In times of crisis one should never idealise the past.
危機の時代に過去を理想化しては駄目。
They always associated a heavy rain with flood.
彼らはいつも大雨といえば洪水を連想した。
Elementary and primary school children don't yet know good from evil or reality from fiction.
小中学生なんて、まだまだ善悪の見分けも、現実と仮想の見分けもつかない。
I am determined to spend my lifetime pursuing my ideals.
私は自分の理想の追求に生涯を費やそうと決心した。
I can't picture her playing the piano.
私は彼女がピアノを弾いているのを想像できない。
People were bewildered by the unexpected situation.
予想外の事態に人々は困惑した。
The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.
調教師とイルカはお互いに私たちが予想したよりはるかにコミュニケーションを上手にをした。
I can imagine how you felt.
あなたがどんな気分になったかは想像できます。
You're completely delusional.
君は完全な妄想状態にあるんです。
Your idea is, as it were, a castle in the air.
あなたの考えはいわば幻想にすぎません。
I associate strawberries with shortcake.
私はイチゴと言うとショートケーキを連想する。
He is an abler lawyer than I expected.
彼は予想以上に有能な弁護士だ。
As a matter of fact, all great discoverers have been regarded as dreamers.
だが実際は、すべての大発見家は夢想家とみなされてきた。
Permanent peace is nothing but an illusion.
恒久的な平和など幻想に過ぎない。
Sorry to say, that expectation was ill-founded.
残念ながらその予想は外れてしまった。
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for A
Can you imagine what the 21st century will be like?
２１世紀がどのようになるか想像できますか。
Oceans are expected to rise by 50 centimeters by the end of the next century.
来世紀の終わりまでに海は５０センチで上昇すると予想される。
The secretary gave me an agreeable smile.
その秘書は私に愛想よく微笑んだ。
The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.
神戸の荒廃は、私が想像していたとおり酷いものであった。
Illusions are short lived.
幻想の命は短い。
The expected high temperature for today is 32 degrees. It's going to be hot, isn't it?
今日の予想最高気温、３２度だって。暑くなりそうだね。
Dragons are imaginary animals.
龍は空想の動物だ。
He used to meditate in the morning.
彼は、朝、よく瞑想にふけっている。
On one hand, water shortages are expected this summer because of lower rainfall, but on the other hand, large rainstorms are 3.5 times more likely locally than last year.
