beautiful考

オバマ米大統領は小学校で児童ら２６人が亡くなる乱射事件が起きたコネティカット州ニュータウンを訪れ、犠牲者の遺族と面会しました。声明の中でも大統領はbeautifulという言葉を使いましたが、今回の追悼スピーチでも繰り返しました。日本人にはつかみにくい用法です。Othelloくん、なにかコメントはありませんか。（UG）

Obama Offers Words of Solace at Connecticut Vigil

A grim President Obama told the residents of Newtown, Conn., not to lose heart in the wake of the devastating shootings on Friday that took 26 lives, including 20 children, at an elementary school.

“I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation,” Mr. Obama said toward the end of a vigil in the town’s high school.

Mr. Obama said he was “mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow.”

But he pledged that the nation would offer whatever support it can in the days ahead, as the town tries to move on without those it lost.

“We gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults,” Mr. Obama said. “They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school in a quiet town of good and decent people that could have been any town in America.”

But he added: “Newtown, you are not alone.”

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/sunday-coverage-of-newtown-school-shooting/?emc=na