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。

Groundhog Day meets Barfly

山中湖から戻りました。あえてGWのすき間をねらった今回の日程。心配していたセミナーハウス周辺の大渋滞もまったくなく(明日からは状況が一変するでしょう)、靜かな中、世俗から(すこしだけ)解放された3日間を過ごすことができました。参加したゼミ生の感想など、おいおいこちらにアップします。

そうそう、Umeちゃんにはこの間、ブログの余命をつないでもらって大感謝!みんなからおみやげがある(はず)!

さてバック・ツゥ・シゴト!まずは、たまった新聞、雑誌などに目を通します。最初に目に留まったのがあのお騒がせトロント市長 ロブ・フォード氏の話題。カナダの有力新聞 The Globe and Mailの記事(電子版)は記者さんがその英語力を駆使して書いたものとお見受けしました。

その2行目。The past year has been like a non-stop showing of Groundhog Day meets Barfly.とはどういう意味なのでしょう。meetの用法も面白いですね。Othelloくんがいたら突っ込みたいところですが、Koyamamoto大先生でがまんしましょう。(UG)



Enough already: Rob Ford must resign

The Rob Ford story changes; the Rob Ford story remains the same. The past year has been like a non-stop showing of Groundhog Day meets Barfly. The mayor is caught in a drunken stupor or a drug-addled state. He’s in a basement, or at a restaurant or in a bar. Racist invective is spewed. Or sexist phrases. Or homophobic words. Or all of the above. A heartfelt apology is issued.

Promises are made to cease and desist, and to seek treatment. Change is guaranteed. And then? It’s rewind and repeat, again and again and again.

Late on Wednesday night, as this newspaper released details of a new video showing Mr. Ford smoking what appears to be crack, the mayor said he would be taking a leave of absence. Last year, when revelations about his habits, relationships and addictions first became public, a leave to seek medical treatment might have meant something. At least it would have been a start. But now? It’s more than a little late. He’s been lying for too long and carrying on even longer.

Mr. Ford on Wednesdsay said that “I know that I need professional help,” and “I am now 100 per cent committed” to getting it. But he’s been saying as much for months. After the first crack video and police surveillance transcripts become public last year, he admitted to his long-denied crack use, swore that he would change and promised to seek help. Yet his behaviour remained the same as ever, as did his promises.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/enough-already-rob-ford-must-resign/article18372092/


http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20100504/1272981088

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20100504/1272981088