Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

今日の「美文麗句鑑賞」のコラムは、1951年の小説「The Catcher in the Rye」(『ライ麦畑でつかまえて』 by J. D. Salinger中の美文麗句を発信します。試訳を着けています。

Notes:
regret 後悔;
decade 10 年間;
boundlessness 無限;
happen to たまたま…する,偶然;

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1.Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself。
あなたはわずか数十年だけの人生の中で後悔を持つことがないように過ごしてください。笑いたい時に笑い、泣きたい時に泣き、自分自身を責めることには意味がありません。

2.Among thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met. Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late。
何千人もの人々の中で、あなたはあなたが会った人だけに会いました。数えきれないほどの歳月を経て、早すぎず、遅すぎず、あなたは偶然この人たちに、出会うことができたのです。
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Notes:
puma  ピューマ，アメリカライオン;
turkey  シチメンチョウ(七面鳥);
mail carrier《米》 郵便集配人[配達人] (<英> postman)

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When you think of dangerous wild animals, what do you think of? In the western U.S., there are bears and pumas (large wild cats). In the eastern U.S., there is a bird that can be a problem: the wild turkey. These birds are much bigger than chickens, and they live in the countryside. Recently, a mail carrier for the post office in New Jersey was attacked by turkeys as he was getting out of his truck. He called his boss, and the boss called the police saying, “You’re not going to believe this, but…” The police sent some officers to the truck, and they rescued the mail carrier.  (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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