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アメリカのハイスクールといえば、映画やドラマでもおなじみですね。日本の高校と同じように様々なタイプの生徒がいて、なかなか面白い世界のようです。そんなハイスクールの面白さが生き生きと伝わってくるような、スラングも交えた会話をお届けします。
(初級〜中級)
*** It's a Good Expression ***
(今回の重要表現)
Mean Girls
『ミーン・ガールズ』(2004年公開のアメリカの学園映画)
High School Musical
『ハイスクール・ミュージカル』(2006年放映のアメリカのテレビ映画)
representation
象徴
Where on earth...
いったいどこで...
how come
どうして(why)
in a sense
ある意味で
metaphorically speaking
たとえて言えば
somewhat
ちょっと
hot stuff
(俗語)イケてる部類
(to) own the whole school
学校全体を思いのままにする
jocks
(俗語)運動部の選手
※アメフト部など、最も人気の高い運動部に所属している選手のこと。しばしば「頭は弱いが運動能力は高い」というステレオタイプを伴う。アメリカのハイスクールで彼らの対極的存在とされているのはnerds(おたく、ガリ勉、文化系など)。
stereotype
典型的イメージ
Dang.
ちぇっ。
uneventful
平穏な
desperately
必死に
American high schools ARE a dramatic mess of broken teenage dreams and raging hormones!
アメリカのハイスクールは、打ち砕かれた十代の夢と、たぎるホルモンにあふれた、それはもう混沌たるドラマの舞台だよ。
*** Script ***
American High Schools
Situation: An Japanese girl and American guy are walking..
W: So, I heard that the movies Mean Girls and High School Musical are actual representations of high school life back in the United States.
M: (Drops books) Where on earth did you hear that?
W: The Internet, and the movies.
M: How embarrassing! Please believe it when I say that we don't run around singing musicals in between classes, and cliques aren't anything like those in Mean Girls.
W: Really? Then how come they are so popular?
M: Oh no… because, in a sense, metaphorically speaking, it is somewhat accurate.
W: So, it isn't true, or it is?
M: It's… how should I explain? It CAN be true, because there are a few students who think they are hot stuff and try to own the whole school. But mostly it's false because high school life is a lot more boring. Just normal classes.
W: So there aren't cliques?
M: Uh, there ARE cliques, but nobody really cares about anything or anyone outside of their clique.
W: And the whole jock and cheerleader stereotypes aren't true?
M: No, they aren't true.
W: Huh, I thought they were. Dang, I thought high school in America would be a lot more interesting!
M: Nope. Boring. Very boring and uneventful.
W: I think you're hiding some facts from me!
M: I'm just desperately trying to hide the fact that… um, yes, American high schools ARE a dramatic mess of broken teenage dreams and raging hormones!
(Written by Lauren Johnson)