Shiga governor to launch new party

The governor of Shiga Prefecture told a news conference on Tuesday that she will launch a new political party, Japan Future Party, with the aim of forming an anti-nuclear coalition for the upcoming election.



＜重要語句＞

governor（名詞）：知事

launch（動詞）：発足する

coalition（名詞）：連立

upcoming（形容詞）：来たる、次回の

Stalker learns victim's location from police

The 40-year-old stalker who stabbed his former girlfriend to death
and hanged himself in Kanagawa on Nov. 6 learned her new surname
and the city she lived in when a police officer read out the arrest
warrant last year.



＜重要語句＞

victim（名詞）：被害者

stab（動詞）：刺す

hang oneself：首つり自殺する

arrest warrant：逮捕状


who stabbed his former girlfriend to death and hanged himself
→　元交際相手の女性を刺殺した後、自殺した。

「stab + 人 + to death ＝　人を刺殺する」という表現です。銃で射殺
する場合は「stab」の箇所に「shoot」を入れます。

例）She shot him to death.　彼女は彼を射殺した。


learned her new surname and the city she lived in
→　彼女の新しい名字と居住地の市を知った。

President Obama reelected after taking most battlegrounds

US President Barack Obama was reelected on Tuesday as he swept most battleground states to beat Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a race that was not as close as many experts had predicted.



＜重要語句＞

battleground（名詞）：戦場、激戦区

sweep（動詞）：圧勝する

beat（動詞）：負かす

challenger（名詞）：挑戦者

predict（動詞）：予想する


◆　he swept most battleground states to beat Republican challenger
Mitt Romney
→　彼（＝オバマ大統領）は激戦州の大半を制し、共和党の対立候補ミット
・ロムニー氏に勝利した。

ここでの不定詞「to」は「結果」を意味しているため、前から訳し下ろす
ほうが自然です。


◆　in a race that was not as close as many experts had predicted.
→　多くの専門家が予測していたほどは僅差とならなかった選挙戦で。