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日頃目に付いた覚えたい英単語、慣用句などの表現についてのメモです。

Amaging coincidence

2006年01月18日 | 英語学習

つい最近会社の偉い人(greatの意味ではなくtopの意味ですが)からA4で3ページの英文和訳を依頼されました。 内容は仕事には関係なく、ジョーク類と "Coincidence" と題された次のような非常に興味のある記事でした。

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy'.
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln'.

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's a kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

どうですか?

"Unbelievable!" と思わず口から出てしまいました。 和訳としては最後の3文だけが苦心するところですが、 それ以外は中学英語の英文ですね。

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