Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

Notes:
resign 辞職する
instability　不安定
riot (集団による)暴動，騒動
take it in stride 冷静に受け止める
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We have a new Prime Minister in Japan. In more than a few countries of the world, if the prime minister resigned, there would be political, economic, and/or social instability, but not in Japan. There was no major change in the yen exchange rate and no riots in the streets. People seemed to take it in stride, as if it was an everyday occurrence. While it certainly isn’t as common as that, Japan does tend to get a new PM quite often. In fact, since June 3, 1989, when Mr. Uno became PM for a little over two months, there have been 15. Can you name all of them? After Uno was Kaifu, then Miyazawa, Hosokawa, Hata, Murayama, Hashimoto, Obuchi, Mori, Koizumi, Abe, Fukuda, Aso, and Hatoyama. How long do you think Mr. Kan will be PM? Time will tell.(by Prof. Carmella Lieske）
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1) Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ( Will Rogers )
★as long as …/ …であるかぎり
訳：「他人の身に起こるかぎり、あらゆることが面白い。」

2) To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. ( Anatole France )
～as well as… / …ばかりでなく～も
訳： 優れたことをなすために、わたしたちは行動するだけでなく、夢見なくてはならない。」

3) The more I learn the more I realize I don’t know. The more I realize I don’t know the more I want to learn. (Albert Einstein)
★the more…the more～/ ..すればするほど、ますます～
訳：「学べば学ぶほど、何も知らないということがわかる。何も知らないと知れば知るほど、もっと学びたくなる。」

4) No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. (Sam Rayburn)
keep O C /OをCの状態にしておく,
command: （言語の）駆使能力, 運用力
訳：「黙っている人ほど言葉の運用の巧みな人はいない。」

5) A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. ( Thomas Szasz)
★not only…but also～ / …だけでなく～も
訳：「正しくあるだけでなく過つ権利もあると知るとき、子供は大人になる。」  (edited by Prof. Yuko Tamaki)
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