Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

Notes：
be glued to ～　～にくぎ付けになる;
blues 憂鬱;
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We are finally out of the World Cup season. I don’t know about you, but I am pleased to be back to normal. Of course, if you were glued to your television set during the whole of June and July then you might feel at a loss of what to do. This is often natural after big events like the Olympics or the Ice Skating Championships.
One thing that I find helps is to start walking or running more. After all, we have all probably put on more weight watching our national teams running around the football field. So put on those shoes and get fit like your sporting favourites and say “goodbye” to those sporting blues!　(by Prof. Simon Smith)
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(1)Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. (Albert Einstein)
訳：「昨日から学び、今日のために生き、明日に希望を持つこと。大切なのは、常に問い続けることだ。」
stop　～ing ～するのをやめる
(2) I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. ( Lily Tomlin )
訳:「いつもsomebody（大物、誰か）になりたいと思っていたけれど、もうちょっと具体的にしとくんだったわ。」
somebody 2つの意味をかけている1).《口語》 ひとかどのひと，大物，相当な人　2).ある人、誰か
should have +過去分詞 ～すべきだった
(3)No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather. ( Michael Pritchard )
訳：「たとえどんなに金持ちになろうと、有名人や権力者になろうと、死んでしまえば葬式の規模はかなりの割合で天候次第だ。」
no matter how～ たとえいかに～でも
depend on～ ～しだいである、～に左右される
(edited by Prof. Yuko Tamaki)
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