アルバム・デビューから40年を迎えたイギリスのバンド、デュラン・デュランが15枚目のアルバムを発表した。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースをから、関係副詞whereの使い方を学習しよう。
https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-music-duran-duran-idCAKBN2HC0DM
When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would last. But 40 years on, the new wave group are still going strong, releasing their 15th studio album, “Future Past”, on Friday.
“We would never have expected to be still making music together after all this time. We were just kids and we came together in punk rock,” bassist John Taylor told Reuters.
“(In) the late 70s where nobody was thinking long term, it was like, could we just play next year?”
Formed by Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes in 1978, Duran Duran rose to fame with hits such as “Girls on Film” and “Rio”.
The band, with lead singer Simon Le Bon and drummer Roger Taylor, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Their new song “Anniversary” celebrates the 40 years since they released their first album in 1981.
(In) the late 70s where nobody was thinking long term, it was like, could we just play next year?のwhereについて、Asahi Weekly, November 7, 2021に、このしびれる解説がある。
Check Point
(In) the late 70s where nobody was thinking long term, it was like, could we just play next year?は関係副詞が使われています。whereは「場所」を表す語が先行詞になりますが、ここでは「1970年代後半」が先行詞なのに「時」を表すwhenではなくwhereが用いられています。関係副詞のくだけた用法で、境遇(circumstance)や状況(situation)などを広い意味で「場所」と考えたものです。
例) We live an age where face masks are the norm.(今やマスク着用が常識になっているご時世です)
このwhereはin whichの意味に解釈してください。
同様に、先行詞が「時」を表していない場合でもwhenが使われることがあります。
例) There are some cases when we do need your help.(あなたの助けがぜひ必要になる場合があります)
Asahi Weekly, すべての英語学習者が読むべき新聞だ。わたしはAsahi Evening Newsの時代からもう40年近く購読している。