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B1TraditionsFeb 3, 2017

Groundhog Day 2017: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter

グラウンドホッグデー2017：パンクサトーニー・フィルがあと6週間の冬を予測

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I'm a little bit of a loner.
私はちょっと一匹狼なところがあります。
We're in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
私たちはアメリカ合衆国、ペンシルベニア州のパンクサトーニーにいます。
To give you a little idea of what we do here, in case you don't know, at about 7:26,
ここで何をしているのか少しご紹介すると、ご存じない方のために、7時26分ごろに、
we are going to pull Punxsutawney Phil, the world's most famous groundhog, out of his stump, and he will either see his shadow or he won't.
世界で最も有名なグラウンドホッグ、パンクサトーニー・フィルを切り株から出します、そして彼は影を見るか見ないかです。
If he sees his shadow, it's six more weeks of winter, and if he doesn't, it's an early spring.
もし彼が影を見たら、あと6週間冬が続き、見なければ早い春が来ます。
My name's Fred Fleshy.
私の名前はフレッド・フレッシーです。
I'm from New Jersey, Sussex County, and we're here for my fiftieth birthday.
ニュージャージー州サセックス郡出身で、50歳の誕生日のためにここに来ました。
I'm Elaine Owen.
私はエレイン・オーウェンです。
I'm from Greenville, Pennsylvania, and this is my first time to the Cobblers Knob for the Groundhog's Day, and this is my sixtieth birthday.
ペンシルベニア州グリーンビル出身で、グラウンドホッグデーにコブラーズ・ノブに来るのは初めてで、これは私の60歳の誕生日なんです。
It's the first time.
初めてなんです。
I just wanted to be here and, you know, bucket list, you know.
ただここに来たかったんです、ええ、バケットリストで、ね。
So Christmas present.
だからクリスマスプレゼントなんです。
It's a gift.
これは贈り物なんです。
Punxsutawney is on my bucket list because I've talked about it for probably twenty years.
パンクサトーニーは私のバケットリストに入っています、もうたぶん20年くらい話してきたので。
We come to Groundhog Day every year.
私たちは毎年グラウンドホッグデーに来ます。
I'm originally from Punxsutawney, and we're here to support our heritage of the Groundhog Day
私はもともとパンクサトーニー出身で、私たちのグラウンドホッグデーの伝統を応援するためにここにいます
to see if whether we're going to have six more weeks of winter or we're going to have an early spring.
あと6週間冬が続くのか、それとも早い春が来るのかを見るために。
My own feeling about Groundhog Day, of why I feel it's such a special event, is it's not religious, it's not
グラウンドホッグデーについての私自身の気持ち、なぜこんなに特別なイベントだと感じるかというと、宗教的でもなく、
political, it's all about having fun.
政治的でもなく、すべては楽しむためのものだからです。
It's just the outing, you know, the fireworks, the camaraderie of the people, the atmosphere.
ただのお出かけなんです、花火とか、人々の仲間意識とか、雰囲気とか。
It doesn't get any better than this.
これ以上ないくらい最高です。
I think I think it brings a community together.
地域社会を一つにするものだと思います。
It gets people get excited.
人々をワクワクさせます。
Generally speaking, Groundhog Day is something that for a very long time has brought communities together.
一般的に言って、グラウンドホッグデーはとても長い間、地域社会を結びつけてきたものです。
It's a chance for everyone to come together in the middle of winter and have a good time.
真冬にみんなが集まって楽しい時間を過ごす機会なんです。
This is where it originated, Punxsutawney.
ここが発祥の地です、パンクサトーニー。
This is it.
ここがそれです。
This is America.
ここがアメリカです。
I'm hoping for an early spring, no shadow.
早い春を期待しています、影が見えませんように。
I think there's going to be six more weeks of winter.
あと6週間冬が続くと思います。
Um, I'm afraid he's probably going to see his shadow today.
ええと、今日はたぶん彼は影を見ると思います。
Oh, he better.
ああ、ぜひそうしてほしいわ。
Look, and if he doesn't, he's going to have to look harder.
ねえ、もし見なかったら、もっとよく探さなきゃね。
Raise your hands in the air and scream with me!
両手を空に上げて、私と一緒に叫んで！
Happy Groundhog Day!
ハッピー・グラウンドホッグデー！
Ladies and gentlemen, Punxsutawney Phil.
紳士淑女の皆様、パンクサトーニー・フィルです。
Okay, we got her.
よし、捕まえたぞ。
Ladies and gentlemen, he has made his prediction.
紳士淑女の皆様、彼が予言を下しました。
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!
お聞きください、お聞きください、お聞きください！
Now, this second day of February, two thousand and seventeen,
さて、この2017年2月2日、
the one hundred and thirty-first annual trek of the Punks and Tiny Groundhog Club, before one of the largest crowds in the history of the Groundhog Day.
第131回パンクス・アンド・タイニー・グラウンドホッグ・クラブの年次行進において、グラウンドホッグデー史上最大級の群衆を前に、
My faithful followers, I clearly see a perfect, clear shadow of me.
我が忠実なる信奉者たちよ、私には自分の完璧で鮮明な影がはっきりと見える。
Six more weeks of winter.
あと6週間冬が続くでしょう。

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