Oｈ ! My God Story
NO. ４９
２００３年 ７月７日
Everyone makes a mistake in life.
I had a friend Mr. M..
He has studied abroad in America for a year.
So he had a confidence in his English.
Something happened after he went back to Japan.
One day, he introduced a woman to all the staff in his company.
She was a friend of Mr. M
and was going to join the
company as a new employee.
Her name was Ms. K and she was born and lived in America.
He said,
"Everybody, now I would like to introduce my friend K."
"She was born in America and is a negative American."
"?????.................."
He wanted to say a native American. (a laughter)
I made a similar mistake.
It was ten years ago.
I met a pop group at a party.
They hit #1 chart in billboard magazine and were very famous at the time.
I forgot the name of the group.
But I remember one thing.
There was a black woman in the group.
She was a wife of a famous guitarist Carlos .Aromar.
Carlos is a rare guitarist from Africa.
He played the guitar on Paul McCartney's album.
Anyway, I happened to read their palms.
The male lead vocal had a sign of a very bold man in his palms.
The first thing I said was,
"You are a very bold man."
Then he cried.
Oh, No! Bald
Bald and bold have a similar pronunciation.
In my case, my pronunciation sounded bald.
Around that time, he was grieving for losing hair everyday.
Oｈ ! My God.
Everyone＝誰にも make a mistake ＝失敗する in life＝人生には
had＝持った、居た（have持つ、居た の過去）
studied abroad in America ＝アメリカ留学 for a year＝一年間
confidence＝自信を持つ Something happened ＝こんな事があった
after＝後 go back ＝戻る One day,＝ある日 introduce＝紹介する
join the company ＝入社する new employee＝新入社員
born and lived in America＝アメリカからの帰国子女
negative ＝否定的な、批判的な、消極的な、パッとしない
a native American＝アメリカ生まれの、生粋のアメリカ出身、英語が第一言語の
laughter＝笑う（このジョーク使用は、アメリカでは見ませんね・・
でもまあ、日本風に入れときました）
I made a similar mistake＝私にもこんな失敗がある
hit #1 chart in billboard magazine ＝全米ビルボード１位
at the time＝当時 forgot ＝忘れた（forget忘れる の過去）
remember＝覚えている one thing＝一つの事 a black woman ＝黒人女性
Carlos .Aromar＝カルロス・アロマー アフリカ出身のロックギタリスト。
rare＝珍しい Paul McCartney's album＝ポール・マッカートニー
（ビートルズの中心メンバー） played the guitar ＝ギターを弾いていた
Anyway,＝それはともかく
I happened to read their palms＝私は手相を見ることになった
palm＝手相 The male lead vocal ＝男性リードボーカル sign＝印
bold man ＝勇気ある男 Bald＝はげる Bald and bold ＝はげると勇気ある
similar:＝よく似た pronunciation＝発音 In my case,＝私の場合
was grieving for losing hair ＝髪が薄くなっていくと嘆いていた
Around that time,＝最近