☆ Friends can be heroes｜英会話ベラのブログ

2006年09月19日

☆ Friends can be heroes

今日は皆さんの身近にいる
ヒーローのお話。
ヒーローといっても、
映画やアニメに出てくるような
超人ばかりではありません。

Do you have a friend who would do absolutely
anything to help you? These kind of people
are our personal heroes. A friend who cares enough
to make sure you are safe, healthy and happy.
Some friends will ensure they will do as much as
they can to help you in your life. One of my
favorite quotations is this: "Great love has no
man than this than to lay down his life for his
friend". This literally means a friend who cares
about you deeply and sincerely would give
anything to help you - even life itself.
In England, this kind of friend was known as
the 'white knight' - usually a brave man on
a white horse, dressed in armour to rescue
people. All these type of people are heroes.
By Christina

absolutely - 完全に、まったく
ensure - 確実にする、保証する
brave - 勇気ある

家族や友人など、自分のことを大切に思ってくれて
いつも助けてくれる人はいますか？
そんな人のことは大切にしたいですね。
自分も誰かのヒーローになれると良いです♪

日本語解説ーベラスタッフ

Sometimes old proverbs, statements and quotations have challenging grammar. Sometimes they use the same word twice or more. So the proverb, "Great love has no man than this than to lay down his life for his friends" uses "than" twice. This is because it is more than 2000 years old! To directly translate it: The love you have for your friends is greater than your selfishness. You will do anything for your friend, and not think about yourself first.

Please remember than most ordinary English does not use such challenging language, but sometimes it is good to see such sentences, as it helps us learn new ways to say things in English. In other languages the same rule applies, as in Japanese language. The older the statements or proverbs in Japanese, the more ancient the words or grammar become. It is also the same in the English language.

投稿者 : 2006年09月19日 12:31