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。

I cannot have another student tell me he is afraid

LAで明らかになった性的虐待事件。教師が信じられなくなるというのはとても悲しいことです。ところで記事の中で気になる表現がありました。Sugiuchiさん、I cannot have another student tell me he is afraidと、指導主事が語ったこの言い回し、これはどのような意味になるのでしょうか。(ゼミ生 b.m.)

Los Angeles school removes staff amid sex abuse scandal

The entire staff of a Los Angeles elementary school will be replaced after two teachers were arrested for sexual abuse, authorities say.

More than 120 staff at Miramonte Elementary School will be removed and interviewed. No other staff are currently under suspicion.

Mark Berndt and Martin Springer were arrested last week on separate allegations of child sexual abuse.

More than one-quarter of the school's students stayed at home on Monday.

Those who did attend walked into the school past TV cameras and a demonstration by angry parents.

The school will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday and an entirely new staff will start on Thursday - accompanied by a social worker in each classroom.

Existing staff will continue to be paid and school officials say many will eventually return to work.

Divided parents
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy announced the move in a meeting with parents at a nearby high school.

Mr Deasy told parents he was not worried about the impact on the school's budget.


Superintendent John Deasy said new staff members would go through a "rigorous screening process"
"I cannot have another student tell me he is afraid," he said.

Miramonte staff members were also confused and upset by events at the school, he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16931399