どうも、あさがおです。
今日のSkypeでのレッスンは、興味深い内容のarticleについて、レッスンしました。
前回同様の先生でしたが、どうやらこの先生はレッスン中にarticleを送信してくださり、語彙やその内容について理解を深めていくというスタイルのようです。
本日のarticleはこちら。
Married vs. Single
Why do so many people assume that all single people are lonely? This really gets my hackles up. I have been unmarried all my life and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I've seen a number of those so-called wonderful marriages, and all I have to say is, "No, thank you." Married people must account to one another for every living minute. Each has the right to know where the other is at all times, how much money he or she spends and on what.
Marriage demands for everything be shared. Once you are married there is no such as "mine." It's all "ours."
I enjoy coming home at night to a quiet, serene house where I can relax. I see and listen to people all day. I don't need to hear any more voices. If I want to talk, there is the telephone. If I want company I have plenty of neighbors and friends. But it's my choice.
I know married women who are lonely as hell, not to mention the ones who are stuck with alcoholics, gamblers, skirt-chasers and sex maniacs. Surely others must see this, too. I am puzzled as to why so many single women think they are missing so much. Maybe it's because people have a tendency to long for what they don't have instead of counting their blessings.
まず、この記事を一読して、このwriterが独身でいることに賛成なのか、反対なのかを考えてみてください。
私はまんまとひっかかりました。
ヒントは冒頭の色で示された文章にあります。
Thisは前述の文章全体を指すので、沢山の人たちが独身の人は皆孤独であると思いこんでいるという実情に、このライターさんは逆毛を立てるほどの怒りを覚えるという解釈ができるとおもいます。
何度も読み返して、やっと出てきた解答です
私はいつか結婚したいと思っている独身でおりますが、この人が言うWhy do so many people assume that all single people are lonely? には、私もagreeです。
最近、近所のおばさんにも言われてしまいました。
「そろそろ●●ちゃん、婚婚はまだなのかなぁ？いるんでしょぉー？」
・・・・・・・。
それでは、また
get one's hackles up・・・(人が）大変怒る、怒っている
hackle とは、動物の逆毛を指すのだそうです、なるほど。。。それで上のフレーズが出てくるわけですね。
account to A for B・・・Aに対してBの責任をもつ
serene・・・落ち着いた、平穏な
＜What does it mean?＞
1.Married people must account to one another for every living minute.
2.It's my choice.
3.People have a tendency to long for what they have instead of counting their blessings.
＜Comprehension ＞
1.What kind of prejudice do most folks have about single people?
2.What does the writer name as being married people's obligations?
3.What kind of freedom does the writer think single people enjoy?
4.What is the writer puzzled about?
5.Why do single people think they are missing so much?