Notes：
stationmaster　駅長；

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In a small town, there was one train going to the big city every day. It was scheduled to arrive at　1 p.m., but it was always three or four hours late. Everyone knew this, so they came to the station late and sat and talked until the train arrived. One day, the train got to the station at 1 p.m. When people arrived at the usual time, the train was gone. They got very angry at the stationmaster. “The train is NEVER on time! Now we can’t get to the big city! What are we going to do？” The　stationmaster smiled and said, “Don’t worry. That was yesterday’s train!” (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Complete と finishedの違いの説明は難しいと言われています。しかし、2015年９月イギリスで行われた言語学の大会で、ガイアナからのSamsundar Balgobinさんが下記の例を挙げて、上手に「解説」しました。彼の例文は下記の通りです:

“When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. But, when you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!”

(もしふさわしい女性と結婚したら、あなたの人生は完璧だ。しかし、誤った女性と結婚したら、あなたの人生は終わりだ。もし、ふさわしい女性(奥さん)があなたと別の女性と一緒にいることを発見したら、あなたは完全に終わりだ！)

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