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2009/04/30
2009/04/26
Susan Boyle
WBC以来、久しぶりに感動した。
Susan Boyleさん、４７歳。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8m7CkpIK0&hl=ja
すばらしい声だ。７分３３秒が短かすぎる。もっとききたい。たくさんある投稿の中でのあるものは、本日4/25/2009の段階で、1500万回の再生である。
以下は、同じシーンの英語のsubtitleつきの投稿
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzfCVBSsvqA
さらに、別の投稿、英語のsubtitleつき
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtyXYjXNI2w&NR=1
別の投稿 (no subtile)
NBC関連のSenior Vice Presidentが５回見てそのたびに涙がでたという。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLw-YT7pYg&NR=1
Susan Boyleさん、４７歳。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8m7CkpIK0&hl=ja
すばらしい声だ。７分３３秒が短かすぎる。もっとききたい。たくさんある投稿の中でのあるものは、本日4/25/2009の段階で、1500万回の再生である。
以下は、同じシーンの英語のsubtitleつきの投稿
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzfCVBSsvqA
さらに、別の投稿、英語のsubtitleつき
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtyXYjXNI2w&NR=1
別の投稿 (no subtile)
NBC関連のSenior Vice Presidentが５回見てそのたびに涙がでたという。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLw-YT7pYg&NR=1
2009/04/22
終わりよければ...
昨日、富山県教育委員会の臨時職員（小学校英語活動協力員)の面接を受け、その場で"採用"といわれ、さてどうしようかと思案中。
ハローワークで見つけた富山県教育委員会が募集している緊急雇用対策に先週応募。9/30まで週4日、小学校で英語tの指導の補助、入善、朝日、黒部、魚津（注)の小学校２校を見つけて、独自に英語のお手伝いをする仕事。
プラス面、マイナス面、両方、検討課題がたくさんあります
今回の応募は、エレベーターのある建物を嫌う母が、”終わりよければすべてよし"などと意味深なことをいうので、週末ぐらいケアハウスから連れ出すことが可能ならばと思ってトライしてみました。９月以降も半年延長可能というのですが、いざやるとなると、決心が必要です。
英語を第一の要件として掲げる求人では、TOEIC 825点、英検準１級はこの年だと通用しなく、もう一ランク上を要求されますが、富山県の小学校の英語教育ではたりたようです。
面接の帰り、富山駅から電鉄黒部（昔の桜井駅)まで、富山地方鉄道の、４０年間走り続けているような白い２両編成の特急宇奈月行きに乗りました。どの駅も、駅のホームは赤茶けた鉄さび色に彩られ、駅員も１人しかいないか無人駅の様相。平日の13:10-14:00の時間帯は、人もまばら。曇り空で、山の稜線ははっきりと見えませんでしたが、剣岳だけはどこから見てもとんがった頂と雪の沢筋をあらわにむき出していました。
富山といわれる所以の山々を、これほどじっくり、しつこく、見つめたのは初めてのような気がします。富山市内のビルの上から見た山が勇壮に見えたので、もっと近くに行けば、かつて見えなかったものが迫ってきて、何か起こるかも知れない、と半分ワクワクして出発したのですが、結局は、何も起こりませんでした。
面接で、こんな話しをしました。
小学校のころ、集英社の国語辞典の用語解説の下に英語の単語が載っていて、それを組み合わせて文を作り、自分は英語ができると思っていたのだが、中学に入り、英語の文と日本語の文の単語の順序が同じでないことが分かり、ショックを受けた、カルチャー・ショックであった...と。
一夜明けて
朝、黒部笑福学園から連れ出した母に、かつて母が教えてくれた、万葉集の歌を、思い出そうと思ったけど忘れてしまったという"古草"の歌を、逆解説。
上の一文を書いた後、母のいるはずの居間に戻ったがいない。どこに行ったのだろう。庭の花でも見に行ったのかしら...
ケアハウスでは、一日中部屋の中に閉じこもりがちで、老人性認知症が確実に進み、歩行力も施設に入る前の１年前と比べて各段に落ちたが、自分のうちに戻ると嬉々としている。
しばらくしてもう一度居間に戻ると、今書いたばかりの短冊を手にしている。
「終わりよければすべて良し、自分のうちが、一番いい」と母は言う。 直接ではなく、電話の向こうで。２－３週間前のこと。
ハローワークで見つけた富山県教育委員会が募集している緊急雇用対策に先週応募。9/30まで週4日、小学校で英語tの指導の補助、入善、朝日、黒部、魚津（注)の小学校２校を見つけて、独自に英語のお手伝いをする仕事。
注：いずれも、実家から車で３０分以内のところ
プラス面、マイナス面、両方、検討課題がたくさんあります
今回の応募は、エレベーターのある建物を嫌う母が、”終わりよければすべてよし"などと意味深なことをいうので、週末ぐらいケアハウスから連れ出すことが可能ならばと思ってトライしてみました。９月以降も半年延長可能というのですが、いざやるとなると、決心が必要です。
英語を第一の要件として掲げる求人では、TOEIC 825点、英検準１級はこの年だと通用しなく、もう一ランク上を要求されますが、富山県の小学校の英語教育ではたりたようです。
面接の帰り、富山駅から電鉄黒部（昔の桜井駅)まで、富山地方鉄道の、４０年間走り続けているような白い２両編成の特急宇奈月行きに乗りました。どの駅も、駅のホームは赤茶けた鉄さび色に彩られ、駅員も１人しかいないか無人駅の様相。平日の13:10-14:00の時間帯は、人もまばら。曇り空で、山の稜線ははっきりと見えませんでしたが、剣岳だけはどこから見てもとんがった頂と雪の沢筋をあらわにむき出していました。
富山といわれる所以の山々を、これほどじっくり、しつこく、見つめたのは初めてのような気がします。富山市内のビルの上から見た山が勇壮に見えたので、もっと近くに行けば、かつて見えなかったものが迫ってきて、何か起こるかも知れない、と半分ワクワクして出発したのですが、結局は、何も起こりませんでした。
母の近くに住むということに伴うマイナスの面を補ってくれるような新しい視点が、その電車に揺られる中から生まれて来やしないかと、期待したわけです。
面接で、こんな話しをしました。
小学校のころ、集英社の国語辞典の用語解説の下に英語の単語が載っていて、それを組み合わせて文を作り、自分は英語ができると思っていたのだが、中学に入り、英語の文と日本語の文の単語の順序が同じでないことが分かり、ショックを受けた、カルチャー・ショックであった...と。
一夜明けて
朝、黒部笑福学園から連れ出した母に、かつて母が教えてくれた、万葉集の歌を、思い出そうと思ったけど忘れてしまったという"古草"の歌を、逆解説。
上の一文を書いた後、母のいるはずの居間に戻ったがいない。どこに行ったのだろう。庭の花でも見に行ったのかしら...
ケアハウスでは、一日中部屋の中に閉じこもりがちで、老人性認知症が確実に進み、歩行力も施設に入る前の１年前と比べて各段に落ちたが、自分のうちに戻ると嬉々としている。
しばらくしてもう一度居間に戻ると、今書いたばかりの短冊を手にしている。
おもしろき野をば な焼きそ 古草に新草まじりて 生いは生ふるがに
万葉集 巻１４ 雑歌 3452
「終わりよければすべて良し、自分のうちが、一番いい」と母は言う。 直接ではなく、電話の向こうで。２－３週間前のこと。
2009/04/16
読む能力、あるいは、態度、あるいは、読みを進めるreadiness、について
オバマ大統領の演説の内容について、TVのニュースで紹介していた時はそんなことを言ったの、ぐらいの軽い感じしかもてませんでしたが、「ベネズエラのチャべス大統領がオバマ大統領の演説を評価」という新聞の記事に誘われて、そのうちに原文を読んでみようとは思っていました。
演説の動画は、"核を使った国として道義的責任がある"というところが、よく確認できず、軽く流された言葉のような気がしましたが、文字で確かめた後もう一度聴いてみると、その意味も実感として把握でき、さらに３回目になると、うーんとうなるほど、感心してしまいました。
As a nuclear power, as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it.
翻訳された日本語を読まないで、英文だけで読んで分かったような気になっていても、日本語で確認すると、こんなにも理解が違うとは。
さらに分かったことは、この演説を理解するうえでの、関心や前提知識のGAPでありました。
この演説をプラハで行うことの意味を理解できなかったのは、ベトナム戦争でのチェコ製の武器が使われていたのでアメリカが干渉しなかった、ということを知らなかっただけではなく、かつて、プラハの春から夏にかけて起こった事柄を自分の言葉で反芻して見たことが一度もないからということにほかならず、それは自分の歴史あるいは政治に対する態度を物語っています。
この演説に対し、次のように問いかけることも、その意味を自分の言葉で問うているという意味で、私にはできない問いであるとまた感心。
オバマの演説が本物かどうかは、彼が広島・長崎・第5福竜丸にくるかどうかですね。そして何を言うか。米国社会はそれを是とするか。原爆に限らず、無差別空爆をどう総括するのか。 ニセ宗教の定義が、又ひとつ増えそうです。絶対平和（武力の均衡や軍事的圧力によらない）を善しとしない宗教はニセ者である。
そして、次の答えに、また、ひとうなり(感心)。
オバマのシナリオでは外交・軍事に占める核兵器のウェートを引き下げる、（削 減、実験中止）ロシアその他核保有国と協調を前提としていますから通常兵器は 除外、一方的措置はなし。 他国の脅威が存在する限りは同盟国と自国の安全保 障は譲れないとも言明しています。 世界外交劇場での夏（春？）の夜の夢かしらん・・・。米国政治の振り子現象の揺 らぎに過ぎないのか・・・。
前に遅読について触れましたが、私のこの演説内容に関する読み方は、自分へのインプットの仕方は、あるいは、自分の言葉で語れるレベルは、要約にも満たず、ようやくタイトルをいえるぐらいのレベルで、遅読ではあるのに速読の理解度でした。
そして、"授業(ものごと)を理解するためには、質問項目を沢山用意できているほど、理解の幅と深さが異なってくる"、とかつて息子に言ったことはあるものの、そのことをやっていない自分を棚に上げていたことを、再確認したのであります。
ま、readinessが異なる分野に対しては、拝聴するだけでも、楽しいのですが...
演説の動画は、"核を使った国として道義的責任がある"というところが、よく確認できず、軽く流された言葉のような気がしましたが、文字で確かめた後もう一度聴いてみると、その意味も実感として把握でき、さらに３回目になると、うーんとうなるほど、感心してしまいました。
As a nuclear power, as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it.
翻訳された日本語を読まないで、英文だけで読んで分かったような気になっていても、日本語で確認すると、こんなにも理解が違うとは。
さらに分かったことは、この演説を理解するうえでの、関心や前提知識のGAPでありました。
この演説をプラハで行うことの意味を理解できなかったのは、ベトナム戦争でのチェコ製の武器が使われていたのでアメリカが干渉しなかった、ということを知らなかっただけではなく、かつて、プラハの春から夏にかけて起こった事柄を自分の言葉で反芻して見たことが一度もないからということにほかならず、それは自分の歴史あるいは政治に対する態度を物語っています。
この演説に対し、次のように問いかけることも、その意味を自分の言葉で問うているという意味で、私にはできない問いであるとまた感心。
オバマの演説が本物かどうかは、彼が広島・長崎・第5福竜丸にくるかどうかですね。そして何を言うか。米国社会はそれを是とするか。原爆に限らず、無差別空爆をどう総括するのか。 ニセ宗教の定義が、又ひとつ増えそうです。絶対平和（武力の均衡や軍事的圧力によらない）を善しとしない宗教はニセ者である。
そして、次の答えに、また、ひとうなり(感心)。
オバマのシナリオでは外交・軍事に占める核兵器のウェートを引き下げる、（削 減、実験中止）ロシアその他核保有国と協調を前提としていますから通常兵器は 除外、一方的措置はなし。 他国の脅威が存在する限りは同盟国と自国の安全保 障は譲れないとも言明しています。 世界外交劇場での夏（春？）の夜の夢かしらん・・・。米国政治の振り子現象の揺 らぎに過ぎないのか・・・。
前に遅読について触れましたが、私のこの演説内容に関する読み方は、自分へのインプットの仕方は、あるいは、自分の言葉で語れるレベルは、要約にも満たず、ようやくタイトルをいえるぐらいのレベルで、遅読ではあるのに速読の理解度でした。
そして、"授業(ものごと)を理解するためには、質問項目を沢山用意できているほど、理解の幅と深さが異なってくる"、とかつて息子に言ったことはあるものの、そのことをやっていない自分を棚に上げていたことを、再確認したのであります。
ま、readinessが異なる分野に対しては、拝聴するだけでも、楽しいのですが...
動的平衡
- 生命現象は、動的な分子の平衡現象ルドルフ・シェーンハイマー
- タンパク質の新陳代謝速度が、体内時計の秒針なのである。年をとるとタンパク質の代謝回転が遅くなる
- 脳は、ありのままではなく、デフォルメされたものを見る。
世界のありようを、直感的にしか見ていない。=>直感に頼るな - 自然界のインプットとアウトプットの関係は、シグモイド・カーブという、Sを左右に伸ばしたような、非線形をとる。
- 貯蓄のメカニズム
- インシュリン：血糖値が上昇すると合い量に放出される＝＞
- 脂肪細胞の表面のインシュリン・レセプターと結合し、脂肪細胞に情報を伝える＝＞
- 脂肪細胞内部の格納庫からブドウ糖輸送対が運び出され、細胞膜上に突き刺さる
- 血流に乗ってやってくる余分なブドウ糖が取り込まれ、脂肪となって蓄えられる
- 消化がゆっくりと進むスロード＝グリセミック・インデックス（GI値）＝どれくらい血糖値をあげるかを数値化したものhttp://www.drrk.net/gi.html
- 貯蓄時には、一時的に血糖値が低下、身体は同化モード=副交感神経優位=眠い
- そんなときでも血糖値を高く保ち、臨戦モードを維持する＝糖尿病
- ES細胞＝エンブリオニック・ステム・セル＝胚性幹細胞
- 分子の相補性 精子と卵子のミクロなタンパク分子が合致する=種の同一性の保持
- 細胞：細菌：ウィルス：プリオン・タンパク質＝こぶし：米粒：点：１／１０００
- ミトコンドリアは細胞内に取り込まれた別の生命体
- 酸化能力＝＞エネルギーを供給
- 母系
- 象、鯨の低周波のコミュニケーション
- 豚の知能
2009/04/05
2009/04/02
WBC Final
Great final shows the WBC has great potential
By Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
TOKYO — Dodger Stadium was rocking, and this time no one was leaving during the seventh inning.
No one dared, because on the field below Japan and South Korea were playing a game so intense it seemed like the fate of their respective nations depended on the outcome.
This was the way Bud Selig always envisioned the World Baseball Classic would be. Nation against nation, extra innings with everything on the line.
No one worrying about getting hurt. Everyone worrying about letting their country down.
A perfect ending to a very imperfect tournament.
Ichiro Suzuki was already a national hero in Japan even before he lined a two-out single into center field in the 10th inning Monday night for what would prove to be the winning runs against Korea. Now they'll be building monuments to him in his home country.
And all because Selig had a vision.
Judge the WBC by its final game and the only complaint is that we have to wait until 2013 to see it again. There hasn't been a game played in March that ever meant so much, or was so much fun to watch.
Give Selig credit for that. The whole thing was his baby and the WBC, in its second incarnation, was marginally better than it was the first time around.
If we didn't know it before, we know now that, much to Tommy Lasorda's dismay, baseball is no longer just America's game. There are other countries who play it just as well, or even better, and that's just something we'll now have to start getting used to.
There are also other countries who seem to take it more seriously than we do, something that became even more painfully evident the longer the tournament went on. While the U.S. treated the tournament like extended spring training, it seemed to mean a lot more to the other semifinalists than it did the home team.
Japanese Manager Tatsunori Hara was already way past psyched before the first pitch was thrown in the last game.
"It could be the game of the century," he said.
It wasn't quite that, but it was just the game the WBC desperately needed to carry some momentum into the next tournament, which is four long years away. And the 54,846 who packed Dodger Stadium for the final certainly appreciated it, chanting, banging noisemakers and making more noise than Dodger fans combine for during an entire season.
Koreans have been playing professional baseball since only 1982, but they were coming off an Olympic gold medal win in Beijing and had the confidence to play a team they knew well. Unfortunately, their comeback to tie the game in the ninth inning was marred by a bad decision to pitch to Suzuki with first base open in the 10th inning.
Still, it was good stuff for baseball fans, especially purists who appreciate the finer things in the game. Instead of muscle-bound home run hitters, we were treated to line drive hitters who knew how to lay down bunts. Magicians with gloves roamed the field, making even the toughest plays seem routine.
The only thing missing was the U.S. team, but that was hardly a surprise. It was a hastily thrown together group, not nearly as star-studded as it should have been, and not anywhere near as prepared as other teams were to play meaningful games in March.
And while Selig deserves credit for the WBC, he deserves the blame for that. The baseball commissioner didn't use the powers of his office to order teams to surrender their best players for the classic, didn't make sure those who did come were in shape to play, and allowed the various clubs to decide how much they should play.
Selig just moved spring training forward a few days, and figured that would be enough to get the U.S. millionaires excited again.
That has to change in 2013 if Selig expects the U.S. to win. It has to change if he expects U.S. fans to care, and it has to change if the WBC is ever going to be what he believes it will eventually become.
Selig admitted as much Monday while being interviewed in the television booth during the game.
"We have to figure out ways to pick up the intensity of the U.S. team, no question about it," Selig said. "We need everybody's best players and we shouldn't accept less."
One way to start would be to move the tournament to summer. Have it replace the All-Star game, and put the major league season on hiatus for a few weeks until its over.
The players would all be in shape, and they would all be motivated. No one would have to worry about pitch counts or strained obliques.
Treat it like it really means something
By Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
TOKYO — Dodger Stadium was rocking, and this time no one was leaving during the seventh inning.
No one dared, because on the field below Japan and South Korea were playing a game so intense it seemed like the fate of their respective nations depended on the outcome.
This was the way Bud Selig always envisioned the World Baseball Classic would be. Nation against nation, extra innings with everything on the line.
No one worrying about getting hurt. Everyone worrying about letting their country down.
A perfect ending to a very imperfect tournament.
Ichiro Suzuki was already a national hero in Japan even before he lined a two-out single into center field in the 10th inning Monday night for what would prove to be the winning runs against Korea. Now they'll be building monuments to him in his home country.
And all because Selig had a vision.
Judge the WBC by its final game and the only complaint is that we have to wait until 2013 to see it again. There hasn't been a game played in March that ever meant so much, or was so much fun to watch.
Give Selig credit for that. The whole thing was his baby and the WBC, in its second incarnation, was marginally better than it was the first time around.
If we didn't know it before, we know now that, much to Tommy Lasorda's dismay, baseball is no longer just America's game. There are other countries who play it just as well, or even better, and that's just something we'll now have to start getting used to.
There are also other countries who seem to take it more seriously than we do, something that became even more painfully evident the longer the tournament went on. While the U.S. treated the tournament like extended spring training, it seemed to mean a lot more to the other semifinalists than it did the home team.
Japanese Manager Tatsunori Hara was already way past psyched before the first pitch was thrown in the last game.
"It could be the game of the century," he said.
It wasn't quite that, but it was just the game the WBC desperately needed to carry some momentum into the next tournament, which is four long years away. And the 54,846 who packed Dodger Stadium for the final certainly appreciated it, chanting, banging noisemakers and making more noise than Dodger fans combine for during an entire season.
Koreans have been playing professional baseball since only 1982, but they were coming off an Olympic gold medal win in Beijing and had the confidence to play a team they knew well. Unfortunately, their comeback to tie the game in the ninth inning was marred by a bad decision to pitch to Suzuki with first base open in the 10th inning.
Still, it was good stuff for baseball fans, especially purists who appreciate the finer things in the game. Instead of muscle-bound home run hitters, we were treated to line drive hitters who knew how to lay down bunts. Magicians with gloves roamed the field, making even the toughest plays seem routine.
The only thing missing was the U.S. team, but that was hardly a surprise. It was a hastily thrown together group, not nearly as star-studded as it should have been, and not anywhere near as prepared as other teams were to play meaningful games in March.
And while Selig deserves credit for the WBC, he deserves the blame for that. The baseball commissioner didn't use the powers of his office to order teams to surrender their best players for the classic, didn't make sure those who did come were in shape to play, and allowed the various clubs to decide how much they should play.
Selig just moved spring training forward a few days, and figured that would be enough to get the U.S. millionaires excited again.
That has to change in 2013 if Selig expects the U.S. to win. It has to change if he expects U.S. fans to care, and it has to change if the WBC is ever going to be what he believes it will eventually become.
Selig admitted as much Monday while being interviewed in the television booth during the game.
"We have to figure out ways to pick up the intensity of the U.S. team, no question about it," Selig said. "We need everybody's best players and we shouldn't accept less."
One way to start would be to move the tournament to summer. Have it replace the All-Star game, and put the major league season on hiatus for a few weeks until its over.
The players would all be in shape, and they would all be motivated. No one would have to worry about pitch counts or strained obliques.
Treat it like it really means something
Wa
'Wa' Reigns Supreme at WBC
Posted Mar 24, 2009 4:21AM By Lisa Olson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MLB, FanHouse Exclusive
LOS ANGELES -- It's all about the Wa, the forfeiture of self for the unity and harmony of the greater good, or team. You could sense Wa all around Monday night, as Japan and South Korea engaged in one of the finest back-to-basics baseball games you might ever see.Wa was there in the sacrifice flies bringing home runners, in beautifully positioned bunts, in terrific pitching duels that caused 54,846 fans at Dodger Stadium to stand and sing for 10 fantastic innings. Fittingly, the World Baseball Classic final lasted a perfect four hours, ending with Japan beating Korea, 5-3, for the championship.Make that the world championship, for only the most xenophobic would consider Team Japan not worthy. Team Samurai defended its WBC title from 2006, thanks to Ichiro Suzuki's finely placed single that sliced Korea's gut and scored two runs in the top of the 10th. But really, as often happens in Japanese baseball, the beauty was carved out in Ichiro's eight-pitch at-bat against reliever Chang Yong Lim, with two outs, with runners on second and third, with millions upon millions of fans in the Far East holding their breath."Today we were able to greet the day, and the fact that we were able to remain one of the best two was within myself, wonderful," said Japan's manager Tatsunori Hara, long after his team offered gracious bows to their longtime rivals and paraded around Dodger Stadium with the Rising Sun flag and shared the trophy with fans who didn't want to leave.Here, baseball purists, was the game at its prime, extra innings packed with smallball, dazzling defense, daring baserunning. It was a test of which country best mastered the fundamentals, a passion play leading up to the ninth inning when Yu Darvish, the closer who one night earlier finished off Team USA, erratically sandwiched two walks inside a pair of nasty strikeouts. But like nearly every young child who learned to play baseball in Asia, Korea's Bum Ho Lee has the patience of a nun, and he waited for the right pitch to slap through the hole at short, tying the game, 3-3. The Dodger Stadium scoreboard came alive with pictures of crowds packed tight into Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, partying hard 6,000 miles away.And then Darvish returned for the 10th, Hara taking a risk that highlighted the terrible importance of this game, and Darvish made sure Ichiro's efforts weren't wasted. After a leadoff walk, Darvish cooly retired the side. Pandemonium in Dodger Stadium, delirium in the streets of Tokyo.That, baseball lovers, is why the Classic matters."Well, in the bullpen, the pitcher who was the best is the one I picked," said Hara, making his decision sound so easy, so enlightened. And of Ichiro's epic, game-winning at-bat, Hara admitted, "it's an image that will forever be imprinted in my mind."Ichiro insisted he was in a far more rocky zone while wiggling at the plate. "I really wish I could be in the state of Zen but ... I kept thinking of all these things that I shouldn't think about," he said. "But I was able to hit, so I felt like maybe I surpassed something myself."One night earlier, Japan blew away Team USA, 9-4, in the semifinals, a loss that flushed out another round of snide remarks by Americans who can't see beyond their own belts, who are stunned, absolutely stunned, that other nations play a better, smarter brand of baseball than the country which invented it. How could this happen?Really, the answer is quite obvious to anyone who's been paying attention to the sport's expansion across the past decade. Teams from Asia and elsewhere have this odd habit of racing down the line as soon as the ball is put into play, of circling the bases following home runs like they'll never again hit a ball so far, of treating strike outs as a curse that shames the entire group."Little things," Jeter, captain of Team USA, was saying late Sunday night, in the gloom of Dodger Stadium. "Somewhere along the way Americans lost the idea of practicing and teaching fundamentals. We need to figure out how to get back to that."The contrast first struck Jeter in 2004, when the New York Yankees traveled to Japan for Opening Day, with a series against Tampa Bay. I covered the Yankees on that journey (and was with the New York Mets when they ushered in the 2000 season in Tokyo). Each trip included exhibition games against Japanese teams, providing ample opportunities to observe the militaristic manner in which the Japanese prepared.The sport was first introduced to the Japanese masses in 1878, by a Boston engineer who had his players run the bases in geta, or wooden sandals. It was a painful exercise, designed to build or break the spirit (typical masochistic Red Sox fan, even then). Modern pre-game warmups are still a blend of martial arts and worker bee ethos, the players fielding more ground balls and pop ups than some Little League teams do in a year.The fierce dedication trickles down to school children, many who routinely train for six hours a day. Little Leaguers are taught defensive skills and the art of playing catch long before they master hitting; Americans do it in reverse. And if those children lose a big game, they scoop up the infield dirt, pack it in plastic bags and display it prominently at home, a reminder of lessons to be learned.The South Koreans are similarly nurtured, before facing one more obstacle: a mandatory stint in the military. That's one of the major hurdles MLB teams have to navigate before more Koreans land on this side of the pond.Jung-Keun Bong, Korea's starting pitcher Monday, cut a rare path across baseball's landscape, spending time with the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds before returning to Korea to finish his career. He pitched splendidly in the title game, but Japanese starter Hisaski Iwakuma was even better, and after Michihiro Ogasawara's third-inning RBI single gave Japan a 1-0 lead, Bong was removed in the fifth, with no outs and runners on the corners. A few hours earlier, manager Hara had predicted the championship would "feel like it's the game of the century." That's how fierce the Korea-Japan rivalry is, far more intense than Yankees-Red Sox, gloriously existing without the ESPN hoopla.How many tens of millions of office workers choked on their mid-morning coffee Tuesday when Hyun Wook Jong came in for Bong and promptly blew away the side, the inning ending with Ogasawara striking out and Norichika Aoki, so firefly quick, caught stealing?Shin-Soo Choo, one of four Koreans in the major leagues, tied the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff home run, spinning Dodger Stadium into a sweet cacophony of bands and whistles and dancing children and national chants and controlled madness.That's the other thing about international baseball. Fans enjoy games without worrying about foul-mouthed thugs destroying the experience. If Koreans and Japanese can share a stadium peacefully, without fights in the stands and curse words polluting the air, perhaps there is hope for us still.No doubt, the WBC has inspired its share of positive moments: competitive, entertaining games, good sportsmanship, lessons for the Americans. There are plans to expand the tournament in 2013 beyond the scope of this year's carnival, which featured 16 teams playing 38 games across seven cities, from Tokyo to L.A. Paul Archey, senior VP of MLB International and architect of the WBC, stood near the Dodger dugout before Monday's game and said the idea is to keep dreaming big, beyond borders."We like March as a time to do this tournament," Archey said, reminding reporters that MLB owners approved the timing, the travel and other inconveniences that have prompted American players and fans to either whine or yawn. Archey wouldn't rule out the possibility of the semifinals and final being played in Tokyo, where TV ratings and attendance are Super Bowl-sized. (Total attendance for this year's WBC was 801,408, and if organizers counted fans who attended Team Japan's practices, the number would have cleared 1 million.)Yes, it appears Team USA will again be handicapped next time around, by the format and, if lessons aren't learned, by their own style of play. Appearances by A.J. Burnett, CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain -- just three of the American pitchers who couldn't be bothered, though there were others -- might have saved Team USA from being knocked around by Japan's line drives in Sunday's semifinal.It may be too late for the US to ever retrieve a version of Wa. Generations have passed, glorifying power hitters over basic fundamentals. "Little things," as Jeter said, though he knows the cultural divide cuts much deeper.Ichiro and fellow major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka joined Team Japan for training in early February, enduring two-a-days when they could have been sipping Mai Tais on the beach. It was all for the Wa, group harmony over self. Ichiro's bat scored the winning run, Dice-K's arm was a perfect 3-0 and earned him tournament MVP honors.So offer a tip of the Kabuto, helmet of the samurai, toward Team Japan, world champions who can teach us a thing or three.
http://lisa-olson.fanhouse.com/2009/03/24/wa-reigns-supreme-at-wbc/
all about周囲をぐるりと、～に関するすべて、・What's that all about? : あれは［それは］一体何のこと？／それって一体どんな意味があるの？、～がすべてで、すべて～次第で、要は～で
forfeiture 没収｛ぼっしゅう｝、喪失｛そうしつ｝、没収（物）｛ぼっしゅう（ぶつ）｝ 科料｛かりょう｝、罰金｛ばっきん｝
back-to-basics 基本［根本・初心］に戻る［帰る］
duel 〔二者間の〕争い、決闘｛けっとう｝、果たし合い、闘争｛とうそう｝、抗争｛こうそう｝、対決｛たいけつ｝、勝負｛しょうぶ｝、争う、戦う、決闘｛けっとう｝する
xenophobic 外国（人）嫌｛がいこく（じん）ぎら｝いの
purist 純粋主義者｛じゅんすい しゅぎしゃ｝
prime全盛（期）｛ぜんせい（き）｝、盛り、主要｛しゅよう｝な、第一｛だいいち｝の、一流｛いちりゅう｝の、最上等｛さい じょうとう｝の、最上｛さいじょう｝の、首位｛しゅい｝の、最高｛さいこう｝の
dazzling まぶしい、輝かしい、まばゆい（ほど［ばかり］の）、目もくらむばかりの、（魅惑的｛みわく てき｝で）しびれさせる、幻惑的な、とても素晴らしい、見事な、めくるめく
daring:大胆な
erratically 不規則｛ふきそく｝に、一定｛いってい｝しない動きで、常軌を逸して
nasty 不快｛ふかい｝な、汚らわしい、意地｛いじ｝の悪い、扱いにくい〈俗〉最高｛さいこう｝な、素晴｛すば｝らしい、格好いい
single through the hole
《野球》三遊間［一二塁間｛いち に るいかん｝］を抜けるヒット
lead-off 《野球》先頭打者
retire〔打者｛だしゃ｝を〕アウトにする
pandemonium 悪魔｛あくま｝の巣窟｛そうくつ｝、大混乱（の場所｛ばしょ｝）、地獄｛じごく｝・On deck there was pandemonium. : 甲板は地獄絵の様相だった。
delirium 狂乱状態｛きょうらん じょうたい｝、幻覚症状｛げんかく しょうじょう｝、精神錯乱｛せいしんさくらん｝、興奮
enlighten ｝する、教え導く、教示｛きょうじ｝する、啓もうする ,に知らせる、教える
epic 叙事詩｛じょじし｝、叙事詩的｛じょじし てき｝な映画｛えいが｝、大作｛たいさく｝,壮大｛そうだい｝な、英雄的｛えいゆうてき｝な、大規模｛だいきぼ｝な
〈米俗〉素晴｛すば｝らしい、最高｛さいこう｝の
at-bat：打席
rocky 岩石｛がんせき｝の多い、岩のような ,困難｛こんなん｝な、障害｛しょうがい｝のある、問題｛もんだい｝を抱えた、フラフラの、ッキーの、不安定｛ふあんてい｝な、グラグラする
wiggle ［くねくね］動かす
flush out
〔水などで〕流し出す、流れ出る、追い出す、〔容器を〕濯ぐ、〔罪人を〕暴き出す、〔隠れている鳥を〕飛び立たせる、一掃｛いっそう｝する
snide 悪意に満ちた、ずるい、卑劣な、人を傷つけるような・He is always making snide anti-Japanese remarks. : 彼はいつも人を傷つけるような反日的批判をする ,偽の、まがい物の
stun ～を当惑｛とうわく｝させる、うろたえさせる、あぜんとさせる、びっくりさせる、～の肝をつぶす、度肝｛どぎも｝を抜かせる、ぼうぜんとさせる、衝撃｛しょうげき｝を与える、動揺｛どうよう｝させる ,～を打ち負かす、圧倒,あっとう｝する 気絶｛きぜつ｝［失神｛しっしん｝］させる
odd普通｛ふつう｝でない、奇妙｛きみょう｝な、変な、おかしな、異様｛いよう｝
race:全速力で走る
down the line、直ちに、始めから終わりまで/ ライン沿いに
curse のろい（の言葉｛ことば｝）、呪文｛じゅもん｝、怨念｛おんねん｝、忌むべきもの、天罰｛てんばつ｝、悪態｛あくたい｝、毒舌｛どくぜつ｝、悪口｛わるぐち｝、元凶｛げんきょう｝
gloom 闇、暗闇｛くらやみ｝、薄暗｛うすぐら｝さ、（薄）暗がり、暗い所、暗影｛あんえい｝、陰影｛いんえい｝ ,陰気｛いんき｝、憂うつ、沈鬱｛ちんうつ｝、意気｛いき｝消沈｛しょうちん｝［阻喪｛そそう｝］、沈んだ面持ち［顔つき・表情｛ひょうじょう｝］
ethos 精神｛せいしん｝、気風｛きふう｝、風潮｛ふうちょう｝、道徳的規範｛どうとくてき きはん｝、エトス、思潮｛しちょう｝、方針｛ほうしん｝、理念｛りねん｝、指導原理｛しどう げんり｝
pop up:《野球》凡フライ、小飛球
trickle したたる、したたり落ちる、垂れる、ちょろちょろ流れる、ポタポタ落ちる、漏れる
nurture 育てる、養育｛よういく｝する、養成｛ようせい｝する、仕込む｛しこむ｝、助長｛じょちょう｝する、助成｛じょせい｝する、はぐくむ
stint 活動などに従事していた〕期間｛きかん｝ 、任務｛にんむ｝、割り当てられた仕事（量）｛しごと（りょう）｝
RBI ＝run batted in《野球》打点
ESPN ＝Entertainment and Sports Programming Network娯楽スポーツテレビ放送ネットワーク
hoopla 〈米〉大騒ぎ、騒動、混乱 〈米〉誇大広告、いんちき、ごまかし
blow away 〔ほこり・嫌な気分｛きぶん｝などを〕吹き飛ばす、ふっ飛ばす、吹き払う、一掃｛いっそう｝する 、〈米俗〉撃ち殺す、射殺｛しゃさつ｝する、銃殺｛じゅうさつ｝する、ぶっ殺す〈米俗〉〔敵などを〕完全｛かんぜん｝に負かす、ぶちのめす 、〈米俗〉感動｛かんどう｝させる、つくづく感心｛かんしん｝させる、～に非常｛ひじょう｝に良い印象｛いんしょう｝を与える 、〔スポーツなどの記録｛きろく｝を〕破る、塗り替える
firefly？？？？？
ｃｆ 《虫》ホタル、蛍｛ほたる｝◆【同】lighting bug・As a firefly said when he sat in the water, I'm delighted to be here again. : 《二度目の訪問時のあいさつ》ホタルが水につかったときに言ったようにここに再び来られてうれしいです。◆ホタルは水に浸かると尾の光が消えるので、delighted（うれしい）とdelighted（光を消されて）の意味をかけあわせている。このセリフをネィティブに言うと必ず笑ってくれる。
cacophony 耳障り｛みみざわり｝な［不快｛ふかい｝な］音
foul mouth 汚い口の利き方、口汚い人
thug 〔残忍｛ざんにん｝な〕殺し屋、悪党｛あくとう｝、凶悪犯｛きょうあく はん｝
whine 哀れっぽい（泣き）声、すすり泣く、哀れっぽく泣く、哀れな声を出す、むずかって泣く 、めそめそと愚痴｛ぐち｝を言う［こぼす］、泣き言を言う、弱音を吐く、訴えるように泣く、
botherい悩む、気にする、苦にする、心配｛しんぱい｝する、てこずる、たじたじする、悩ます、悩ませる、困らせる、困惑｛こんわく｝させる、狼狽｛ろうばい｝させる、～に嫌な思いをさせる、（人）にとって〔主語〕が気になる〔悪い意味｛いみ｝で〕、（人）を落ち着かない気分｛きぶん｝にする
two-a-day
1日2回上演｛かい じょうえん｝のショー
Posted Mar 24, 2009 4:21AM By Lisa Olson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MLB, FanHouse Exclusive
LOS ANGELES -- It's all about the Wa, the forfeiture of self for the unity and harmony of the greater good, or team. You could sense Wa all around Monday night, as Japan and South Korea engaged in one of the finest back-to-basics baseball games you might ever see.Wa was there in the sacrifice flies bringing home runners, in beautifully positioned bunts, in terrific pitching duels that caused 54,846 fans at Dodger Stadium to stand and sing for 10 fantastic innings. Fittingly, the World Baseball Classic final lasted a perfect four hours, ending with Japan beating Korea, 5-3, for the championship.Make that the world championship, for only the most xenophobic would consider Team Japan not worthy. Team Samurai defended its WBC title from 2006, thanks to Ichiro Suzuki's finely placed single that sliced Korea's gut and scored two runs in the top of the 10th. But really, as often happens in Japanese baseball, the beauty was carved out in Ichiro's eight-pitch at-bat against reliever Chang Yong Lim, with two outs, with runners on second and third, with millions upon millions of fans in the Far East holding their breath."Today we were able to greet the day, and the fact that we were able to remain one of the best two was within myself, wonderful," said Japan's manager Tatsunori Hara, long after his team offered gracious bows to their longtime rivals and paraded around Dodger Stadium with the Rising Sun flag and shared the trophy with fans who didn't want to leave.Here, baseball purists, was the game at its prime, extra innings packed with smallball, dazzling defense, daring baserunning. It was a test of which country best mastered the fundamentals, a passion play leading up to the ninth inning when Yu Darvish, the closer who one night earlier finished off Team USA, erratically sandwiched two walks inside a pair of nasty strikeouts. But like nearly every young child who learned to play baseball in Asia, Korea's Bum Ho Lee has the patience of a nun, and he waited for the right pitch to slap through the hole at short, tying the game, 3-3. The Dodger Stadium scoreboard came alive with pictures of crowds packed tight into Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, partying hard 6,000 miles away.And then Darvish returned for the 10th, Hara taking a risk that highlighted the terrible importance of this game, and Darvish made sure Ichiro's efforts weren't wasted. After a leadoff walk, Darvish cooly retired the side. Pandemonium in Dodger Stadium, delirium in the streets of Tokyo.That, baseball lovers, is why the Classic matters."Well, in the bullpen, the pitcher who was the best is the one I picked," said Hara, making his decision sound so easy, so enlightened. And of Ichiro's epic, game-winning at-bat, Hara admitted, "it's an image that will forever be imprinted in my mind."Ichiro insisted he was in a far more rocky zone while wiggling at the plate. "I really wish I could be in the state of Zen but ... I kept thinking of all these things that I shouldn't think about," he said. "But I was able to hit, so I felt like maybe I surpassed something myself."One night earlier, Japan blew away Team USA, 9-4, in the semifinals, a loss that flushed out another round of snide remarks by Americans who can't see beyond their own belts, who are stunned, absolutely stunned, that other nations play a better, smarter brand of baseball than the country which invented it. How could this happen?Really, the answer is quite obvious to anyone who's been paying attention to the sport's expansion across the past decade. Teams from Asia and elsewhere have this odd habit of racing down the line as soon as the ball is put into play, of circling the bases following home runs like they'll never again hit a ball so far, of treating strike outs as a curse that shames the entire group."Little things," Jeter, captain of Team USA, was saying late Sunday night, in the gloom of Dodger Stadium. "Somewhere along the way Americans lost the idea of practicing and teaching fundamentals. We need to figure out how to get back to that."The contrast first struck Jeter in 2004, when the New York Yankees traveled to Japan for Opening Day, with a series against Tampa Bay. I covered the Yankees on that journey (and was with the New York Mets when they ushered in the 2000 season in Tokyo). Each trip included exhibition games against Japanese teams, providing ample opportunities to observe the militaristic manner in which the Japanese prepared.The sport was first introduced to the Japanese masses in 1878, by a Boston engineer who had his players run the bases in geta, or wooden sandals. It was a painful exercise, designed to build or break the spirit (typical masochistic Red Sox fan, even then). Modern pre-game warmups are still a blend of martial arts and worker bee ethos, the players fielding more ground balls and pop ups than some Little League teams do in a year.The fierce dedication trickles down to school children, many who routinely train for six hours a day. Little Leaguers are taught defensive skills and the art of playing catch long before they master hitting; Americans do it in reverse. And if those children lose a big game, they scoop up the infield dirt, pack it in plastic bags and display it prominently at home, a reminder of lessons to be learned.The South Koreans are similarly nurtured, before facing one more obstacle: a mandatory stint in the military. That's one of the major hurdles MLB teams have to navigate before more Koreans land on this side of the pond.Jung-Keun Bong, Korea's starting pitcher Monday, cut a rare path across baseball's landscape, spending time with the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds before returning to Korea to finish his career. He pitched splendidly in the title game, but Japanese starter Hisaski Iwakuma was even better, and after Michihiro Ogasawara's third-inning RBI single gave Japan a 1-0 lead, Bong was removed in the fifth, with no outs and runners on the corners. A few hours earlier, manager Hara had predicted the championship would "feel like it's the game of the century." That's how fierce the Korea-Japan rivalry is, far more intense than Yankees-Red Sox, gloriously existing without the ESPN hoopla.How many tens of millions of office workers choked on their mid-morning coffee Tuesday when Hyun Wook Jong came in for Bong and promptly blew away the side, the inning ending with Ogasawara striking out and Norichika Aoki, so firefly quick, caught stealing?Shin-Soo Choo, one of four Koreans in the major leagues, tied the game, 1-1, in the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff home run, spinning Dodger Stadium into a sweet cacophony of bands and whistles and dancing children and national chants and controlled madness.That's the other thing about international baseball. Fans enjoy games without worrying about foul-mouthed thugs destroying the experience. If Koreans and Japanese can share a stadium peacefully, without fights in the stands and curse words polluting the air, perhaps there is hope for us still.No doubt, the WBC has inspired its share of positive moments: competitive, entertaining games, good sportsmanship, lessons for the Americans. There are plans to expand the tournament in 2013 beyond the scope of this year's carnival, which featured 16 teams playing 38 games across seven cities, from Tokyo to L.A. Paul Archey, senior VP of MLB International and architect of the WBC, stood near the Dodger dugout before Monday's game and said the idea is to keep dreaming big, beyond borders."We like March as a time to do this tournament," Archey said, reminding reporters that MLB owners approved the timing, the travel and other inconveniences that have prompted American players and fans to either whine or yawn. Archey wouldn't rule out the possibility of the semifinals and final being played in Tokyo, where TV ratings and attendance are Super Bowl-sized. (Total attendance for this year's WBC was 801,408, and if organizers counted fans who attended Team Japan's practices, the number would have cleared 1 million.)Yes, it appears Team USA will again be handicapped next time around, by the format and, if lessons aren't learned, by their own style of play. Appearances by A.J. Burnett, CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain -- just three of the American pitchers who couldn't be bothered, though there were others -- might have saved Team USA from being knocked around by Japan's line drives in Sunday's semifinal.It may be too late for the US to ever retrieve a version of Wa. Generations have passed, glorifying power hitters over basic fundamentals. "Little things," as Jeter said, though he knows the cultural divide cuts much deeper.Ichiro and fellow major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka joined Team Japan for training in early February, enduring two-a-days when they could have been sipping Mai Tais on the beach. It was all for the Wa, group harmony over self. Ichiro's bat scored the winning run, Dice-K's arm was a perfect 3-0 and earned him tournament MVP honors.So offer a tip of the Kabuto, helmet of the samurai, toward Team Japan, world champions who can teach us a thing or three.
http://lisa-olson.fanhouse.com/2009/03/24/wa-reigns-supreme-at-wbc/
all about周囲をぐるりと、～に関するすべて、・What's that all about? : あれは［それは］一体何のこと？／それって一体どんな意味があるの？、～がすべてで、すべて～次第で、要は～で
forfeiture 没収｛ぼっしゅう｝、喪失｛そうしつ｝、没収（物）｛ぼっしゅう（ぶつ）｝ 科料｛かりょう｝、罰金｛ばっきん｝
back-to-basics 基本［根本・初心］に戻る［帰る］
duel 〔二者間の〕争い、決闘｛けっとう｝、果たし合い、闘争｛とうそう｝、抗争｛こうそう｝、対決｛たいけつ｝、勝負｛しょうぶ｝、争う、戦う、決闘｛けっとう｝する
xenophobic 外国（人）嫌｛がいこく（じん）ぎら｝いの
purist 純粋主義者｛じゅんすい しゅぎしゃ｝
prime全盛（期）｛ぜんせい（き）｝、盛り、主要｛しゅよう｝な、第一｛だいいち｝の、一流｛いちりゅう｝の、最上等｛さい じょうとう｝の、最上｛さいじょう｝の、首位｛しゅい｝の、最高｛さいこう｝の
dazzling まぶしい、輝かしい、まばゆい（ほど［ばかり］の）、目もくらむばかりの、（魅惑的｛みわく てき｝で）しびれさせる、幻惑的な、とても素晴らしい、見事な、めくるめく
daring:大胆な
erratically 不規則｛ふきそく｝に、一定｛いってい｝しない動きで、常軌を逸して
nasty 不快｛ふかい｝な、汚らわしい、意地｛いじ｝の悪い、扱いにくい〈俗〉最高｛さいこう｝な、素晴｛すば｝らしい、格好いい
single through the hole
《野球》三遊間［一二塁間｛いち に るいかん｝］を抜けるヒット
lead-off 《野球》先頭打者
retire〔打者｛だしゃ｝を〕アウトにする
pandemonium 悪魔｛あくま｝の巣窟｛そうくつ｝、大混乱（の場所｛ばしょ｝）、地獄｛じごく｝・On deck there was pandemonium. : 甲板は地獄絵の様相だった。
delirium 狂乱状態｛きょうらん じょうたい｝、幻覚症状｛げんかく しょうじょう｝、精神錯乱｛せいしんさくらん｝、興奮
enlighten ｝する、教え導く、教示｛きょうじ｝する、啓もうする ,に知らせる、教える
epic 叙事詩｛じょじし｝、叙事詩的｛じょじし てき｝な映画｛えいが｝、大作｛たいさく｝,壮大｛そうだい｝な、英雄的｛えいゆうてき｝な、大規模｛だいきぼ｝な
〈米俗〉素晴｛すば｝らしい、最高｛さいこう｝の
at-bat：打席
rocky 岩石｛がんせき｝の多い、岩のような ,困難｛こんなん｝な、障害｛しょうがい｝のある、問題｛もんだい｝を抱えた、フラフラの、ッキーの、不安定｛ふあんてい｝な、グラグラする
wiggle ［くねくね］動かす
flush out
〔水などで〕流し出す、流れ出る、追い出す、〔容器を〕濯ぐ、〔罪人を〕暴き出す、〔隠れている鳥を〕飛び立たせる、一掃｛いっそう｝する
snide 悪意に満ちた、ずるい、卑劣な、人を傷つけるような・He is always making snide anti-Japanese remarks. : 彼はいつも人を傷つけるような反日的批判をする ,偽の、まがい物の
stun ～を当惑｛とうわく｝させる、うろたえさせる、あぜんとさせる、びっくりさせる、～の肝をつぶす、度肝｛どぎも｝を抜かせる、ぼうぜんとさせる、衝撃｛しょうげき｝を与える、動揺｛どうよう｝させる ,～を打ち負かす、圧倒,あっとう｝する 気絶｛きぜつ｝［失神｛しっしん｝］させる
odd普通｛ふつう｝でない、奇妙｛きみょう｝な、変な、おかしな、異様｛いよう｝
race:全速力で走る
down the line、直ちに、始めから終わりまで/ ライン沿いに
curse のろい（の言葉｛ことば｝）、呪文｛じゅもん｝、怨念｛おんねん｝、忌むべきもの、天罰｛てんばつ｝、悪態｛あくたい｝、毒舌｛どくぜつ｝、悪口｛わるぐち｝、元凶｛げんきょう｝
gloom 闇、暗闇｛くらやみ｝、薄暗｛うすぐら｝さ、（薄）暗がり、暗い所、暗影｛あんえい｝、陰影｛いんえい｝ ,陰気｛いんき｝、憂うつ、沈鬱｛ちんうつ｝、意気｛いき｝消沈｛しょうちん｝［阻喪｛そそう｝］、沈んだ面持ち［顔つき・表情｛ひょうじょう｝］
ethos 精神｛せいしん｝、気風｛きふう｝、風潮｛ふうちょう｝、道徳的規範｛どうとくてき きはん｝、エトス、思潮｛しちょう｝、方針｛ほうしん｝、理念｛りねん｝、指導原理｛しどう げんり｝
pop up:《野球》凡フライ、小飛球
trickle したたる、したたり落ちる、垂れる、ちょろちょろ流れる、ポタポタ落ちる、漏れる
nurture 育てる、養育｛よういく｝する、養成｛ようせい｝する、仕込む｛しこむ｝、助長｛じょちょう｝する、助成｛じょせい｝する、はぐくむ
stint 活動などに従事していた〕期間｛きかん｝ 、任務｛にんむ｝、割り当てられた仕事（量）｛しごと（りょう）｝
RBI ＝run batted in《野球》打点
ESPN ＝Entertainment and Sports Programming Network娯楽スポーツテレビ放送ネットワーク
hoopla 〈米〉大騒ぎ、騒動、混乱 〈米〉誇大広告、いんちき、ごまかし
blow away 〔ほこり・嫌な気分｛きぶん｝などを〕吹き飛ばす、ふっ飛ばす、吹き払う、一掃｛いっそう｝する 、〈米俗〉撃ち殺す、射殺｛しゃさつ｝する、銃殺｛じゅうさつ｝する、ぶっ殺す〈米俗〉〔敵などを〕完全｛かんぜん｝に負かす、ぶちのめす 、〈米俗〉感動｛かんどう｝させる、つくづく感心｛かんしん｝させる、～に非常｛ひじょう｝に良い印象｛いんしょう｝を与える 、〔スポーツなどの記録｛きろく｝を〕破る、塗り替える
firefly？？？？？
ｃｆ 《虫》ホタル、蛍｛ほたる｝◆【同】lighting bug・As a firefly said when he sat in the water, I'm delighted to be here again. : 《二度目の訪問時のあいさつ》ホタルが水につかったときに言ったようにここに再び来られてうれしいです。◆ホタルは水に浸かると尾の光が消えるので、delighted（うれしい）とdelighted（光を消されて）の意味をかけあわせている。このセリフをネィティブに言うと必ず笑ってくれる。
cacophony 耳障り｛みみざわり｝な［不快｛ふかい｝な］音
foul mouth 汚い口の利き方、口汚い人
thug 〔残忍｛ざんにん｝な〕殺し屋、悪党｛あくとう｝、凶悪犯｛きょうあく はん｝
whine 哀れっぽい（泣き）声、すすり泣く、哀れっぽく泣く、哀れな声を出す、むずかって泣く 、めそめそと愚痴｛ぐち｝を言う［こぼす］、泣き言を言う、弱音を吐く、訴えるように泣く、
botherい悩む、気にする、苦にする、心配｛しんぱい｝する、てこずる、たじたじする、悩ます、悩ませる、困らせる、困惑｛こんわく｝させる、狼狽｛ろうばい｝させる、～に嫌な思いをさせる、（人）にとって〔主語〕が気になる〔悪い意味｛いみ｝で〕、（人）を落ち着かない気分｛きぶん｝にする
two-a-day
1日2回上演｛かい じょうえん｝のショー
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