京急さん、あまりのばかばかしさのため、聞くたびにいらいらするこの英語のアナウンスを直してください!
× This train bound for Haneda Airport. Passengers for Haneda Airport should take this train. Thank you.
○ The next train is for Haneda Airport.
Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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電車のアナウンスに関するもうひとつ。
The doors on the right side will open
というと、(イントネイションの問題もありますが)
「右側のドアは開きます」となります。
「右側のドアが開きます」なら
The doors will open on the right hand side
というべきだと思います。
Today is the 50th anniversary of my first arrival in Tokyo. July 1st 1974 was a Monday too, and it was raining even harder that day. I remember stepping off the Aeroflot plane at Haneda and having misgivings about what I was getting into....
Steve Cutts, a London-based illustrator and animator, creates artwork that satirizes the excesses of modern society. His style draws inspiration from 1920s-1930s cartoons, modern comic books,
This is one of his animations.
What do you think?
そういえば航空会社さんも、機内の英語のアナウンスの最後にどうしていつもThank youが入るのですか。英語圏では言わないことですし、非常に不自然です。Thank you for putting up with yet another annoying announcement that prevents you from concentrating on your book ということでしょうか。
Ah, the blessings of the cursed.
Shane McGowan’s torrid and mighty voice is mud and roses punched out with swaggering stagger, ancient longing that is blasted all to hell. A Bard’s bard, may he cast his spell upon us all forevermore.
American friends! Jazz is our greatest cultural export, & nowhere loves it more than Japan.We’re working on a plan to take the legendary Eigakan Jazz Kissa into the next generation, but need your support! Check our Kickstarter project and lend us a hand!
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced. (1/4)