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I – Chapter 03

0100 [00:08:48] "That brings up the basic science of global warming and I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this because, uh...you know it well, the sun's radiation comes in in the form of light waves and that heats up the Earth. And then some of the radiation that is absorbed and warms the Earth is reradiated back into space in the form of infrared radiation. " (Al Gore)

absorb: 吸収する
bring up: (話題などを) 持ち出す、提起する
infrared: 赤外線
light wave: 光波
radiation: 放射、放熱

0200 [00:09:09] "And some of the outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by this layer of atmosphere and held inside the atmosphere. And that's a good thing because it keeps the temperature of the Earth within certain boundaries, keeps it relatively constant and livable. " (Al Gore)

boundaries: 範囲
constant: 一定
relatively: 比較的
temperature: 温度
trap: 捕らまえる、捕捉する

0300 [00:09:28] "But the problem is this thin layer of atmosphere is being thickened by all of the global warming pollution that's been put up there. And what that does is it thickens this layer of atmosphere, more of the outgoing infrared is trapped. And so the atmosphere heats up worldwide. That's global warming. " (Al Gore)

pollution: 汚染、汚染物質、公害
thicken: 濃くする、密にする

0400 [00:09:51] "Now that's the traditional explanation. Here is, uh...what I think is a better explanation. " (Al Gore)

explanation: 説明
traditional: 昔ながらの、伝統的な、慣習的な

0500 [00:10:00] "Global warming, or none like it hot." (man)

0600 [00:10:14] "Ha, ha. You are probably wondering why your ice cream went away. Well, Susie, the culprit isn't foreigners. It's global warming. " (man)

culprit: 犯罪者、罪人、問題の原因
go away: 消える、無くなる

0700 [00:20:24] "Global whapper?" (Susie)

whapper: でかいもの

0800 [00:10:26] "Y...yeah. " (man)

0900 [00:10:29] "Meet Mr. Sunbeam. He comes all the way from the Sun to visit Earth." (man)

1000 [00:10:35] " Hello, Earth. Just popping in to brighten your day. La-la-la-la-la-la-la. And now, I'll be on my way." (sunbeam)

I'll be on my way.: そろそろ出かける、おいとまする

1100 [00:10:46] "Not so fast, Sunbeam. We are greenhouse gases. You ain't going nowhere." (greenhouse gases)

greenhouse gas: 温室効果ガス (二酸化炭素、フロン、メタン など)

1200 [00:10:56] "Oh. Ah...Oh, God, it hurts." (Susie)

1300 [00:11:02] "Pretty soon, Earth is chock-full of sunbeams. Their rotting corpses heating our atmosphere. " (man)

chock-full: ぎっしり詰まった、たっぷり入った
corpse: 死骸
rotting: 腐っている、朽ちかけた

1400 [00:11:11] "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. " (greenhouse gases)

1500 [00:11:13] "How do we get rid of the greenhouse grasses?" (man)

get rid or: 取り除く、駆除する
grass: 草 (How do we get rid of greenhouse grasses? は「どうしたら温室の草を引っこ抜けるの？」ですが、これ以上になにか含みがあるのかはわかりません。)

1600 [00:11:17] "Fortunately, our handsomest politicians came up with a cheap, last-minute way to combat global warming. Ever since 2063, we simply drop a giant ice cube into the ocean every now and then. " (man)

come up with: アイではを思いつく、考えつく、答えを見つけ出す
every now and then: 時々、時折
fortunately: 幸いにも
handsome: 気前のいい
last-minute: 土壇場の

1700 [00:11:32] "Just like Daddy puts in his drink every morning. And then he gets mad. " (Susie)

drink: ただの「飲み物」ではなくて、ここでは「酒」のことです

1800 [00:11:38] "Of course, since the greenhouse gases are still building up, it take more and more ice each time. Thus, solving the problem once and for all." (man)

once and for all: 今回限りで、これっきり、決定的に

1900 [00:11:49] "But...." (Susie)

2000 [00:11:49] "Once and for all." (man)

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