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Lancaster vol.2- Trip to Pennsylvania 2
2009-03-02
As I told you in the previous article, Amish don't use any machines and vehicles, and I've heard that they don't use even insecticide for farming. So I guess farm products by them is very fresh and safe. Maryland has Amish markets,too. I would often go there to buy fresh vegetables and meats. There was opened only from Thursday to Saturday. 前述の通り、アーミッシュの人々は機械や車を使わない。また、農業に殺虫剤さえ使わないと聞いた事がある。なので、アーミッシュの人々による農産物は新鮮で安全なんだろうと思う。メリーランドにもアーミッシュマーケットがあって（木曜から土曜しか開いていない。）新鮮な野菜や肉をよく買いに行ったなぁ。
We can see many shops by Amish in Lancaster. Handmaid wooden products- wooden calendar, dolls, toys, were warmhearted. Of all others, quilt products was wonderful, as Karin-san said in the previous comment. I bought a pair of quilt cushions. I really love it.
いろんなアーミッシュのお店が建ち並ぶ。手作りの木製のカレンダーや人形やおもちゃなど、温かい感じがした。中でも、Karinさんがコメントで下さったように、キルト製品がすばらしい。
お土産にキルトのクッションを買ってきました。
Do you remember the shooting incident at the Amish school in Lancaster in 2006? 5 Amish girls were shot to death. That was really sad news. One of the victims who was the oldest girl, told the suspect to shot her first to protect others, although she was a still young girl. Who can do this in the fearful situation? In addition, The Amish people forgave the suspect. It made me consider what our minds should be like and how holy and noble people they were.
2006年にランカスターのアーミッシュの学校で銃撃事件があったのを覚えてますか？５人の少女が犠牲になりました。あれは大変悲しいニュースでした。犠牲者の１人である年長の女の子が、容疑者に彼女から先に撃つように言ったそうです。他の子を守るために。更にアーミッシュの人々は容疑者を許したそうです。アーミッシュとは、何と高徳で気高い人達であろう。
About this news.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/29/earlyshow/main2622842.shtml
Lancaster - Trip to Pennsylvania 1
2009-02-23
Today, I'll take you to Pennsylvania. First, we'll visit Lancaster. Lancaster is famous as a large Amish Country in the US. 大きな地図で見る
Have you heard about "Amish"? Amish is also called "Pennsylvania Dutch", they are descended from German who settled in there in 17th and 18th century. They basically take subsistence farming and they don't use vehicles such kind of cars. Therefore they usually ride a buggy for transport like this. America has a lot of interesting places.
今日はペンシルバニア州、ランカスターへお連れしましょう。ランカスターはアメリカの中でもアーミッシュの大きなコミュニティーがある事で有名。
アーミッシュはペンシルバニア・ダッチとも呼ばれ、１７〜１８世紀にドイツからの移民に由来している。主に自給自足で生活をしており、車などの乗り物は使用しない。それ故、普段の交通手段は、このようにバギーと呼ばれる軽装馬車。アメリカにはたくさんのおもしろい場所があるんだなぁ。
A description on the internet forum which makes me chuckle.
2009-02-18
Ohh,,,, Today is my birthday. I don't hope getting old anymore......By the way, I put here a description from one internet forum which makes me chuckle today, although it has nothing to connect with.
あああ... 今日、誕生日だ。年はもう取りたくないもんだのう...。何だかネタがないので、最近、私の心を掴んだインターネットの書き込みを投下します。何の脈絡もないんだけれど、かなり好きだ これ。どなたか、添削＆上手な英訳プリーズ。
某掲示板スレッド・「うっかり萌えた父親のエピソード」より。
446 ：おさかなくわえた名無しさん：2008/10/14(火) 16:53:21 ID:vohMXfI3
昔、ハーバルエッセンスのシャンプーを試したら私には合わなかったようでフケが大量に出た。
捨てるのも勿体ないので父に「使ってみたら？」と言うと
「いいの？男子禁制なのに、いいの？」とか聞いてきた。
その日の夜、父が風呂に入って暫くすると、いきなり風呂場から
「イエス、イエス、イエース！」と父の声が。
46歳(当時)にもなって何やってんだ父。
This description says,
I tried Herbal Essences shampoo. But it seemed that this shampoo didn't suit me, only to get many dandruff. However I didn't want to waste it, so I asked my farther if he tried it,
"Why don't you try it?"
"Can I try it really? Is it only for women,right?" He asked me so.
That night, after a while he took a bath, I heard his voice from the bathroom,
"Yes! Yes! Yeee----s!!"
Dad, what the hell are you doing? Are you already 46 years old, right?
We can see the same Herbal Essences shampoo TV commercial as America.
The father must have enjoyed this shampoo enough.
Get snow off!
2009-02-16
As I told you, we shouldn't take snow easy. I really understood it through the previous experience, so I have to care about my car not to be buried. However, even though we clear the snow off, the snowplow would pile snow and make a wall of snow in front of my car, you know, once the snow wall get frozen, it would be difficult to remove. So we have to be careful of other things,too. We can't relax.I kept guard over outside from my room in the 6 floor of this apartment, whether the snow which was removed from somewhere was piled around my car by someone outrageous person or the snowplow did it.
Don't be off your guard against everything!
前回の経験から、雪を甘く見てはいけないということがよく分かった。しかしながら、たとえ雪かきをしたとしても、今度は除雪車がガーーッと雪を積み上げて車の前に雪の壁を作ってしまう。一旦、雪が凍ってしまうとそれをどけるのは困難を極めるだろう。実に気が抜けない。
不届き者がウチの車の周りに除けた雪を積んだりしてやしないだろうか、また、除雪車がそれをしてないだろうか、このアパートの６階の自室から私は外を監視しつづけた。油断しちゃあいけない。
I was patrolling outside with a snow shovel every 1 hour. I was watching on my car from the park by my side sledding on the snow field. I was watching on my car throwing snow balls.
雪かき用シャベルを携え１時間おきに外へ巡回へ行く。近くの公園からそりで滑りながら車を監視。雪玉を投げながら車を監視。
"Was it really patrol? Hey! you just wanted to play with snow right?" you thought so?
Yeah, That's right! I just wanted to play with snow in the winter wonder land.
パトロール？雪で遊びたかっただけじゃないのか？とお思いでしょう。
その通り。遊びたかったんですよ。雪の中で。
yahooooo!!!
Snowing
2009-02-10
My home town in Japan actually has a snow, but it's only 2 or 3 days in a season, and it just sheets on the ground, so I had never had such a heavy snow in my life.
I would often have a heavy snow during living in Maryland. The apartment where I lived in was surrounded by trees, so the scenery covered with snow was really beautiful, it was as if I were in ski resort.
I suddenly remembered the lesson from my mom as follow.
"Don't take snow easy!"
She was born and grew up in the region where is famous for a great snowfall area in Japan. According to her, she had a heavy snow enough to a whole house was buried by it easily in the winter, and then blackout caused by heavy snow was usual thing.
She told me also to remove snow as often as possible, or we would be closed in the house. To be honest, I couldn't imagine how snow give us an effect at that time.
Mom... you were right.
I saw cars were buried by thick snow..... It was the first time to see such a sight in my life. Can you see these cars in this picture?
私の地元は確かに雪は降るけど１シーズンに２日か３日うっすらと積もる程度。そんなにひどい降雪ではない。在米中はよく雪が降ったなぁ。こんな感じの積雪は今まで経験したことがなかった。当時住んでいたアパートは樹木に囲まれているので、雪の日はさながらスキー場にいるみたいだった。私はふと、母の教えを思い出した。
「雪を甘くみるんじゃない！」
日本有数の豪雪地帯で生まれ育った母曰く、冬は家1軒埋まる程の雪が降り、雪の断線による停電はいつものことだと。で、雪かきをまめにしろ。さもなければ閉じ込められるぞとも。正直、私は雪がどんなものかその時は想像できなかった。
なるほど。お母さん、貴女は正しかった。
車、埋まってるよ。
