CBS NewsBreak 4
CBS ニュースブレイク 4

Nobuhiro Kumai

Stephen Timson

はじ め にこのテキストはアメリカの３大ネットワークのひとつ、CBSの看板ニュース報道番組“CBS Evening News”と、朝の情報番組“CBS This Morning”の中で取り上げられたニュースを収録したものです。これらの番組では時々刻々と変化する社会情勢や様々な事件などが報道されますが、本テキストではそうした生々しいニュースというよりも、最新のトレンド、健康やライフスタイル、ハイテク、経済、ポップカルチャー、エンターテインメントなどの日常的な話題を取り上げ、今アメリカで何が起こっているのか、何が問題になっているのか、人々の興味関心は何なのかなどについて紹介しています。個性豊かなアンカーや記者たちが様々な話題についてレポートしているため、英語を外国語として学んでいる学習者にとっても、たいへん興味深いものがあります。本書はその中から特に日本人英語学習者にとって身近で親しみやすく、アメリカ人の生活や文化を直接反映しているニュースで、比較的放映時間の短いコンパクトなニュースを厳選しました。その中には現在の日本の社会や事象が扱われている素材が含まれており、日本や日本文化がアメリカ人にどのように受け止められているかを垣間見ることができます。
IT技術の急速な進展のおかげで、ニュース素材はネットを通してスマートフォンやコンピューター上で簡単に視聴できるようになりました。本書の場合、ストリーミング形式での配信ですので、手元の機器には保存することはできませんが、ネットにつながっていればいつでもどこからでも、ニュースを視聴することができます。学習する際には映像をヒントにしながら英語を聞いてその内容を理解することが第１の目標となりますが、その内容を十分理解したあとで、ニュースの音声（またはスピードを少し遅くした音声）に合せて「シャドーイング」を行うことによって、英語の音声面の強化をはかることもめざしています。アンカーやレポーターたちは限られた時間内にできるだけ多くの情報を盛り込もうとしているため、１分間に150語から200語程度の速さで話しています。スピードが速い
ため、英語を外国語として学んでいる学習者がそれと同じように真似てシャドーイングするのにはかなり無理がありますが、本テキストでは最新の話速変換技術を用いて、生の素材を生かしながらそのスピードを少し遅くした音声や動画も併せて提供しています。ニュースに登場する人々の英語には生の感情がそのまま込められていますので、それをくりかえし練習することによって、英語のリスニング能力を高めるとともに、英語特有の強弱のリズムやイントネーションをぜひ体感してください。また、各ユニットの最後には理解したニュースについて、「あなたならどう思いますか、どうしますか？」というように、話題を自分の立場に置き換えて考える活動が用意されています。多量のインプットに加えていくらかのアウトプットをすることによって、学習した言語項目を使いながら英語を身につけることができるようになっています。ニュースを理解するだけにとどまらず、様々な話題について自ら考え、それを英語で発表できる力をつけていただければ幸いです。

Nobuhiro Kumai & Stephen Timson

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Japan: Unusual Rental Universe–You Can Even Rent a Family
現代日本におけるレンタルサービスの世界

Japan / Society

6Is Coffee the Secret to a Longer Life?
コーヒーの効用

Wellness / Trend

Lost in Translation: How China is Cracking
Down on Poor English Translations
中国の英語標識に見られる誤訳

Language

Lack of Sleep Costs Americans Billions ofDollars Each Year
寝不足によるビジネスへの悪影響

Lifestyle / HealthYour Smartphone is Making You a Workplace
Slacker
仕事中のスマホ使用がもたらす弊害

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Business / Social Media

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Health / Lifestyle

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Business / Activism

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Do Happy People Live Long?
幸せな人は長生き？

Selling Charity
寄付して利益を上げる新しいビジネスモデル

The Power of Music: Using Music to Help
Unlock Alzheimer’s Patients’ Memories
記憶を呼び覚ます音楽の力Music / Wellness

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A Stitch in Time:Teen Turns Thrift Store Finds
into Trendy Clothing for Homeless
仕立て直した古着でホームレスを支援する十代の若者 Fashion /Activism

How Microfibers in Clothes are Polluting OurOceans
洗濯で排出される超極細繊維による海洋汚染

Environment

True Meaning of Christmas Found in Family’s
Magical Reunion
思いがけない再会にみるクリスマスの本当の意味

Holiday / Family

The Joy of Cleaning:The Life-Changing Magicof Tidying Up
世界に広がる人生を変える片付けの極意

Lifestyle / Trend

High Schooler’s “Sit With Us” App Tackles
Lunchtime Bullying
高校生が考案した昼食時のいじめをなくすアプリ Social Media / Society5967748189

Japan Battles Population Decline with Robots
人口減の日本を支援する人型ロボットの開発

Society / Tech

Please Come In: Brick-and-Mortar Stores
Looking for New Ways to Lure Customers
ネットストアに対抗する実店舗の営業秘策

Business / Trend

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Japan: Unusual Rental Universe –You Can Even Rent a Family

1 Before You Watch
Look at the title and photos and then answer the questions.
1. What do you think the news title means?
2. What kind of rental services are available in theabove photos?

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2 Word Match
Match each word or phrase with its definition below.
() 1. The post office charges an extra fee for registered mail.

() 2. If you are married, you must fill in your spouse’s name on this housing() 3. Women used to stay at home to take care of their children, but that’s no 		() 4. He told everyone he was a famous movie star, but he was just a fake.

() 5. Staff at this Michelin-starred restaurant obsess over the smallest details.

() 6. His parents strongly disapproved of his plan to be an actor.

() 7. I spent my summer vacation hanging out with some old friends.

() 8. The bakery lost many loyal customers when they changed the recipe forapplication form.

longer the norm.

Everything must be perfect.

making its best-selling apple pie.

a. someone or something that appears to be real or genuine, but is notb. someone who is married; a husband or wifec. to think that somebody/something is not good or suitabled. something (such as a behavior or way of doing something) that is usual orexpected
e. to spend time relaxing, talking, or doing something with (someone)f. the amount of money that is paid for a particular job or service
g. continuing to use the products or services of a particular businessh. to keep thinking about someone or something too much

3 Getting the Gist (First Viewing) [Time 02:39]
Watch the news and choose the right word in each statement.
1. In Japan, there is an unusual rental service which you can use to rent a ( club /family / team ) member for a personal situation or social event.

2. People at a pet rental shop in Tokyo feel ( relaxed / stressed / worried ) when
they spend time with the dogs they rent.

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CBS NewsBreak 44 Getting into Details (Second Viewing) [Time 02:39]

1-03~05

Watch or listen to the news again. Fill in the blanks and answer the questions.
[1-03]

Anthony Mason: Having someone stand

stand in as ~～として代役を務める

in as [a] friend or loved

one isn’t just a Hollywood
fantasy
5anymore.

Hollywood
fantasyAs

Adriana Diaz shows us,

people in Japan are now
paying for imposters.

Adriana Diaz: Ryuichi Ichinokawa runs something called a “RentalFamily” company, and business 1( 		10). For a fee, he and his staff will impersonate		

your parents, your boss, even your spouse.

Diaz: Have

youdiscovered?

ever

現実にはありえない空想の世界を描いた
ハリウッド映画のこと The Convenient
Groom (2016)などがある

imposter（他人になりすます）替え玉

impersonate～になりすますbeen

Ryuichi Ichinokawa: Never.
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Diaz: Never?
Ichinokawa: Um.
Diaz: It might sound strange, but Ichinokawa’s business

was immortalized in a 2012 documentary called“Rent a Family Inc.” He says his 2( 		20) navigate the tricky norms of Japanese society.

Diaz: Why is there 3( 		fake family members?                 ) for renting“The Japanese obsess over etiquette, manners

and appearances a lot
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more

thanAmericans

notviolating

immortalized

不朽の名声が与えられているInc.

株式会社

Incorporatedの略

navigate thetricky ~扱いの難しい～をうまく切り抜ける、渡っていく

do,” he said.   “For myclients,protocolisimportant.”
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extremely

protocol礼儀作法、慣習

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He recently posed as a pregnant woman’s father,30

because her real dad disapproved of her engagement.
She says he saved the marriage.

Comprehension Check

1. [ T / F ] Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s impersonating business has not been very successful.
2. [ T / F ] Clients of Ichinokawa’s company can rent a fake family member to avoid
breaking complicated Japanese social rules.
3. [ T / F ] Ichinokawa claims that Japanese people are less obsessed with manners
and etiquette than Americans.
[1-04]
Diaz: Acrosstown, another rental’s in progress. For 10

dollars an hour, a proudly un-hip, middle-aged guywill let you vent, and offer his worldly wisdom. This

35time, self-proclaimed “old fogey” Takanobu Nishimotois serving up life lessons. Today, it’s 4( 				Nishimotosees        ).

不満やストレスを発散させてくれる

worldly wisdom

自称「おじん」

over-the-hill“It’s because I’m a total

最盛期を過ぎた人

stranger that clients canunderrated  ),” he told us. “They’ll say,

I can’t breathe a word of this to anyone I know.”45

let you ventself-proclaimed“old fogey”

the-hill” is underrated.

unload even 5( 		ださい、時代遅れの世渡りの知恵clients

almost daily, proving “over-40

un-hip（本来はもっと評価されていいにもかかわらず） 過小評価されている

Comprehension Check

4. [ T / F ] A middle-aged man who will listen to your problems can be hired for free.
5. [ T / F ] Takanobu Nishimoto thinks clients come to him for advice because they
don’t know him.
6. [ T / F ] Nishimoto’s clients let go of stress by sharing secrets with him which theywould never tell to their friends or family.
[1-05]
Diaz: In Japan’s unusual rental universe, sometimes theservices are provided 6( 		of two.

), instead

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At Tokyo’s “Dog Heart”

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shop, patrons plunk downplunk down cash

oodles of poodles, beagles,oodles of ~現金をポンと出す

cash to hang out with

たくさんのand a golden retriever
named Rika.

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Yukiko Tsuchiya. “So, it’s simpler to rent from acompany.”

Diaz: Delivery worker Yoshiro Yamaguchi is one of her most60

loyal customers. He 8( 		each way every month to get his canine fix.

)

canine ﬁx

犬による癒し“Playing with dogs is relaxing,” he told us. “It gives

me energy to 9( 		65Forthethelovelorn          ).”

pet-deprived

and the status-obsessed,
andtheconfused… in Japan, atleast… you can 10(         ).

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ペットが飼えないstatus-obsessed

身分や地位・立場にこだわるlovelorn

失恋で痛手を受けた

For CBS This Morning Saturday, Adriana Diaz, Tokyo.
Comprehension Check

7. [ T / F ] The owner of the shop says that Japanese people prefer borrowing dogs orcars from their friends to renting them from a company.
8. [ T / F ] Some people who rent dogs from the Dog Heart shop become loyal
customers, and travel long distances to use the service.
9. [ T / F ] The rental services reported in the story are especially useful for people
who have no pets or are worried about personal problems or social rules.

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5 Summary

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Fill in the blanks. The first two letters of each word are already given.
Having someone 1( st) in as a friend or loved one isn’t justsomething you see in movies. People in Japan are now 2( pa)for impostors. Ryuichi Ichinokawa runs a “Rental Family” company. For a3( fe), he and his staff will impersonate your parents, yourboss, even your 4( sp). His business is popular because it

helps clients navigate the sometimes complicated 5( noJapanese society. He says the Japanese 6( ob5) of) over etiquette,manners and appearances. His clients are very concerned about not breaking
7( pr) concerning etiquette or appropriate behavior. Anotherrental agency offers advice from an un-hip, middle-aged guy who will listen to10

your troubles and offer suggestions, including dating advice. The service ispopular because he is a complete 8( st). Customers can tell even

their darkest secrets to him without worrying someone will know. People caneven rent 9( do). Some Japanese are 10( unabout borrowing from a friend, so it’s simpler to rent from a company.

)

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Useful Tip

使役動詞の have
ニュースの最初に Having someone stand in as… とありますが、この have は「have+ 目的語 + 動詞の原形」で「誰かに何かをさせる」という使役の意味で用いられています。
では、他の使役動詞の make、let、get と意味的にどのように異なるのでしょうか。

1. I’ll make him attend the meeting.（強いて行かせる場合）
2. I’ll let him attend the meeting.（彼の望み通りに行かせてあげる場合）
3. I’ll have him attend the meeting.（手配したり頼んだりして行かせる場合）
4. I’ll get him to attend the meeting.（説得してそうしむける場合）
本文の使役動詞 have は「to arrange for someone to do something」の意味で、「（手配して）誰かに何かをしてもらう」と考えるのがよいでしょう。

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6 Conversation in Action

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Put the Japanese statements into English. Then listen to check your answers.
Mari: Look at this website. You can rent all kinds of stuff.
Leo:Wow! 1 For		（ 料 金を払えば彼らが身代わりになってくれるんだね）

Mari: It’s a low-key service for people who 2at social events.

Leo:a family member!			         			       （正しい礼儀や慣習にこだわる）

This ad says you can vent or get worldly wisdom and life lessons  3		for just 1,000 yen an hour.				     （ 全く見 知らぬ人から）
Mari: You can even 4									Leo:!

（ 一 緒に気ままな時間を過ごすための動物を借りる）

That’s amazing! In Japan you can rent anything!

Word Help low-key = top secret: something very confidential

7 Critical Thinking
Discuss the following questions with your partner or group. Give reasons to support
your opinions.
Understanding the News
1. What service does the Rental Family company provide for customers?
2. Why is there such a high demand for this service?
3. What other types of rental services are available?

What Would You Do?
1. What do you think of the family rental service described in the news story?
Would you ever use this kind of service? If yes, what family member orperson(s) would you rent?

2. Have you ever rented anything? What did you rent and why?
3. What other types of rental services would you use?

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