ロシアW杯決勝トーナメント第1戦日本対ベルギー戦は、3-2でベルギー代表が勝利し準々決勝に駒を進めました。 ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Belgium arrived at the World Cup as dark horses, bringing both a roster bulging with talent and question marks ab…

The miraculous rescue came during a lull in the torrential rains that had hampered the agonizing search. The respite from the rain also gave rescuers confidence to push forward in an area of the subterranean labyrinth they had hoped the bo…

Good evening. It is July 2nd now in Lincoln. Almost two months have passed since I came here. Last week, I had a lot of time this week and I was able to think about my trip to the west coast. Let me share it with you briefly. I like the ci…

語学研修内における、気になった語句や表現を記した英単語帳から拾いあげたものを紹介します。 dodgy /ˈdɒdʒi/ です。どのシチュエーションでこの単語が用いられたかは忘れてしまいましたが、先生からのご説明は “something is dodgy = unreliable, bad” と…

試合後のインタビューで西野監督のコメント。「本気のベルギーがそこにありました。」がどう訳されるのか気になっていましたが、FIFAの公式サイトでは以下のようにまとめられていました。（UG）Akira NishinoWe were to some extent, controlling the ball a…

Sunflowers were smiling at us!! When rain and I were walking down the hill, we found sunflowers near the campus. I saw them for the first time this year. They were so lovely and beckoning that we took pictures with them.（amphibian）

今日は翻訳の授業で出会った表現を書きたいと思います。その表現はof one’s own accordです。『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第四版,大修館書店）には「自発的に;〈物・事が〉自然に.ひとりでに」とありました。またLDOCEにはwithout being asked or forced to do …

ロシアW杯は開幕から二週間あまりが経過し、決勝トーナメントが始まっています。KAZAN, Russia — Many a great player has never won the World Cup, and it seems ever more likely that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will end up on that list.(中…

writingの授業で読んだacademic journal articleの中で用いられていた単語を紹介します。simulacrum/ sɪmjəˈleɪkrəm /です。一回目に読んだときは印だけつけて、読み飛ばしてしまったので改めて調べてみました。以下辞書の定義です。Oxford Dictionary of En…

Japan's Princess Ayako getting engagedJapan's Imperial Household Agency has announced that Princess Ayako is getting engaged to company employee Kei Moriya.中略Emperor Akihito was absent from the meeting. He was diagnosed on Monday with di…

イオンが販売するプライベートブランドのビールは国内の大手ビールメーカーと組むことで商品力強化が進められています。Majors split over own-brand beersMajor beer companies are split over how to deal with own-brand products (see below) manufactur…

A frequent media trope is anxiety that the Trump administration is undermining American rule of law in the name of his own personal power, ego and profit. One recent Trump tweet in particular - “I have the absolute right to pardon myself” …

皇室の絢子さまが結婚を発表しました。ちなみにお相手の名前が“けい“さんです。これまた偶然でしょうか。Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya hit it off from their very first date, leading to the quick announcement of marriage for the third daughter of …

At least 270,000 people have fled their homes in south-western Syria since the military launched an assault on rebel-held areas two weeks ago, the UN says.中略Deraa and Quneitra had been relatively calm for almost a year because of a "de-e…

決勝トーナメントで開催国のロシアはスペインと対戦しました。延長戦までもつれ込みましたが1-1でスコアが動かず、PK戦の末にロシアが勝利しました。Russia stun Spain to reach World Cup quarter-finalsAfter extra-time ended with the score locked at 1…

本日の通訳入門では、英検一級の語彙問題を解きました。その中で気になったzest /zest/ という単語を拾います。『ジーニアス英和辞典』(第五版、大修館書店)では「(...に対する)熱意、強い興味、大喜び、面白味、興奮、(香味料としての)レモン(オレンジ)の皮…

For a player so untested, that figure seemed extraordinary when it was agreed, but it is increasingly coming to look like a bargain. There is still a question of where he fits in a team dominated by the look-at-me self-indulgence of the Br…