2016年1月30日土曜日

bear witness 証人となる


bears witness で証言する、証人となるという意味です。 2:34 the skeleton of a single building bears witness to what happened here.

Why This Hiroshima Survivor Believes in Forgiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eWx111cHjY  0:04 one American, a 35-word of oath and the world bearing witness to the start of a new Presidency. 新たな大統領の誕生を目の当たりにしている。
Presidential Inaugurations: Past and Present

2:05 outside St James's Palace, thousands waited, some for as long as seven hours, not to see her body which laid behind closed doors but simply to write their names in her book to become part of her life by bearing witness to her death. ダイアナ妃の死後すぐにセント・ジェームズ宮殿には用問のため、大勢の市民が押しかけた。中には記帳のため七時間待ちした用問客もいた。

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練習問題解答
b-2376 bear witness to her sentencing