- The Bell Jar/Sylvia Plath
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この小説の最初の一行をfacebookで引用し、分からない単語を辞書で調べなくては、と書き込んだところ、二人のアメリカ人の友人がコメントを寄せてくれました。面白かったので、本文とともに彼らのコメントもご紹介します。
"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs,and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."
アメリカ人の友人Aのコメント
Queer: odd, irregular, starnge. Sultry : hot, sticky, thick air, all usually found during the Summer months. Electrocuted : when electricity kills someone ; the reason we don't use a toaster in the bath tub or shower :) Lightning can electrocute someone. Rosenbergs: the Last Name of a family
アメリカ人の友人Bのコメント
Iirc, the Rosenbergs were an American couple who were accused of spying.
そこで、ウィキペディアで調べてみると。。。。
American communists who were convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war. The charges related to their passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. This was the first execution of civilians for espionage in United States History.
とのことです。