ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」
茨ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」 茨城 “嫁入り舟”に祝福
6月17日(月)
Today, let's learn about a Japanese tradition that appears to come right out of a fairy tale.
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OLD-FASHIONED RIVERSIDE WEDDINGS REVIVED NEAR TOKYO
Visitors to a riverside garden near Tokyo enjoyed an old-fashioned wedding ceremony procession on a boat amid irises in full bloom.
The Suigo Itako Iris Festival is being held in Itako City in Ibaraki Prefecture. The revived tradition has become a highlight of the annual festival. On Saturday, a boat carrying a bride set out as visitors watching from the riverside applauded.
The area is surrounded by lakes and rivers where boats were once used as a daily form of transportation. Until the 1960s, brides in white wedding kimonos could be seen in rowboats heading to meet their bridegrooms.
(Visitor)
“The ceremony was so beautiful. I was moved to tears.”
(Miyamoto Michiko / Bride)
“It was a valuable experience that so many people congratulated us. It was a very happy day.”
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I was amazed to see such a wonderful festival. Floating down the river with the irises in full bloom in a beautiful whilte kimono for all to see. What a magical signt.
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- move to
Yeah, to be moved meand to be greatly affected with emotion. For example, I was moved by the man's kindness. Something that affected your emotions can be moving as well. The film about true love was deeply moving.
- processionは「行列」ですが、特に式典などで人や車両が整然と進む「行進」
- iris「あやめ、アイリス（あやめ科の植物）」
- in full bloomは「満開の」単にin bloomとすることもあり
come into bloom「咲く」Some cherry trees came into bloom last week. - revive「復活させる、よみがえらせる」revived tradition「復活された伝統」
- highlightは「呼び物、目玉」
-> 「（論点などを）強調する、（蛍光ペンで）マークする、（イベントや旅行などの）見どころとなる」
「蛍光ペン」は英語でhighlighter - set out「（旅などに）出発する、出かける」
- form of transportation「輸送形態（形式）、交通手段」
-> こうした場合の「交通」には、trafficではなくtransportation
traffic「交通量、往来」 -> heavy traffic「交通混雑」
-> Yes, transportation is the action of people or vehicles moving between locations. A simillar word is trafic. Trafic refers to the movemient or flow of thowse in transportation.
- bridegroom「花婿、新郎」groom
「新郎新婦」英語ではbride and groomという順番 - (be) in a suit and tie、「眼鏡をかけている」なら(be) in glasses
- congratulate A on …「～についてＡ（人）を祝う」という形
“The ceremony was so beautiful.
I was moved
to tears.”
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One of the visitors said the ceremony was so beautiful
(that) he was moved to tears.
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★「とても」と訳されるsoとveryのニュアンスの違い
●veryは「程度」だけを強調するのに対し、
soには何らかの「感情」が込められている
・The ceremony was very beautiful.
・The ceremony was so beautiful.
●so … that …のthat以下が省略されている
soとしか言っていなくても、so … that …「とても～なので～だ、あまりに～なので～だ」というニュアンスが込められている
The ceremony was so beautiful (that) I was moved to tears.
・The ceremony was so beautiful! のように感嘆符を付けたり、
・The ceremony was so beautiful (that) I was moved to tears.
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It's so great to see our listners commnents after the lessons that I hope everyone continue listening and asking questions. I'm very proud of everyone's hard work.