おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
英国人の1/3が誰かの死を願ってるという調査結果から、生死感についての記事。
outcome
意味 [C][通例単数形で] （最終的な） 結果, 結論, 成果
“I thought death would be a good outcome,” she said. “I’d be free, yet everyone would feel sorry for me.”
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いいですね。鬼女のダンナデスノートブログとか、辛辣で傍から見る分には面白いもんなw
acrimonious
意味 (かたく)[通例[名]の前で]（怒り· 辛辣さなどに満ち） 激しい, 痛烈な, 中傷の多い〈議論· 離婚など〉.
Eventually the couple went through an acrimonious divorce, but both remain in good health.
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misconception
意味 [U][C] ＜…という/…についての＞ 誤解, 勘違い, 思い違い ＜that 節/about＞
“The survey illustrates the misconception that the public doesn’t want to talk about death or dying. People really do – this is a topic people care about,” said John Troyer of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
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at ease
意味 気楽で, 安楽で （本来は緊張すべき状況下で用いられることが多い; at one’s ease も用いられるが, 約 10:1 の割合で one’s は普通省略される）
According to the poll, almost three-quarters of Britons say they are comfortable talking about their own death – with over-40s markedly more at ease than younger people.
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40過ぎると身近に死を感じるようになるからねえ。
Nine percent of people thought they would live beyond their 90th birthday, and 8% thought they would die before reaching 65. The biggest group, a third, expected to die between the ages of 81 and 90.
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私はこの中だと8%に当てはまるなー。65歳までまだあと20年以上あるけど、そんなに長く生きてもなぁ…50代後半くらいまででいいなぁ。
Cremation
意味 [C][U]火葬.
Almost half (49%) have pictured their own funeral, with 8% thinking about it in detail. Cremation is the preferred option for 45%, with only 15% saying they want to be buried and one in eight (13%) saying they would like to donate their body to research.
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