poignant/dwindling

6月6日といえば。D-Dayですね。

Normandy marks D-day anniversary with new memorial
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/06/memorial-to-british-d-day-heroes-opens-in-poignant-ceremony

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Once again, the coronavirus has prevented British and other veterans from returning to relive, as they have in previous years, their longest day. On Sunday, 77 years on, most are aged over 95, and frail. Their numbers are of course dwindling.

It is particularly poignant this year as for the first time, surviving British Normandy veterans and their families have their own dedicated memorial to the largest sea invasion in history.
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こっち↓の記事の方が記念碑と記念式典について全貌がよくわかるのですが、辞書を引かなくても読めてしまうところがこのブログの目的とあいません。

British Normandy Memorial unveiled in France to honour veterans
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57373932

しかし。この手の記事はWikipedia地獄にはまりがちです。

Battle of Normandy = Operation Overlord: 6 June – 30 August 1944
Operation Bluecoat : 30 July – 7 August 1944
Arromanches > Gold Beach > Mulberry
Pegasus bridge over the Caen canal

Britannicaもやばい。
https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion

かくして英語の勉強ができなくなります。

inhumane/abysmally

G7 は今年の議長国はイギリスでした。麻生さんがChanceller Sunakと一緒に笑顔で写真に写っていましたね。

Homeless lose beds as G7 takes over Cornwall hotels, says charity
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/06/homeless-lose-beds-as-g7-takes-over-cornwall-hotels-says-charity

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It is inhumane that she has to live in a car...She is one of many who have been evicted because of the G7...They have not even put in her a safe place. She has been treated abysmally.
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It is a seasonal issue which has been exacerbated by the exceptional number of people we are supporting due to the pandemic.
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サミットに抗議しに来るような活動家たちの怒りを買いそうな記事ですね。

Cornwall G7: Police confirm four demonstration sites
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56934018

G7なのに。韓国、インド、豪州、EUからも参加。日本はもはやアジアのリーダーではないということですね。