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。

wrongs

オーストラリアの高校で手榴弾を教室に持ち込んだ生徒と同じくらいこのニュースにも驚きました。
wrongsは可算名詞になると「悪事,非行」という意味になります。これもwrongが転用されたものでしょう。Two wrongs don't make a right. ということわざを思い出しました。(UG)

Dutch teens charged in linesman's death

(CNN) -- The Netherlands is reeling from the death of a volunteer soccer official at an amateur football match over the weekend which has led to three Dutch teenagers being charged with manslaughter.

Two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old -- all Amsterdam club Nieuw Sloten players -- were arrested and charged by Dutch police after the death of a 41-year-old linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who was beaten by players following a match against his club Buitenboys in the city of Almere.

Nieuwenhuizen's son was playing in the match when the incident occurred.

Nieuwenhuizen's death has resonated across the globe with FIFA president Sepp Blatter extending his condolences.

"Football is a mirror of society and sadly, the same ills that afflict society -- in this case violence -- also manifest themselves in our game," said Blatter, according to a statement on fifa.com.

"Nevertheless, I remain convinced that football -- through the example set by the tireless efforts of people like Mr

Nieuwenhuizen -- is a force for good, and we must continue to use its positive example to educate people against these wrongs."

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/03/sport/football/dutch-linesman-killed-football/index.html?hpt=hp_t3