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TRIBUTE
Nancy Reagan 1921-2016
As First Lady, she was stubborn, protective - and one-half of a love story the likes of which the modern White House had never seen.
by Nancy Gibbs
（第１回）
"My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie," Nancy Reagan wrote in her memories, a statement so ingenuously at odds with the mood of her era, not to mention the facts of her life, that it reinforces a larger truth. She was the Wife, the one with the Gaze, so devoted, so protective, that her own life and works, her needs and dreams, could be folded and fit into a tiny beaded handbag and tucked away as she focused every therm of energy on the American epic that was Ronald Reagan.
ingenuous: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
reinforce: strengthen or support, especially with additional personnel or material.
gaze: a steady intent look.
fold: to pen up or confine in a fold.
confine: keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time).
tuck away: to put something in a place where it is not easy to find or to see.
therm: any of several units of heat.
epic: very great or large and usually difficult or impressive.
"Nancy came along," Reagan once said, "and saved my soul." Those who loved him should thank her, for never was a public man so faithfully served by a very private woman who read his needs, enabled his strengths, defused his weaknesses and in the process displayed a love of country that refracted through her love of the man. Skeptical where he was trusting, meticulous where he was dreamy, equally stubborn but much more ruthless, she was able to grow in her role in a way that defied her many critics and showed in twilight a grace and fortitude that cast her earlier course in a gentler light. When she died on March 6 at the age of 94, it marked the end of a life and a love story the likes of which the modern White House had never seen.
faithfully: in a loyal manner; in a manner that is true to the facts or the original.
enable: give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
defuse: reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult situation).
skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
meticulous: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
ruthless: having or showing no pity or compassion for others.
defy: openly resist or refuse to obey; appear to be challenging (someone) to do or prove something.
fortitude: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously.
adversity: difficulties; misfortune, bad luck.
TRIBUTE
Nancy Reagan 1921-2016
As First Lady, she was stubborn, protective - and one-half of a love story the likes of which the modern White House had never seen.
by Nancy Gibbs
（第１回）
"My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie," Nancy Reagan wrote in her memories, a statement so ingenuously at odds with the mood of her era, not to mention the facts of her life, that it reinforces a larger truth. She was the Wife, the one with the Gaze, so devoted, so protective, that her own life and works, her needs and dreams, could be folded and fit into a tiny beaded handbag and tucked away as she focused every therm of energy on the American epic that was Ronald Reagan.
ingenuous: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
reinforce: strengthen or support, especially with additional personnel or material.
gaze: a steady intent look.
fold: to pen up or confine in a fold.
confine: keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time).
tuck away: to put something in a place where it is not easy to find or to see.
therm: any of several units of heat.
epic: very great or large and usually difficult or impressive.
"Nancy came along," Reagan once said, "and saved my soul." Those who loved him should thank her, for never was a public man so faithfully served by a very private woman who read his needs, enabled his strengths, defused his weaknesses and in the process displayed a love of country that refracted through her love of the man. Skeptical where he was trusting, meticulous where he was dreamy, equally stubborn but much more ruthless, she was able to grow in her role in a way that defied her many critics and showed in twilight a grace and fortitude that cast her earlier course in a gentler light. When she died on March 6 at the age of 94, it marked the end of a life and a love story the likes of which the modern White House had never seen.
faithfully: in a loyal manner; in a manner that is true to the facts or the original.
enable: give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
defuse: reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult situation).
skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
meticulous: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
ruthless: having or showing no pity or compassion for others.
defy: openly resist or refuse to obey; appear to be challenging (someone) to do or prove something.
fortitude: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously.
adversity: difficulties; misfortune, bad luck.