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。

clean example

こんなこともあるのですね。所有者は悔やんでも悔やみきれないと思います。ここのclean exampleはどういう意味でしょうか。梅チャン,どうぞ。(UG)

NEWS: Passing Toyota 2000GT crushed by tree

The unnamed 28-year-old driver from Nara Prefecture was taken to the hospital, but his injuries were limited to cuts on his arms and legs and are not life-threatening.

The same, tragically, could not be said for the car. The Pegasus White 2000GT appears to have been a particularly clean example, with original wheels and a nice exhaust.

The tree, which grew on a slope and extended over the road, was 6.2 feet in diameter at its thickest and had rotted from the inside. Apparently, local authorities had been warned that the tree was a danger.

However, the surrounding area is a historic preservation site due to the gassho houses of the nearby villages, and cutting down the tree was prohibited. Now, in an effort to preserve one piece of Japanese history another has been destroyed.

Traffic on the road was closed for three hours as the tree and car were removed. NHK has a brief video about the incident.

Sadness.

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2014/06/08/news-toyota-2000gt-crushed-by-tree/