情報: The coqui is a small tree frog slightly larger than 2.5 cm (1 in) long, with colors varying from light yellow to dark brown. It has a round body shape and a broad rounded snout with obvious toe pads. They also make a distinctive “ko-kee” vocalization that can be easily heard. They are found on ground level and in trees and bushes, but their calls are primarily made from 1-2m (3-7 feet) high.
これはThis is a first time for me.という表現のtimeを省いた分、first timeにあった驚き・とまどい・喜びなどの感情がfirstで半分にならず逆に増幅される、改まらない場の、フレンドリーな雰囲気でいきたいときの表現。その場でThis is a first!と言うことも可。
もう一言、というよりこれは引用なので、卵関連のひとquote:
A good friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
コロナで1年待って野球の殿堂入りを果たしたジーター選手が中心の記事。New York Yankees icon Derek Jeter was finally ushered into baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday after a year-long wait to enter the sport’s pantheon of greats following the COVID-19 pandemic.
殿堂入りの決定は野球記者の投票による。397票中396票を獲得したことについて、“Thank you to the baseball writers – all but one of you – who voted for me,” Jeter quipped on Wednesday.とquip(ちらりと皮肉を言う)した。
カナダ出身のラリー・ウォーカー選手も殿堂入りし、カナダ国旗を振るファンに、“I share this honor with every Canadian. I hope for all you Canadian kids out there that have dreams of playing in the big leagues that seeing me here today gives you another reason to go after those dreams.”
日本人選手もやがて・・・いや次々と・・・。
be well worth the …(・・・の甲斐が十分にある)の形もある。例えば今回のヘッドラインを(紙面がもう少しあれば)、