シュワちゃん大失態!

タイガーウッズのはるか上をゆく慰謝料を現金で払うハメになったアーノルドシュワルツネッガー元州知事。

しかしこれは氷山の一角にすぎず、まだまだ愛人が存在するとの情報も・・・・

The revelation(暴露) that Arnold Schwarzenegger has an out-of-wedlock(非嫡出子) child with a former employee has sparked (火をつけた)a frenzy(大騒ぎ) on this typically quiet XXXXX. Scores of reporters and photographers converged(集まった) on the area Wednesday as unconfirmed(未確認の) reports surfaced(表面化した) that this Bakersfield community(地域社会) is where the child’s mother lives. There didn’t appear to be anyone at the home but one of her neighbors spoke to the AP about the married woman’s move(引っ越し) into the neighborhood last year. Marilyn Steelman says a real estate agent told her that Schwarzenegger was actually the one who bought the house.  And that it was a for a longtime(長年の) staff member who would be retiring (引退する)soon.  The woman  wasn’t around(外に顔を出さなかった) a lot. And her husband told us that she was still working away from Bakersfield and that she commuted(通勤する) back and forth(行ったり来たり) most of the weekends for a long time until about two and a half months ago. The Los Angeles times which first reported Schwarzenegger had fathered (父として認知していた)a child with a member of his staff, didn’t name the woman(名を出さなかった) in its initial report but it did say that she retired in January after working for the governor and his family for twenty years. The former California governor(カリフォルニア州知事) has said his wife, Maria Shriver, didn’t learn the woman’s child, born more than a decade ago, was his until this year. Back in Bakersfield.  The boy is being described as a ‘neat kid’ who any mother would love. He’s the innocent person here. And it doesn’t matter what Arnold and she did whatever. You know that’s their business. They are adult. And here’s an innocent child being brought into this. He’ll never have the same life again.

The boy’s birth certificate(誕生証明書) shows he was born the same week as Schwarzenegger and Shriver’s youngest son who is 13 years old. Schwarzenegger and his aides(側近) have declined(断った) to release any details about the affair(この件の詳細).  He has only issued a statement apologizing to his family and asking for their privacy.

無事でよかったなあ、おい。

 

このビデオを見たとき、思わずそう叫んでしまいました。

左写真矢印の男の子、停車中の白い車の前を走って渡ろうとして、別の車にはねられます。

しかし運よく、かすり傷だけで済みました。

コロラド州デンバーで起こったこの事故、どう見ても男の子の不注意が原因。ドライバーがかわいそうですよね。

ただ、道路わきに停車している白い車は当然ドライバーから見えています。 陰から子供が飛び出す可能性を考慮して減速できたはず・・・じゃないかなあ。

動画サイトは下記へ。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMiWXI1e1s8

A fourth grader from Denver, Colorado, is miraculously OK after a hit- and- run.  That accident was caught on video. The accident happened Friday. You see Eric Aguilar attempting to run across the street outside his hous, when a car hits him. The driver keeps going. Aguilar remembers exactly what happened.

 I was running to over here, and then, the car just hit me right here, and I landed right here.

They make me sick to my stomach just to see the impact of Eric hitting the car then hitting the mirror.

Aguilar has several scrapes and he’s got bruises. He’s expected to be OK.

 

Police are still still trying to track down the driver.  Aguilar says from now on he promises to look both ways before crossing the streets. 

 

I was surprised that his mother spanked him.  Right.

Look both ways kids.

He’s got spanking now.  He will.

 

英作文チャレンジコーナー (はいはい道新)

道北を巡るバスツアーに参加した時のこと。出発時刻になっても姿を現さない人がいました。添乗員があちこち連絡を取っていたら、定刻から20分ほど過ぎてから男女二人が乗車してきました。 おかげで出発が遅れたのですが、謝りもせず悪びれたそぶりもなし。出発後今度は車内で女性グループがお菓子などを食べながら大声でおしゃべり。添乗員の観光案内の声も聞こえず迷惑です。団体行動です。気持ちのいい旅のためにマナーを守ってください。
 (道新 2011年5月16日号)
 
This is a story when I was on a bus tour to Dohoku area (Northern Hokkaido).
Somebody failed to show up in time for the departure time. The tour guide got in touch with some places to find this missing person.
Finally  came on board a man and a woman with no word of apology or self reflection.   and the bus started moving about twenty minutes behind schedule. And then, there was a group of girls chatting loudly while eating snacks. So I couldn’t hear the tour guide’s explanation clearly, which was quite annoying.
I want to say to those people that group tour members must obey rules to make their tour comfortable.

アメリカのTV CMでリスニングにチャレンジしよう!(結婚式場編)

結婚、出産、新居など、お祝い時に送るグリーティングカードを専門に扱う会社がアメリカにあります。

社名はホールマーク社(Hallmark)といい、すでに100年の歴史を誇る老舗なのだそうです。 競争激しいアメリカ社会で一企業が100年生き抜くのは容易ではありません。 もらってうれしくなるようなカードを作るため、常に開発に力を入れてきた、ということなのでしょう。かわいいキャラクター、斬新なデザイン、そして心を打つメッセージ。どれをとっても頷けます。

そんな会社がつくるCMですから中途半端なわけがありません。 長さなんと2分の大作。

主人公は妹の結婚式に出席している兄貴。 この男、いつも一言多いので親戚や友人からうとんじられている。  このCMの前半は、そんな彼のようすが描かれます。

一人目の女性に対しては、You look like you’ve lost a ton of weight. 「おもいきりやせたね」 

二人目の男性には、Do you see that girl over there with the brown hair? Really high-maintenance. (あそこにいる茶髪のコ、いいよな) → しかし彼女はその男のフィアンセだった。
 
三人目のおばさんには、名前を間違えて呼びかけ、不快にさせる。

そんなヘマばかりやらかす主人公が、披露宴の途中いきなり立ち上がり、スピーチを申し出る。

「また始まった」前出の三人がみな眉をひそめる。新婦の妹さえもオロオロする。初老の男性客も小声で不安を口にする。

そんななか、主人公が取り出したのは、ホールマーク社製のお祝いメッセージカードだった。

そこに書かれた文章を一生懸命に話す兄、その文章の素晴らしさに表情を変える聴衆。

終えた後、「この文章は僕が作ったものではありませんが、僕の気持ちそのものです。」と兄。

万雷の拍手。

感動した妹が兄に抱きつき、ありがとうと言う。

ここで終われば最高なのに、兄貴は最後にまた余計なことをいう。「さあみなさん、ケーキを食べて。二千ドルもしたんだから」

動画は下記をクリック願います。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1RFSL7fEE

Sara, long time no see.
 
Hi! Your sister looked beautiful.
 
Oh, thanks! You too. You know, you look like you’ve lost a ton of weight.
 
Do you see that girl over there with the brown hair?
 
Really high-maintenance.
 
That’s my fiancée.
 
Hey, Aunt Kay!
 
Hey, it’s Barbara.
 
Oh, right. Sorry. Yeah, Kay was my Uncle Bill’s second wife.
 
Yes, I know that.
 
Sorry.
 
Can I have your attention? Can I have everyone’s attention, please?
 
I’d like to say a few words about my sister.
 
Oh, no.
 
Well, I’m not really very good at this kind of thing but here it goes.
 
Oh, this is gonna be good.
 
Angie, you’ve been blessed to find someone you can move through this life with.
 
Together, you’ve learned that love doesn’t just happen.
 
You have to create it, craft it, and nurture it.
 
It can be even better when it’s been held in the palm of the hand…
 
…and cradled for a while.
 
You’ve grown a love that is enduring,…
 
…stunning in its beauty.
 
Congratulations on your wedding and continuing to create your lives together.
 
I didn’t actually write those words…
 
…but I do mean them.
 
I love you, Angie.
 
That was beautiful, Chris.
 
Now, eat up everyone, my mom paid like two grand for that cake.