【スカイプ英会話】レッスン用記事：刀剣乱舞の一期一振ようやくゲット！、ドラクエウォーク始めました、デスノートのRyuk、質問など
2019/09/22
この記事は、英語のスカイプレッスン用に作ったものです。私がスチュワート先生（アメリカ人）に説明するときに使う予定です。
目次
刀剣乱舞 一期一振（Ichigo Hitofuri）ようやくゲット！
Finally, I got the Japanese sword Ichigo Hitofuri, 一期一振.
Its name means "One in a Lifetime".
We talked about it before.
Dragon Quest Walk（ドラクエ・ウォーク）始めた！
Dragon Quest Walk（ドラゴンクエスト・ウォーク）is an augmented reality (AR) mobile game for iOS and Android devices.
Dragon Quest (video game) Wikipedia
デスノート：DEATH NOTE
We talked about it in last lesson.
This is the Shinigami Ryuk （死神リューク）.
Death Note（Wikipedia English）
Questions
"How the hurricane cone of uncertainty can be a cone of confusion, and what to do about it"
The current cone is elegant in its simplicity and is phone-friendly, which is why it’s the main piece of hurricane-forecast information people search out on websites and apps.
Heart rates elevate for people “in the cone” of a threatening hurricane, of course. But how are people outside the cone supposed to feel?
Over the years, the answer to this question has changed.
The technical definition underpinning the size of the cone has steadily made the question, “Am I in the cone?” in essence, invalid.
Now, while the shrunken cone graphic technically matches the book definition, it is misleading to those who just want to know if they are in the threat zone.
The wider cone worked in the old days because significant hurricanes near the coast are almost always better forecast than weak storms that meander around in the middle of the ocean.
The National Weather Service deploys all of its resources to make the best forecast for hurricane landfalls that science will allow.
That means that forecasts for a storm’s landfall generally have less error, usually by a lot — so hurricanes approaching land usually track near the center of the cone.
When the cone was big, there was a decent chance the worst weather would occur inside the cone’s boundaries.
The common-sense understanding of the cone as a threat or impacts zone generally worked.
The Washington Post： How the hurricane cone of uncertainty can be a cone of confusion, and what to do about it
"Hurricane Dorian survivors spared by Humberto still face an uncertain future"
- Haitians concerned about their safety following storm -
Although Silien says she's grateful for how she's been treated in the shelters, she does not want to stay in Nassau.
She, and other evacuees ofHaitian descent have described the area as unwelcoming after a round of posts on Whatsapp singled out the community following the storm.
Odiles and Agnes Pierre escaped from Abaco with their four children and are now staying with a friend of his boss as they wait to get out of Nassau.
"We don't want to live in Nassau, because few people said that, in videos and other, we should kill all Haitians because they caused the hurricane that destroyed Abaco," Agnes Pierre told CNN.
Some of the messages cheered the destruction of primarily Haitian communities like the Mudd and made death threats and claims that the hurricane was a punishment for a belief in voodoo.
"I don't want to get killed. I been through so much, we survived from it now ... I don't want to come here and just die," the mother told CNN.
When speaking to CNN, many local Bahamians repeatedly referred to the Haitians as "illegal," explaining there are deep-seated tensions between the groups.
But government officials have said repeatedly that all Dorian victims will be treated equally when it comes to disaster relief.
The Pierre family doesn't trust that promise and wants to get their kids out of The Bahamas.
"I would like for us to get to the states, until the island comes back, so at least my kids can go to school and feel comfortable," Odiles Pierre said.
However, the chance of getting a US visa quickly are slim as they lost important documents during the storm that also left them without jobs.
CNN：Hurricane Dorian survivors spared by Humberto still face an uncertain future
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- definitions -
WhatsApp：freeware , cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Facebook（Wikipedia）
to single out：to treat or to speak about (someone or something in a group) in a way that is different from the way one treats or speaks about others
【結果報告】実際に話したのはコレ
※ここからは、9/21に追記した部分となります。
今回、スチュワート先生は質問の項目（Questions）で挙げたハリケーンの話題にえらく乗り気で、レッスンの約半分がハリケーンの話題になりました。でも質問内容にはかすりもせず（苦笑）。
記事の内容を一通り説明したのですが、けっこう難しかった。
科学の発展により、ハリケーンの進路の予測精度が上がってきており、そのため予想進路図の円と軌跡が昔よりスリムになってきているそうです。
そして予想進路図の範囲を外れている場所は安全と勘違いしてしまう視聴者が増えており、被害に合う危険性が高まってきているというのが記事の趣旨でした。
日本のように、暴風域の円などを足せばいいんじゃないかな？とワタシ的には思った次第。
それ以外では、台風やハリケーンの目に入ったときの静寂が面白い！というスチュワート先生のお話がありました。確かにドラマティックな体験ですよねー。
あとは刀剣乱舞の一期一振の話をちょっとして、デスノートの頭脳戦の話で盛り上がりました。
前回のレッスンではじめてデスノートを知ったというスチュワート先生のために、ちょこっとだけあらすじ紹介や、頭脳戦とはどんな状況を言っているのかを説明しました。
デスノートで繰り広げられる頭脳戦と、死神リュークの見た目に、スチュ先生大興奮！で「なにそれ！おもしろい！！」と大盛りあがりでした。
なので、Netflixで新しいバージョンのデスノートが見れますぜ！とも紹介しておきました。
さて、リアル都合により3週間ほどスカイプ英会話はお休みです。
スカイプ英会話の予習記事の公開は、それ以降になります。
ではまた！
photo：dog-cat
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