英作文チャレンジコーナー(はいはい道新) Hokkaido Newspaper “Readers’ voice column”
毎日通勤で通る道で気になっていることがあります。いつも通るその道は冬は車一台分くらいの幅しか除雪されておらず、歩道は除雪後の雪が山積み。近く小学校に通う子どもたちは仕方なく車道を歩くしかありません。車とすれ違う時は交通事故に巻き込まれるのではないかといつもひやひやします。幹線道路の除雪も大事ですが、子どもたちの安全のためにも通学路の歩道を最優先で除雪してほしいものです。(1月31日 道新)
There’s something on my mind about the road I take everyday on my way to work. For this road, the snow shoveling is not done enough, making it as wide as a single car lane.
The shoveled snow gets pushed aside, blocking people from walking on the sidewalks. Thus, children going to school or a facility have no option but to walk on the road instead. It makes me shiver every time I see cars passing by, causing me to fear the kids might get involved in an accident.
It’s important to clear trunk roads of snow. But I want the authority to carry out snow clearance on school roads for school children’s safety .
日本を称賛! オーストラリアのメディア
日本はアジアカップ大会において記録破りとなる4回目のチャンピオンとなった。決勝戦開始後109分目、途中から出場した李忠成選手が長友佑都からのクロスパスをゴール。 延長戦におけるこの一撃で、果敢なオーストラリアとのスリルある戦いを制し、栄冠を勝ち取った。
それまでピッチに出たのが数分しかなかった李選手は、自分がマークされておらず、お手本通りの完璧なシュートを決めるに充分な時間と空間が与えられているのに気づいた。そのシュートはオーストラリア代表出場88回という記録を持つゴールキーパーのマークシュワルツアー選手に捕らえるチャンスを与えなかった。
This was a game that neither side deserved to lose, but, as the nerve-shredding prospect of a penalty shoot-out loomed, it was fitting that a game of this calibre and status was decided in open play, however heartbreaking for the losers.
双方とも負けに値しない試合をした。胸が張り裂けるようなPK戦の兆しが見え始めた時に、オープンプレーで勝敗がついた。敗者には気の毒だがこの種の試合では適切な終わり方だった。
The Socceroos can, however, hold their heads up high. They dominated much of the game, playing football of fluency, craft and sophistication that many did not think them capable of, especially in the first half.
オーストラリア選手も堂々と胸を張っていい。試合の大部分は彼らが握り、流暢で巧みで洗練されたサッカーをしていた。このような結末になると思わなかった人は多いだろう。特に前半戦は。
But full credit has to go to Japan, who had come through a torrid semi final with South Korea just four days earlier, a match that had been decided in a penalty shoot-out. As revenge for that day of Australian jubiliation in Kaiserslautern five years ago, when the Socceroos came back from canvas to destroy the Blue Samurai’s World Cup dreams with a 3-1 win, this was as good as it gets.
だが総合的に見て、栄誉は日本側に与えねばなるまい。日本はつい4日前、韓国との激しい戦いをPK戦で制したばかりだ。また5年前にドイツのカイザースラウルテンで、オーストラリアは日本を3-1で破り、サムライニッポンのワールドカップの夢を打ち砕いて歓喜の渦にわいた。その日のリベンジとして、このゲームはとても素晴らしいものだった。
英作文チャレンジコーナー(はいはい道新) Hokkaido Newspaper “Readers’ voice column”
たった今入った映像。多重衝突スリップ事故
つい昨日アメリカで放映された映像です。
異常気象が続く昨今、これはアメリカだけの問題ではなく、日本でも起こりえます。
北海道以外のみなさん、特に坂道の多い地域のみなさん。気を付けてくださいね。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRkZSP_jq5M
The more freezing rain is falling right now that’s on top of the half inch of ice that pretty much coats everything around
And across this part of the country, it is proving to be a big danger for drivers.
This SUV is spinning in circles. Barreling out of control, downhill, with just one way to stop. Seconds later, it started all over again.Parked cars were like pinball bumpers to this driver. The brakes, no use. The wild rides continued.
A convoy of collisions on this Pittsburgh street, even as crash victims like these children, were escaping the mounting wreckage. In Pittsburgh alone, forty-five crashes choked up to ice. At least seventy people treated in the E.R.(emergency room) for slips and falls.
The storm packed with sleet and freezing rain moved further, northeast to near Boston, where instead of driving, cars were skating.
The hills. It’s tough on the hills. In New Haven Conneticut, a backwards approach to drive home.
Parking lots and streets looked like ice links.
We just started sliding and stopped, because I didn’t want to hit the car over here. Dropping rain and dropping temperature is not the only problem for this storm. Another ten ionches of snow could fall in parts of northern new England. And other places are suffering too. In Genessee county, Michigan, a dramatic rescue.
Look closely under this semi… There is a car down there. A driver was pinned inside. He had spun out.
The truck driver tried to avoid him, but instead they both wound up in the ditch. Hard to believe judging from this damage, but somehow the driver escaped unhurt.
Back here in Conneticut, some seven hundred emergency calls came pouring in to state police yesterday during the morning rush.
Robin ther are hoping for a quieter one today.
Look at the background. All the snow still on the streets and piled up high there in Cheshire.
AP 通信が発信した佑ちゃんフィーバー
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地元鎌ヶ谷市での熱狂ぶりを”rock star welcome” (ロックスターの様な歓迎ぶり)と表現したAP.
記録を出してナンボの世界で、ルーキーがこれほどもてはやされるのが不思議でしょうが無かったのですねきっと.
Rookie Saito creating fan, media frenzy
Nippon Ham Fighters rookie pitcher Yuki Saito has received “a rock star welcome” from fans at the team’s training facilities in Chiba Prefecture.
About 2,500 fans were out to see his first training with fellow rookies on Wednesday, after the 22-year-old former Waseda University standout’s move into the team’s dormitory made the front page of almost all sports newspapers in Japan.
Saito began with a light workout, only running, playing catch and doing some fielding practice, and the fans kept watching his every move on a chilly day.
“It feels good to go out there and work out,” Saito said. “The first day of training has motivated me even more to jump-start my pro career. I want all these people to see me pitch on the top team mound as early as possible.”
Saito became a national hero when he led Waseda Jitsugyo to the national high school championship title in August 2006.
He opted to play college baseball rather than turn pro.
His rival Masahiro Tanaka, who lost to Saito in the high school championship final, joined the Rakuten Eagles as their top 2006 draft pick and won the Rookie of the Year award in 2007 on his way to becoming an established star pitcher in Japan.
In college, Saito became the only sixth pitcher to reach 30 wins and 300 strikeouts in the Tokyo Big Six League.
“Just seeing him run, I can tell he has strong athletic ability,” said Nippon Ham manager Masataka Nashida, who came to the training.
“Now is only the preparatory stage. I don’t want him to rush anything. I just expect him to take time to build physical strength.”
英作文チャレンジコーナー(はいはい道新) Hokkaido Newspaper “Readers’ voice column”
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