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４月１３日出題分
あまりなじみの無い単語・熟語をちょっと解説。
Seven Years in Tibet :
Into Tibet-3On the way we met a few Bhutias, who also wanted to go into the interior. They were nice, friendly people, and they invited us to share their fire and drink a cup of rancid butter tea with them. As we had pitched our camp near them, they brought us in the evening a tasty dish of nettle spinach.
The region through which we were traveling was completely unpopulated, and during the next eight days of our march, we met only one small caravan. I have a vivid recollection of one person whom I encountered on this stretch of road. This was a young nomad, muffled in a long sheepskin coat and wearing a pigtail, as all Tibetan men who are not monks do. He led us to his black tent made of yak's hair, where his wife was waiting for him. She was a merry creature, always laughing. Inside the tent we found a treasure that made our mouths water - a haunch of venison. Our host gladly sold us a portion of the meat for an absurdly low price. He begged us to say nothing about his hunting, or he would get into trouble. Taking of life, whether human or animal, is contrary to the tenets of Buddhism, and consequently, hunting is forbidden. Tibet is governed on a feudal system, whereby men, beasts, and land belong to the Dalai Lama, whose orders have the force of law.
Bhutia：ボーティア族（チベット南部・ヒマラヤの高地に住む民族）
interior：（この場合は）チベット国内
rancid：腐ったような臭いがする
pitch：（テントを）張る
nettle spinach：いらくさ
vivid：鮮明な
recollection：思い出
nomad：遊牧民
muffle：覆う
pigtail：弁髪
merry：陽気な
creature：（この場合は）女性
water：（この場合は）涎・生唾
haunch：下半身
venison：鹿肉
absurdly：非常識なほど
is contrary to 〜：〜に相容れない
tenet：教義
feudal：封建制
whereby：それによって
Dalai Lama：ダライ＝ラマ