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＜英語サークル　E’s club　第４０回workshop　開催報告＞

 

みなさまこんにちは、E’s club幹事のKです。第４０回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

今回のマテリアルは前半をGさんに、後半をHさんに作成していただきました。

前半は「七夕」を、後半は「五輪選手の国籍変更」をそれぞれテーマとしたディスカッションを行います。

 

 

 

[今週のマテリアル]

＜FIRST HALF＞

 

こんにちは。Gです。

７月７日は七夕ですね。

子供の頃は節分には豆まきをし、ひな祭りにはお雛様を飾って、七夕には短冊に願い事を書いて、と

季節のイベントを楽しんできましたが大人になってからはめっきりそんな機会も減ってしまいました。

そこで今回は、七夕はじめ記念日やイベントにまつわるディスカッションを行いたいと思います。

 

 

①子供のころ短冊にどんな願い事を書きましたか？その願い事は叶いましたか？

What kind of wishes did you write on Tanzaku, a strip of paper in your childhood?

Did they come true?

 

 

②今なら短冊にどんな願い事を書きますか？

What will you write on Tanzaku now?

 

 

③日本の記念日や行事を英語で説明できますか？

Can you explain Japanese memorial day or event in detail in English?

 

・成人の日  Coming of Age Day

・節分  Bean-Throwing Festival /the day before a change in seasons

・花見  Cherry‐blossom viewing

・七夕  Star Festival

・お盆  The Buddhist festival of the dead

・お月見  Moon Viewing

・七五三  7-5-3  Seven-five-three festival

 

 

④新しい記念日または祝日を設けるとしたら、どんな日にしますか？

下記の２つのタイプの休日について、アイデアを出し合ってください。

i)  日本の記念日/祝日

ii) あなた独自の記念日

If you establish a new memorial day or national holiday, what kind of day you want it to be?

Exchange your ideas for the two types of holiday below.

i)  New memorial day or national holiday in Japan

ii) Your original memorial day

 

 

⑤世界の面白い記念日を知っていたら教えてください。

If you know any interesting memorial day, explain it to your group members.

 

 

＜LATTER HALF＞

 

後半のマテリアルを担当させていただくHです。

 

いよいよ、ロンドンオリンピックまであと1か月をきりました。冬季五輪ではフィギュアスケートが断然好きなのですが、夏季五輪は体操や水泳を中心にTVで応援したいと思います。

 

今回は五輪選手の国籍変更に関するトピックを選びました。開催国イギリスでは、国籍を変更してイギリス代表になった選手を“Plastic Brits”などと呼んでいるようです。

当日は(1)お好きな競技の代表選考基準と、(2)どの競技でも構いませんので、これまでに国籍を変更して五輪に出場した選手どなたか一人について、簡潔に説明できるようにご準備ください。

 

【Agenda】

Olympic nationality changes – What should the limits be? Where should we draw the line?

 

【Questions】

1. What is your favorite sport to watch and why?

Is it an Olympic sport? If not, what is the biggest event for your favorite sport?

 

2. What are the Olympic selection criteria of your favorite sport?

If your favorite sport is not a part of the Olympic Games, explain the selection criteria of the sport’s biggest competition instead.

 

3. Name an Olympic athlete who has switched his/her nationality.

From which nationality to which nationality did he/she change?

What was the main reason behind the switch?

What are some other reasons why athletes change their nationalities?

 

4. What are “legitimate” reasons for changing nationalities?

List all the reasons you have given at Q3.

Then discuss these reasons are acceptable or not.

 

参考記事と音声はこちら

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17372781

 

 

Jacques Rogge concerned at London 2012 nationality switches

By David Bond

BBC Sports Editor in Lausanne

 

The International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has spoken of his concerns at the growing trend of athletes switching nationality to cash in on the Olympic Games.

 

His comments came at the end of a two-day meeting of the IOC executive board on Wednesday which approved the applications of two foreign-born athletes – Cuban triple jumper Yamile Aldama and Germany cyclist Philip Hindes – to compete for Britain at this summer’s London Games.

 

Rogge said: “You have athletes who for absolutely legitimate reasons want to change nationality, because they get married, because they get a new job, because of studies.

 

“You have a number of athletes who switch nationality mainly because there is absolutely no support or money available at the level of the sports ministries, there is no way they can get grants.

 

“These athletes want to change nationalities on the proposal of other countries.

 

“It is not what I love the most but I understand the needs of the athletes who want to develop their skills and who sometimes have family and professional and family responsibilities.

 

“Then you have those athletes where there is support for them but they go to another country because there is a bigger gain to be made. Legally we cannot stop this but it does not mean we love it.

 

“I have reservations in the cases of the athletes who obviously don’t lack any support emanating from their sporting and government authorities and who still change nationality. We cannot oppose it because it is a matter of sovereignty but let me tell you frankly we do not love that.”

 

The debate over so-called ‘plastic Brits’ was reopened at last weekend’s World Indoor Athletics championships in Istanbul when UK Athletics performance director Charles Van Commenee selected American born Tiffany Porter to captain the British team.

 

She is one of a number of foreign born athletes who look set to compete for the British athletics team in London.

 

Asked specifically about the Porter case today Rogge added that he knew that in that situation the athlete qualified for British citizenship because her mother was born in Britain.

 

‘PLASTIC BRITS’ AT 2012

・Triple jumper Yamile Aldama , born in Cuba,

・400m runner Michael Bingham , born in the USA

・400m runner Shana Cox , born in the USA

・100m hurdles runner Tiffany Porter , born in the USA

・Long jumper Shara Proctor , born in Anguilla

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