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上記作家でリクエストがあれば、お願いします 使用辞書についても英和・英英の種別、語彙レベルの希望があれば書いてください なければ、中級学習英英で、5,000〜1万語程度、新聞が辞書ありで読めるくらいの想定で語句調べをやります Arthur Conal Doyle, Maurice Leblancも、喜んでやります 上記作家以外の場合は、他の人が書いてくれることを期待しています 他の人が上記作家について精読やってくれるのは大歓迎です^^
You would think that such a day would tremble to begin ...
Clarice Starling's Mustang boomed up the entrance ramp at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Massachusetts Avenue, a headquarters rented from the Reverend Sun Myung Moon in the interest of economy.
----------------------------------------------------------- * tremble (verb) to shake slightly because you are afraid, worried, or excited : Her voice trembled as she spoke. [tremble with anger/fear etc] John was trembling with rage. (LASD) * Mustang : The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured car by the Ford Motor Company. (WIKIPEDIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang * boom (verb) to make a loud deep sound (LASD) * ramp (noun) a slope that has been built to connect two places that are at different levels (LASD) * firearm (noun) (formal) a gun (LASD) * reverend : used in the title of a Christian priest : Reverend Larson (LASD) * Sun Myung Moon : Sun Myung Moon is the Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church. (WIKIPEDIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon * in the interest of ... : [in the interest(s) of justice/safety/efficiency etc] in order to make something fair, safe etc : The race was cancelled in the interests of safety. (LASD)
The strike force waited in three vehicles, a battered undercover van to lead and two black SWAT vans behind it, manned and idling in the cavernous garage.
Starling hoisted the equipment bag out of her car and ran to the lead vehicle, a dirty white panel van with MARCELL'S CRAB HOUSE signs stuck on the sides. Through the open back doors of the van, four men watched Starling coming.
She was slender in her fatigues and moving fast under the weight of her equipment, her hair shining in the ghastly fluorescent lights. ------------------------------------------------------ * battered (adj.) old and in bad condition : a battered suitcase (LASD) * undercover (adj.) working secretly in order to find out information for the government or the police (LASD) * SWAT : A SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) team is an elite paramilitary Special Operations tactical unit in American and some international law enforcement departments. (WIKIPEDIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT * cavernous (adj.) Resembling a cavern, as in depth, vastness, or effect (AHD) * hoist (verb) to lift something heavy (LASD) * panel van : A panel van is a form of van; in some national usages it is distinct from a purpose-designed van in that it is based on a family car chassis; elsewhere in the world it applies to any solid (rigid-bodied, non-articulated) van, smaller than a lorry or truck without rear side windows — in this usage the term is fairly interchangeable with simply "van". (WIKIPEDIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_van * fatigues (noun) Clothing worn by military personnel for labor or for field duty (AHD) * ghastly (adv.) very bad or unpleasant (LASD) * fluorescent (adj.) a fluorescent light is made of a long glas tube filled with a special gas, which produces a very bright light (LASD)
Fiction 1. PREY 2. TIMELINE 3. AIRFRAME 4. THE LOST WORLD 5. DISCLOSURE 6. RISING SUN 7. JURASSIC PARK 8. SPHERE 9. CONGO 10. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 11. THE TERMINAL MAN 12. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
[Novels] 1. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less 2. Shall We Tell the President? 3. Kane & Abel 4. The Prodigal Daughter 5. First Among Equals 6. A Matter of Honour 7. As the Crow Flies 8. Nonour Among Thieves 9. The Fourth Estate 10. The Eleventh Commandment 11. Sons of Fortune
今まで読んだところでは、平易な文章で、同じ作者の「Kane and Able」よりはずっと易しいなといいう印象です ストーリは、頭がいいというかずるがしこい人の話で、すごく面白く、ためになる話です
途中、フランス語なんかの表現もあって、 "Jean-Pierre dialed the number of the Casino and asked to speak to Pierre Cattalano: 'Reservez-moi (予約を) la deuxieme place ( 2番目の席 ) a la table 2 (2番テーブルの) pour le vingt-et-un (21時に) ce soir (今晩) et (と) demain soir (明晩) , s'il vous plair. (お願いします)' とか。私はフランス語は簡単なものしかわかりませんが、それでも結構楽しめる感じです^^
"JORG, EXPECT $7 million from Credit Parisien in the No. 2 account by 6 P.M. tonight, Central European time, and place it with first-class banks and triple 'A' commercial names. Otherwise, invest it in the over-night Euro-dollar market. Understood?" "Yes, Harvery."
"Place $1 million in the Banco do Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, in the names of Silverman and Elliott and cancel the call loan at Barclays Bank, Lombard Street. Understood?" "Yes, Harvey."
"Buy gold on my commodity account until it reaches $10 million and then hold until you receiver further instructions. Try and buy in the troughs and don't rush - be patient. Understood?" "Yes, Harvey." ( "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less" by Jeffrey Archer より)
* expect (verb) to believe that someone or something is going to arrive * Credit Parisien : 架空の企業か金融機関名 * No.2 account : No.2の口座 * triple 'A' : 信用格付がAAAの最高ランク * Banco do Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro : リオ・デ・ジャネイロのミナス・ジェライス銀行 * call loan : A loan repayable on demand. Sometimes used as a synonym for broker loan or broker overnight loan. * Barclay Bank, Lombard Street : ロンバード・ストリートのバークレイ銀行 * commodity (noun) a product that is bought and sold * troughs (noun) a period when prices or economic activity are low
Harvey Metcalfe realized that the last instruction was unnecessary. Jorg Birrer was one of the most conservative bankers in Zurich and, more important to Harvey, had over the past twenty-five years proved to be one of the shrewdest.
"Can you join me at Wimbledon on Tuesdy, June 25th at 1 P.M, Centre Court, my usual debenture seat?"
"Yes, Harvey."
The telephone clicked into place. Harvey never said good-bye. He had never understood the niceties of life and it was too late to start learning now. He picked up the phone, dialed the seven digits which would give him the Lincoln Trust in Boston, and asked for his secretary.
---------------------------------------------------------- * shrewdest (adj.) good at understanding situations and making clever decisions * debenture seat : Wimbledon Debenture Tickets are situated in the best positions within the Centre Court and Number One Court. http://wimbledondebentureseats.com/ * clicked into place : ガチャと受話器が置かれて電話が切れた * nicety (noun) a small detail that is the difference between the correct and the incorrect way of doing something
"Miss Fish?" "Yes, sir." "Remove the file on Prospecta Oil and destroy it. Destroy any correspondence connected with it and leave absolutely no trace. Understood?" "Yes, sir."
The telephone clicked again. Harvey Metcalfe had given similar orders three times in the last twenty-five years and by now Miss Fish had learned not to question him. Harvey breathed deeply, almost a sigh, a quiet exhalation of triumph. He was now worth at least $25 million, and nothing could stop him.
He opened a bottle of Krug champagne 1964, imported from Hedges & Butler of London. He sipped it slowly and lit a Romeo y Julieta Churchill, which an Italian immigrant smuggled in for him in boxes of two hundred and fifty once a month from Cuba.
He settled back for a mild celebration. In Boston, Massachusetts, it was 12:20 P.M. - nearly time for lunch.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Prospecta Oil : プロスペクタ・オイル * correspondence (noun) 通信 * Krug champagne : クルーグ・シャンペン * Hedges & Butler of London : ロンドンのヘッジズ・アンド・バトラー * Romeo y Julieta Churchill : Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_y_Julieta_(cigar)
In Harley Street, Bond Street, the King's Road and Magdalen College, Oxford, it was 6:20 P.M.
Four men, unknown to each other, checked the market price of Prospecta Oil in the final edition of the London Evening Standard. It was £3.70. All four of them were rich men, looking forward to consolidating their already successful careers.
Tomorrow they would be penniless. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * consolidate (verb) to make your power or success stronger so that you continue to be successful