中年英語好き

名前:
場所: 町田市, 東京都, Japan

50代を目前に控えた中年サラリーマンです。中学・高校の英語教師の資格を取りましたが、バブル景気もあって一般企業に就職。ところが、なんと海外部門に配属され、本気で使える英語を身につけなければならなくなりました。その後、NY駐在も経験させてもらい、英語がライフワークの一つになりました。年男の年頭を機に、ブログを使って毎週の出来事を簡単な英語で紹介することにしました。自分の勉強にもなりますし、ブログをご覧の皆様のお役に立てれば幸いです。

2015年2月18日水曜日

主な出来事  2月9日-14日


Politics


人質事件を検証

Validation of the hostage incident

Government held the first meeting to verify the correspondence
of Japanese hostage incident by Islamic country.


民法改正で要綱案

Outline proposal for Civil Code amendment

Legislative Congress Civil Code Group understands the outline proposal that the provisions
of covenants that seller presents consumers are newly established and that
unreasonable covenants that harm the consumers' interests are invalid.


首相が施政方針演説

Policy speech by Prime Minister

He positioned "Agricultural cooperative reform" and "the security legislation development"
as "revolution since the post-war", but didn't touch the topics of
"Right for collective self-defence" and "amendment of the constitution".


安保法整備に着手

Started the development of security legislation

Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito embarked on the development
of security legislation in light of tolerance for exercising
right of collective self-defense.


Business

農協改革案を決定

The agricultural cooperative reform plan was determined

Government and the ruling party decided the agricultural cooperatives reform proposal
that reviews the organizational structure of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives.


東電と中部電が提携

Partnership between TEPCO and Chubu Electric

Both parties agreed a comprehensive alliance of thermal power generation business and
founded the equally owned new company in April.
They aim to further efficiency of management.

G20がテロ資金遮断

Terrorism funds cut off by G20

Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting adopted a joint statement
to unite for blocking financing to terrorists.


スカイマーク赤字

Skymark deficit

Skymark, who is in the midst of civil rehabilitation proceedings,
announces the net loss of 13.6 billion yen.


World

人質女性の死亡確認

Hostage woman death was confirmed.

President Obama announced that it has confirmed the death of American women
who had become a hostage of Islamic country.

He sent a resolution to the US Congress calling for the approval of the use of
force against the Islamic country.
Its period is three years and it would be the pave to ground war.
UN Security Council adopted a resolution aimed at cutoff the funding source
to such as Islamic country.


ナッツ事件判決

Nuts incident ruling

The former Vice President of Korean Air sentenced a judgment of one year imprisonment.
She ordered to turn back the aircraft because of anger against a cabin crew's
manner of serving nuts.  It is a sin of aviation security law violations.



ウクライナ停戦合意

Ukraine ceasefire agreement

Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France reached a cease-fire agreement
in the four countries summit, which goes into effect from the 15th.


Japan

小保方氏に処分判断

Disposal decision on Ms.Obokata

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research announced that
it has judged Ms.Obokata to be a disciplinary dismissal.

同性パートナー条例案

Same-sex partners bill

Shibuya ward, Tokyo announced a bill to issue a certificate
which deems same-sex couples as the relationship corresponding to married.

If it is passed at ward parliament in March,
it is the country's first system.


不正送金29億円

Illegal remittance 2.9 billion yen

The damage amount of illegal money transfer reached 2.9 billion 10 million yen last year.
It was doubled from past worst in 2013.


地下鉄サリン事件を審理

The trial of subway sarin gas attack

Citizen judge trial against defendant Katsuya Takahashi
for subway sarin gas attack has started.