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。

visionary #2

Lee Kuan Yew氏の死去に各国のリーダーから弔事が寄せられています。以前にも書きましたが、eulogyからはいろいろなことを学べます。giant of historyか...大統領(のスピーチライター)らしいことばの選択ですね。ところでここのvisionaryは以前もSteven Jobb氏へのeulogyにもあったと思いますが、今一度、Inahoさん、どうぞ。(GP)

US President Obama pays tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, calls the Singapore leader a 'giant of history'

US President Barack Obama was among the first world leaders to pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, who died on Monday at the age of 91.

“On behalf of the American people, (First lady) Michelle and I offer our deepest condolences to the Lee family and join the people of Singapore in mourning the loss of this remarkable man,” he said, in a statement released just hours after news broke of Mr Lee’s passing.

He hailed the Mr Lee as a “visionary” as well as a “devoted public servant and remarkable leader” and said he was deeply saddened by the news

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/us-president-barack-obama-deeply-saddened-death-mr-lee-k#sthash.c8vawG2y.dpuf

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20150323/1427064855

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20140913/1410573428