http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40590885
granted を与える 認める 授ける
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it, after their initial applications were denied, US media said.
take part 参加する
attend it それに出席する
initial applications 最初の申請
US President Donald Trump had urged authorities to rethink their decision, AP news agency said.
urged 人 to rethink 人に再考するよう求める
decision 決定
A US travel ban is in place for six Muslim-majority countries, which does not include Afghanistan.
Students from The Gambia earlier also had their visa rejection overturned.
overturned 覆した
According to AP, Homeland Security Department spokesman David Lapan said the visas for the Afghan girls had been approved after a request by the state department.
approved 承認した
Homeland Security Department spokesman 国土安全保障省の人
state department 国務省
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders attributed the request to an intervention by President Trump, the news agency said.
attributed のせいにする
intervention 仲介 干渉
The competition organised by non-profit group First Global will see teams from 164 countries compete in a series of robotic games.
compete 競う
“I am most grateful to the US Government and its state department for ensuring Afghanistan, as well as Gambia, would be able to join us for this international competition this year,” First Global president Joe Sestak said in a statement.
ensuring 保障する
The US president’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump tweeted in response to news that she looked forward to welcoming the Afghan team to Washington.
look forward to 楽しみにする
The Afghan team of six teenage high school students are participating in the competition which runs 16-18 July with a ball-sorting robot.
participate 参加する
The girls’ visa applications for the one-week trip to the US had reportedly been blocked despite two rounds of interviews.
interview 訪問 会見 ビザ取得のための面接か？
reportedly 伝えられることによれば，
After the initial rejection, the students expected they would have to watch the competition via Skype from their hometown of Herat in western Afghanistan.
expected 予測した 予想した
そりゃ，がっかりするよね．
“We were not a terrorist group to go to America and scare people,” 14-year-old Fatema Ghaderyan told the AFP news agency in Herat.
“We just wanted to show the power and skills of Afghan girls to Americans.”
First Global aims to promote Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths).
aim 狙い 目的
promote 促進
“All 163 teams from 157 countries have gained approval to the United States, including Iran, Sudan, and a team of Syrian refugees,” Mr Sestak said. “I could not be more proud.”
gained 獲得
approval 承認
