hand-picked #4
平昌オリンピックに向けて、三池淵管弦楽団の団長のヒョン・ソンウォル氏ら7人の北朝鮮視察団が韓国を訪問しました。
Head of popular girl band leads N. Korean team to S. Korea
Appearing live on South Korean television, Hyon Song Wol didn't speak when she walked past a crowd of reporters, onlookers and a barrage of camera flashes before boarding an express train at Seoul's railway station for the eastern city of Gangneung, where her art troupe is to perform during the Pyeongchang Olympics.
She is the leader of Pyongyang's all-female Moranbong Band, which was hand-picked by leader Kim Jong Un. She's been the subject of intense South Korean media attention since she attended last week's talks at the border that struck an agreement on the 140-memer Samjiyon art troupe's two performances -- one in Seoul and the other in Gangneung, where some of the games will take place. After the talks, North Korea said Hyon would also lead the Samjiyon art troupe, whose performances would be the first by a North Korean group in South Korea since 2002.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180121/p2g/00m/0in/028000c
hand-pickedを取りあげます。「手で摘んだ」と直訳の意味もありますが、『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版、大修館書店）では「厳選されて」とありました。LDOCEで“someone who is hand-picked is carefully chosen”と定義されています。機械をつかってランダムに選ぶのではなく、手動でひとつひとつ細かく丁寧に選ぶイメージがわきます。
平昌五輪の開幕まであと３週間を切りました。(flying bird)
hand-picked #3 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
