally arising in the late 1800s with the goal of reestablishing a Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine] activists on college campuses openly, aggressively and almost gleefully intimidating Jewish students, something is broken in our society.

[33:00]　黒人農家　歴史的な差別と続く構造的人種差別

[34:52] JOHN BOYD JR., President, National Black Farmers Association: We have clearly been dumped on [* to dump on = to treat disrespectfully] worse than any other race in this country by our own federal government.

[35:44] But lawsuits from white farmers, claiming reverse discrimination [* = Discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, especially when resulting from policies established to correct discrimination against members of a minority or disadvantaged group. 逆差別], held up the program.

[40:27] Most of those people that settled here were freed men.[* to free = to make someone free from slavery 奴隷制度から解放する ]

[41:40] I have got a little piece of a home. I'm satisfied. Had to move some hurdles out of the way, but I am making a go of it. [* to make a go of = to succeed in doing (something) 成功する。何とかやっていく。]

[42:20]★今日のおすすめ★　新型コロナの現状　コロナ後遺症など　専門家に聞く

[43:13] And she writes the very informative Substack called Your Local Epidemiologist. [* https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/]

[45:51] I think the last statistics was about 90 percent of deaths are among those over 65 years old; 96 percent of hospitalizations are among old adults, older adults, with at least one comorbidity, and because, again, their immune systems are just taxed. [* to tax = 重い負担をかける。重い負荷をかける]

[47:36] There's about 300 clinical trials right now, and the results are starting to trickle in. [* コロナ後遺症に効果があるとされる医薬品] For example, we see metformin, which is a very cheap drug. It reduces long COVID about 40 percent. Paxlovid reduces it a bit as well, maybe about 25 percent. So there is good news on the horizon. But we need more answers.

[48:08]　ベラルーシの反体制派指導者へのインタビュー

[51:32] And does winning mean a color revolution? [* color revolution = volutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance. (wiktionary) ] Does it mean regime change?

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