Many activists have taken a stand against climate change by organizing
protests and speaking out in public forums.
多くの活動家たちは、デモを組織したり、公共のフォーラムで声を上げたり
することで、気候変動に対して立ち上がっています。
“stand” は名詞で使われる時は、「立場、態度、見解、姿勢」
などの意味を持つことがありますので、“take a stand” は「態度
を取る、立場を取る、見解を示す」などと言う時に使われます。
このフレーズは、特に政治や社会的な問題に対して、自分の意見を明確に
示すことを指します。
語源は不明ですが、19世紀に英語圏で使われ始め、現在も幅広い文脈
で使われています。
また、“stand” の後に続く前置詞で意味が変わってきます。
take a stand against は「～に反対の態度を取る」という意味
ですが、take a stand for とすると「～に賛成の態度を取る」
という意味になります。
「stndを使った例文」
● stand up for: 支援する、擁護する ● stand by: サポートする、助ける ● stand out: 目立つ、際立つ ● stand firm: 堅実な態度をとる、自分の信念に基づいて行動する ● stand trial: 審判を受ける、裁判に出る ● stand one’s ground: 自分のポジションを守る、立ち向かう ● stand on ceremony: 儀式にこだわる、礼儀にこだわる ● stand the test of time: 時間の試練に耐える、長続きする
「 take a stand 態度を示す 」習得・攻略
ネイティブのリアル 英語：
I admire Franklin for taking a stand on the abortion issue. He will receive a lot of criticism for his views!
学校で教わる英語：
I admire Franklin for defending his position on the abortion issue. He will receive a lot of criticism for his views!
ネイティブのリアル発音:
I admire Franklin fer taking a stand on the abortion issue. He’ll receive a lodda cridicism fer ’is views!
同義語、類義語
to defend one’s opinion regardless of the opposition.
For the second in our series about locally-run businesses, we meet Simon Winridge, co-founder of the hugely-successful Winridge Forest Railway Park. Welcome, Simon. Now, perhaps you can begin by telling us a little bit about how it all started.
<MAN>
Well, during the 1970s, my wife, Liz and I had just acquired 80 acres of sheep-farming land, and we decided to settle down and have children. Pretty soon we had a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Duncan. The place was wonderful for the kids: they particularly loved trains and gradually built up an enormous network of miniature railway track. I began to develop larger-scale models of locomotives but we didn’t think anything more of it until Q11I went on a trip to a theme park near Birmingham and decided we could do a much better job! So we set up a small one ourselves based on the miniature railway and Q12we opened to the public for just a month that year, 1984 – in July – our driest month – because our children said they didn’t want our guests to have amiserable, wet visit. I dealt with Park business and Liz carried on with the farm work. It soon became clear that we were onto a winner. We began to extend the railway track and lay it among more interesting landscape by planting trees, which in turn at tracted more wildlife, and by making cuttings through the rock. Nowadays, we’re open all year round and we’re pleased to say that Winridge is one of the most popular visitor attractions in the area – with 50,000 visitors a year – Q13a million and a half people have been through our doors since we opened.
<Multiple-Choice問題では以下の点を注意しましょう>
● 設問は音源の内容と同じ順序で出題されることが多い
● 文全体が言い換えられている
例：
選択肢：the weather was expected to be good
本文： our children said they didn’t want our guests to have amiserable, wet visit
Write the correct letter, A, B or C next to questions 1- 4 .
Write the appropriate letters A – C against questions 1 – 4 .
What does lecture say about …. ?
Choose your answers from the box and write the correct letter A – G next to questions 21 – 24 .
スクリプト― 答えになる箇所に下線が引いてあります。
All these visitors mean we have had to expand our operation and it’s now a truly
family concern. I’m near to retirement age so Q14 I only concern myself with
looking after the mechanical side of things – keeping the trains going.Q15Liz now
devotes all her energies to recruiting and supporting the large squadron of workers, which keep the place running smoothly. We’re really pleased that after some years away teaching, Q16Sarah has now returned to the park and makes sure the visitors are kept fed and watered, which keeps her pretty busy as you can imagine. Our son,
Q17Duncan. has been a stalwart of the park for the last ten years, taking over from me in the area of construction – and I’ll say a little bit more about that in a moment – and Q18his new wife, Judith, has also joined the team in charge of retail. That’s becoming a tremendous growth area for us – a lot of people want to buy souvenirs.
<Matching問題では以下の点を注意しましょう>
● 20秒～30秒の準備内に選択肢に先読みし、目を通しておく必要があります
● 設問は音源の内容と同じ順序で出題されることが多い
● 文全体が言い換えられている
例：
選択肢：engine maintenance
本文： mechanical side of things
選択肢： staffing
本文： recruiting and supporting the large squadron of workers,
● Form Completion （フォーム記入問題）
IELTSリスニングのフォーム記入問題は、音源を聞きながら「フォーム」の下線の穴埋め
をしていく形式です。
フォーム記入問題は、電話番号、住所、名前などの書き取りが多いです。
スクリプト― 答えになる箇所に下線が引いてあります。
<WOMAN>
So have you finished your development of the site for the moment?
<MAN>
Not at all! We’re constantly looking for ways to offer more to our visitors. The railway remains the central feature and there”s now 1.2 kilometres of the line laid but we’d like to lay more. Because of the geology of the area, our greatest problem is digging tunnels. But we’re gradually overcoming that. We’re also very pleased with a new installation ofQ19the Go-Kart arena which is 120 square metres in area. Again the problem is the geology; we had to level the mounds on the track for safety reasons. Q20We wanted to enable 5-12 year olds to use the go-karts. And the main attraction here is the Formula 1 Kart. We’ve known fights to break out over who gets it! And then finally to our most recent development which is the landscaped …
Hanson didn’t win the election, so now he’s a lame duck. Nothing will get accomplished in the next few months!
学校で教わる英語：
Hanson didn’t win the election, so now he’s an official who has no reason to perform well because he didn’t get re-elected for the next term. Nothing will get accomplished in the next few months!
ネイティブのリアル発音:
Hanson didn’ win the alection, so now ’e’s a lame duck. Nothing’ll ged accomplished ’n the nex’ few munts!
同義語、類義語
an official who has no reason to perform well because he or she didn’t get re-elected
