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2006年03月の記事
全10件 (10件中 1-10件目)
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桜の樹の下には
Under cherry trees lie carcasses.Believe me. If not, how could cherry trees blossom with such grace? I was uncertain these few days, wondering how those cherry blossoms could be so beautiful. But now I know. Under cherry trees lie carcasses. You can believe me. (Motojiro Kajii, Under cherry trees)桜で思い出して、今日は梶井基次郎の「桜の樹の下には」の出だし部分を訳してみました。すごみのある桜の美しさがよく表されている名文ですが、名文の英語には出来ませんね。。。。全文を読んでみたい方はこちら↓http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000074/files/427_19793.html恥ずかしながらはじめて全文を読んでみました。やっぱりすごい！****Study Log*****【Read】*Tehanu 8P to P138/252 0:20Financial Times: 0:20【Listen】*Digital Fortress 1:26 to 0:46/11:57
2006/03/30
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春はあけぼの（第1稿）
Spring is dawnThe most beautiful time in a day of spring is dawn, which purple clouds drift about the lightening mountain edges.The most beautiful time in a day of summer is night, not only that with moonlight sky, but also when fireflies flutter in the moonless dark. A firefly or two passing along has a taste, and a shower of rain could add another flavor to the night.The most beautiful time in a day of autumn is dusk, which a flock of cawing crow, or two or three crows, hurrying back to the nest, through the crimson sky by the clear mountain silhouette. Geese flying far in arrow shape is impressing, and of course, murmur of wind and symphony of crickets after dark should not be missed.The most beautiful time in a day of winter is early morning, which covered with bland new snow. Frosted white or not, ladies hastily building a fire and delivering braziers is also a scene suits to a shivering morning. All that frozen melt and coals grew white to the noon is ugly.春の香りに誘われて皆さんご存じの枕草子の随筆「春はあけぼの」を英訳してみました。まだ手直ししてみたいので第1稿。これって楽しいわ。****Study Log*****【Read】*Tehanu 30P to P130/252 0:40 Financial Times: 0:30【Listen】*Digital Fortress 0:20 to 0:20/11:57 NHK Business English 0:30
2006/03/29
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The Kite Runner (Audiobook)
The Kite Runner (Unabridged)Author: Khaled HosseiniNarrator: Khaled HosseiniRelease Date: 05-01-2003 Audio Length: 11 hours and 53 min.Reading speed：slightly slow with light accentRecommendation rate：★★★Total Listening Time：343:51(Synopsis)Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara - a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope for redemption. ( Publisher's Summary)(Review)I think what makes human afraid and offensive is ignorance.As I didn't know about Muslim people and their life, I was thinking of them very dangerous people dare not to go near by.But when I visited Morocco, the Muslim country, I found that thy are basically very honest and proud people with deep love to their family.Thus my fear to Muslims replaced with sympathy.Now, listening this story about the half life of Amir, the Afghan born man, my sympathy gained confidence.The love and honest shown by Amir, his father, Hassan and other people in Afghanistan was what exactly I saw in Morocco.The writing is beautiful but not difficult and reading by the author is quite impressive with the spice of slight accent. If you think of Muslim people as all terrorist or something like that, you must never miss this book and reconsider your impression.
2006/03/27
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Rain
This morning, I hang the washed clothes in the room with a dehumidifier turned on.It was because I saw the weather forecasting saying it will be start raining about 6 o'clock in the evening.But what a miss! I forgot to bring my folding umbrella.I found it was raining when I got off the train and I had to ran to my house wet in the rain.****Study Log*****【Read】*The Farthest Shore 34P to P180/214【Listen】*Kite runner 2:27 to 8:57/11:53
2006/03/22
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Happy Holiday
Usually, my weekends are very busy with washing, cleaning and shopping. Add to this, going to skiing once in every two weeks in this winter was making my weekends even busier. Further more, as my older daughter is going to graduate the nursery school and entering a primary school this spring, preparation for this was also taking my time.But as the end of the March is crawling in, ski-season is near to the end and preparation for new school life is almost completed.And alas!, today, the Japanese Holiday for Vernal Equinox Day, I almost have no chores to do, daughters went to the park near my hose, and entire afternoon was my time.I read the newspaper drinking coffee, played piano for two hours, worked on bike for 45 minutes and maintenance the aquarium tank.What a luxury afternoon! I was totally refreshed today.****Study Log*****【Read】*The Farthest Shore P146/214【Listen】*Kite runner 6:30/11:53NHK Business English 0:45
2006/03/21
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Skipping Christmas (book)
Skipping Christmas、37,698 語レベル8、推定語彙レベル30000語、総語数37,698(amazon.comより)、総計8,395,214語、読書時間3時間30分ちょっと時間がないので今日は日本語で。。。。（あらすじ）感謝祭が終わり、通常ならクリスマスの準備に熱病のように浮かされるアメリカで会計士ルーサーとその妻ノーラは、大切な一人娘がボランティアとしてペルーの山奥に出発するのを見送った。一人娘が出て行ってしまい、すっかり落ち込むノーラ。方やルーサーは昨年の家計簿を見直し、何とクリスマス関係費に６千ドルを費やしていたことを発見したのだ。大勢の知人を招いてのクリスマスパティー、包みを開かれて以来一度も袖を通されたことがないプレゼントの洋服たち。そこで、ルーサーは今年はクリスマスを一切やらないで、浮いた６千ドルでカリブ海にクルーズに出かけることにしたのだ。様々な外圧に耐え、クリスマスをパスすることに成功していたルーサーたちですが、何と明日はクリスマスという日になってとんでもないことが！（感想）グリシャムの本ですが、法廷ものでもサスペンスでもありません。アメリカのクリスマス映画にありがちなどたばたもの？物語は混雑する空港で娘を送り出すルーサー夫妻の描写から始まります。しかし、空港の駐車場は果てしなく遠いところしか停められないし、空港は押し合いへし合いの大混雑だし、帰りに買い物をしようと思ったら、雨は降ってし、これまた駐車場は大混雑で遠いところしか停められないし、店も大混雑の上、商品の配置に規則性がなく全然目的のものは見つけられないし、奥さんに言われた銘柄のものをやっと見つけたと思ったら最後の一つをタッチの差で持って行かれるし、憮然として車に戻ろうとしたら水たまりにはまっちゃうしで最悪な一日のルーサーの描写で出だしからニヤニヤしっぱなし。しかも、巨匠グリシャム、やはりコメディを書かせても一流で、いちいち表現がおかしいんですよ。それにしても、アメリカでクリスマスに参加しないことがこんなに大変だったなんて。なじみの文房具やからやクリスマスカードの売り込みが来るし、ボーイスカウトはツリーを売りに来る。警察だってカレンダーを売りに来ます。その売り上げはみんな寄付になるのにそれを断るの！！！っというプレッシャーが。。。しかし、アメリカでは本当にクリスマス関連費だけで６千ドル（約６０万円）も使っちゃったりするんでしょうか。。。SSSではYL8.2になってますが、法廷用語も出てこないし、レベル6～7位では？と思います。短いし、おかしいし、読みやすいので児童書に飽きたら是非。クリスマスの頃に読むとより一層楽しいかも？
2006/03/17
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The King of Torts (audio book)
The King of Torts (Unabridged)John Grisham Narrator: Vincent MarzelloProgram Format: Unabridged13 hours and 18 min.Reading speed：Rather slowRecommendation rate：★★☆Total Listening Time：319:11(Synopsis)The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there for too long and dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another senseless murder. But as he investigates, Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy. He finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of huge settlement that would make him the legal profession's newest king of torts.( Publisher's Summary)(Review)Story was interesting that I can read how the litigation things go in the US and the point how mass torts going was new to me.But the narration was rather slow and sometimes my mind couldn't follow the reading and drifted about.I rather read the book than listening to it.
2006/03/16
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Prey (audio book)
Prey (Unabridged)Author: Michael CrichtonNarrator: George WilsonRelease Date: 11-25-2002 Audio Length: 12 hours and 47 min.Version: UnabridgedReading speed：Natural speedRecommendation rate：★★★Total Listening Time：331:58(Synopsis)In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles (micro-robots) has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour.Every attempt to destroy it has failed.And we are the prey.As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence in a story of breathtaking suspense.Prey is a novel you can't put down.Because time is running out..( Publisher's Summary)(Review)I love Michael Crichton's novels and this was again, fun to read.The concept of reproducing nano-bots with improving intelligence was quite exciting, and the scenes written in the book is as though watching the movie.Further more, what I liked best was the setting of the main character Jack who was a father who has quitted his work and now a house-husband.I was impressed by reality the life described there. Little episode with his children could not be written by a man who has not experienced it. Could the author has experienced it?
2006/03/14
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A Graduation ceremony
My older daughter is now 6 years old and a graduation ceremony was held at nursery school on Saturday.She started her nursery school life when she was merely 4 months old. In the sun or rain, snow or wind, I took her to the nursery school, first carrying her, then holding her hand, then walking after her running before me.I was always afraid of a phone call from nursery school which might announce me her having fever which force me to leave my office to fetch her.One time, I was holding a meeting but it didn't end till the limited time to leave to the nursery school. At the last moment, I declare I had to leave, and left the room passing the chair to my colleague. It was quite regrettable that I couldn't accomplish my task.Now she grew healthy, seldom catch a cold or have a fever, goes to nursery school happily every day.Seeing her growing so well, I couldn't help thanking to the teachers, baby sitters and every one who supported me.****Study Log*****【Read】*The Tombs of Atuan: 0:50 35p to 102/156pFinancial Times: 0:40【Listen】*Prey 12:03/12:47 NHK Business English 0:20
2006/03/13
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子連れでかたしな（３月４日）
3月4日（土）に、またまた行ってきましたよ、かたしな高原（今シーズンスキー６日目）。先々週のスキーではすっかり春スキーのような様相にもう今シーズンはスキーは終わりかなと思っていたのですが、また寒さが戻ってきたのでえいやっと行ってきました。前回土曜日に行ったところ、やはり土曜日の方が道が空いているので、今回は平日仕事が忙しくてヘロヘロになりながらもやはり土曜日に行ってきました。今回は帰りの国道もほとんど渋滞して無くて１時間かからずに沼田インターまでたどり着きました。もう３月に入っているのでスキーシーズンもピークを過ぎていてスキー場も空いているだろうと思いきや、何とかたしな高原は檄混み。今までで一番混んでいました。そろそろ気温も上がってきて天候も安定してくるので、むしろ３月の方が子連れスキーのトップシーズンなんでしょうか。天候は快晴、朝のうちは気温も低く、雪も良くて滑りやすかったです。午後からは気温が上がってきて、人が多く滑るところは硬く、それ以外のところはシャバシャバのシャーベットが小さな山となって乗っている感じでゲレンデコンディション的にはイマイチといっていいでしょう。今回も午前中は下の子を交互に子守しながら夫と私で交代で上の子につきあって滑り、午後は下の子を雪の幼稚園にあずけて３人で滑るパターンとしました。かたしな高原は大きく下半分のゲレンデと上半分のゲレンデに分けられますが、今回は下半分のゲレンデのリフトが檄混みだったため、早々に上のゲレンデに上がり、上半分で滑っていました。上の子はもう結構な斜面でも滑れるようになっているのですが、何と、今回は調子に乗りすぎたのか、危うくコースアウト！しそうになってヒヤッとしました。ネットに引っかかって止まってくれて良かったのですが、雪が減ってきているのでネットと雪の間には隙間があってそこから谷底に転落したらと思うとぞっとしました。ネットに引っかかってくれて本当に良かった。私はといえば、結構な悪雪にもかかわらず、普段うねりが出ないようなところにミニコブが出来ているので超楽しく滑りました。そして、最後の１本と思ってチャレンジしたかたしな唯一のちゃんとしたコブコース（コブが縦に１列並んでいるだけだけど）で、生まれて初めてちゃんとコブを下りることが出来ました！！！やった～！！！！せっかくどうやったらコブを下りられるかが分かったので今シーズン中にもう１回行って練習したいなぁ。
2006/03/06
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