おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
成功するために英語しか使わなかったら、母国語が自然と使えなくなった話。両親を詰るくだりが切ない。
prepare
意味 [～ A (for B)]A〈人〉に (B〈事〉に備えて) 心の準備をさせる; [～ A to do]A〈人〉に…する覚悟をさせる
No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my first language.
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a dull ache
意味 鈍痛.
It doesn’t feel like the sudden, sharp pain of losing someone you love, but rather a dull ache that builds slowly until it becomes a part of you.
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absurd
意味 〈事· 考え· 状況などが〉まったくばかげた; 不合理な, 理屈に合わない; （滑稽で） おかしな; [it is ～ (for A) to do/(that) 節]（行為を評価して） (A〈人〉が)…するのは […というのは] ばかげている
My first language, Cantonese, is the only one I share with my parents, and, as it slips from my memory, I also lose my ability to communicate with them. When I tell people this, their eyes tend to grow wide with disbelief, as if it’s so absurd that I must be joking.
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shallow
意味 〈物事が〉表面的な, 皮相な.
The conversation is shallow but familiar.
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言葉がうまく出てこないとそうなるよね…。
Deviate
意味 〈人が〉＜基準などから＞ 逸脱する; 〈乗り物などが〉＜進路から＞ それる, はずれる ＜from＞
Deviating from it puts us (or, if I’m being honest, just me) at risk of discomfort, which I try to avoid at all costs.
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発音は「 /díːvièɪt/」
rumble
意味 〈雷· 装置などが〉ゴロゴロ鳴る; 〈腹が〉グーグー鳴る.
Once a month, my dad attempted to re-create McDonald’s chicken nuggets at home for my two brothers and me before taking us to the Coney Island boardwalk to watch the Cyclone roller coaster rumble by.
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