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Paris Brings Back the Famous Olympic Hot-Air Balloon

パリが有名なオリンピックの熱気球を復活公開

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A famous glowing balloon is flying over Paris again. People in the city can see the Olympic cauldron rising into the night sky during the summer.

The hot-air balloon first appeared at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Two years later, the cauldron still makes regular appearances in the summer. Hundreds of people gather on the grass between the Louvre museum and the Tuileries Garden to watch it.

makes regular appearances= 定期的に姿を見せる

At 9:30 p.m., the bright balloon begins to go up into the sky. It rises a couple hundred feet above the ground while carrying the cauldron. People clap, take photos, and record videos as it bobs overhead.

a couple hundred= 約200の

Visitors enjoy watching the luminous balloon fly at night. It gives people in Paris a simple reason to look up with joy.

look up with joy= 喜びをもって見上げる

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表現パターン

パターン意味
makes regular appearances定期的に姿を見せる
a couple hundred約200の
look up with joy喜びをもって見上げる

語彙

意味
cauldron大きな鍋、特に、煮炊きに用いる大釜。
gatherギャザー。布などを縫い糸を引き締めて寄せ、細かいひだや縮みを作ったもの。

言語メモ

  • パリのオリンピック聖火台は、本物の炎ではなく電気式のライトと水のミストで炎を表現しているユニークな熱気球です。
  • ニュース記事での「bring back」は、過去に人気を博したイベントや展示を復活・再開する際によく使われる表現です。

練習

読んだ内容を確認しましょう。

  1. Visitors enjoy watching the   balloon fly at night.

  2. Where do people gather to watch the balloon rise?

  3. What does 'makes regular appearances' mean in this text?

Source: NPR World