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- この投稿は黙示後の世界のゲームについて書きましたので、そういうのが嫌いだったら読まなくていいです。 This post is about a post-apocalyptic game so feel free to skip it if you don't like that kind of thing. もっと自然に書かれてるように訂正してくれたらありがたいです。 I'd be really grateful if you could correct the mistakes and help make it sound more natural. --- The Last of Us (Part 1) のネタバレ注意 Spoiler alert: The Last of Us (Part 1) The Last of Us をプレイしたことある人がいる? Has anyone here played The Last of Us before? 病院の最後のシーンにめっちゃショックを受けた 😳 I couldn't believe the last scene in the hospital. ちょっと遅かったかもしれないけど、それが Joel がいい人だというのは当然なことじゃないと気づいた瞬間だった。 I have a feeling I was slow to understand this, but that was the moment I realised that Joel isn't necessarily a good person. 人類のすべてを救うことができるのに、自分の娘に似てるからわがままに Ellie の求めこそを無視して、Ellie だけを救う。 He had the option to save the whole of humanity but selfishly chose to save just Ellie instead, because she reminded him of his daughter. でも悪い人だと完全に言うのもできないね。 But at the same time you can't definitively say he's a bad person either. 次は Part 2... その前にちょっと落ち着かなきゃ 😂 I think I should wait to recover a bit before I play the next one... --- 「似てる」っていう表現は、この場合見た目のことだけを示しますか? 伝えたかったのは Ellie looks/is like Joel's daughter じゃなくて、Ellie reminds Joel of his daughter です。 Does 似てる in the above case make it sound like they just look alike? What I had wanted to say wasn't that Ellie looks/is like Joel's daughter, but that Ellie reminds Joel of his daughter. 具体的な共通点(だけ)ではなく、抽象的な特徴も共通点があるという意味です。それに、客観的な事実じゃなくて Joel の頭の中の個人的な感想だと伝えたかったんです。無意識な感想でもあるかもしれません。 It's not (just) in terms of physical characteristics, but they also have some more abstract characteristics alike. Also, this isn't necessarily an objective fact but more like Joel's own impression that has formed in his mind. この場合、「似てる」の他にもっと適切な言い方があるのでしょうか? Is there an expression more suitable than 似てる to describe this?
August 7, 202171 - ボー・バーナムというアメリカ人のコメディアン、知っていますか? 先週の週末はNetflixでボーさんの新しいミュージカルコメディーショー 、"INSIDE"「ボーバーナムの明けても暮れても巣ごもり」を見ました。 ネタ、歌詞、録音、撮影、編集など全部ボーさんが、ずっと同じ部屋で一人でやったそうだけど、信じられないぐらい上手にできました。今週のエミー賞のノミネート発表で、6賞にもノミネートされたそうです! わたしにすごく印象が残っていて、この一週間ずっと考えていました。コメディーなのに、暗いテーマを扱うし、感動的な部分がたくさんありました。 友達に伝えようとしたけど、あんまり複雑な作品なので、英語でも説明が難しかったです! ----- Have you heard of the American comedian Bo Burnham? Last weekend I watched Bo's new musical comedy show "INSIDE" on Netflix. Bo made the whole thing by himself in one room, including all the ideas, lyrics, recording, filming, and editing. It's so good that I almost can't believe he did it all on his own. I heard he was nominated for six Emmy awards this week! It really made an impression on me and it's been on my mind all week. Even though it's a comedy show, it deals with some very dark topics and there are a lot of emotional moments. I tried to tell my friends about it, but it's so complex that I found it hard to explain even in English!
July 17, 202180 - Internet ConnectionWhat if the Internet connection suddenly cut<s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">s</s> out? Could you continue your work without any problems? Just after <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">the </s>lunch <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">break</s> today, some of my colleagues said that the Internet connection had dropped. When this happens I usually just reboot the Wi-Fi router to fix it <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">a similar problem</s>, so I didn't take it seriously. <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">At</s> First, I checked the LED indicators of the router and <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">a </s>hub. I found that <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">a </s> the loop detection LED <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">of </s>on the hub was blinking and that <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">a </s> the wireless connection LED <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">of</s> on the router was off. I didn't really know what those indicators meant, <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">about the meanings of the indicators well</s> so I <s style="color: rgb(0, 138, 0);">directly</s> connected my laptop to the WAN directly to check whether the WAN side was okay. I could access the Internet. Then, I rebooted the Wi-Fi router, but the Internet still wasn't working via Wi-Fi. My boss said that it would work well again tomorrow morning.---Really well done :) There weren't that many mistakes in your writing. The edits I made in green are suggestions to make it sound more natural.0 votedMay 27, 20201
- 文法の練習問題 練習不足のわたしは日本語で書くのが久しぶりです^^ 間違っている部分や不自然な部分を直したらありがたいです。 今教科書を使って学習しているところで、ある文法問題に対してわたしの文章と解答の文章が異なります。* 下のAとBの中、どうしてBのほうが不正解なのか、教えてくださいませんか。 A (解答の文) : 「この商品に関してご質問がある方は、お問い合わせください。」 B (わたしの文) : 「この商品に関するご質問がある方は、お問い合わせください。」 * つい気がついたけど、この投稿自体にも同じような問題が出ました。この場合は、「に対する」、「に対して」 どちらが正しいのでしょうか?
May 24, 202031 - <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">A</s> The Noun 'Lockdown'Today I walked up to a cave called "Ama no Iwato", <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">while </s>passing by a shrine on the way.Once upon a time, <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">at the occasion of the hiding of </s>Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, hid in <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">the</s> this heavenly rock cave, and a wise god known as <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">"</s>Omoikane<s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">"</s> came up with a plan to get her out of the cave.I want to try <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">a</s> the noun 'lockdown', which <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">that </s>I have often seen lately. / I want to try a noun that I have seen often lately: "lockdown".The goddess <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">let herself be</s> put herself on lockdown./ The goddess put herself under lockdown.He forced her to relax the lockdown.He forced her to loosen the lockdown.He forced her to raise the lockdown.He forced her to lift the lockdown.Does the noun "lockdown" need<s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">s</s> any article in this case?Sometimes I see/hear it used without an article. I think when used without an article it seems more conversational and casual - for example, when chatting with friends, someone might ask "What are you going to do when lockdown is over?". I also see it on Twitter. A politician tweeted this today: "The government has to explain the next phase of lifting lockdown".Can I use the verb "raise" in this case?You can use it, but I think "lift" is more common.0 votedMay 24, 20201
- Recently, I have been very impatient and I haven't been able to learn anything. I have also had no appetite. I <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">didn't</s> don't know what has happened to me. I guess this <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">was</s> is because <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">of the things didn't go well lately </s> things haven't been going well lately, or just because of the hot weather. <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">And</s> I tried to do things which<s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"> I usually interested</s> usually interest me to shift my attention. Like reading a novel, watching movies, <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">or </s>and drawing. But it <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">seemed that it did not really help</s> didn't really seem to help. I don't know what to do. I know that it's important to settle down <s style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">to learning </s>to study. I have to try to settle down as much as I can.0 votedMay 24, 20201
- When I'm watching something in my target language I normally leave the subtitles on but at first I cover them up (with some paper or something) to see what I can understand, then pause/rewind and uncover the subtitles (and look up words etc if necessary) if and when I don't get something. It's probably not the best way to learn but I find it's quicker and less frustrating than rewinding over and over again trying to make something out.0 votedFebruary 19, 20180
That poem by Ezra Pound resonated with me, thanks for sharing it!
I think I enjoy short stories more than poetry. I love Roald Dahl's morbidly fascinating short stories for adults, in particular 'Lamb to the Slaughter' and 'William and Mary'. I have also really enjoyed some of Poe's stories, especially 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.
One of my favourite poems is John Agard's 'Put the Kettle On':
Put the kettle on
Put the kettle on
It is the British answer
to Armageddon.
Never mind taxes rise
Never mind trains are late
One thing you can be sure of
and that’s the kettle, mate.
It’s not whether you lose
It’s not whether you win
It’s whether or not
you’ve plugged the kettle in.
May the kettle ever hiss
May the kettle ever steam
It is the engine
that drives our nation’s dream.
Long live the kettle
that rules over us
May it be limescale free
and may it never rust.
Sing it on the beaches
Sing it from the housetops
The sun may set on empire
but the kettle never stops.
0 votedFebruary 19, 20180Sheep: the lawnmowers of tomorrow
In France, plenty of towns are replacing their lawnmowers with sheep to be eco-friendly. The town hall of Paris uses sheep to trim the grass along the ring road and moves them from a one lawn to another/one lawn to the next/lawn to lawn to make sure they will cut all the grass within the year.
The ring road of Paris is known for having a very bad air quality, therefore many [I assume not all of them do] people living around there have lung diseases or cancers. Then a question can be asked: W will the sheep have health problems because of the pollution?
Clearly, sheep are not immunized against lung diseases or cancers, but they don't live long enough to catch it contract them/develop them [because these diseases aren't contagious, 'catch' isn't really the right word]. Nevertheless, to ensure that the air quality doesn't have a bad effect on them, they are monitored by a doctor.The blue highlights are suggestions and the yellow ones are corrections.
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