There was a blackout, so I reset my VCR's time, but I was off by an hour, so I missed my appointment.
停電があったのでレコーダーの日時を設定しなおしたんだけど、1日間違って予約をミスってしまった。
Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.
The railroad is now in the process of construction.
その鉄道は今建設中だ。
The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.
ホールは仕切りを設ける前は千人収容できた。
They arrived in Southern Rhodesia, and there was a choice of an immigrants' camp, consisting of mud huts with a communal water supply, or a hotel; and they chose the hotel, being what are known as people of means.
Access to a suspected underground nuclear facility.
核開発の疑いがもたれる地下核施設への立ち入り。
The research institute was established in the late 1960s.
その研究所が設立されたのは1960年代後半です。
Incidentally this room doesn't have anything like an air-conditioner. All it has is a fan.
ちなみに、この部屋には冷房設備なんて物は何も無い。あるのはうちわだけ。
Since I installed solar panels on my house, my energy bill has been cut in half.
家に太陽電池パネルを設置してから、電気代が半分に減った。
The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.
政府は委員会を設けてその事故の解明にあたらせた。
Our school's gym is under construction now.
私たちの学校の体育館は今建設中です。
Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.
ちなみに、この部屋には冷房設備なんて物は何も無い。あるのはうちわだけ。
Some national parks offer showers and even baby-sitting services.
国立公園によって、シャワーや託児施設まで提供してくれるところもある。
Incidentally a motorway ramp is being constructed in the neighbourhood, a few hundred metres away, of my clinic.
ちなみに、ウチのクリニックから数百メートルの近場に「ランプ」が建設中です。
He was still in his teens when he founded a company.
彼は会社を設立した時、まだ10代だった。
People want more money to expand educational institutions.
教育施設を拡充する金をもっと多くと望んでいる。
The government has set up a committee to look into the problem.
政府はその問題を調査するために委員会を設立した。
"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."
A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.
一連の爆発で、その研究施設は瓦礫の山と化した。
The director used his power to arrange a special place in the cinema world.
その映画監督は自分の権力を使って、映画界に特別な場を設けました。
Rome wasn't built in a day.
ローマは、一日にして建設されたものではない。
The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, established in 1960, is the legislature that holds the highest jurisdiction in the society of exiled Tibetans.
亡命チベット代表者議会は、亡命チベット人社会で最高の権限を持つ立法機関で、1960年に設立された。
This university was founded in 1843.
この大学は1843年に創設された。
The company was founded in 1974.
その会社は1974年に設立された。
This school has no heating.
この学校は暖房設備がない。
This hospital has a lot of new equipment.
この病院には新しい設備がいろいろ備わっている。
Tom worked for a construction company in Boston.
トムはボストンの建設会社に勤めていた。
The best way for adjusting the gap between the internal and the external price and securing economic growth is to promote the non-manufacturing industry's productivity by aggressive investing in facilities.