-- 「静まり返る」は、The floor is as silent as the grave (in complete silence).(本多義則他)が多くありました。 ---
佐藤先生に添削までしていただきました。 as grave as the grave はE-DICで調べたのですが、 他の方でもE-DICを使っている方がいらっしゃるのでしょうか。
では、Writers' Workshop 2月号いってみましょう。
今回ははE-DIC、英辞朗に加え、Googleも活用して英訳しました。
U.S. Department of Energy announced that residential natural gas prices are expected to be 50 percent higher than they were last winter. Recently costs of gas, heating and electricity have increased. Furthermore, monthly disbursements such as mortgage loan have increased because of rising interest rates. Because of these reasons, U.S. households have been losing money to spend on themselves.
Let me explain an example of civic life. I visited the house of one of my friends, Mr. and Mrs. F, who live in the suburbs of Washington, DC, on a weekend in early August. The house is in a satellite town that is thirty minutes by subway then twenty minutes by car from the center of DC. The house is surrounded by greenery and there are many large detached buildings nearby. Mrs. F bought this model house for about 570 thousand dollars two years ago. This two-storied mansion has five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The basement is large enough for a day-care center.
But real life seemed not what they had in mind. She said "I bought this house because I think having a large house is to experience the American dream. But I was surprised to see the heating bill of more than four hundreds dollars last winter. Furthermore, it is too large for me to find my child crying."
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Writers' Workshop 2月号, 2006"
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