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続ã„ã¦ç¤¾é•· Obama’s one-day whirlwind visit to Ottawa yesterday, which was accompanied by much gushing in the Canadian press, several commentators are wondering whether Canadians might love the new U.S. leader a little too much.
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ã“ã‚Œã¯ã¡ã‚‡ã†ã©ã§ã™. ã ã‹ã‚‰. 厄介ãª. å˜åœ¨ã™ã‚‹å ´åˆ anything less attractive than the anti-American streak in our national character — a trait made worse, one suspects, for our neighbours’ sunny indifference to our seething — it is our tendency to prostrate ourselves before American celebrities. And they don’t get any more celebritous than Barack Obama.
㧠Globe and Mailç´™, コラムニスト マーガレットウェンテ 書ã„ãŸ:
æ‹å•“, æ°. 社長!
カナダã¸ã‚ˆã†ã“ã! I can’t tell you how thrilled we are that you are coming up to see us, ã¡ã‚‡ã†ã©æ˜¼é£Ÿã®ãŸã‚ã®å ´åˆã«ã®ã¿. メディア熱狂ã‹ã‚‰åˆ¤æ–ã™ã‚‹ã¨, ã‚ãªãŸã®è¨ªå•ã¯å†è‡¨ã§å³ãã“ã¾ã§ãƒ©ãƒ³ã‚¯ä»˜ã‘. My girlfriends haven’t been this excited since the Beatles came to town (not that you’d remember them). 彼ら, ã‚‚, were more popular than Jesus.
And writing in the ãƒãƒ³ã‚¯ãƒ¼ãƒãƒ¼æ—¥, reporter Barbara Yaffe contended that:
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å°‘ãªãã¨ã‚‚ オãƒãƒžæ°ã¯æˆ»ã£ã¦ã„ãã¤ã‹ã®æ„›ã‚’与ãˆãŸ å½¼ã®æ–°ã—ã„カナダã®å‹äººãŸã¡ã¸. “I love this country,” he said, “and I don’t think we could have a better friend and ally.”