常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

Let's celibate!: An Edinburgh lady turning 106!

どこやらの国と違って,これはすごいことです。標題のcelibateはcelebrateと間違いやすい単語ですが,通例は名詞用法のみで,”a person who remains unmarried, esp. for religious reasons”の意味です。それが動詞として使われ,celebrateとかけてあることくらいはお見通しですよね!それでは本文の太字,青字の部分をどう解釈しますか??カメ女さん,どうぞ!(UG)
      
SPRIGHTLY Isa Blyth will celebrate turning 106 today - and puts her amazing age down to being a VIRGIN.
Isa has never even been KISSED and thinks staying single has made her stay strong.
Last night her niece Sheena Campbell, 67, said: "I'm not sure if anyone ever tried it on - but they never got anywhere! She says she never felt the need for romance and never had time for a man.
"She did like the odd sherry though."
Isa, born in 1904, instead kept herself busy going to flower club and church, singing in the choir, and playing golf or gardening.
She's always lived in Edinburgh and worked for 35 years as a private secretary at whisky producer North British Distilleries in the city.
Sheena said: "She was wrapped up in her church and she loved her choir and flower club.
"And she had a high-powered job, which meant she was always busy.
"I think she was also a bit of a maiden lady as she was the first-born and acted as a head with her six brothers and sisters.
"She never had time to be sad. She's an amazing character. You wouldn't believe she was 106."
Isa will celebrate her birthday with a cake and champagne at the care home where she lives.
Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3124756/Isa-Blyth-is-the-106-year-old-virgin.html#ixzz0yWJEvxEq