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34 - BILINGUAL EPISODE | One Day on Easter Island (Rapa Nui): The Mystery of the Moai | イースター島(ラパ・ヌイ)で過ごした一日:モアイ像の謎


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Hey there! In this episode, I'll talk about my trip to Easter Island and how the mysterious Moai statues were built. Let's go on a journey to the South Pacific!

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English section: 00:00 ~ 23:20 min

Japanese section: 23:21 ~ 48:13 min

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Idiom of the day:

The world is your oyster.

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Today's vocabulary:

(N) = noun 名詞  (ADJ) = adjective 形容詞  (V) = verb 動詞   (ADV) = adverb 副詞

● archaeologist (N) = 考古学者

● indigenous people (N) = 先住民

● stone statue (N) = 石像

● peak = climax (N) = 最高点、頂点、最盛期

● islander (N) = 島民

● immunity (N) = 免疫

● slave trade (N) = 奴隷貿易

● annex (V) = 併合する

● remote (ADJ) = 遠く離れた、人里離れた

● inhabited (ADJ) = 人が住んでいる

● greenery (N) = 青葉

● quaint (ADJ) = 古風で趣のある

● scattered (ADJ) = 点在している

● shoreline (N) = coast = 海岸線

● ancestor (N) = 祖先

● erect (V) = ~を建てる

● spirit (N) = 精神、霊魂

● significance = importance (N) = 意味、重要性

● torso (N) = 胴体

● excavate (V) = 発掘する

● carve (V) = 彫る

● slab (N) = 平板

● slab of stone = 岩の平板

● transport (V) = 運搬する、運ぶ

● buried (ADJ) = 埋められている、埋もれている

● swing (V) = 繰り返し振る、ぶらぶらさせる、ぶらぶらする

● bit by bit = 少しずつ

● drag (V) = 引きずる

● manpower (N) = 人的労働力

● tiring = exhausting (ADJ) = 疲れさせる、骨の折れる

● life-sized (ADJ) = 実物大の

● reenact (V) = 再現する、再演する

● for this reason = consequently = thus = hence = 従って、このため

● feasible = doable (ADJ) = possible to do = 実行可能な

● alien = extraterrestrial (N) (ADJ) = 宇宙人、地球外の

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● UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) = ユーフォー

● flying saucer (N) = 空飛ぶ円盤

● picturesque = scenic (ADJ) = 絵のように美しい、美しい、美景の

● life vests = life jackets = 救命胴衣

● crystal clear (ADJ) = 透明な、透き通った

● transparent (ADJ) = 透明な、透き通った

● abandoned (ADJ) = 見捨てられた、放置された、人気のない

● depict (V) = 描写する

● depicted (ADJ) = 描写された

● remnant (N) = 残骸

● grandiose (ADJ) = 壮大な

● ancient civilization = 古代文明

● rusty (ADJ) = さびついた

● sturdy (ADJ) = 頑丈な

● robust (ADJ) = 強健な、がっしりした

● millennium (N) = 1000年間

● millennia (N) = millennium の複数形

● consumerist (ADJ) = 消費主義の

● ephemeral = transitory = fleeting (ADJ) = 瞬時的な、つかのまの、はかない

● Industrial Revolution = 産業革命

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