シャドーイング練習: Yes Minister - Selling British Arms to Terrorists - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Concerns me deeply.
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Really profoundly important.
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Is it the amendment to the administrative order on stock controlling government establishment?
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No. Or the procedure for the renewal of local authority leaseholds in special development areas?
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No, what concerns me is a great issue, really, of life and death.
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Oh.
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Shouldn't that wait till after work?
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It is work.
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Oh, really?
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Well, please go on.
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How do British Armaments manufacturers sell their arms to foreigners?
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Well, I believe you have to get an export license from the Department of Trade.
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So private firms can sell their arms abroad?
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Private companies and government agencies.
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To whom do they sell?
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Well, foreign governments, usually.
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Is that all?
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Well, sometimes you can sell to an arms dealer, a third party.
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Perhaps a little man in Manchester buys on behalf of a party in the Channan Islands who has a contact in Luxembourg.
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So there's no real control over who the arms go to in the end?
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Oh, indeed there is.
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The dealer has to provide an end-user certificate, which is a signature acceptable to Her Majesty's government that the ultimate customer is, in fact, an approved user.
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Is that a real guarantee?
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Would you be surprised, for instance, if a British aircraft carrier turned up in the Central African Republic?
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Well, I for one, Minister, would be very surprised it's a thousand miles inland.
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Yes, you know what I mean.
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What about smaller weapons?
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Well, it's virtually impossible.
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There's stringent security, rigorous inspection procedures, meticulous scrutiny.
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You mean it's all a facade?
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Ah.
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I think perhaps this conversation should end here, don't you, Minister?
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No. It's as I thought.
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Last night, a confidential source disclosed to me that British arms are being sold to Italian red terrorist groups.
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I see.
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May I ask who this confidential source was?
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I'm afraid I said it was confidential.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I naturally assumed that meant you were going to tell me.
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You seem to be very worried by this information.
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Well, these things happen all the time.
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It's not our problem.
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So does robbery with violence.
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Doesn't that worry you?
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No, Minister.
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Home Office problem.
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Humphrey, we're letting terrorists get hold of murderous weapons.
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We're not.
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Well, who is? Who knows?
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Department of Trade, Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office.
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We, Humphrey, the British government.
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Innocent lives are being set at risk by British arms in the hands of terrorists.
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Only Italian lives, not British lives.
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British tourists abroad.
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Tourists?
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Foreign office problem.
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Humphrey, we have to do something.
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With respect, Minister, we have to do nothing.
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What do you mean?
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The sale of arms abroad is one of those areas of government that we do not examine too closely.
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Well, I have to, now that I know about.
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You could say you don't know.
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You're suggesting I should lie?
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Oh, not you, Mr. No. Well, who should lie?
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Sleeping dogs, Minister.
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I'm going to raise this up.
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No, Minister, I beg you.
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A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don't have to.
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And never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be.
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I can't believe this.
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We're talking about good and evil.
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Our Church of England problem.
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No, Humphrey.
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Our problem.
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We are discussing right and wrong.
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You may be, Minister, but I'm not.
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It would be a serious misuse of government time.
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Selling arms to terrorists is wrong.
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Can't you see that, Humphrey?
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No, Minister.
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Either you sell arms or you don't.
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If you sell them, they will inevitably end up with people who have the cash to buy them.
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But not terrorists.
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Well, I suppose we could put some sort of government health warning on the rifle, Bux.
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This gun can seriously damage your health.
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It's all very well to take this lightly, Humphrey.
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But we cannot close our eyes to something that is as morally wrong as this.
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Very well, Minister.
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If you insist on making me discuss moral issues, may I point out to you that something is either It's never morally wrong or it isn't.
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It can't be slightly morally wrong.
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Don't quibble, Humphrey.
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Government isn't about morality.
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Really?
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What is it about?
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Stability.
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Keeping things going.
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Preventing anarchy.
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Stopping society.
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Falling to bits.
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Still being here tomorrow.
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What for?
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Pick up, huh?
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What is the ultimate purpose of government, if it isn't for doing good?
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Minister, government isn't about good and evil.
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It's only about order or chaos.
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And it's in order for Italian terrorists to get British bombs.
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And you don't care?
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It's not my job to care.
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That's what politicians are for.
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My job is to carry out government policy.
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Even if you think it's wrong?
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Well, almost all government policy is wrong.
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Frightfully well carried out.
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