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EDINBURG, Texas - The chief medical officer for DHR Health says it is “very disheartening” to see a large number of people not take the Covid-19 vaccine.Dr. Robert Martinez gave an in-depth interview on how his hospital is coping with the latest surge in Covid-related cases. He said DHR is not faced with the “wartime medicine” situation it saw in the summer of 2020. Nonetheless, things are still bad.“We want to make sure, No. 1, that everybody knows what a big issue we are currently in and understand the full impact of what is going on in the Rio Grande Valley right now. We are starting to see a significant resurgence, unfortunately, of Covid-19 and in particular the delta variant among a few others. Particularly in people that didn't take advantage of the vaccine that we know works so well,” Martinez said.“Despite everybody's efforts and our efforts in particular, and now a lot of people are administering the vaccine, and despite how good the vaccine is, people just for whatever reason refuse to take the vaccine. It is very disheartening to me, myself and my staff, no doubt.”DHR Health is the largest state-approved hub for administering the Covid-19 vaccine south of San Antonio. It has so far administered 250,000 doses.“We were begging for this vaccine months ago, a year ago. People would have done anything for it, I think, and they were doing anything for it, in fact. And now it is sitting around and going to waste. There has been a decent amount of spoilage, I understand, and that is very disheartening.”Editor's Note: Here is Part One of a two-part series.

Note : Here at DBP we decided to go on vacation as one of our friends came to visit us. A month ago a listener asked if we can repost the ep17  "African Gangbang Bride". We thought this would be a great thing to fill in with. Instead of ep 241 we are going back in time to ep17 and I think that was recorded in 2011, 10 years ago on our old server. We have come a long way since then. DirtyBitPodcast 17- African Gangbang Bride Wife Watcher wrote a story about a white woman getting her first taste of dark meat while on her trip with hubby to Africa. SexxxySherry reads this story to you. FMMMMMM (gangbang) More of Wife Watcher's story can be found at http://www.darkwanderer.net/by-author/584/page1.html

What are some great Christian Easter resources for growing closer to God? Easter is a wonderful way to renew your hope, and understand more about the power of the gift of salvation that Jesus gave us at the cross. Whether you want Easter Bible studies and devotionals to grow your faith during Lent, or you're looking for ways to honor Jesus' sacrifice on Easter Sunday itself, here are some of my favorite Christ-centered Easter activities for families or individual study to strengthen your faith.NOTE: Here are the 4 main Easter resources links I share in the episode. You can go here to the show notes to see all the links:Christ-Centered Easter Resources: VibrantChristianLiving.com/EasterChrist-Centered Holidays site: ChristCenteredHolidays.comPraying the Promises of the Cross: VibrantChristianLiving.com/Praying"I Am Loved" 4-Week Bible Study: VibrantChristianLiving.com/I-Am-Loved-Bible-Study*In full disclosure, these are links to sites/resources I own, or they are affiliate links, which means I get a small commission should you choose to utilize these resources. 

2021 March Spiritual Event. Find out how important this event is for our times. Yes, You and I have a hope for many good things in freedom. Note: Here is one of the Holy Bible verses I referenced. Ecc 8:15 "So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun." - New Living Translation

These are among the factors complicating COVID-19 vaccine logistics [Note: Here, we focus on the U.S.]: This episode is also available as a multimedia blog post: https://evansonmarketing.com/2020/12/14/logistics-of-covid-19-vaccines/

“There’s the story and there’s the story behind the story …” And Joseph Jaffe certainly has both to share as he has managed to rebrand himself during a global pandemic through his innovative web series CoronaTV. And he’s quick to add that, “You can too!” We discussed branding in the midst of a pandemic, streaming, and more this week on the On Brand podcast. About Joseph Jaffe Joseph Jaffe is an author, entrepreneur, and as of March 2020, the host of CoronaTV, a daily streaming interview-based show about hope, positivity, and optimism…and if there’s time left over…a little bit of marketing! To date, he has done just under 200 interviews, including Seth Godin, James Rollins, Jamal Mashburn, Philip Kotler…but by far, the highlight was Nick Westergaard. (NOTE: Here at the On Brand podcast, we run with the bios our guests provide and this is what was provided.) As a speaker, Joseph delivers a brilliant, high impact message with innovative and practical advice for movement towards growth. Jaffe has written 5 books including Life After The 30-Second Spot, Join the Conversation, Flip the Funnel, and Z.E.R.O. His latest book is Built to Suck: The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation…and How to Save It? Visit builttosuck.com to find out how you can suck less. As a thought leader in the marketing and innovation space, he has worked with countless Fortune 500 companies, as well as startups. Joseph currently serves as Admiral at the HMS Beagle, a strategic consultancy that helps its clients navigate the journey to survival…because let’s face it; we’re all in the survival business nowadays! HMSB is Jaffe’s third startup venture, after Evol8tion and crayon. In 2019, he joined West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media as an instructor in the Integrated Marketing Communications online graduate program. Episode Highlights How did Corona TV start? “I was one of the first marketing bloggers. I’m a proud marketer.” And then, in the blink of an eye, it all vanished due to COVID-19, which impact Jaffe’s speaking and consulting revenue. “Sometimes strategy is best when it’s retrofitted.” Joseph decided to create a show embracing all of the smart marketers he knew designed to spark hope, positivity, and optimism at a time when we need it most. And CoronaTV was born. What’s the show look like? Check out my recent appearance back in November 2020: “WWCD—What would Carson do?” Jaffe shared how his show has been inspired by the variety and talk show formats of Bill Maher and Johnny Carson. What brand has made Joseph smile recently? “We need to smile. We need to laugh.” This is an opportunity for brands. Joseph shared recent brand-prompted smiles from Budweiser opting out of the Super Bowl in order to promote vaccine-awareness and Patagonia selling used clothes on their website. “Brands should have been doing this from day one.” To learn more, check out CoronaTV.com and everything he’s up to at Joseph’s LinkTree. As We Wrap … Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you’d like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show. On Brand is sponsored by my book Brand Now. Discover the seven dynamics to help your brand stand out in our crowded, distracted world. Order now and get special digital extras. Learn more. Subscribe to the podcast – You can subscribe to the show via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, and RSS. Rate and review the show – If you like what you’re hearing, head over to Apple Podcasts and click that 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review. This helps others find the podcast. OK. How do you rate and review a podcast? Need a quick tutorial on leaving a rating/review in iTunes? Check this out. Until next week, I’ll see you on the Internet!

Our lists this week are a good reminder of why we don't usually take much time off. Buckle in, it's a long one!Note: Here are some impractical socks. Enjoy. There's also a brief discussion of disordered eating in the section on The Crown, and some mention of inappropriate content (though nothing graphic) in the section on Yes, God, Yes.What Missy's Been Up To:WatchingThe Love WitchOver the Garden WallHalloween (2018)Whisper of the HeartRevengeListening ToGastropodReadingThe War of the Worlds by HG WellsBeekeeping by Dominique DeVitoWhat Merri's Been Up To:ReadingEmergency Contact by Mary H. K. ChoiBeach Read by Emily HenryWatchingThe CrownScreamThe Queen's GambitEnola HolmesDash and LilyYes, God, YesTexas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next GenerationOur Website | Twitter | Facebook | Patreon | Merch

SAN BENITO, Texas - It is hard to celebrate the anniversary of a key facility for a community in the age of COVID.However, the City of San Benito and its economic development corporation did so digitally. The first anniversary of the opening of the San Benito Business & Economic Development Center was featured on Facebook with EDC Executive Director Rebeca Castillo explaining how the project came about.“We reactivated a vacant funeral home into the San Benito Business & Economic Development Center. It now houses the San Benito EDC offices and is also a resource center for the business community,” Castillo said. “We are very proud to have created an entrepreneurial and starter-up ecosystem that leads our businesses to success.” The San Benito Business and Economic Resource Center is located at 701 N. Bowie Street, San Benito. Castillo said the 3,000 square feet facility will serve as an ecosystem that will provide incubation space for up four business start-ups. The start-ups could be housed there for a period of 18 to 24 months and be provided with low cost rent. The idea, Castillo said, is to provide resources for the start-ups in the hope that they can successfully graduate into their own storefront. Julian Rios, president of San Benito EDC said he believed the working space will prove integral to boosting economic growth in San Benito.“We are building around the concept of customer service and being hands on. We assist business prospects by finding the ideal property/location, by helping them prepare a business plan, by programming trainings and workshops that are of most demand and so much more,” Rios said.For the celebration, state Sen. Eddie Lucio sent a video message of support. VIPs that attended a live event included San Benito Mayor Benjamin ‘Ben’ Gomez, Julian Alvarez, the labor representative on the Texas Workforce Commission, Pat Hobbs, executive director of Workforce Solutions Cameron, and Alex Meade, a senior vice president for Texas Regional Bank.Castillo said she and her economic development team can be contacted via phone at (956) 626-1350 or via email at info@sanbenitoedc.usEditor’s Note: Here is a link to the celebration on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanBenitoEDC/ Editor’s Note: The attached podcast features the remarks of Julian Alvarez, labor representative on the Texas Workforce Commission.

In this episode of Supergirl Radio Rebirth, your hosts Morgan Glennon and Rebecca Johnson discuss Supergirl #26! Note: Here is the Omega Men image that Morgan and Rebecca used for research in this episode. Official Description for Supergirl #26: “Supergirl…super-captured! Still recovering from radiation poisoning, Kara finds herself in the clutches of the Citadel and its ruthless […] The post Supergirl Radio Rebirth – Supergirl #26 appeared first on DC TV Podcasts.

In this episode of Supergirl Radio Rebirth, your hosts Morgan Glennon and Rebecca Johnson discuss Supergirl #26! Note: Here is the Omega Men image that Morgan and Rebecca used for research in this episode. Official Description for Supergirl #26: “Supergirl…super-captured! Still recovering from radiation poisoning, Kara finds herself in the clutches of the Citadel and its ruthless […] The post Supergirl Radio Rebirth – Supergirl #26 appeared first on DC TV Podcasts.

In this episode of Supergirl Radio Rebirth, your hosts Morgan Glennon and Rebecca Johnson discuss Supergirl #26! Note: Here is the Omega Men image that Morgan and Rebecca used for research in this episode. Official Description for Supergirl #26: “Supergirl...super-captured! Still recovering from radiation poisoning, Kara finds herself in the clutches of the Citadel and its ruthless leader Harry Hokum, who is eager to experiment on one of the last Kryptonians in the known universe. How is Kara supposed to track down answers to her Rogol Zaar/Krypton mystery in the midst of a Vega System civil war? And you don't throw a civil war in the Vega System without the Omega Men returning - even some long-lost ones!" You can find Supergirl Radio on: Social Media: Facebook – Twitter – Instagram  Subscribe: Apple Podcasts – Stitcher Radio – DC TV Podcasts - Google Play - Spotify - Spotify Playlist - iHeartRadio - Radio Public - Podchaser Contact: supergirlradio@gmail.com  Support: TeePublic

Do you have a confusing, bloated, or boring brand story? Most of us just need a path to a clear, simple brand story that reflects our values we want to stand out. So let's talk about that here. Note: Here's the worksheet we use. Download for free here. Everyone wants to feel good about the story they tell about themselves — one that will give you a script and make you feel great about what you do and one that you'll be proud to share (instead of nervous). Whether it's an elevator pitch, a job description, text for a proposal, a slideshow, a conversation or the footer of your website here's how to build a brand story that will make sense for you and your brand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56CIVU_i3h0 What's a Brand Story? Great brand stories do actual work. They give your hearer focus. If you can do that, you can take them down a path. And if your path makes sense, you might even use that valuable attention you got (read: earned) from them to offer your solution. A brand story, like any story, needs tension. So usually there's some kind of problem that exists for your customer or client. The story needs characters and those characters have to make sense to the hearer. And it needs a solution that involves you. Characters in a Brand Story Before we get to the steps, let's make sure we understand the characters. As I mentioned, if the reader doesn't care about the characters, the plot is irrelevant. To illustrate, have you ever watched a TV show or romantic comedy with a couple that you just know should be together? Maybe they're alone or with someone who mistreats them, and now they have a chance at love. She's funny and innocent. He's clever and heroic. They need each other. "No, you don't understand: they NEED to be together!" So you keep watching as chemistry builds. Then the inevitable happens and something goes wrong. A previous lie emerges. Someone gets in the way. A misunderstanding threatens all their future happiness. And you care. It's a fictional couple. Actors. And you know it. But you care anyway. In fact, if you paid for that movie, you actually paid to care about fake people! That's tension and it involves you in the story. It's what you want. But if you don't care about the characters — maybe she's just kinda immature and he's still a good guy — you're likely to think he deserves better. Or they're just uninteresting or unlikeable. In that case, you just don't really care if they're together. So make sure they care about the characters. For a deeper dive, check out this article on why we care about characters. The Hero's Journey Who are the characters in your brand story, you might ask? In a RomCom, they're a would-be couple. But in a brand story, it's a different kind of story. It's about a hero, the hero's journey and you (the guide). In this story, your hero is your customer and you are the guide, whether you're selling a product or service that helps them build or do something. Now that your characters are set, let's talk about the story arc. Steps to a Brand Story Plot Now that you have characters, you need tension, which usually takes the form of an obstacle between where your hero is and where he or she needs to be. 1) Beginning — State the Problem You have to state the problem, capturing their problem in a way that makes sense to them. You want them to understand that you see the problem, putting you on the same side of the table as them. If you can do this, you've conquered much of the sales process. So state the problem the way they would care about it. Bonus: make it brutally true and clear. This is sometimes called “agitation.” It works by making sure your client continually sees the value. Usually, it describes the suckiness of their situation. Remind them why the problem is important. Don't sanitize it. Let it be severe. Think about a time when you've watched a movie where the hero gets the living hell beat out of him by the bad guy.

" GOD MADE YOU WITH FAVOR" Genesis 17: 6-8; 15-22 A. V. 6 (Concerning His Fruitfulness) Genesis 17:6 Pararamihin ko nga ang iyong lahi at magtatatag sila ng mga bansa; at may magiging hari sa kanila. - God promises Abraham Children, Crowds and Crowns. - God promised him things that, at that moment in his life, he couldn't even imagine! The farther I travel down this road, the sweeter His promises become to me! I am thankful that every single one is true! By the way, He will make your life fruitful for His glory if you will abide in Him. John 15:5.) B. V. 7-8 (Concerning His Faithfulness) Genesis 17:7-8 7]“Tutuparin ko ang aking pangako sa iyo at sa iyong lahi habang panahon, at ako'y magiging Diyos ninyo. 8]Ibibigay ko sa iyo at sa iyong magiging lahi ang lupaing ito ng Canaan na iyong tinitirhan ngayon bilang isang dayuhan. Ito ang magiging pag-aari nila sa habang panahon, at ako ang kanilang magiging Diyos.” - God promises not only to bless Abraham, but his children and all the generations of Abraham's seed as well. This is a covenant that is as good as the Name of God and that will endure as long as God endures. (Note: Thank God that we can count on His faithfulness! Lam. 3:22-23. Thank God that He is faithful and true. He will not renege on His promises. He will not fail us. We may fall short, but He never will! He is ever faithful! Note: God promises to be a personal God to the seed of Abraham. Friend, it is a blessing to serve a God that desires a personal relationship with the likes of you and me! I praise His name that my walk with Him does not hinge on what you do! It is personal and it is everlasting! What a blessing! V. 15-22 (Concerning His Future ) Genesis 17:15-22 [15]Sinabi pa rin ng Diyos kay Abraham, “Hindi na Sarai ang itatawag mo sa iyong asawa kundi Sara [16]sapagkat siya'y pagpapalain ko. Magkakaanak ka sa kanya at siya'y magiging ina ng maraming bansa; may magiging hari mula sa kanyang mga salinlahi.” [17]Muling nagpatirapa si Abraham, ngunit napatawa siya nang kanyang maisip na siya'y matanda na. Nasabi niya sa sarili, “Magkakaanak pa ba ang isang lalaki na sandaang taóng gulang na? At si Sara! Maglilihi pa ba siya gayong siya'y siyamnapung taon na?” [18]At sinabi niya sa Diyos, “Bakit hindi na lang po si Ismael ang magmana ng mga ipinangako ninyo sa akin?” [19]Kaya't sumagot ang Diyos, “Hindi; ang asawa mong si Sara ay magkakaanak ng isang lalaki at tatawagin mo siyang Isaac. Makikipagtipan ako sa kanya at sa kanyang lahi magpakailanman. [20]Tungkol naman kay Ismael, ipagkakaloob ko ang kahilingan mo: Pagpapalain ko siya at pararamihin ko rin ang kanyang lahi. Magkakaanak siya ng labindalawang prinsipe, at magiging bansang makapangyarihan ang kanyang salinlahi. [21]Ngunit ang aking tipan sa iyo ay matutupad kay Isaac, na isisilang ni Sara sa isang taon, sa ganito ring panahon.” [22]Pagkasabi nito, nilisan ng Diyos si Abraham. God's promise to Abraham is extended to Sarai also. > She is to have this child of promise and she is to be the mother of multitudes. > Her name is also changed from "Sarai", which means "My Princess" to "Sarah", which means "Princess". > When Abraham hears this he laughs. It is not a laugh of doubt, but of joy at what the Lord is about to do in his life. > He is so excited thinking about the power of God that he prayers for God to bless Ishmael also. > This prayer is heard and answered by the Lord! (Note: Here is a man who was looking at a bleak future when the day began. > Now he is thrilled by the possibilities. I just want to remind us this evening that no cause os hopeless when it involves the Lord. > Your future is as bright as the size of your faith! When we involve God in the situations of our lives, the impossible becomes immediately possibly, John 6:1-13. Remember the God we serve holds today and tomorrow in His hands, and He is greater than both!

NOTE - Here is another pre COVID-19 episode. I am happy to say that Frita's is back open and serve their delicious food. In this episode, Mark Baratto sits down with the owner of Frita's Cuban Burger Cafe, c During this episode, we danced, we sang (well Marcia does) and I ate one of their famous Cuban Burger! More on Frita's Cuban Burger Cafe Website: http://fritascubanburgers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fritascuban/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fritas-Cuban-Burger-Cafe-301558923350863/ Fritas Cuban Burger Cafe opened in 2014 with the goal of bringing the Cuban flavors of the “Frita” to Key West, Florida. Just steps from the famous Duval Street, Frita’s provides a variety of tastes and experiences. Relax inside the Cafe where, along with our signature Fritas, you’ll enjoy delicious traditional Cuban and fusion sandwiches as well as tacos. Complete your meal with our homemade pastries, scoops and shakes made with locally crafted premium ice cream. Cool down with a glass of sangria, or take one to go! The Frita is a heavenly burger with origins in 1930’s Cuba where they were considered a native street food. Frita’s exclusive recipes were developed slowly and lovingly with visits to Cuba and assistance from Cuban friends. They are a mouthwatering blend of beef and pork burger seasoned with Spanish spices and topped with a special sauce and crispy fried julienne potatoes, all sandwiched on a Cuban bun. Salty, savory, sweet and crunchy. Fritas Cuban Burger Cafe is the brainchild of entrepreneur Marcia Weaver who also owns and operates Boston Cigar Factory, proud purveyors of handmade cigars rolled in the Cuban tradition. Contact Info: 425 Southard St Key West, Florida 33040 Phone: (305) 509-7075

Welcome to a brand new episode of Ian’s Untitled Scene Show! In this episode, I feature amazing drummer and songwriter Matt Greiner of August Burns Red!At the time of this recording, it’s literally hours before the release of Agust Burns Red’s new album ‘Guardians’, out through Fearless Records! With how much Matt has been doing and with the premiere of the new album coming up, this is a shorter talk than usual. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get into a lot of August Burns Red talk!Note: Here’s a link to the Zildjian drum playthrough we mention: Click Here.Check out the exclusive interview below, including iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more!

The current pandemic we are collectively living through right now has ignited a newfound level of fear and anxiety. As a result, we are all being asked to change—yet again. Here’s the truth: The sudden need for us to change our behavior is not the problem. Our resistance to this change is. Now, more than ever, we ALL need to respond and adapt. In this episode, I share my perspective on the fear of change and how you may help mitigate this fear within your team. This is the fourth in a five part series on Overcoming Fears. NOTE: Here is a FREE guide to leading remote teams.

At the time of the recording of this podcast the COVID-19 virus is starting to impact daily life around the world. The number of cases is spreading. Sporting events are being canceled. People are being encouraged not to travel. Because of the constant stream of news and information on our social media feeds, it is easy to feel panicked. This panic is rooted in two factors. The first is the fear about getting sick. The second is the fear caused by knowing we can't do anything about the big picture problem. It's as if it is something that is slowly creeping towards us and we are powerless to stop it. This week I have for you a simple tap-along audio and script to help you to feel calm in the face of a global problem that we don't feel like we can do anything about. [Note: Here is a tap-along audio and script to help you to stay healthy. If you are feeling sick, make sure you reach out to your primary care provider. Tapping is a great tool to augment and support your health, but should not be the only tool you use.] You can find the full tapping script of this audio as a pdf over at Tapping Q and A Podcast Scripts and Transcripts. Support the podcast! Subscribe in: Apple | iPhone | Android | Google | Spotify | Pandora

Pride is on the list of the seven deadly sins and whether explicitly and implicitly, our culture discourages us from displaying pride or egotism. Instead, we are taught to do our work and keep our heads down. It is true that some people have outsized egos that cause them (and others) problems, but just because there are egomaniacs in the world doesn't mean that we shouldn't feel pride. Feeling a sense of pride in our work and our capabilities is healthy. It helps us to stay motivated and continue to do good work and it allows others to see what we can do, what is possible and how we can help them. Tap along with this week's podcast to cultivate a healthy sense of pride in who you are, what you can do, and what you have accomplished. [Note: Here is the youtube video for K-OS's song Crabbuckit which is referenced in the podcast] You can find the full tapping script of this audio as a pdf over at Tapping Q and A Podcast Scripts and Transcripts. Support the podcast! Subscribe in: Apple | iPhone | Android | Google | Spotify | Pandora

Adulting 101 will be a series of episodes where the ladies will share some key components they have learned and recognize in being an adult. Adulting is a juggling act so tune in to this series for some of their experiences, lessons, and advice on how to best handle it all.In this episode, listen as Dialissa and Brittany discuss the importance of making sacrifices to achieve your goals, in all aspects of your adulthood.Note: Here is the link to Lisa Nichols' YouTube channel referenced in this episode https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bIPD7o8P_1fmpkUv_Pr7A

Adulting 101 will be a series of episodes where the ladies will share some key components they have learned and recognize in being an adult. Adulting is a juggling act so tune in to this series for some of their experiences, lessons, and advice on how to best handle it all.Listen as Dialissa and Brittany discuss the importance of priorities in managing all of the tasks that go into "adulting" in this first episode of the series.Note: Here is the link to the YouTube channel referenced in this episode (MarieTV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2WMojFrrE&feature=youtu.be

Note: Here's our podcast on defunct game studios that should return! My lines personally got cut out during the middle so I re-recorded all my responses when my mic got muted. I hope you still enjoy all the audio I stitched together. ~Ren

Today’s episode covers something that is becoming more and more prevalent, especially in the herbal community, and among people who spend time in nature. I’ll be interviewing Dr. Christine Arseneau, a pharmacist who has a deeply personal connection to the chronic effects of Lyme. She is on a mission to help others with Lyme navigate their health and supports them in following a treatment plan. Please tune into the show to hear about her healing journey and head to her website Lymesupport.com to learn more about her work. Dr. Arseneau completed a PG-Y1 hospital residency program at Bronson Methodist Hospital (BMH), a 400 bed teaching hospital, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She continued to work there for 6 years as a clinical pharmacist before moving to California and starting her health coaching business. Note: Here is a link for the natural repellent Dr. Arseneau mentioned. One spray lasts 4 weeks. Music by Gene Chaban (https://soundcloud.com/gene-chaban). Find more educational material on our site: (https://www.rawfork.com)

Coach MK and Coach Sarah livestream question and answer sessions each week on the Fitness Protection Program Facebook Page, The Fitness Protection Program YouTube Channel, and Twitch, simultaneously. Join us! They are a lot of fun, super informative, and anyone may ask follow-up questions during the live broadcast!   This week, Coach Sarah and Coach MK answer questions about whether an elliptical workout is as good as a run, how to adapt on the fly when your run schedule isn't getting ANY more predictable, and how to come back from a stomach bug without putting yourself at risk. Runner, Interrupted: the #weekly wins! 12:42 #weeklywins Second appointment with my PT and I graduated from clamshells only to clamshells, bridges, and dead bugs! ETA: plus I got to snowshoe with a good friend from college! 14:42 Throughout my chemo treatment I have made sure to also get massages and acupuncture - not running makes my muscles grumpy. 18:14 Mary Lenczewski’s car won’t start! FFS, WHEN is she going to run into some better luck? HINT: MK can see it coming in the stars! Rebuild 23:20 I am super excited for 2020, and my commitment to myself!! I will hold space for me each day- for fitness specifically. My question is, on the days when I cannot run (haven’t moved treadmill yet, and it’s too loud to use while others sleep where it is at present), will using an elliptical do the trick in terms of weight bearing cardio? Will it help with the micro adaptations in the body that support running? I am thinking that keeping that on a higher resistance level so it mimics an uphill path will result in more weight bearing..... or better to just try a walk on the treadmill that night? Thanks!! 26:30 Also, super conflicted about starting slow burn tomorrow vs waiting until February- it’s been quite a stretch for me, with few running days in recent weeks. I feel as though my fitness is truly at a low point. I am absolutely ready to recommit and find the time in these busy days.... but would you recommend doing that first, consistently, and *then* starting slow burn? Or just jumping in and following the plan? Maintain 32:32 I am loving the pace-based work in Maintain. It feels really good! After years of mostly 140-150 heart rate caps, I get palpitations when I look back over my data for a run. Is there a threshold heart rate I should be worried about? Is there a “too high”? 37:45 I do best when I run in the morning, but sometimes I don’t have time to get the full hour-ish workouts in. I will try to either shorten or just get out the door for 20 mins. My question is, if the stars align and I actually can fit in a run later in the day, should I do the full planned workout at that point, or truncate it, or some other approach? 41:45 Let’s talk about recovery from flu or other intestinal bug things. I know Coach MK had a bout of food poisoning last week and I am just getting over something myself. So a two part question... Generally can we talk about how to pick up on Maintain if we have been out for 4-5 days due to a stomach thing. And the second part is really more direct, I’m looking at Slow Burn plan for day 1 for tomorrow and the next few days and think they are doable, but see the third day turns it on a bit. I’m generally feeling better and think I’m going to try to start Monday, thoughts? 46:20 Doing Ragnar at the end of January. All three legs are roughly 4 miles and easy to moderate. What should I do to prepare other than some two-a-days? What should taper look like? What about recovery? (I’m not expecting this to be race effort) 51:04 Recovering from a hard workout…either intentional or unintentional. I misread yesterdays (maintain) run and did 95 mins with 2 minute pickups every mile at 10k pace rather than 1 minute pickups at 10k pace. What’s the best way to recover from that? Extra stretching? Roller? An extra day off? I’ve done the first 2. I **think** I’m ready for Monday’s run… NOTE: Here's a link to one of MK's foam rolling demos from 2019! An OFFICIAL version of this routine is coming soon!   Click here to subscribe to our podcast, Running Life, and get more racing and training tips from the coaches!   Coach MK Fleming is the founder of Fitness Protection, LLC where she trains her runners for $30 per month and gives marathon plans away for free.

"Faith, hope, and love - these three remain. And the greatest of these is love." These words conclude one of the most well-known chapters in the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13. In our series The Big Three, we look at faith, hope, and love, often called the "theological virtues." This Sunday we explored faith by looking at Luke 7:36-50, in which Jesus offers forgiveness to a woman who washes his feet. We explored the old debate about faith vs. works and suggested that maybe this is a false dichotomy. Faith that saves *is* faith that works. Note: Here is the link to an article from NC Health News about the Opioid information session through the NC Council of Churches that Drew mentions in the sermon.

Support the podcast! Grief is a topic that we don't talk about much publicly. We talk about loss. We talk about moving on. But we don't talk about grief itself. When we don't talk about and process grief, it lingers and can cause problems for us in the future. This week I have a conversation with Lynne Staley. Lynne is a tapper and certified Grief Recovery™ Specialist. In this podcast episode we cover: Why we experience grief The difference between grief and mourning All of the experiences that can cause grief in addition to the death of a loved one (and the list is longer than you might think) Practical steps you can take to work through your own grief and how to help someone else through theirs How to use tapping while using these steps This interview is a must-listen because every single one of us has experienced grief and will experience it again. Our conversation is practical and you will be able to use what you learn right away. Note: Here is the the feelings inventory from the Center For Nonviolent Communication that we talked about in the interview. Subscribe in: Apple | iPhone | Android | Google | Spotify Guest:Lynne Staley Contact: website @ Llife-After-Loss.com/; facebook @ LifeAfterLossCoach; email @ lynne@life-after-loss.com; book @ In Death Is the Secret to Life: A Tribute Journal About: Lynne Staley has been a Companion to Grievers since 2002 and has a wealth of knowledge about grief, loss and life transitions. She is a Certified Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner and incorporates tapping in her work with clients to address grief-related stress. Lynne recognizes that grief is not just related to death; there are more than 40 losses identified by The Grief Recovery Institute, including health diagnoses, job loss, family estrangement, etc. In addition to Grief Integration, she teaches EFT to elders, hospice staff, school personnel, student athletes, student musicians, other “creatives”, etc. She is the author of In Death Is the Secret to Life: A Tribute Journal.

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Download MP3 今月まで、第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 アメリカ出身のジャスミンと、韓国出身のジョーをお迎えしてのトークも最終回となりました。今回の話題は「アメリカと韓国での学生生活」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。College Life in America and South Korea tough = hard elite = high-quality tons of = lots of an extension of = an extra part of to pursue = to chase, to try to get to achieve = to accomplish academically = related to study and research like = Note: Two often-used meanings: 1) "similar to," and 2) "um" with real agency = with the ability to use power did, like, a community college = 短大 (Again, note the use of "like") to an extent = in some way, ある程度 it's on me = it's my responsibility Kyonggi University = a private university in Seoul Reno, Nevada = the city and state in the southwestern part of the US a grant = money formally given (often by the government) not my thing = not something I'm involved with or interested in Greek Life = university clubs called fraternities (for boys) and sororities (for girls). It is called Greek Life, because the clubs have names with Greek letters, such as Phi and Beta. embarrassing = 恥ずかしい (Note: She probably says this because the fraternities and sororities often stand out (目立つ), organizing large projects, or having big parties. In contrast, a lot of students outside of Greek Life prefer to do individual, quieter things.) politics = 政治 regulations = rules an incident = a happening (often becoming news) a frat = a fraternity to embezzle = to illegally use someone else's money, 横領する a subject = 科目 an expectation = 期待 strict = 厳しい pretty = rather, quite, to some extent fortunate = lucky for the most part = overall, generally linguistics = the study of languages to go on and on = to talk a lot to be supportive = to be helpful to go out of (one's) way = to try very hard faculty = Note: Two common meanings are used by the speakers here. The first is "group of college teachers." The second is 学部. pretty much similar = for the most part similar to interpret = to understand, 解釈する a credit = 単位 nuts = crazy the drinking theme = to topic of drinking alcohol a get-together = a gathering of people, a party to throw a party = to host and organize a party literally = actually totally different = completely different Oh, my goodness! = Wow! sneaky = secretly, hiding actions from others (Note: Here, Jazmine infers that some college students are sneaky, and drink alcohol even though they are not 21 years old.) sorry, guys = Note: Here, Jazmine seems to be talking to her Japanese friends who are listening to revolve around = to be centered upon アルバイト = a part-time job (Note: She says the Japanese word here.) school oriented = related to school involvement with the community = doing public things in the town or city student-run = student-organized, managed by students a literary magazine = related to literature GPA = Grade Point Average, 成績の平均 critical = very important to be into (something) = to concentrate on, to mostly do only one thing to be attached to = to be connected to to pass = 合格する、単位をもらう a priority = a very important thing over = more than criteria = standards or principles prestigious = famous and high quality to be neglected = to be ignored to have tenure = to have the right to stay as a college teacher until retirement. Thus, the teacher cannot be fired. ridiculous = crazy, terrible, horrible to be fired = 解雇される to allocate (money) = to distribute or spend (money) to afford = to be able to pay for to drop out of school = to quit school to upkeep = to modernize to get a full ride = to get 100% of one's tuition paid by the school. (Note: Indeed, high-quality athletes in the US, especially those who play American football and basketball, often do not need to pay school fees.) a 2.0 GPA = a C average. (Note: In America, usually 4.0 = all A's (the highest), on a four-point scale. 3.0 = a B average. D = 1.0 and F = 0. Most colleges do not allow students to continue if their average is below 2.0)

Download MP3 今月まで、第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 アメリカ出身のジャスミンと、韓国出身のジョーをお迎えしてのトークも最終回となりました。今回の話題は「アメリカと韓国での学生生活」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。College Life in America and South Korea tough = hard elite = high-quality tons of = lots of an extension of = an extra part of to pursue = to chase, to try to get to achieve = to accomplish academically = related to study and research like = Note: Two often-used meanings: 1) "similar to," and 2) "um" with real agency = with the ability to use power did, like, a community college = 短大 (Again, note the use of "like") to an extent = in some way, ある程度 it's on me = it's my responsibility Kyonggi University = a private university in Seoul Reno, Nevada = the city and state in the southwestern part of the US a grant = money formally given (often by the government) not my thing = not something I'm involved with or interested in Greek Life = university clubs called fraternities (for boys) and sororities (for girls). It is called Greek Life, because the clubs have names with Greek letters, such as Phi and Beta. embarrassing = 恥ずかしい (Note: She probably says this because the fraternities and sororities often stand out (目立つ), organizing large projects, or having big parties. In contrast, a lot of students outside of Greek Life prefer to do individual, quieter things.) politics = 政治 regulations = rules an incident = a happening (often becoming news) a frat = a fraternity to embezzle = to illegally use someone else's money, 横領する a subject = 科目 an expectation = 期待 strict = 厳しい pretty = rather, quite, to some extent fortunate = lucky for the most part = overall, generally linguistics = the study of languages to go on and on = to talk a lot to be supportive = to be helpful to go out of (one's) way = to try very hard faculty = Note: Two common meanings are used by the speakers here. The first is "group of college teachers." The second is 学部. pretty much similar = for the most part similar to interpret = to understand, 解釈する a credit = 単位 nuts = crazy the drinking theme = to topic of drinking alcohol a get-together = a gathering of people, a party to throw a party = to host and organize a party literally = actually totally different = completely different Oh, my goodness! = Wow! sneaky = secretly, hiding actions from others (Note: Here, Jazmine infers that some college students are sneaky, and drink alcohol even though they are not 21 years old.) sorry, guys = Note: Here, Jazmine seems to be talking to her Japanese friends who are listening to revolve around = to be centered upon アルバイト = a part-time job (Note: She says the Japanese word here.) school oriented = related to school involvement with the community = doing public things in the town or city student-run = student-organized, managed by students a literary magazine = related to literature GPA = Grade Point Average, 成績の平均 critical = very important to be into (something) = to concentrate on, to mostly do only one thing to be attached to = to be connected to to pass = 合格する、単位をもらう a priority = a very important thing over = more than criteria = standards or principles prestigious = famous and high quality to be neglected = to be ignored to have tenure = to have the right to stay as a college teacher until retirement. Thus, the teacher cannot be fired. ridiculous = crazy, terrible, horrible to be fired = 解雇される to allocate (money) = to distribute or spend (money) to afford = to be able to pay for to drop out of school = to quit school to upkeep = to modernize to get a full ride = to get 100% of one's tuition paid by the school. (Note: Indeed, high-quality athletes in the US, especially those who play American football and basketball, often do not need to pay school fees.) a 2.0 GPA = a C average. (Note: In America, usually 4.0 = all A's (the highest), on a four-point scale. 3.0 = a B average. D = 1.0 and F = 0. Most colleges do not allow students to continue if their average is below 2.0)

Kyle Martino takes a deep dive on Liverpool's recent struggles (7:00), what's at stake for West Brom, Southampton, Swansea and Huddersfield all fighting for Premier League survival (18:00) and pays tribute to Andres Iniesta who recently announced he will leave Barcelona at the end of this season (29:15).Note: Here is the link to the Steven Gerrard/David Brent comparison video: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/955990/Rangers-news-Steven-Gerrard-trolled-Ibrox-David-Brent-The-Office-videoEnjoy!

Download MP3 今月も第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 アメリカ出身のジャスミンと、韓国出身のジョーをお迎えしての第２回をお届けします。今回の話題は「ポップ・ミュージック」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。Pop Music in South Korea and the US That's the thing = That's the interesting point the grocery store = a food store such as a supermarket When it comes to = concerning, in regards to quote- unquote = いわゆる、修飾する語を強調して　(Note: Here she says, "when it comes to 'adult words', I struggle…") to struggle = to have a hard time, もがく Filipino = a person from the Philippines middle school = junior high school an advantage = 有利な点 structure = shape, 構造 the mainstream music scene = widespread popular music to DJ = to play and manage recorded music at a club or party. DJ stands for "disc jockey," the person who chooses and revises the music a genre = a type of art, music or literature EDM = Electronic Dance Music, electronic music usually played at clubs by DJs Reno = a city in Nevada the hype = 誇大な宣伝、騒ぎ EDC = Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the biggest electronic dance music festivals in the world BTS = a seven-member South Korean boy band, also known as Bangtan Boys winning over = winning against Justin Bieber = a popular Canadian pops singer a ballad = a romantic song R & B = Rhythm and Blues, a type of pop music associated with African Americans, which has been influenced by jazz to be into (something) = to really like (something) One OK Rock = a Japanese rock band which sings a lot in English lyrics = the words in the songs Anderson Paak = an American rapper, singer, drummer, and songwriter. He used to be known as Breezy Lovejoy gospel = religious music associated with African Americans to be picky = えり好みする、気難しい to insult = to criticize to be blown away (by) = to be impressed in a good way (by something), to really like something to have a soft spot in (one's) heart for (something) = to really like (something) nostalgia = longing for good things in the past (something) for (something's) sake = related to (something), for the purpose of (something) (Example: “She moved to a warm area for the sake of her health.”) revolutionary = 革命的 Mitsuki = Mitsuki Miyawaki, a Japanese-American sing-songwriter Your Best American Girl = the name of a song by Mitsuki to get (someone) hooked on (something/someone) = to become strongly attracted to and like (something/someone) corny = sentimental, メロドラマ的 It warms my heart to… = It makes me happy to… 微笑ましい to make it in (a professional field) = to become successful in (a field) BIGBANG = a South Korean boy band catchy = attractive and unique philosophical = 哲学的 to blow away (someone, or one's heart) = to really affect (someone) Maroon 5 = a Californian pop rock group to be fortunate = to be lucky Sugar = one of Maroon 5's songs Billboard Charts = weekly lists of the most popular songs One More Night; Maps; Animals; Makes Me Wonder = other songs by Maroon 5 Jeff Rosenstock = an American musician from New York to get on (someone or something) = to get excited about a lyricist = a person who writes the words in songs to bond with = to become close friends with a psycho = a crazy person It just worked out = By chance, it was convenient to do an interview with (someone) = to talk to someone as a journalist genuinely = actually 心から awesome = great to do music journals = to publish articles about music

Download MP3 今月も第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。 アメリカ出身のジャスミンと、韓国出身のジョーをお迎えしての第２回をお届けします。今回の話題は「ポップ・ミュージック」。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。Pop Music in South Korea and the US That's the thing = That's the interesting point the grocery store = a food store such as a supermarket When it comes to = concerning, in regards to quote- unquote = いわゆる、修飾する語を強調して　(Note: Here she says, "when it comes to 'adult words', I struggle…") to struggle = to have a hard time, もがく Filipino = a person from the Philippines middle school = junior high school an advantage = 有利な点 structure = shape, 構造 the mainstream music scene = widespread popular music to DJ = to play and manage recorded music at a club or party. DJ stands for "disc jockey," the person who chooses and revises the music a genre = a type of art, music or literature EDM = Electronic Dance Music, electronic music usually played at clubs by DJs Reno = a city in Nevada the hype = 誇大な宣伝、騒ぎ EDC = Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the biggest electronic dance music festivals in the world BTS = a seven-member South Korean boy band, also known as Bangtan Boys winning over = winning against Justin Bieber = a popular Canadian pops singer a ballad = a romantic song R & B = Rhythm and Blues, a type of pop music associated with African Americans, which has been influenced by jazz to be into (something) = to really like (something) One OK Rock = a Japanese rock band which sings a lot in English lyrics = the words in the songs Anderson Paak = an American rapper, singer, drummer, and songwriter. He used to be known as Breezy Lovejoy gospel = religious music associated with African Americans to be picky = えり好みする、気難しい to insult = to criticize to be blown away (by) = to be impressed in a good way (by something), to really like something to have a soft spot in (one's) heart for (something) = to really like (something) nostalgia = longing for good things in the past (something) for (something's) sake = related to (something), for the purpose of (something) (Example: “She moved to a warm area for the sake of her health.”) revolutionary = 革命的 Mitsuki = Mitsuki Miyawaki, a Japanese-American sing-songwriter Your Best American Girl = the name of a song by Mitsuki to get (someone) hooked on (something/someone) = to become strongly attracted to and like (something/someone) corny = sentimental, メロドラマ的 It warms my heart to… = It makes me happy to… 微笑ましい to make it in (a professional field) = to become successful in (a field) BIGBANG = a South Korean boy band catchy = attractive and unique philosophical = 哲学的 to blow away (someone, or one's heart) = to really affect (someone) Maroon 5 = a Californian pop rock group to be fortunate = to be lucky Sugar = one of Maroon 5's songs Billboard Charts = weekly lists of the most popular songs One More Night; Maps; Animals; Makes Me Wonder = other songs by Maroon 5 Jeff Rosenstock = an American musician from New York to get on (someone or something) = to get excited about a lyricist = a person who writes the words in songs to bond with = to become close friends with a psycho = a crazy person It just worked out = By chance, it was convenient to do an interview with (someone) = to talk to someone as a journalist genuinely = actually 心から awesome = great to do music journals = to publish articles about music

Words create worlds. Especially when they come from Yahweh. What do we do with these promises, insights, and truth from the Divine? Could the spirit be moving yet today, and could it be for those we’d never imagine? That’s Jonah’s story. And the word was so shocking he went as far away from it as possible.Note: Here's the video we were laughing at at the start - not recommended viewing but good to make the point of how a different view of the Bible can open our eyes to who God who is love.

My guest is Sam Matla - host of The EDM Prodcast and Electronic Music Producer at EDMProd. Here's some of what we discussed: Ableton Live Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Headphones Blue Bluebird - Large Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone CAD pop filter Focusrite 2i2 iZotope Ozone for mastering Volume automation if there’s louder or softer parts Podtrac for analytics Zencastr Macbook pro 2015 Compression EQ Saved chain for Sam’s track Music tracks and transitions Splitting tracks for different topics for shownotes times Mix to MP3 128kbps Soundcloud - that’s where his community is/was. That’s changing now; they're mostly on Spotify now ;) NOTE: Here are the three exceptional albums Sam mentioned when I asked him what his favorite music was: BT - This Binary Universe Koan Sound & Asa - Sanctuary EP Mat Zo - Damage Control Thanks for sharing so much, Sam! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

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Note: Here’s part two of our free preview of Palladium Poisoning. If you enjoy it, please consider backing our Patreon to get access to all of the episodes. Next year we will return to WoD The Heck! When I visited Seattle and Tacoma last month, I hung out with Faust from Thrilling Intent so I… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Presents: Palladium Poisoning: Episode 9 – Rifts Adventure Sourcebook 2: Chi-Town ‘Burbs: Firetown & the Tolkeen Crisis – Part 2 appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

My guest is Steve Stewart, owner-operator at Steve Stewart Podcast Productions and creator of Podcast Editor's Club (Facebook group). Steve also offers an Audacity workshop. We talked a lot about editing including advanced techniques like using very short fades to make edits feel natural, finding zero crossings, off-mic noise, keyboard shortcuts, breathing, joining half words, random noises, etc. *Note: Here's the link I mentioned to an older episode of Social Media Unscrambled where I initially forgot to press record and so we had to restart the episode, which was sooooo awkward. Listen to that craziness HERE. Here's a partial list of Steve's equipment and software: ATR2100-USB mic Audacity Backup recorder Ecamm call recorder Levelator iZotope RX 6 (de-breath, de-mouthclick, etc.) Thanks for sharing so much valuable info with us, Steve! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Do you ever find that you are in need of some encouragement? A shot in the arm to keep you going when things get difficult in life and business? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from a TAS listener just like you! Joseph talks about how he started listening to Scott and began to put these tools and concepts into action. Now he’s starting to see some success in his business and YOU can too! Also on this episode, Scott covers driving traffic to your product listing, premium over generic product quality, insert cards, and much more! The Ripple Effect In your pursuit of success, you’ve got to get started somewhere. What is the one step you can take today that will cause a “Ripple Effect” over time? Even the smallest step can be added to little by little to amount to great success in the long run. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott talks about the ripple effect and how he’s seen it work in his life and the lives of TAS followers just like you! As always this episode is packed full of great lessons and insights that you can’t miss! Drive more traffic to your product listing! Have you struggled with gaining traction attracting the volume of traffic to your Amazon product listing that you’ve been for? What steps can you take to optimize your listing and adjust your methods to increase traffic? As you know by now, increased traffic usually leads to increased revenue. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear Scott go over a few strategies you can enlist to improve your PPC efforts, optimize your listing, and get the results you need. Make sure to catch this insightful episode - you don’t want to miss it! Go Premium or Generic with product quality? As an e-commerce seller, you know that one of the most important things you can do in your business is to increase your profit margin. But one of the dangers of focusing so closely on a large profit margin is that it can lead you to skimp on the quality of your product. Many sellers will say that they can produce a similar product for lower cost but you have to remember that public perception is KEY. The customer is comparing your product to the quality standard of your competitors. This is a very important subject to consider when you are going through product research. If you’d like to hear more details about this topic, make sure to catch this episode of The Amazing Seller! Should you include “Insert Cards” with your product? One of the best ways to stand out from the rest of the competition is to include an insert card with your shipped Amazon product. These insert cards can perform an array of beneficial services for you as the seller. They can point buyers to your website for more helpful product information, they can include details about best practices with the purchased product, they could even include discounts on the customer's next order. But the question for many Amazon sellers remains, is it OK with Amazon to include an insert card with the shipped product? On this episode of the Amazing Seller, Scott explains how this subject sits in a gray area regarding Amazon’s TOS. He also goes through some helpful options for sellers like you to consider before you take the step to include insert cards. Don't’ miss this helpful episode! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [5:00] A word of encouragement from a TAS listener like you! [9:30] The “Ripple Effect” [11:00] Question #1: How can I drive more traffic to my listing? [21:00] Question #2: How do I address returns and buyers disappointment? [28:00] Question #3: What is Amazon’s policy regarding insert cards? RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Ask Scott a question - HERE Check out TAS PPC resources - HERE Drop Scott a Note - HERE

This week we look to the scientist at the Department of Energy from Hawkins, Indiana in order to help us understand a few of things you shouldn't do if you want to keep a safe workplace. Sure, they summoned a blood thirsty kill machine from the ether (and don't get us wrong that's bad) but their greater sins were far more mundane. Were their exit's properly marked? Did they have complete Material Safety Data Sheets? Did they provide flotation devices for all workers working within three feet of a sensory deprivation tank? Did they properly disclose the risk caused by neck breaking telekinetic pre-teens? Clearly, they weren't aware of the duties imposed upon them by the Occupational Safety Hazard Act and it's many regulations. But you won't be caught flat footed after listening to this episode. Note: Here, there be spoilers. (Also, demogorgons. But mostly, spoilers.)

Warning: this is one of those episodes where we know nothing and end up practically where we started. We chat extra virgins, discover ripeness levels and look for the key to Molly's very survival while discussing the green fizzling drizzle also known as olive oil. Note: Here are Spilled Milk, we are fans of all jug sizes. EXPLICIT.www.spilledmilkpodcast.com MOHAI show Real Good Food Molly's Shaved Fennel Salad

Kelly Brogan is a psychiatrist who made a radical break with pharma-centered orthodoxy to pursue holistic approaches to mental health, with extraordinary results. We recorded a conversation that started with psychiatric drugs and visited many perennial topics: working inside versus outside the system; the importance of community, the blunting of consciousness in our society and the power of grief to restore it; and the recovery of our power as agents of planetary change. I hope you enjoy this deep and playful conversation as much as I did. Note: Here is the link to Kelly's online program for anyone who is intrigued by what Kelly shares about it in this conversation. http://kellybroganmd.com/vitalmind/

Download MP3 おかげさまで、本ポッドキャストは９年目（Season 9）を迎えました！これからも引き続き楽しい番組をお届けしていきますので、どうかよろしくお願いします。 9月と10月の第１週は、去り行く夏の納涼企画として、怖いお話をお届けします。アメリカの小説家・詩人、Edgar Allan Poe（1809-1849）の古典的名作「告げ口心臓」（"The Tell-Tale Heart", 1843）です。今回は、その前半をお届けします。 ポーといえば、ミステリーやゴシックホラーの数々の短編小説で有名ですが、今回お届けする「告げ口心臓」もその中の一つ。毎晩、ある老人の寝床に向かう主人公。しかし彼は、とんでもない欲望に取り憑かれていたのでした…。 （中級〜上級）********** Script（本文の語句の解説をこのページの最後に付けています） THE TELL-TALE HEART (Part 1) by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 TRUE! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this, And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously --cautiously (for the hinges creaked) --I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept. Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back --but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily. I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?" I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; --just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall. Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself --"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney --it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel --although he neither saw nor heard --to feel the presence of my head within the room. When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye. It was open --wide, wide open --and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness --all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. ********** PART 1 VOCABULARY dreadfully = terribly mad = crazy to dull (something) = 鈍くする acute = sharp, high quality, 鋭い Hearken! = Listen! (Note: old or poetic usage) to conceive = to create (especially an idea) to haunt = 絶えず付きまとう、脳裏を去らない (in a bad way) an object = a goal, a purpose passion = emotion to wrong (someone) = to do something bad to (someone) to give (someone) insult = to insult (someone), 侮辱する (Note: old or poetic usage) a vulture = （弱いか死んだ動物を食いにする）ハゲワシ pale = white-ish a film = 薄膜 my blood ran cold = I got very scared by degrees = in steps, with the passage of time to take the life of = to kill to rid (oneself) of = to get rid of, to solve (a problem) to fancy = to think someone is… (Note: old or poetic usage) to proceed = to move forward with caution = carefully with foresight = planning ahead well with dissimulation = in a cunning or tricky way, （本心などを）隠して to go to work = to begin a project a latch = a handle or lock sufficient = adequate, じゅうぶんな a lantern = 手さげランプ shone = the past tense of "to shine" to thrust in = （力強くすばやく）突っ込む cunningly = cleverly, in a smart way with a goal of tricking to disturb = 邪魔する to undo the lantern = to remove the cover of the lantern a hinge = （戸・二枚貝などの）ちょうつがい to creak = きしむ a ray = 光線 at midnight = at exactly 12:00 (Note: "in the middle of the night" = 1:00, 2:00, 3:00) to vex (someone) = to trouble (someone), いらだたせる boldly = with courage, bravely a chamber = a big room (in this case "a bedroom") in a hearty tone = with a happy and loud voice to inquire = to ask profound = deep thinking and intelligent to suspect = 疑う a watch's minute hand = 腕時計の長針 the extent of = the amount of, the limit of sagacity = intelligence, the ability to plan, being wise scarcely = hardly, barely, almost not triumph = victory, winning, success a deed = something done fairly = almost (Note: old or poetic usage) to chuckle = to laugh a little, （満足げな）含み笑い startled = surprised or scared to draw back = to move back (Note: the past tense is "drew") as black as pitch = very black (Note: "pitch" is a kind of black soil（黒い土）) shutters = usually wooden covers for the window, 雨戸 fastened = locked through = due to, as a result of (Note: old or poetic usage) a robber = a thief steadily = continuously and relatively slowly tin = スズ、ブリキ a fastening = a lock, 留めること to spring up = to get up quickly (Note: "sprang" is the past tense) still = not moving to not move a muscle = to not move at all to hearken to = to listen to, to bring back memories of (Note: old or poetic usage) a deathwatch (beetle) = a kind of beetle which can damage wooden houses and makes a tapping sound. シバンムシ presently = soon, at that time (Note: old or poetic usage) slight = little a groan = うめき声 mortal = like a human, including the fact that people die terror = great fear grief = sadness stifled = 困難に抑制されて、息が詰まった a soul = 魂 overcharged = having too much energy (Note: old or poetic usage) awe = 畏敬、畏怖 many a night = during many nights (Note: old or poetic usage) to well up = 沸き起こる a bosom = a chest an echo = 響 to distract = （注意を）そらす to pity (someone) =　気の毒に思う to fancy = to imagine (Note: old or poetic usage) causeless = not having reason to worry, いわれのない nothing but = only merely = only a cricket = a grasshopper, コオロギ a chirp = チーチー（コオロギなどの鳴き声） a supposition = a thought, a summary conclusion after seeing various things all in vain = hopeless, useless fruitless to stalk = （敵・獲物などに）忍び寄る to envelope = to surround mournful = 悲しみに沈んだ unperceived = not seen or noticed to resolve = to strongly decide a crevice = a crack, 裂け目 stealthily = quietly and secretly at length = finally dim = not bright the thread of a spider = 蜘蛛の糸 to shoot out = to come out quickly like a bullet (Note: The past tense is "shot") furious = very angry to gaze upon = to look at (especially with a lot of emotion) with distinctness = clearly dull = not bright, dim, どんよりした hideous = scary, frightening, terrible a veil = a thin cover, a film, おおって見えなくするもの to chill = to make very cold the very marrow in my bones = the very center of my bones (Note: marrow = 骨髄) instinct = 本能 precisely = exactly the damned spot = いまいましい所 (Note: Here, it is the old man's eye)

Download MP3 おかげさまで、本ポッドキャストは９年目（Season 9）を迎えました！これからも引き続き楽しい番組をお届けしていきますので、どうかよろしくお願いします。 9月と10月の第１週は、去り行く夏の納涼企画として、怖いお話をお届けします。アメリカの小説家・詩人、Edgar Allan Poe（1809-1849）の古典的名作「告げ口心臓」（"The Tell-Tale Heart", 1843）です。今回は、その前半をお届けします。 ポーといえば、ミステリーやゴシックホラーの数々の短編小説で有名ですが、今回お届けする「告げ口心臓」もその中の一つ。毎晩、ある老人の寝床に向かう主人公。しかし彼は、とんでもない欲望に取り憑かれていたのでした…。 （中級〜上級）********** Script（本文の語句の解説をこのページの最後に付けています） THE TELL-TALE HEART (Part 1) by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 TRUE! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this, And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously --cautiously (for the hinges creaked) --I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept. Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back --but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily. I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?" I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; --just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall. Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself --"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney --it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel --although he neither saw nor heard --to feel the presence of my head within the room. When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye. It was open --wide, wide open --and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness --all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. ********** PART 1 VOCABULARY dreadfully = terribly mad = crazy to dull (something) = 鈍くする acute = sharp, high quality, 鋭い Hearken! = Listen! (Note: old or poetic usage) to conceive = to create (especially an idea) to haunt = 絶えず付きまとう、脳裏を去らない (in a bad way) an object = a goal, a purpose passion = emotion to wrong (someone) = to do something bad to (someone) to give (someone) insult = to insult (someone), 侮辱する (Note: old or poetic usage) a vulture = （弱いか死んだ動物を食いにする）ハゲワシ pale = white-ish a film = 薄膜 my blood ran cold = I got very scared by degrees = in steps, with the passage of time to take the life of = to kill to rid (oneself) of = to get rid of, to solve (a problem) to fancy = to think someone is… (Note: old or poetic usage) to proceed = to move forward with caution = carefully with foresight = planning ahead well with dissimulation = in a cunning or tricky way, （本心などを）隠して to go to work = to begin a project a latch = a handle or lock sufficient = adequate, じゅうぶんな a lantern = 手さげランプ shone = the past tense of "to shine" to thrust in = （力強くすばやく）突っ込む cunningly = cleverly, in a smart way with a goal of tricking to disturb = 邪魔する to undo the lantern = to remove the cover of the lantern a hinge = （戸・二枚貝などの）ちょうつがい to creak = きしむ a ray = 光線 at midnight = at exactly 12:00 (Note: "in the middle of the night" = 1:00, 2:00, 3:00) to vex (someone) = to trouble (someone), いらだたせる boldly = with courage, bravely a chamber = a big room (in this case "a bedroom") in a hearty tone = with a happy and loud voice to inquire = to ask profound = deep thinking and intelligent to suspect = 疑う a watch's minute hand = 腕時計の長針 the extent of = the amount of, the limit of sagacity = intelligence, the ability to plan, being wise scarcely = hardly, barely, almost not triumph = victory, winning, success a deed = something done fairly = almost (Note: old or poetic usage) to chuckle = to laugh a little, （満足げな）含み笑い startled = surprised or scared to draw back = to move back (Note: the past tense is "drew") as black as pitch = very black (Note: "pitch" is a kind of black soil（黒い土）) shutters = usually wooden covers for the window, 雨戸 fastened = locked through = due to, as a result of (Note: old or poetic usage) a robber = a thief steadily = continuously and relatively slowly tin = スズ、ブリキ a fastening = a lock, 留めること to spring up = to get up quickly (Note: "sprang" is the past tense) still = not moving to not move a muscle = to not move at all to hearken to = to listen to, to bring back memories of (Note: old or poetic usage) a deathwatch (beetle) = a kind of beetle which can damage wooden houses and makes a tapping sound. シバンムシ presently = soon, at that time (Note: old or poetic usage) slight = little a groan = うめき声 mortal = like a human, including the fact that people die terror = great fear grief = sadness stifled = 困難に抑制されて、息が詰まった a soul = 魂 overcharged = having too much energy (Note: old or poetic usage) awe = 畏敬、畏怖 many a night = during many nights (Note: old or poetic usage) to well up = 沸き起こる a bosom = a chest an echo = 響 to distract = （注意を）そらす to pity (someone) =　気の毒に思う to fancy = to imagine (Note: old or poetic usage) causeless = not having reason to worry, いわれのない nothing but = only merely = only a cricket = a grasshopper, コオロギ a chirp = チーチー（コオロギなどの鳴き声） a supposition = a thought, a summary conclusion after seeing various things all in vain = hopeless, useless fruitless to stalk = （敵・獲物などに）忍び寄る to envelope = to surround mournful = 悲しみに沈んだ unperceived = not seen or noticed to resolve = to strongly decide a crevice = a crack, 裂け目 stealthily = quietly and secretly at length = finally dim = not bright the thread of a spider = 蜘蛛の糸 to shoot out = to come out quickly like a bullet (Note: The past tense is "shot") furious = very angry to gaze upon = to look at (especially with a lot of emotion) with distinctness = clearly dull = not bright, dim, どんよりした hideous = scary, frightening, terrible a veil = a thin cover, a film, おおって見えなくするもの to chill = to make very cold the very marrow in my bones = the very center of my bones (Note: marrow = 骨髄) instinct = 本能 precisely = exactly the damned spot = いまいましい所 (Note: Here, it is the old man's eye)

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm. Note * Here’s a link to watch an excerpt of the CBS news break. * One of my favorite things I came across while reading up on the lottery was this site, which includes a remarkable page where folks send in their personal stories of their draft experience. Music * Elevator Song by Keaton Henson (feat. Ren Ford) * Waves by Abby Gundersen

When God declares something, you can take it to the bank! (Note: Here is the link to the "Isaiah Timeline" -- https://visualunit.me/2010/11/17/isaiah-timeline/)

    Natalie’s finished We Need A Little Christmas by Lollipop Yarns   Lish’s Reyna Shawl with the beautiful Bohemia Fibers hand dyed yarn   This week’s episode is brought you you by…     Stash-A Place For Yarn is located on The 600 Block in the Central Arts District of downtown St Pete.  Stash is nestled among an eclectic array of boutiques, restaurants and art galleries.  It is the place for luxury yarns, classes and connecting with other fiber lovers.  Paty Lyon’s will be teaching several classes in Dec.  Year end clearance is coming between Christmas and New Year’s both online and in the shop!  Check out the website at stashstpete.com.     Main Street Gallery is a local art and craft studio and offers a variety of services for individuals and businesses including custom screen printing, vinyl decals, graphic design, t shirts, custom artwork, murals and much more. Main Street Gallery carries products from local artists and crafters including hand knitted items and cigar box guitars.   This week’s segments include In our Hands, Masterpieces,Craft with us, Comfort Zone.   Natalie was called out on Facebook by Kenny’s Grandma! :) In our hands: (6:53) Alicia Sock Recipe: A Good Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl- McPhee, with Knit Picks Felici in Highland colorway   Natalie: Dream Stripes by Cailliau Berangere in Araucania Ranco Solid in a pink and red color.  This is for my husband’s grandma. Uncle's Christmas Stocking by Dorene Delaney Giordano using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Sport in white and Amethyst Heather. NOTE: Here is a link to knitting joggless stripes in the round   Master Pieces:(12:50) Alicia: Reyna by Noora Laivola with Bohemia Fibers Barefoot Bohemian Sock in Penny for Your Thoughts colorway. A hand dyed yarn from the AMC series of The Walking Dead. Sock Recipe: A Good Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl- McPhee, with Patons Kroy Socks in Grey Brown Marl Gramps by Tin Can Knits with Lion Brand Wool-Ease in worsted Oxford Grey and Cranberry colorway Entrechat by Lisa Chemery with Cascade 220 Superwash in Lilac. (Inspired by JoseyBug) ZigZagular Socks by Susie White with JoJoLand Melody Superwash Basic Newborn Hat by Jennifer Jackson with Caron Sheep(ish) in Robin Egg colorway Baby Loafers by BebeKnits on Etsy with Caron Sheep(ish) in Robin Egg colorway   Natalie: 3 Top down socks with a fish lips kiss heel using lollipop yarns We need a little Christmas, Dancing Dog Dyeworks Twist Sock Ham & Eggs colorway, and one with some Patons Kroy Sock in the Fern Rose Jacquard colorway 2 mismatched hats for my SIL’s twins.  I knit a hat but instead of decreasing I just seamed up the top.  So cute! A hat for my SIL’s 4 year old that I made up.  I knit a hat and put a B on it. Note: Better Than Yarn Citric Acid Soak tutorial.   Craft with Us (32:14):   ElvesWorkshopalong:  A craft along where we are encouraging our listeners to start crafting early for the holidays so they can relax and enjoy the season.   Please check out and support these sponsors who have been gracious enough to donate to our Elvesworkshopalong.               Comfort Zone:(48:27) Alicia will be closing on her home on Tuesday! She touches on friendships and everyone thawing out and visiting more. Natalie is all about budgets and bullet journals.  Check out her new blog at growinguprush.wordpress.com   Thank you for joining us for episode 20 of Mastering the Knits.We’d like to thank our sponsors Stash a place for Yarn and Main Street Gallery and also all our SantaSponsors who have donated to the ElvesWorkshopalong. You can find shownotes at masteringtheknitspodcast.com or on our ravelry group Mastering the Knits Podcast.   You can email us at masteringtheknits@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @MtKnitsPodcast and Instragram as Mastering_the_knits_podcast.  I am knottyknitter17 and Natalie is barknknit on Twitter, Instragram, and Ravelry.

The following video is a decent example of a cloud behind the sun sighting even though the well meaning observer is delusional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-ohg21Zv7Y The book "Our Gods Wear Spandex": http://www.amazon.com/Our-Gods-Wear-Spandex-History/dp/1578634067/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440868119&sr=8-1&keywords=the+gods+wear+spandex NOTE:Here's a couple scriptures that illustrate how God can "send Himself" and has an upper and lower form: "Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven." (Gen 19:24) "For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: 'Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares Yahweh. And many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.'" (Zech 2:8-11) LINK: Dave mentioned the Tamarack mine experiments that indicate the earth's surface is concave and curves upward: http://www.wildheretic.com/concave-earth-theory/#A LINK: Here's the secular podcast Dave mentioned that blasts away at the illusion of free will from a philosophical persepective." A BOOK THAT DAVE HAS ON LOUIS PASTEUR: http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Louis-Pasteur-Nancy-Appleton/dp/0967233704/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440874612&sr=1-18&keywords=louis+pasteur ANOTHER BOOK:This book refutes the common belief that the theory of Evolution originated with Darwin: http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Ghosts-Secret-History-Evolution/dp/0812981707/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440874749&sr=1-17&keywords=darwin QUOTE: "There is no reliable authority as a source for truth apart from God and He just happens to be hiding." - Contrarious

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I would once again like to welcome from Buyers Meeting Point to share information of this week's events and news from the world of purchasing, Kelly Barner. NOTE: In this week's guest audio, Alun Rafique from Market Dojo explains the challenges and advantages of properly using weighting in auctions or tenders. Anyone interested in more information on the topic, should read their recent blog post on the topic: Weighted Tender Evaluations @ http://blog.marketdojo.com/2014/02/tender-evaluation-and-linearity.html Be sure to visit the Buyers Meeting Point website @ http://buyersmeetingpoint.com Producer’s Note: Here is the link to the corresponding post in Procurement Insights; Variables in the Adoption of Auctions in Procurement

あさって7/4はアメリカ合衆国独立記念日（Independence Day）。これにちなみ、７月第１週の今回は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」として、アメリカ人に今も親しまれている詩をお届けします。 今回お届けする「ポール・リビアの騎行」（Paul Revere's Ride）は、アメリカの詩人ロングフェロー（Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882）が1861年に発表した詩です。この詩に登場するポール・リビア（1735-1818）は日本ではあまり知られていませんが、アメリカでは建国の英雄として広く知られており、いわば「アメリカの坂本龍馬」のような人物でしょうか。 この詩はリビアの「真夜中の騎行」の物語を詠った詩です。独立戦争において彼が伝令として活躍した様子が描かれています。英詩独特の表現などもありますが、スクリプトと注を参考に、リビアの活躍を想像しながらストーリーを聞き取ってみましょう。 参考：Wikipedia（ポール・リビア） 今回お借りした素材 写真：Wikipedia BGM（The Fairest of the Fair）：Internet Archive BGM（Stars and Stripes Forever）：Internet Archive Download MP3 （15:31　9.4MB　初級～中級） Paul Revere's Ride Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Key Words in Seventy-Five = In 1775 Hardly a man is now alive = almost no person… (Note: Indeed, since the poem was written in the early 1860s, almost everyone had already died.) aloft = high (Note: This has a poetic feeling. Check Internet for example sentences.) a belfry-arch = the arch window of a tower with a big bell at the top the North-Church-tower = a real place a Boston today Middlesex = a county (area) near Boston country-folk = people who live in the countryside, farmers to be up = to be awake to arm = to get rifles muffled = made quiet (Note: "a car muffler") an oar = オール to row = 漕ぐ Charleston = a town near Boston moorings = the ropes and chains which keep a ship safely anchored in one place the Somerset = an 18th century British battleship which had about 70 canons a man-of-war = a fancy way to say "a battleship" a phantom = something similar to a ghost a mast = a large sail a spar = a pole (used to support masts on a ship) a hulk = the body of a ship to be magnified = to appear larger than it actually is a reflection = 反映 a tide = 潮 an alley = a very narrow road in a city to wander = to walk around eager = excited, 熱心な the muster of (soldiers) = the gathering of (soldiers) (Note: Usually only this context. Also "a muster roll" means "the calling of the names of soldiers.") barracks = the buildings where soldiers sleep (Note: Usually plural) arms = weapons (Note: Always plural) the tramp of feet = noisy walking a measured tread = careful and professional walking, marching a grenadier = an elite British soldier stealthy = quiet and secret (Note: Frequently used in the expression "stealth bombers" which are highly-advanced fighter planes that cannot be identified by enemy radar) a chamber = a room to startle = to surprise or scare a pigeon = a gray bird often found in cities and parks, ハト a perch = a stick, branch, or high place upon which a bird sits somber = quiet, dark, sad a rafter = a large piece of wood that supports a slanted roof round = around to tremble = to shake steep = 険しい a churchyard = the grassy area outside a church (Note: Here, it refers to a cemetery) an encampment = a camp still = not moving a sentinel = a guard, a soldier to creep = to walk very quietly a spell = 呪文、魔法 dread = 恐怖、不安 bent on = leaning toward, in a certain direction (Note: poetic) to float = 浮かぶ impatient = がまんできない to mount (a horse) = to get on (a horse) booted = wearing boots spurred = having spurs on the backs of the boots, 拍車 a stride = a walking pace to pat = なでる to gaze on = to look at impetuous = having a violent force (maybe because of impatience or anger) to stamp = 踏みおろす a saddle-girth = a belt attaching a saddle to a horse a grave = a place in the ground for a dead person spectral = similar to a ghost Lo! = Look! (Note: Old and rare) a glimmer = a weak shining light, a dim flash a gleam = a brightness to spring = to jump up a bridle = 馬勒（ばろく） to linger = to wait around, to delay leaving a hoof = a horse's foot a bulk = a large thing (Note: "to be bulky" is more frequently used, meaning "to be so large that it is difficult to handle." Example: "This package is bulky. I can't carry it easily.") a pebble = a small stone a spark = a brief flash or fire to strike out = to make a violent force (Note: The past tense is "struck". Of course, in baseball "to strike out" means 三振する) a steed = a strong and quick horse fleet = quick a gloom = a darkness a fate = a destiny, 運命 (Note: "fate is riding on" means "fate will be determined by". Example: "The fate of the company is riding on what we decide." So, in this line of the poem, "riding" has two meanings: one concerning fate, and one concerning Revere riding the horse.) a flight = fast running to kindle… a flame = to start a fire a steep = a high area or slope (Note: Rare as a noun. But frequent as an adjective.) tranquil = quiet broad = wide the Mystic = the name of a river near Boston. (Note: Usually "mystic" is used as an adjective, referring to something in a strange and mysterious way.) an alder = a kind of tree, similar to a birch tree, ハンノキ that skirt its edge = that are lined along the river's edge load on the ledge = heavy on top of a cliff (Note: poetic) Medford, Lexington, and Concord = three towns in the state of Massachusetts gilded = covered in a thin layer of gold a weathercock = a wind detector on the top of a building, in the shape of a rooster blank and bare = having nothing a glare = a gleam, shining aghast = shocked bloody work = (Note: Here it means the war fighting.) a bleating = the sound of a goat or sheep a flock = a group (of goats or sheep) a twitter = the singing of small birds (Note: This is the same word used in the name of the famous online social networking service! Notice the interesting relationship.) a breeze = a usually light wind a meadow = a natural grass field, either wild or used by farm animals one = (Note: Here it means "a person") pierced = 突き通される. (Note: "pierced earrings") a musket-ball = a bullet of a musket rifle used from 400 to 200 years ago British Regulars = ordinary British soldiers to flee = to run away (Note: The past tense is "fled") gave them ball for ball = returned rifle shots when they were shot at a red-coat = a regular British soldier (especially one who wore a red uniform during the American Revolutionary War) to emerge = to come out to fire = to shoot (a gun) to load = to put a bullet in a gun a cry of alarm = a shout that danger is coming a cry of defiance = shouting against, not obeying to echo = こだまする、鳴り響く borne = (Note: Here it means "carried") peril = danger ********** Text ********** Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm." Then he said "Good night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war: A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon, like a prison-bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers Marching down to their boats on the shore. Then he climbed to the tower of the church, Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade-- By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!" A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay-- A line of black, that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed on the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns! A hurry of hoofs in a village-street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now load on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides. It was twelve by the village clock When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer's dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog, That rises when the sun goes down. It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled-- How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm-- A cry of defiance, and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

あさって7/4はアメリカ合衆国独立記念日（Independence Day）。これにちなみ、７月第１週の今回は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」として、アメリカ人に今も親しまれている詩をお届けします。 今回お届けする「ポール・リビアの騎行」（Paul Revere's Ride）は、アメリカの詩人ロングフェロー（Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882）が1861年に発表した詩です。この詩に登場するポール・リビア（1735-1818）は日本ではあまり知られていませんが、アメリカでは建国の英雄として広く知られており、いわば「アメリカの坂本龍馬」のような人物でしょうか。 この詩はリビアの「真夜中の騎行」の物語を詠った詩です。独立戦争において彼が伝令として活躍した様子が描かれています。英詩独特の表現などもありますが、スクリプトと注を参考に、リビアの活躍を想像しながらストーリーを聞き取ってみましょう。 参考：Wikipedia（ポール・リビア） 今回お借りした素材 写真：Wikipedia BGM（The Fairest of the Fair）：Internet Archive BGM（Stars and Stripes Forever）：Internet Archive Download MP3 （15:31　9.4MB　初級～中級） Paul Revere's Ride Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Key Words in Seventy-Five = In 1775 Hardly a man is now alive = almost no person… (Note: Indeed, since the poem was written in the early 1860s, almost everyone had already died.) aloft = high (Note: This has a poetic feeling. Check Internet for example sentences.) a belfry-arch = the arch window of a tower with a big bell at the top the North-Church-tower = a real place a Boston today Middlesex = a county (area) near Boston country-folk = people who live in the countryside, farmers to be up = to be awake to arm = to get rifles muffled = made quiet (Note: "a car muffler") an oar = オール to row = 漕ぐ Charleston = a town near Boston moorings = the ropes and chains which keep a ship safely anchored in one place the Somerset = an 18th century British battleship which had about 70 canons a man-of-war = a fancy way to say "a battleship" a phantom = something similar to a ghost a mast = a large sail a spar = a pole (used to support masts on a ship) a hulk = the body of a ship to be magnified = to appear larger than it actually is a reflection = 反映 a tide = 潮 an alley = a very narrow road in a city to wander = to walk around eager = excited, 熱心な the muster of (soldiers) = the gathering of (soldiers) (Note: Usually only this context. Also "a muster roll" means "the calling of the names of soldiers.") barracks = the buildings where soldiers sleep (Note: Usually plural) arms = weapons (Note: Always plural) the tramp of feet = noisy walking a measured tread = careful and professional walking, marching a grenadier = an elite British soldier stealthy = quiet and secret (Note: Frequently used in the expression "stealth bombers" which are highly-advanced fighter planes that cannot be identified by enemy radar) a chamber = a room to startle = to surprise or scare a pigeon = a gray bird often found in cities and parks, ハト a perch = a stick, branch, or high place upon which a bird sits somber = quiet, dark, sad a rafter = a large piece of wood that supports a slanted roof round = around to tremble = to shake steep = 険しい a churchyard = the grassy area outside a church (Note: Here, it refers to a cemetery) an encampment = a camp still = not moving a sentinel = a guard, a soldier to creep = to walk very quietly a spell = 呪文、魔法 dread = 恐怖、不安 bent on = leaning toward, in a certain direction (Note: poetic) to float = 浮かぶ impatient = がまんできない to mount (a horse) = to get on (a horse) booted = wearing boots spurred = having spurs on the backs of the boots, 拍車 a stride = a walking pace to pat = なでる to gaze on = to look at impetuous = having a violent force (maybe because of impatience or anger) to stamp = 踏みおろす a saddle-girth = a belt attaching a saddle to a horse a grave = a place in the ground for a dead person spectral = similar to a ghost Lo! = Look! (Note: Old and rare) a glimmer = a weak shining light, a dim flash a gleam = a brightness to spring = to jump up a bridle = 馬勒（ばろく） to linger = to wait around, to delay leaving a hoof = a horse's foot a bulk = a large thing (Note: "to be bulky" is more frequently used, meaning "to be so large that it is difficult to handle." Example: "This package is bulky. I can't carry it easily.") a pebble = a small stone a spark = a brief flash or fire to strike out = to make a violent force (Note: The past tense is "struck". Of course, in baseball "to strike out" means 三振する) a steed = a strong and quick horse fleet = quick a gloom = a darkness a fate = a destiny, 運命 (Note: "fate is riding on" means "fate will be determined by". Example: "The fate of the company is riding on what we decide." So, in this line of the poem, "riding" has two meanings: one concerning fate, and one concerning Revere riding the horse.) a flight = fast running to kindle… a flame = to start a fire a steep = a high area or slope (Note: Rare as a noun. But frequent as an adjective.) tranquil = quiet broad = wide the Mystic = the name of a river near Boston. (Note: Usually "mystic" is used as an adjective, referring to something in a strange and mysterious way.) an alder = a kind of tree, similar to a birch tree, ハンノキ that skirt its edge = that are lined along the river's edge load on the ledge = heavy on top of a cliff (Note: poetic) Medford, Lexington, and Concord = three towns in the state of Massachusetts gilded = covered in a thin layer of gold a weathercock = a wind detector on the top of a building, in the shape of a rooster blank and bare = having nothing a glare = a gleam, shining aghast = shocked bloody work = (Note: Here it means the war fighting.) a bleating = the sound of a goat or sheep a flock = a group (of goats or sheep) a twitter = the singing of small birds (Note: This is the same word used in the name of the famous online social networking service! Notice the interesting relationship.) a breeze = a usually light wind a meadow = a natural grass field, either wild or used by farm animals one = (Note: Here it means "a person") pierced = 突き通される. (Note: "pierced earrings") a musket-ball = a bullet of a musket rifle used from 400 to 200 years ago British Regulars = ordinary British soldiers to flee = to run away (Note: The past tense is "fled") gave them ball for ball = returned rifle shots when they were shot at a red-coat = a regular British soldier (especially one who wore a red uniform during the American Revolutionary War) to emerge = to come out to fire = to shoot (a gun) to load = to put a bullet in a gun a cry of alarm = a shout that danger is coming a cry of defiance = shouting against, not obeying to echo = こだまする、鳴り響く borne = (Note: Here it means "carried") peril = danger ********** Text ********** Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm." Then he said "Good night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war: A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon, like a prison-bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers Marching down to their boats on the shore. Then he climbed to the tower of the church, Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade-- By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!" A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay-- A line of black, that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now gazed on the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns! A hurry of hoofs in a village-street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now load on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides. It was twelve by the village clock When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer's dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog, That rises when the sun goes down. It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled-- How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm-- A cry of defiance, and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。 12月からジャック・ロンドン（Jack London）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）をお届けしてまいりましたが、今回がいよいよ最終回です。自然の厳しさに立ち向かう人間の姿が、物語を通じてどのように描かれているでしょうか。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひ最後までお楽しみください！ 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （19:47　11.5MB　中級～上級）To Build a Fire: Part 4 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words to jerk = to move suddenly and with force blazing = burning brightly (Note: Also can be a verb.) to sizzle = to burn with a crackling noise, ジュウジュウという音をたてる to be alight = to be on fire, to be burning twigs = very thin branches the heels of (one's) hands = the base of the palm (close to the wrist) rotten = decaying moss = コケ to cling to = to stick to (Note: Past tense is "clung") to cherish = to love awkwardly = clumsily, ぎこちなく to perish = to die out, to disappear a withdrawal = a movement backwards or away to shiver = to shake (from coldness or fear) squarely = exactly in the center, and with some force (Example: "He hit me squarely in the stomach.") to poke = 突く a frame = 枠 (Note: Here it means "a body") to disrupt = to disturb, 〜を混乱させる、崩壊させる the nucleus = the center and important part, 核心 to scatter = to spread in different directions to get away with (someone) = to no longer be in control (Note: Rarely used in this way today.) to gush = to come out with force, 勢いよく流れ出る a puff of = 一吹きの to go out = to be extinguished apathetically = without emotion, 冷淡に to chance on = to meet by coincidence, to happen to meet ruins = the remains (of something destroyed), 遺跡、残骸 restless = (being) uncomfortable and wanting to move, 絶えず動いている、落ち着かない hunching = bending one's back (for example, in fear), （背を）弓なりに曲げること wistful = 痛切な、もの言いたげな a blizzard = a snowstorm a steer = a male ox a carcass = a dead body to bury = to hide inside Something was the matter = There was a problem to arise = to come up (Note: The past tense is "arose.") an apprehension = a fear or a worry to become more pronounced = to become greater or more noticeable (Example: "The seriousness of the problem has become more pronounced recently.") but it would not come to the man = the man could not figure out the meaning to crawl = はう a posture = 姿勢 to excite suspicion = to increase apprehension to sidle away= 横歩きでそっと離れる mincingly = delicately and not naturally 気取って、済まして to struggle = to try hard with difficulty by means of = using to assure = 確信させる a sensation = a feeling erect = standing (Note: Usage is rather formal) to drive… from = to move, 追い払う the webs of suspicion = the faint images of doubt (Note: This sentence, in general, means that "because the man was standing, he began to lose the idea that there was a problem.") peremptorily = decisively, with force, 高圧的に　(Note: Usage is rather rare today.) a whiplash = むちを打つ音 to render = する、果たす、与える (Note: Usually formal use. Check a dictionary for collocations.) customary = usual allegiance = obedience, faithfulness, 忠実 to flash out = to move out quickly genuine = real to clutch = to grab to snarl = to growl、歯を向きだしてうなる to whine = to cry, to complain to draw (out) a knife (or sword) = to pull out (from a sheath) a sheath = a case for a knife or a sword, さや to throttle = to hold and control, to strangle to death, 首を締めて窒息させる(Note: Usage is rather rare today. Usually "to strangle" is used) to plunge = to dive to halt = to stop walking or moving 40 feet = (Note: 3 feet is about 1 meter, so this is about 13 meters) to survey = to study, to research, 調査する pricked (ears) = pointed (ears) It struck him as curious that… = It suddenly seemed strange that… to thresh = to move wildly to shiver = to shake (because of coldness or fear) to be aroused = 喚起される、刺激される (Note: Compare "to rise") to hang = つるす (Note: Past tense is "hung") to run (something) down = to run and catch (something), to understand (something) (Note: a bit poetic) dull = not clear, not sharp oppressive = causing pressure poignant = sharp, clear to be no longer a mere matter of… but… = to not anymore be just a situation of… but… chances = percentages of something happening with the chances against him = with a low probability of surviving a creek-bed = the bottom of a stream (Note: Here, probably either the creek is dry, or he is running next to the creek) dim = not clear blindly = unable to see or think clearly intention = purpose, having a goal to plow through = to go through (with force) to flounder through = to move clumsily through, もがきながら進む a bank (of a river) = a side (of a river), 土手 a timber-jam = cut-down trees or wood blocking a river an aspen = ポプラ（ヤナギ科） to thaw out = to become not frozen the boys = his friends, the other men stiff = hard, not bending to thrust = to push strongly to strive = to really try (Note: The past tense is "strove") at all = even a little to skim along = to move lightly over Mercury = a Roman god who was a messenger and travelled a lot a theory = a complex idea, 理論 a flaw = a problem, a weak point to lack = to not have enough endurance = stamina to stumble = to trip, つまずく to totter = to lose balance, よろめく to crumble up = to collapse, 崩れる merely = only to regain (one's) breath = to calm down, to stop breathing so hard a glow = a (warm) feeling (Note: Usually the word has a meaning of "shining") the trunk (of a body) = the main part (of a body, excluding the head, arms, and legs) a portion = a part to extend = to become larger (Note: When something freezes, it becomes larger) panicky = going crazy due to fear to assert = to declare, to say strongly to persist = to continue, 固執する to be eager and intent = 期待に胸をふくらませている to curse = to say bad words about, のろう appealingly = in a good way frost = 霜 to creep = to crawl, 這う to drive (someone) on = to stimulate (someone) to continue to stagger = to stumble to pitch headlong = to fall with the face hitting the ground strongly to entertain… a conception of = to think strongly about, to have an idea about dignity = pride and honor, 威厳 a term = word with a meaning a simile = 直喩 (Note: "to run around like a chicken with its head cut off" is a frequently-used expression meaning "to run around in a crazy way, without thinking") to be bound to = to be going to, to be destined to to take (something) decently = to accept (something) in a calm and dignified way (Note: Compare "dignity" above) peace of mind = thinking in a calm and satisfied way glimmerings of = faint (not strong) feelings of drowsiness = sleepiness to take an anesthetic = 麻酔薬を受ける folks = neighborhood people, parents to drift on = to continue floating hoss = guy (Note: Rarely used today) to mumble = to say in an unclear way, もぐもぐ言う an old-timer = an experienced person to drowse off = to fall asleep to draw to a close = to finish (Note: Past tense is "drew") twilight = うす明かり to draw on = to continue a yearning for = a strong desire for to master (something) = to take control of (something) to whine = to cry, くんくん泣く to be chidden = to be scolded (Note: Rarely used today.) the scent of = the smell of to bristle = 気色ばむ to howl = 遠吠えする to leap = to jump to trot = to run at a comfortable pace (especially an animal such as a horse or a dog) where were the (noun) = where the (noun) were (Note: This usage is a bit poetic) ********** Text ********** Part 4 At last, when he could endure no more, he jerked his hands apart. The blazing matches fell sizzling into the snow, but the birch bark was alight. He began laying dry grasses and the tiniest twigs on the flame. He could not pick and choose, for he had to lift the fuel between the heels of his hands. Small pieces of rotten wood and green moss clung to the twigs, and he bit them off as well as he could with his teeth. He cherished the flame carefully and awkwardly. It meant life, and it must not perish. The withdrawal of blood from the surface of his body now made him begin to shiver, and he grew more awkward. A large piece of green moss fell squarely on the little fire. He tried to poke it out with his fingers, but his shivering frame made him poke too far and he disrupted the nucleus of the little fire, the burning grasses and tiny twigs separating and scattering. He tried to poke them together again, but in spite of the tenseness of the effort, his shivering got away with him, and the twigs were hopelessly scattered. Each twig gushed a puff of smoke and went out. The fire-provider had failed. As he looked apathetically about him, his eyes chanced on the dog, sitting across the ruins of the fire from him, in the snow, making restless, hunching movements, slightly lifting one forefoot and then the other, shifting its weight back and forth on them with wistful eagerness. The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head. He remembered the tale of the man, caught in a blizzard, who killed a steer and crawled inside the carcass, and so was saved. He would kill the dog and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them. Then he could build another fire. He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such way before. Something was the matter, and its suspicious nature sensed danger--it knew not what danger, but somewhere, somehow, in its brain arose an apprehension of the man. It flattened its ears down at the sound of the man's voice, and its restless, hunching movements and the liftings and shiftings of its forefeet became more pronounced; but it would not come to the man. He got on his hands and knees and crawled toward the dog. This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away. The man sat up in the snow for a moment and struggled for calmness. Then he pulled on his mittens, by means of his teeth, and got upon his feet. He glanced down at first in order to assure himself that he was really standing up, for the absence of sensation in his feet left him unrelated to the earth. His erect position in itself started to drive the webs of suspicion from the dog's mind; and when he spoke peremptorily, with the sound of whiplashes in his voice, the dog rendered its customary allegiance and came to him. As it came within reaching distance, the man lost his control. His arms flashed out to the dog, and he experienced genuine surprise when he discovered that his hands could not clutch, that there was neither bend nor feeling in the fingers. He had forgotten for the moment that they were frozen and that they were freezing more and more. All this happened quickly, and before the animal could get away, he encircled its body with his arms. He sat down in the snow, and in this fashion held the dog, while it snarled and whined and struggled. But it was all he could do, hold its body encircled in his arms and sit there. He realized that he could not kill the dog. There was no way to do it. With his helpless hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath knife nor throttle the animal. He released it, and it plunged wildly away, with tail between its legs, and still snarling. It halted forty feet away and surveyed him curiously, with ears sharply pricked forward. The man looked down at his hands in order to locate them, and found them hanging on the ends of his arms. It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where his hands were. He began threshing his arms back and forth, beating the mittened hands against his sides. He did this for five minutes, violently, and his heart pumped enough blood up to the surface to put a stop to his shivering. But no sensation was aroused in the hands. He had an impression that they hung like weights on the ends of his arms, but when he tried to run the impression down, he could not find it. A certain fear of death, dull and oppressive, came to him. This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands and feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him. This threw him into a panic, and he turned and ran up the creek-bed along the old, dim trail. The dog joined in behind and kept up with him. He ran blindly, without intention, in fear such as he had never known in his life. Slowly, as he plowed and floundered through the snow, he began to see things again, the banks of the creek, the old timber-jams, the leafless aspens, and the sky. The running made him feel better. He did not shiver. Maybe, if he ran on, his feet would thaw out; and, anyway, if he ran far enough, he would reach camp and the boys. Without doubt he would lose some fingers and toes and some of his face; but the boys would take care of him, and save the rest of him when he got there. And at the same time there was another thought in his mind that said he would never get to the camp and the boys; that it was too many miles away, that the freezing had too great a start on him, and that he would soon be stiff and dead. This thought he kept in the background and refused to consider. Sometimes it pushed itself forward and demanded to be heard, but he thrust it back and strove to think of other things. It struck him as curious that he could run at all on feet so frozen that he could not feel them when they struck the earth and took the weight of his body. He seemed to himself to skim along above the surface, and to have no connection with the earth. Somewhere he had once seen a winged Mercury, and he wondered if Mercury felt as he felt when skimming over the earth. His theory of running until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it: he lacked the endurance. Several times he stumbled, and finally he tottered, crumpled up, and fell. When he tried to rise, he failed. He must sit and rest, he decided, and next time he would merely walk and keep on going. As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. And yet, when he touched his nose or cheeks, there was no sensation. Running would not thaw them out. Nor would it thaw out his hands and feet. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending. He tried to keep this thought down, to forget it, to think of something else; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused, and he was afraid of the panic. But the thought asserted itself, and persisted, until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen. This was too much, and he made another wild run along the trail. Once he slowed down to a walk, but the thought of the freezing extending itself made him run again. And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels. When he fell down a second time, it curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him, facing him, curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appealingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with the frost. It was creeping into his body from all sides. The thought of it drove him on, but he ran no more than a hundred feet, when he staggered and pitched headlong. It was his last panic. When he had recovered his breath and control, he sat up and entertained in his mind the conception of meeting death with dignity. However, the conception did not come to him in such terms. His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off--such was the simile that occurred to him. Well, he was bound to freeze anyway, and he might as well take it decently. With this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness. A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. It was like taking an anaesthetic. Freezing was not so bad as people thought. There were lots worse ways to die. He pictured the boys finding his body the next day. Suddenly he found himself with them, coming along the trail and looking for himself. And, still with them, he came around a turn in the trail and found himself lying in the snow. He did not belong with himself any more, for even then he was out of himself, standing with the boys and looking at himself in the snow. It certainly was cold, was his thought. When he got back to the States he could tell the folks what real cold was. He drifted on from this to a vision of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek. He could see him quite clearly, warm and comfortable, and smoking a pipe. "You were right, old hoss; you were right," the man mumbled to the old-timer of Sulphur Creek. Then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known. The dog sat facing him and waiting. The brief day drew to a close in a long, slow twilight. There were no signs of a fire to be made, and, besides, never in the dog's experience had it known a man to sit like that in the snow and make no fire. As the twilight drew on, its eager yearning for the fire mastered it, and with a great lifting and shifting of forefeet, it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in anticipation of being chidden by the man. But the man remained silent. Later, the dog whined loudly. And still later it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death. This made the animal bristle and back away. A little longer it delayed, howling under the stars that leaped and danced and shone brightly in the cold sky. Then it turned and trotted up the trail in the direction of the camp it knew, where were the other food-providers and fire-providers.

毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。 12月からジャック・ロンドン（Jack London）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）をお届けしてまいりましたが、今回がいよいよ最終回です。自然の厳しさに立ち向かう人間の姿が、物語を通じてどのように描かれているでしょうか。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひ最後までお楽しみください！ 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （19:47　11.5MB　中級～上級）To Build a Fire: Part 4 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words to jerk = to move suddenly and with force blazing = burning brightly (Note: Also can be a verb.) to sizzle = to burn with a crackling noise, ジュウジュウという音をたてる to be alight = to be on fire, to be burning twigs = very thin branches the heels of (one's) hands = the base of the palm (close to the wrist) rotten = decaying moss = コケ to cling to = to stick to (Note: Past tense is "clung") to cherish = to love awkwardly = clumsily, ぎこちなく to perish = to die out, to disappear a withdrawal = a movement backwards or away to shiver = to shake (from coldness or fear) squarely = exactly in the center, and with some force (Example: "He hit me squarely in the stomach.") to poke = 突く a frame = 枠 (Note: Here it means "a body") to disrupt = to disturb, 〜を混乱させる、崩壊させる the nucleus = the center and important part, 核心 to scatter = to spread in different directions to get away with (someone) = to no longer be in control (Note: Rarely used in this way today.) to gush = to come out with force, 勢いよく流れ出る a puff of = 一吹きの to go out = to be extinguished apathetically = without emotion, 冷淡に to chance on = to meet by coincidence, to happen to meet ruins = the remains (of something destroyed), 遺跡、残骸 restless = (being) uncomfortable and wanting to move, 絶えず動いている、落ち着かない hunching = bending one's back (for example, in fear), （背を）弓なりに曲げること wistful = 痛切な、もの言いたげな a blizzard = a snowstorm a steer = a male ox a carcass = a dead body to bury = to hide inside Something was the matter = There was a problem to arise = to come up (Note: The past tense is "arose.") an apprehension = a fear or a worry to become more pronounced = to become greater or more noticeable (Example: "The seriousness of the problem has become more pronounced recently.") but it would not come to the man = the man could not figure out the meaning to crawl = はう a posture = 姿勢 to excite suspicion = to increase apprehension to sidle away= 横歩きでそっと離れる mincingly = delicately and not naturally 気取って、済まして to struggle = to try hard with difficulty by means of = using to assure = 確信させる a sensation = a feeling erect = standing (Note: Usage is rather formal) to drive… from = to move, 追い払う the webs of suspicion = the faint images of doubt (Note: This sentence, in general, means that "because the man was standing, he began to lose the idea that there was a problem.") peremptorily = decisively, with force, 高圧的に　(Note: Usage is rather rare today.) a whiplash = むちを打つ音 to render = する、果たす、与える (Note: Usually formal use. Check a dictionary for collocations.) customary = usual allegiance = obedience, faithfulness, 忠実 to flash out = to move out quickly genuine = real to clutch = to grab to snarl = to growl、歯を向きだしてうなる to whine = to cry, to complain to draw (out) a knife (or sword) = to pull out (from a sheath) a sheath = a case for a knife or a sword, さや to throttle = to hold and control, to strangle to death, 首を締めて窒息させる(Note: Usage is rather rare today. Usually "to strangle" is used) to plunge = to dive to halt = to stop walking or moving 40 feet = (Note: 3 feet is about 1 meter, so this is about 13 meters) to survey = to study, to research, 調査する pricked (ears) = pointed (ears) It struck him as curious that… = It suddenly seemed strange that… to thresh = to move wildly to shiver = to shake (because of coldness or fear) to be aroused = 喚起される、刺激される (Note: Compare "to rise") to hang = つるす (Note: Past tense is "hung") to run (something) down = to run and catch (something), to understand (something) (Note: a bit poetic) dull = not clear, not sharp oppressive = causing pressure poignant = sharp, clear to be no longer a mere matter of… but… = to not anymore be just a situation of… but… chances = percentages of something happening with the chances against him = with a low probability of surviving a creek-bed = the bottom of a stream (Note: Here, probably either the creek is dry, or he is running next to the creek) dim = not clear blindly = unable to see or think clearly intention = purpose, having a goal to plow through = to go through (with force) to flounder through = to move clumsily through, もがきながら進む a bank (of a river) = a side (of a river), 土手 a timber-jam = cut-down trees or wood blocking a river an aspen = ポプラ（ヤナギ科） to thaw out = to become not frozen the boys = his friends, the other men stiff = hard, not bending to thrust = to push strongly to strive = to really try (Note: The past tense is "strove") at all = even a little to skim along = to move lightly over Mercury = a Roman god who was a messenger and travelled a lot a theory = a complex idea, 理論 a flaw = a problem, a weak point to lack = to not have enough endurance = stamina to stumble = to trip, つまずく to totter = to lose balance, よろめく to crumble up = to collapse, 崩れる merely = only to regain (one's) breath = to calm down, to stop breathing so hard a glow = a (warm) feeling (Note: Usually the word has a meaning of "shining") the trunk (of a body) = the main part (of a body, excluding the head, arms, and legs) a portion = a part to extend = to become larger (Note: When something freezes, it becomes larger) panicky = going crazy due to fear to assert = to declare, to say strongly to persist = to continue, 固執する to be eager and intent = 期待に胸をふくらませている to curse = to say bad words about, のろう appealingly = in a good way frost = 霜 to creep = to crawl, 這う to drive (someone) on = to stimulate (someone) to continue to stagger = to stumble to pitch headlong = to fall with the face hitting the ground strongly to entertain… a conception of = to think strongly about, to have an idea about dignity = pride and honor, 威厳 a term = word with a meaning a simile = 直喩 (Note: "to run around like a chicken with its head cut off" is a frequently-used expression meaning "to run around in a crazy way, without thinking") to be bound to = to be going to, to be destined to to take (something) decently = to accept (something) in a calm and dignified way (Note: Compare "dignity" above) peace of mind = thinking in a calm and satisfied way glimmerings of = faint (not strong) feelings of drowsiness = sleepiness to take an anesthetic = 麻酔薬を受ける folks = neighborhood people, parents to drift on = to continue floating hoss = guy (Note: Rarely used today) to mumble = to say in an unclear way, もぐもぐ言う an old-timer = an experienced person to drowse off = to fall asleep to draw to a close = to finish (Note: Past tense is "drew") twilight = うす明かり to draw on = to continue a yearning for = a strong desire for to master (something) = to take control of (something) to whine = to cry, くんくん泣く to be chidden = to be scolded (Note: Rarely used today.) the scent of = the smell of to bristle = 気色ばむ to howl = 遠吠えする to leap = to jump to trot = to run at a comfortable pace (especially an animal such as a horse or a dog) where were the (noun) = where the (noun) were (Note: This usage is a bit poetic) ********** Text ********** Part 4 At last, when he could endure no more, he jerked his hands apart. The blazing matches fell sizzling into the snow, but the birch bark was alight. He began laying dry grasses and the tiniest twigs on the flame. He could not pick and choose, for he had to lift the fuel between the heels of his hands. Small pieces of rotten wood and green moss clung to the twigs, and he bit them off as well as he could with his teeth. He cherished the flame carefully and awkwardly. It meant life, and it must not perish. The withdrawal of blood from the surface of his body now made him begin to shiver, and he grew more awkward. A large piece of green moss fell squarely on the little fire. He tried to poke it out with his fingers, but his shivering frame made him poke too far and he disrupted the nucleus of the little fire, the burning grasses and tiny twigs separating and scattering. He tried to poke them together again, but in spite of the tenseness of the effort, his shivering got away with him, and the twigs were hopelessly scattered. Each twig gushed a puff of smoke and went out. The fire-provider had failed. As he looked apathetically about him, his eyes chanced on the dog, sitting across the ruins of the fire from him, in the snow, making restless, hunching movements, slightly lifting one forefoot and then the other, shifting its weight back and forth on them with wistful eagerness. The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head. He remembered the tale of the man, caught in a blizzard, who killed a steer and crawled inside the carcass, and so was saved. He would kill the dog and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them. Then he could build another fire. He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such way before. Something was the matter, and its suspicious nature sensed danger--it knew not what danger, but somewhere, somehow, in its brain arose an apprehension of the man. It flattened its ears down at the sound of the man's voice, and its restless, hunching movements and the liftings and shiftings of its forefeet became more pronounced; but it would not come to the man. He got on his hands and knees and crawled toward the dog. This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away. The man sat up in the snow for a moment and struggled for calmness. Then he pulled on his mittens, by means of his teeth, and got upon his feet. He glanced down at first in order to assure himself that he was really standing up, for the absence of sensation in his feet left him unrelated to the earth. His erect position in itself started to drive the webs of suspicion from the dog's mind; and when he spoke peremptorily, with the sound of whiplashes in his voice, the dog rendered its customary allegiance and came to him. As it came within reaching distance, the man lost his control. His arms flashed out to the dog, and he experienced genuine surprise when he discovered that his hands could not clutch, that there was neither bend nor feeling in the fingers. He had forgotten for the moment that they were frozen and that they were freezing more and more. All this happened quickly, and before the animal could get away, he encircled its body with his arms. He sat down in the snow, and in this fashion held the dog, while it snarled and whined and struggled. But it was all he could do, hold its body encircled in his arms and sit there. He realized that he could not kill the dog. There was no way to do it. With his helpless hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath knife nor throttle the animal. He released it, and it plunged wildly away, with tail between its legs, and still snarling. It halted forty feet away and surveyed him curiously, with ears sharply pricked forward. The man looked down at his hands in order to locate them, and found them hanging on the ends of his arms. It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where his hands were. He began threshing his arms back and forth, beating the mittened hands against his sides. He did this for five minutes, violently, and his heart pumped enough blood up to the surface to put a stop to his shivering. But no sensation was aroused in the hands. He had an impression that they hung like weights on the ends of his arms, but when he tried to run the impression down, he could not find it. A certain fear of death, dull and oppressive, came to him. This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands and feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him. This threw him into a panic, and he turned and ran up the creek-bed along the old, dim trail. The dog joined in behind and kept up with him. He ran blindly, without intention, in fear such as he had never known in his life. Slowly, as he plowed and floundered through the snow, he began to see things again, the banks of the creek, the old timber-jams, the leafless aspens, and the sky. The running made him feel better. He did not shiver. Maybe, if he ran on, his feet would thaw out; and, anyway, if he ran far enough, he would reach camp and the boys. Without doubt he would lose some fingers and toes and some of his face; but the boys would take care of him, and save the rest of him when he got there. And at the same time there was another thought in his mind that said he would never get to the camp and the boys; that it was too many miles away, that the freezing had too great a start on him, and that he would soon be stiff and dead. This thought he kept in the background and refused to consider. Sometimes it pushed itself forward and demanded to be heard, but he thrust it back and strove to think of other things. It struck him as curious that he could run at all on feet so frozen that he could not feel them when they struck the earth and took the weight of his body. He seemed to himself to skim along above the surface, and to have no connection with the earth. Somewhere he had once seen a winged Mercury, and he wondered if Mercury felt as he felt when skimming over the earth. His theory of running until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it: he lacked the endurance. Several times he stumbled, and finally he tottered, crumpled up, and fell. When he tried to rise, he failed. He must sit and rest, he decided, and next time he would merely walk and keep on going. As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. And yet, when he touched his nose or cheeks, there was no sensation. Running would not thaw them out. Nor would it thaw out his hands and feet. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending. He tried to keep this thought down, to forget it, to think of something else; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused, and he was afraid of the panic. But the thought asserted itself, and persisted, until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen. This was too much, and he made another wild run along the trail. Once he slowed down to a walk, but the thought of the freezing extending itself made him run again. And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels. When he fell down a second time, it curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him, facing him, curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appealingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with the frost. It was creeping into his body from all sides. The thought of it drove him on, but he ran no more than a hundred feet, when he staggered and pitched headlong. It was his last panic. When he had recovered his breath and control, he sat up and entertained in his mind the conception of meeting death with dignity. However, the conception did not come to him in such terms. His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off--such was the simile that occurred to him. Well, he was bound to freeze anyway, and he might as well take it decently. With this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness. A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. It was like taking an anaesthetic. Freezing was not so bad as people thought. There were lots worse ways to die. He pictured the boys finding his body the next day. Suddenly he found himself with them, coming along the trail and looking for himself. And, still with them, he came around a turn in the trail and found himself lying in the snow. He did not belong with himself any more, for even then he was out of himself, standing with the boys and looking at himself in the snow. It certainly was cold, was his thought. When he got back to the States he could tell the folks what real cold was. He drifted on from this to a vision of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek. He could see him quite clearly, warm and comfortable, and smoking a pipe. "You were right, old hoss; you were right," the man mumbled to the old-timer of Sulphur Creek. Then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known. The dog sat facing him and waiting. The brief day drew to a close in a long, slow twilight. There were no signs of a fire to be made, and, besides, never in the dog's experience had it known a man to sit like that in the snow and make no fire. As the twilight drew on, its eager yearning for the fire mastered it, and with a great lifting and shifting of forefeet, it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in anticipation of being chidden by the man. But the man remained silent. Later, the dog whined loudly. And still later it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death. This made the animal bristle and back away. A little longer it delayed, howling under the stars that leaped and danced and shone brightly in the cold sky. Then it turned and trotted up the trail in the direction of the camp it knew, where were the other food-providers and fire-providers.

先月から、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。 今回は、ジャック・ロンドン（Jack London）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）の第２回目です。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （18:24　10.7MB　中級〜上級）To Build a Fire: Part 2 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words keenly = sharply, strongly, truly a creek = a narrow river, a stream a bend = a curve a timber jam = a group of cut-down trees which blocks a river to shy = to back away because of a bit of fear (Note: Usually "shy" is used as an adjective.) abruptly = suddenly, quickly startled = surprised, shocked, scared to retreat = to move back usually because of fear a pace = a step clear to = all the way to arctic = related to the North Pole, 北極の a spring = 泉 to bubble out = ぶくぶくとわく to run along = to go along, to extend a (cold) snap = a short period of coldness likewise = in a similar way a trap = 罠 an inch = about 2.5 centimeters a foot = 12 inches alternate =（間隔などが）１つ置きの ice-skin = a thin layer of ice (Note: poetic) a give = （圧力による物質の）たわみ、弾力性 a crackle = a snapping sound, パチパチ音 to bare (one's) feet = to expose (one's) feet moccasins = American Indian shoes which are usually made from deer skin a creek-bed = the bottom of a stream a bank = the edge of a river to reflect = to think about something in the past (Note: usually "to reflect on…") to skirt to = to move quickly to to step gingerly = to walk carefully the footing = 地盤 clear of = free from, away from to swing along = to move quickly, 振り動かす (Note: past tense is "swung") a four-mile gait = a pace of 4 miles per hour (Note: usually 3 miles per hour is a comfortable and relatively slow walking speed) in the course of = during to come upon = to suddenly meet candied = similar to a crystal (like candy or sugar) to advertise = to publically show (Note: here, a bit poetic) to have a close call = to barely escape danger to compel = to force to hang back = to stay back (Note: past tense is "hung") to shove = to push with strong force to flounder = to move clumsily firmer = stronger, more stable forefeet = front feet to cling to = to stick to (Note: past tense is "clung") to turn to = to become (Note: usually "turn into") to lick = なめる instinct = 本能 sore = painful merely = only a prompting = an encouragement to arise = to come up (Note: past tense is "arose") a crypt = （主に埋葬用、聖堂の）地下室 to achieve a judgment on a subject = to decide about something (Note: poetic) ice-particles = pieces of ice astonished = surprised, shocked swift = quick numbness = 凍え、しびれ to smite = to strike, to hit (Note: poetic. Past tense is "smote") hastily = quickly and without much thinking savagely = fiercely, wildly to clear = to go a bit over a bulge = （外側への）ふくらみ (Note: Here it refers to the curve of the earth's horizon) to intervene = to block to cast a shadow = 影を落とす to the minute = exactly at that time pleased at = satisfied with, happy about the boys = (one's) male friends, the other men to draw forth = to pull out (Note: a bit poetic. Past tense is "drew") to consume = to use up to lay hold of = to get a firm grasp on (Note: a bit poetic. Past tense is "laid") a dozen = 12 a sting = a sharp pain to cease = to stop startled = shocked an ice muzzle = a covering of ice over the mouth (Note: usually "a muzzle" is 犬の鼻口部にはめる口具) to thaw out = （凍結したものが）解ける、（冷えた体が）温まる to chuckle = to laugh a bit to creep = to move slowly and silently to stamp up and down = to jump strongly up and down to stride up and down = to walk back and forth (Note: past tense is "strode") to thresh (one's) arms = to wave (one's) arms (Note: a bit poetic) to be reassured = 安心させられる to proceed to = to continue to undergrowth = bushes and grass below trees to lodge = to put firmly, 突き込む seasoned = よく乾燥した (Note: This usage is now rare.) twigs = small branches, or small pieces of branches a roaring fire = a fire which is burning strongly to be outwitted = to be tricked, to be defeated by a superior mind to be singed = to be burnt a bit (Note the pronunciation on the recording) to spend (one's) time over… = to spend (one's) time doing… a smoke = the action of smoking a cigarette, pipe, or cigar (Note: usually "to have a smoke") to settle = to pull down, or to firmly set ear-flaps = ear covers (attached to the hat) about = around a fork (in a river) = a branch (of a river) to yearn = to want and make actions to go back to, 〜をあこがれる、懐かしく思う a generation = 世代 ancestry = 祖先、家系 to be ignorant of = to not know about 107°F below freezing point = -75°F = -60°C (Note: Freezing point is 32°F) to inherit = to receive from ancestors abroad = outside (Note: this usage is now rare) snug = 暖かくて気持ちのよい、居心地のよい to be drawn across = to be pulled across (Note: a bit poetic) outer space = 宇宙 whence = from where (Note: poetic) intimacy = emotional closeness, love a toil-slave = a slave (Note: "to toil" means "to work hard") a caress = a gentle petting, やさしくなでる (Note the pronunciation on the recording) a whiplash = a whip, 鞭 to threaten = （するぞと）脅す apprehension = worry the welfare of = the health and safety of for (one's) own sake = for (one's)self to swing in at = to move next to amber = yellowish brown (Note: Here caused by spit and tobacco) moist = damp, wet a firm crust = a hard surface to curse = to speak angrily about ののしる imperative = very important tangled = からんだ a trunk = the main body (of a tree) a spruce tree = a pine tree a high-water deposit = a group of things left in a high place just after river flooding a stick = a thin tree branch principally = mainly a portion = a part to serve for = to be good enough for a foundation = a base a flame = 炎 to drown = 溺れる otherwise = in different circumstances a shred of = a small piece of birch bark = 樺の木の樹皮 readily = easily a wisp of = a small piece of (Note: We recommend that you do an Internet search to see the different usages between "a wisp of" and "a shred of") ********** Text ********** Part 2 Empty as the man's mind was of thoughts, he was keenly observant, and he noticed the changes in the creek, the curves and bends and timber jams, and always he sharply noted where he placed his feet. Once coming around a bend, he shied abruptly, like a startled horse, curved away from the place where he had been walking, and retreated several paces back along the trail. The creek he knew was frozen clear to the bottom -- no creek could contain water in that arctic winter -- but he knew also that there were springs that bubbled out from the hillsides and ran along under the snow and on top the ice of the creek. He knew that the coldest snaps never froze these springs, and he knew likewise their danger. They were traps. They hid pools of water under the snow that might be three inches deep, or three feet. Sometimes a skin of ice half an inch thick covered them, and in turn was covered by the snow. Sometimes there were alternate layers of water and ice-skin, so that when one broke through he kept on breaking through for a while, sometimes wetting himself to the waist. That was why he had shied in such panic. He had felt the give under his feet and heard the crackle of a snow-hidden ice-skin. And to get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger. At the very least it meant delay, for he would be forced to stop and build a fire, and under its protection to bare his feet while he dried his socks and moccasins. He stood and studied the creek-bed and its banks, and decided that the flow of water came from the right. He reflected a while, rubbing his nose and cheeks, then skirted to the left, stepping gingerly and testing the footing for each step. Once clear of the danger, he took a fresh chew of tobacco and swung along at his four-mile gait. In the course of the next two hours he came upon several similar traps. Usually the snow above the hidden pools had a sunken, candied appearance that advertised the danger. Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front. The dog did not want to go. It hung back until the man shoved it forward, and then it went quickly across the white, unbroken surface. Suddenly it broke through, floundered to one side, and got away to firmer footing. It had wet its forefeet and legs, and almost immediately the water that clung to it turned to ice. It made quick efforts to lick the ice off its legs, then dropped down in the snow and began to bite out the ice that had formed between the toes. This was a matter of instinct. To permit the ice to remain would mean sore feet. It did not know this. It merely obeyed the mysterious prompting that arose from the deep crypts of its being. But the man knew, having achieved a judgment on the subject, and he removed the mitten from his right hand and helped tear out the ice-particles. He did not expose his fingers more than a minute, and was astonished at the swift numbness that smote them. It certainly was cold. He pulled on the mitten hastily, and beat the hand savagely across his chest. At twelve o'clock the day was at its brightest. Yet the sun was too far south on its winter journey to clear the horizon. The bulge of the earth intervened between it and Henderson Creek, where the man walked under a clear sky at noon and cast no shadow. At half-past twelve, to the minute, he arrived at the forks of the creek. He was pleased at the speed he had made. If he kept it up, he would certainly be with the boys by six. He unbuttoned his jacket and shirt and drew forth his lunch. The action consumed no more than a quarter of a minute, yet in that brief moment the numbness laid hold of the exposed fingers. He did not put the mitten on, but, instead struck the fingers a dozen sharp smashes against his leg. Then he sat down on a snow-covered log to eat. The sting that followed upon the striking of his fingers against his leg ceased so quickly that he was startled. He had had no chance to take a bite of a biscuit. He struck the fingers repeatedly and returned them to the mitten, baring the other hand for the purpose of eating, He tried to take a mouthful, but the ice-muzzle prevented it. He had forgotten to build a fire and thaw out. He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into the exposed fingers. Also, he noted that the stinging which had first come to his toes when he sat down was already passing away. He wondered whether the toes were warm or numb. He moved them inside the moccasins and decided that they were numb. He pulled the mitten on hurriedly and stood up. He was a bit frightened. He stamped up and down until the stinging returned into the feet. It certainly was cold, was his thought. That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time! That showed one must not be too sure of things. There was no mistake about it, it was cold. He strode up and down, stamping his feet and threshing his arms, until reassured by the returning warmth. Then he got out matches and proceeded to make a fire. From the undergrowth, where high water of the previous spring had lodged a supply of seasoned twigs, he got his firewood. Working carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire, over which he thawed the ice from his face and in the protection of which he ate his biscuits. For the moment the cold space was outwitted. The dog took satisfaction in the fire, stretching out close enough for warmth and far enough away to escape being singed. When the man had finished, be filled his pipe and took his comfortable time over a smoke. Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear-flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork. The dog was disappointed and yearned back toward the fire. This man did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold of real cold, of cold one hundred and seven degrees below freezing point. But the dog knew; all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge. And it knew that it was not good to walk abroad in such fearful cold. It was the time to lie snug in a hole in the snow and wait for a curtain of cloud to be drawn across the face of outer space whence this cold came. On the other hand, there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man. The one was the toil-slave of the other, and the only caresses it had ever received were the caresses of the whiplash and of harsh and menacing throat-sounds that threatened the whiplash. So, the dog made no effort to communicate its apprehension to the man. It was not concerned in the welfare of the man, it was for its own sake that it yearned back toward the fire. But the man whistled, and spoke to it with the sound of whiplashes and the dog swung in at the man's heel and followed after. The man took a chew of tobacco and proceeded to start a new amber beard. Also, his moist breath quickly powdered with white his mustache, eyebrows, and lashes. There did not seem to be so many springs on the left fork of the Henderson, and for half an hour the man saw no signs of any. And then it happened. At a place where there were no signs, where the soft, unbroken snow seemed to advertise solidity beneath, the man broke through. It was not deep. He wet himself halfway to the knees before he floundered out to the firm crust. He was angry, and cursed his luck aloud. He had hoped to get into camp with the boys at six o'clock, and this would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear. This was imperative at that low temperature -- he knew that much; and he turned aside to the bank, which he climbed. On top, tangled in the underbrush about the trunks of several small spruce trees, was a high-water deposit of dry firewood -- sticks and twigs, principally, but also larger portions of seasoned branches and fine, dry, last-year's grasses. He threw down several large pieces on top of the snow. This served for a foundation and prevented the young flame from drowning itself in the snow it otherwise would melt. The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch bark that he took from his pocket. This burned even more readily than paper. Placing it on the foundation, he fed the young flame with wisps of dry grass and with the tiniest dry twigs.

先月から、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。 今回は、ジャック・ロンドン（Jack London）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）の第２回目です。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （18:24　10.7MB　中級〜上級）To Build a Fire: Part 2 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words keenly = sharply, strongly, truly a creek = a narrow river, a stream a bend = a curve a timber jam = a group of cut-down trees which blocks a river to shy = to back away because of a bit of fear (Note: Usually "shy" is used as an adjective.) abruptly = suddenly, quickly startled = surprised, shocked, scared to retreat = to move back usually because of fear a pace = a step clear to = all the way to arctic = related to the North Pole, 北極の a spring = 泉 to bubble out = ぶくぶくとわく to run along = to go along, to extend a (cold) snap = a short period of coldness likewise = in a similar way a trap = 罠 an inch = about 2.5 centimeters a foot = 12 inches alternate =（間隔などが）１つ置きの ice-skin = a thin layer of ice (Note: poetic) a give = （圧力による物質の）たわみ、弾力性 a crackle = a snapping sound, パチパチ音 to bare (one's) feet = to expose (one's) feet moccasins = American Indian shoes which are usually made from deer skin a creek-bed = the bottom of a stream a bank = the edge of a river to reflect = to think about something in the past (Note: usually "to reflect on…") to skirt to = to move quickly to to step gingerly = to walk carefully the footing = 地盤 clear of = free from, away from to swing along = to move quickly, 振り動かす (Note: past tense is "swung") a four-mile gait = a pace of 4 miles per hour (Note: usually 3 miles per hour is a comfortable and relatively slow walking speed) in the course of = during to come upon = to suddenly meet candied = similar to a crystal (like candy or sugar) to advertise = to publically show (Note: here, a bit poetic) to have a close call = to barely escape danger to compel = to force to hang back = to stay back (Note: past tense is "hung") to shove = to push with strong force to flounder = to move clumsily firmer = stronger, more stable forefeet = front feet to cling to = to stick to (Note: past tense is "clung") to turn to = to become (Note: usually "turn into") to lick = なめる instinct = 本能 sore = painful merely = only a prompting = an encouragement to arise = to come up (Note: past tense is "arose") a crypt = （主に埋葬用、聖堂の）地下室 to achieve a judgment on a subject = to decide about something (Note: poetic) ice-particles = pieces of ice astonished = surprised, shocked swift = quick numbness = 凍え、しびれ to smite = to strike, to hit (Note: poetic. Past tense is "smote") hastily = quickly and without much thinking savagely = fiercely, wildly to clear = to go a bit over a bulge = （外側への）ふくらみ (Note: Here it refers to the curve of the earth's horizon) to intervene = to block to cast a shadow = 影を落とす to the minute = exactly at that time pleased at = satisfied with, happy about the boys = (one's) male friends, the other men to draw forth = to pull out (Note: a bit poetic. Past tense is "drew") to consume = to use up to lay hold of = to get a firm grasp on (Note: a bit poetic. Past tense is "laid") a dozen = 12 a sting = a sharp pain to cease = to stop startled = shocked an ice muzzle = a covering of ice over the mouth (Note: usually "a muzzle" is 犬の鼻口部にはめる口具) to thaw out = （凍結したものが）解ける、（冷えた体が）温まる to chuckle = to laugh a bit to creep = to move slowly and silently to stamp up and down = to jump strongly up and down to stride up and down = to walk back and forth (Note: past tense is "strode") to thresh (one's) arms = to wave (one's) arms (Note: a bit poetic) to be reassured = 安心させられる to proceed to = to continue to undergrowth = bushes and grass below trees to lodge = to put firmly, 突き込む seasoned = よく乾燥した (Note: This usage is now rare.) twigs = small branches, or small pieces of branches a roaring fire = a fire which is burning strongly to be outwitted = to be tricked, to be defeated by a superior mind to be singed = to be burnt a bit (Note the pronunciation on the recording) to spend (one's) time over… = to spend (one's) time doing… a smoke = the action of smoking a cigarette, pipe, or cigar (Note: usually "to have a smoke") to settle = to pull down, or to firmly set ear-flaps = ear covers (attached to the hat) about = around a fork (in a river) = a branch (of a river) to yearn = to want and make actions to go back to, 〜をあこがれる、懐かしく思う a generation = 世代 ancestry = 祖先、家系 to be ignorant of = to not know about 107°F below freezing point = -75°F = -60°C (Note: Freezing point is 32°F) to inherit = to receive from ancestors abroad = outside (Note: this usage is now rare) snug = 暖かくて気持ちのよい、居心地のよい to be drawn across = to be pulled across (Note: a bit poetic) outer space = 宇宙 whence = from where (Note: poetic) intimacy = emotional closeness, love a toil-slave = a slave (Note: "to toil" means "to work hard") a caress = a gentle petting, やさしくなでる (Note the pronunciation on the recording) a whiplash = a whip, 鞭 to threaten = （するぞと）脅す apprehension = worry the welfare of = the health and safety of for (one's) own sake = for (one's)self to swing in at = to move next to amber = yellowish brown (Note: Here caused by spit and tobacco) moist = damp, wet a firm crust = a hard surface to curse = to speak angrily about ののしる imperative = very important tangled = からんだ a trunk = the main body (of a tree) a spruce tree = a pine tree a high-water deposit = a group of things left in a high place just after river flooding a stick = a thin tree branch principally = mainly a portion = a part to serve for = to be good enough for a foundation = a base a flame = 炎 to drown = 溺れる otherwise = in different circumstances a shred of = a small piece of birch bark = 樺の木の樹皮 readily = easily a wisp of = a small piece of (Note: We recommend that you do an Internet search to see the different usages between "a wisp of" and "a shred of") ********** Text ********** Part 2 Empty as the man's mind was of thoughts, he was keenly observant, and he noticed the changes in the creek, the curves and bends and timber jams, and always he sharply noted where he placed his feet. Once coming around a bend, he shied abruptly, like a startled horse, curved away from the place where he had been walking, and retreated several paces back along the trail. The creek he knew was frozen clear to the bottom -- no creek could contain water in that arctic winter -- but he knew also that there were springs that bubbled out from the hillsides and ran along under the snow and on top the ice of the creek. He knew that the coldest snaps never froze these springs, and he knew likewise their danger. They were traps. They hid pools of water under the snow that might be three inches deep, or three feet. Sometimes a skin of ice half an inch thick covered them, and in turn was covered by the snow. Sometimes there were alternate layers of water and ice-skin, so that when one broke through he kept on breaking through for a while, sometimes wetting himself to the waist. That was why he had shied in such panic. He had felt the give under his feet and heard the crackle of a snow-hidden ice-skin. And to get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger. At the very least it meant delay, for he would be forced to stop and build a fire, and under its protection to bare his feet while he dried his socks and moccasins. He stood and studied the creek-bed and its banks, and decided that the flow of water came from the right. He reflected a while, rubbing his nose and cheeks, then skirted to the left, stepping gingerly and testing the footing for each step. Once clear of the danger, he took a fresh chew of tobacco and swung along at his four-mile gait. In the course of the next two hours he came upon several similar traps. Usually the snow above the hidden pools had a sunken, candied appearance that advertised the danger. Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front. The dog did not want to go. It hung back until the man shoved it forward, and then it went quickly across the white, unbroken surface. Suddenly it broke through, floundered to one side, and got away to firmer footing. It had wet its forefeet and legs, and almost immediately the water that clung to it turned to ice. It made quick efforts to lick the ice off its legs, then dropped down in the snow and began to bite out the ice that had formed between the toes. This was a matter of instinct. To permit the ice to remain would mean sore feet. It did not know this. It merely obeyed the mysterious prompting that arose from the deep crypts of its being. But the man knew, having achieved a judgment on the subject, and he removed the mitten from his right hand and helped tear out the ice-particles. He did not expose his fingers more than a minute, and was astonished at the swift numbness that smote them. It certainly was cold. He pulled on the mitten hastily, and beat the hand savagely across his chest. At twelve o'clock the day was at its brightest. Yet the sun was too far south on its winter journey to clear the horizon. The bulge of the earth intervened between it and Henderson Creek, where the man walked under a clear sky at noon and cast no shadow. At half-past twelve, to the minute, he arrived at the forks of the creek. He was pleased at the speed he had made. If he kept it up, he would certainly be with the boys by six. He unbuttoned his jacket and shirt and drew forth his lunch. The action consumed no more than a quarter of a minute, yet in that brief moment the numbness laid hold of the exposed fingers. He did not put the mitten on, but, instead struck the fingers a dozen sharp smashes against his leg. Then he sat down on a snow-covered log to eat. The sting that followed upon the striking of his fingers against his leg ceased so quickly that he was startled. He had had no chance to take a bite of a biscuit. He struck the fingers repeatedly and returned them to the mitten, baring the other hand for the purpose of eating, He tried to take a mouthful, but the ice-muzzle prevented it. He had forgotten to build a fire and thaw out. He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into the exposed fingers. Also, he noted that the stinging which had first come to his toes when he sat down was already passing away. He wondered whether the toes were warm or numb. He moved them inside the moccasins and decided that they were numb. He pulled the mitten on hurriedly and stood up. He was a bit frightened. He stamped up and down until the stinging returned into the feet. It certainly was cold, was his thought. That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time! That showed one must not be too sure of things. There was no mistake about it, it was cold. He strode up and down, stamping his feet and threshing his arms, until reassured by the returning warmth. Then he got out matches and proceeded to make a fire. From the undergrowth, where high water of the previous spring had lodged a supply of seasoned twigs, he got his firewood. Working carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire, over which he thawed the ice from his face and in the protection of which he ate his biscuits. For the moment the cold space was outwitted. The dog took satisfaction in the fire, stretching out close enough for warmth and far enough away to escape being singed. When the man had finished, be filled his pipe and took his comfortable time over a smoke. Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear-flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork. The dog was disappointed and yearned back toward the fire. This man did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold of real cold, of cold one hundred and seven degrees below freezing point. But the dog knew; all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge. And it knew that it was not good to walk abroad in such fearful cold. It was the time to lie snug in a hole in the snow and wait for a curtain of cloud to be drawn across the face of outer space whence this cold came. On the other hand, there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man. The one was the toil-slave of the other, and the only caresses it had ever received were the caresses of the whiplash and of harsh and menacing throat-sounds that threatened the whiplash. So, the dog made no effort to communicate its apprehension to the man. It was not concerned in the welfare of the man, it was for its own sake that it yearned back toward the fire. But the man whistled, and spoke to it with the sound of whiplashes and the dog swung in at the man's heel and followed after. The man took a chew of tobacco and proceeded to start a new amber beard. Also, his moist breath quickly powdered with white his mustache, eyebrows, and lashes. There did not seem to be so many springs on the left fork of the Henderson, and for half an hour the man saw no signs of any. And then it happened. At a place where there were no signs, where the soft, unbroken snow seemed to advertise solidity beneath, the man broke through. It was not deep. He wet himself halfway to the knees before he floundered out to the firm crust. He was angry, and cursed his luck aloud. He had hoped to get into camp with the boys at six o'clock, and this would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear. This was imperative at that low temperature -- he knew that much; and he turned aside to the bank, which he climbed. On top, tangled in the underbrush about the trunks of several small spruce trees, was a high-water deposit of dry firewood -- sticks and twigs, principally, but also larger portions of seasoned branches and fine, dry, last-year's grasses. He threw down several large pieces on top of the snow. This served for a foundation and prevented the young flame from drowning itself in the snow it otherwise would melt. The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch bark that he took from his pocket. This burned even more readily than paper. Placing it on the foundation, he fed the young flame with wisps of dry grass and with the tiniest dry twigs.

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今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 今回は20世紀初頭のアメリカで活躍した作家ジャック・ロンドン（Jack London, 1876-1916）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）をお届けします。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （17:39　10.3MB　中級〜上級）To Build a Fire: Part 1 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words day had broken = the sun had risen (Note: The noun "daybreak" = "sunrise") exceedingly = extremely, too much to turn aside from = to move away from the Yukon = the territory in northwestern Canada, next to Alaska an earth-bank = 土堤防 dim = dark a spruce (tree) = トウヒ, an evergreen or Christmas tree timberland = forest steep = 険しい to excuse = to justify, 弁明する、〜の疑いを晴らす a hint = a trace, a little piece, evidence intangible = hard to describe or understand or touch, mysterious a pall = a darkness or cloudiness, a gloom subtle = 希薄な、微妙な an orb = a sphere, 球体 (Note: relatively rare usage) to peep = to see briefly from around a corner, ちらと見る to dip = to go down to fling a look back = to briefly turn around and glance back (Note: Past tense is "flung") 3 feet = about one meter (Note: 1 foot = about 30 cm) an undulation = a wave an ice jam = blocks of ice grouped together and blocking the river save for = except for a hairline = a thin line to curve = 曲がる, to bend to twist = よじる、らせん状になる, to bend 1 mile = about 1.6 km the Chilcoot Pass = a mountain trail leading to the Pacific ocean, near the Alaska-Canadian border (Note: Famous in history for the 1897 Gold Rush) Dyea = a former town which is now abandoned (Note: Also famous from the Gold Rush) Dawson = a Canadian town with about 1,300 people today Nulato = an Alaskan town with about 300 people today St. Michael = a town in eastern Alaska with about 400 people today the Bering Sea = the ocean between Alaska and Russia weirdness = something unusual and deserving of suspicion a chechaquo = an Indian word meaning "a foreigner" alert = awake and aware a significance (of) = a meaning, an importance (of) -50°Fahrenheit = about -50°Centigrade frost = 霜 (Note: water freezes at about 30°Fahrenheit. Therefore, -50°Fahrenheit is 80 degrees below the freezing point.) to meditate upon = to think about frailty = weakness a creature of temperature = an animal dependent upon a relatively warm temperature conjectural = related to thinking immortality = endless life to stand for = to represent, to mean mittens = gloves ear-flaps = pieces of cloth that hang down from a hat, protecting the ears moccasins = Indian shoes to spit = つばを吐く (Note: the past tense is "spat" or "spitted") speculatively = in a guessing or testing way a crackle = パチパチ（パリパリ）音 (Note: verb "to crackle") to startle = to shock or surprise spittle = spit (noun) to be bound for = to be going to a (mining) claim = 鉱区 a fork (of a river) = a branch (of a river) a creek = a narrow river the boys = the guys a divide = a mountain range Indian Creek = the name of a particular area in the Yukon the roundabout way = the longer route a log = a cut-down tree trunk a fire would be going = a fire would be burning a supper = a dinner protruding = sticking out a bundle = 包み、束 agreeably = in a satisfied way to sop = to soak, 浸す grease = oil、獣脂 to enclose = to contain generous = たっぷりの to plunge in = to go quickly into faint = not clear, hard to notice to travel light = to travel without carrying much numb = かじかんだ mittened = wearing a mitten (Note: adjective) warm-whiskered = 濃い髭 an eager nose = a big nose (Note: poetic) to thrust = 突っ込む aggressively = 積極的に frosty = freezing to trot = （特に馬の）速足 a wolfdog = a mixed breed wolf-dog temperamental = related to emotions a brother = (Note: here it means "a relative",　親類) depressed = 意気消沈して tremendous = great, terrible instinct = 本能 judgment = 判断、意見 merely = only -75°F = -60°C 32°F = 0°C a thermometer = 温度計 a brute = a wild animal vague = unclear menacing = threatening an apprehension = a worry to subdue = 抑制する to slink along = to go sadly with,　こそこそ歩く (Note: past tense is "slunk") eagerly = aggressively, with emotion unwonted = 普通でない (Note: rarely used in modern conversation) to seek = to look for shelter = 避難所 (Note: This noun can be countable or non-countable) to burrow = to dig to cuddle = to arrange oneself in a comfortable position moisture = 水分、湿気 fine = 細かい jowls = cheeks (Note: usually animals, relatively rare usage) a muzzle = (犬の)鼻口部 eyelashes = まつげ crystalled = becoming similar to a crystal (水晶), 固定される (Note: usually "crystalized") likewise = in the same way the deposit = the substance, 付着物 to exhale = to breathe out rigidly = solidly to expel = to spit out the juice = (Note: Here it means "the combination of chewed tobacco and spit." amber = brownish-yellow to shatter = to break into many pieces a fragment = a piece an appendage = 付加物、付属器官（手・足など）(Note: Here, it is the frozen spit on his chin.) a cold snap = a usually short period of coldness a spirit thermometer = a thermometer which has alcohol in it instead of mercury. (Note: "alcohol" is sometimes called "spirits.") Sixty Mile = the name of a place to register = to record to hold on = to continue a stretch of = a continuation of a nigger-head = a large clump of dirt or a dark-colored rock (Note: The expression is no longer used in daily conversation, because it is politically inappropriate.) the bed of a stream = the bottom of a narrow river Henderson Creek = an actual stream 120 kms south of Dawson City (Note: Jack London's original log cabin was located there.) to make 4 miles an hour = to go at a speed of about 6 kms per hour to drop in at = to go to (usually for a short time) to droop = hang down, うなだれる to swing = to turn or move (Note: The past tense is "swung.") furrows = tracks, わだち plainly = clearly a dozen = 12 runners = the blades of the sleds to hold steadily on = to continue at a constant pace to not be given to (do)-ing = to not have a habit of (do)-ing monotonously = in a boring way to reiterate = to repeat now and again = once in a while, from time to time, sometimes, occasionally rub as he would = even though he rubbed a lot to experience a pang of regret = to feel a little regret to devise = to plan and make a sort = a kind, a type Bud = a man's name ********** Text ********** Part 1 DAY had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. It was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o'clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more-days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view. The man flung a look back along the way he had come. The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice. On top of this ice were as many feet of snow. It was all pure white, rolling in gentle, undulations where the ice jams of the freeze-up had formed. North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white, save for a dark hairline that curved and twisted from around the spruce-covered island to the south, and that curved and twisted away into the north, where it disappeared behind another spruce-covered island. This dark hair-line was the trail--the main trail--that led south five hundred miles to the Chilcoot Pass, Dyea, and salt water; and that led north seventy miles to Dawson, and still on to the north a thousand miles to Nulato, and finally to St. Michael on the Bering Sea, a thousand miles and half a thousand more. But all this--the mysterious, far-reaching hair-line trail the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all--made no impression on the man. It was not because he was long used to it. He was a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter. The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty-odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe. Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks. Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head. As he turned to go on, he spat speculatively. There was a sharp, explosive crackle that startled him. He spat again. And again, in the air, before it could fall to the snow, the spittle crackled. He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crackled in the air. Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below--how much colder he did not know. But the temperature did not matter. He was bound for the old claim on the left fork of Henderson Creek, where the boys were already. They had come over across the divide from the Indian Creek country, while he had come the roundabout way to take a look at the possibilities of getting out logs in the spring from the islands in the Yukon. He would be in to camp by six o'clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper would be ready. As for lunch, he pressed his hand against the protruding bundle under his jacket. It was also under his shirt, wrapped up in a handkerchief and lying against the naked skin. It was the only way to keep the biscuits from freezing. He smiled agreeably to himself as he thought of those biscuits, each cut open and sopped in bacon grease, and each enclosing a generous slice of fried bacon. He plunged in among the big spruce trees. The trail was faint. A foot of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed over, and he was glad he was without a sled, traveling light. In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief. He was surprised, however, at the cold. It certainly was cold, he concluded as he rubbed his numb nose and cheek-bones with his mittened hand. He was a warm-whiskered man, but the hair on his face did not protect the high cheek-bones and the eager nose that thrust itself aggressively into the frosty air. At the man's heels trotted a dog, a big native husky, the proper wolfdog, gray-coated and without any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf. The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that it was no time for traveling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man's judgment. In reality, it was not merely colder than fifty below zero; it was colder than sixty below, than seventy below. It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained. The dog did not know anything about thermometers. Possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of very cold such as was in the man's brain. But the brute had its instinct. It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire. The dog had learned fire, and it wanted fire, or else to burrow under the snow and cuddle its warmth away from the air. The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. The man's red beard and mustache were likewise frosted, but more solidly, the deposit taking the form of ice and increasing with every warm, moist breath he exhaled. Also, the man was chewing tobacco, and the muzzle of ice held his lips so rigidly that he was unable to clear his chin when he expelled the juice. The result was that a crystal beard of the color and solidity of amber was increasing its length on his chin. If he fell down it would shatter itself, like glass, into brittle fragments. But he did not mind the appendage. It was the penalty all tobacco-chewers paid in that country, and he had been out before in two cold snaps. They had not been so cold as this, he knew, but by the spirit thermometer at Sixty Mile he knew they had been registered at fifty below and at fifty-five. He held on through the level stretch of woods for several miles, crossed a wide flat of nigger-heads, and dropped down a bank to the frozen bed of a small stream. This was Henderson Creek, and he knew he was ten miles from the forks. He looked at his watch. It was ten o'clock. He was making four miles an hour, and he calculated that he would arrive at the forks at half-past twelve. He decided to celebrate that event by eating his lunch there. The dog dropped in again at his heels, with a tail drooping discouragement, as the man swung along the creek-bed. The furrow of the old sled-trail was plainly visible, but a dozen inches of snow covered the marks of the last runners. In a month no man had come up or down that silent creek. The man held steadily on. He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch at the forks, and that at six o'clock he would be in camp with the boys. There was nobody to talk to; and, had there been, speech would have been impossible because of the ice-muzzle on his mouth. So he continued monotonously to chew tobacco and to increase the length of his amber beard. Once in a while the thought reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold. As he walked along he rubbed his cheek-bones and nose with the back of his mittened hand. He did this automatically, now and again changing hands. But rub as he would, the instant he stopped his cheek-bones went numb, and the following instant the end of his nose went numb. He was sure to frost his cheeks; he knew that, and experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nose-strap of the sort Bud wore in cold snaps. Such a strap passed across the cheeks, as well, and saved them. But it didn't matter much, after all. What were frosted cheeks? A bit painful, that was all; they were never serious.

今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 今回は20世紀初頭のアメリカで活躍した作家ジャック・ロンドン（Jack London, 1876-1916）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）をお届けします。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （17:39　10.3MB　中級〜上級）To Build a Fire: Part 1 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words day had broken = the sun had risen (Note: The noun "daybreak" = "sunrise") exceedingly = extremely, too much to turn aside from = to move away from the Yukon = the territory in northwestern Canada, next to Alaska an earth-bank = 土堤防 dim = dark a spruce (tree) = トウヒ, an evergreen or Christmas tree timberland = forest steep = 険しい to excuse = to justify, 弁明する、〜の疑いを晴らす a hint = a trace, a little piece, evidence intangible = hard to describe or understand or touch, mysterious a pall = a darkness or cloudiness, a gloom subtle = 希薄な、微妙な an orb = a sphere, 球体 (Note: relatively rare usage) to peep = to see briefly from around a corner, ちらと見る to dip = to go down to fling a look back = to briefly turn around and glance back (Note: Past tense is "flung") 3 feet = about one meter (Note: 1 foot = about 30 cm) an undulation = a wave an ice jam = blocks of ice grouped together and blocking the river save for = except for a hairline = a thin line to curve = 曲がる, to bend to twist = よじる、らせん状になる, to bend 1 mile = about 1.6 km the Chilcoot Pass = a mountain trail leading to the Pacific ocean, near the Alaska-Canadian border (Note: Famous in history for the 1897 Gold Rush) Dyea = a former town which is now abandoned (Note: Also famous from the Gold Rush) Dawson = a Canadian town with about 1,300 people today Nulato = an Alaskan town with about 300 people today St. Michael = a town in eastern Alaska with about 400 people today the Bering Sea = the ocean between Alaska and Russia weirdness = something unusual and deserving of suspicion a chechaquo = an Indian word meaning "a foreigner" alert = awake and aware a significance (of) = a meaning, an importance (of) -50°Fahrenheit = about -50°Centigrade frost = 霜 (Note: water freezes at about 30°Fahrenheit. Therefore, -50°Fahrenheit is 80 degrees below the freezing point.) to meditate upon = to think about frailty = weakness a creature of temperature = an animal dependent upon a relatively warm temperature conjectural = related to thinking immortality = endless life to stand for = to represent, to mean mittens = gloves ear-flaps = pieces of cloth that hang down from a hat, protecting the ears moccasins = Indian shoes to spit = つばを吐く (Note: the past tense is "spat" or "spitted") speculatively = in a guessing or testing way a crackle = パチパチ（パリパリ）音 (Note: verb "to crackle") to startle = to shock or surprise spittle = spit (noun) to be bound for = to be going to a (mining) claim = 鉱区 a fork (of a river) = a branch (of a river) a creek = a narrow river the boys = the guys a divide = a mountain range Indian Creek = the name of a particular area in the Yukon the roundabout way = the longer route a log = a cut-down tree trunk a fire would be going = a fire would be burning a supper = a dinner protruding = sticking out a bundle = 包み、束 agreeably = in a satisfied way to sop = to soak, 浸す grease = oil、獣脂 to enclose = to contain generous = たっぷりの to plunge in = to go quickly into faint = not clear, hard to notice to travel light = to travel without carrying much numb = かじかんだ mittened = wearing a mitten (Note: adjective) warm-whiskered = 濃い髭 an eager nose = a big nose (Note: poetic) to thrust = 突っ込む aggressively = 積極的に frosty = freezing to trot = （特に馬の）速足 a wolfdog = a mixed breed wolf-dog temperamental = related to emotions a brother = (Note: here it means "a relative",　親類) depressed = 意気消沈して tremendous = great, terrible instinct = 本能 judgment = 判断、意見 merely = only -75°F = -60°C 32°F = 0°C a thermometer = 温度計 a brute = a wild animal vague = unclear menacing = threatening an apprehension = a worry to subdue = 抑制する to slink along = to go sadly with,　こそこそ歩く (Note: past tense is "slunk") eagerly = aggressively, with emotion unwonted = 普通でない (Note: rarely used in modern conversation) to seek = to look for shelter = 避難所 (Note: This noun can be countable or non-countable) to burrow = to dig to cuddle = to arrange oneself in a comfortable position moisture = 水分、湿気 fine = 細かい jowls = cheeks (Note: usually animals, relatively rare usage) a muzzle = (犬の)鼻口部 eyelashes = まつげ crystalled = becoming similar to a crystal (水晶), 固定される (Note: usually "crystalized") likewise = in the same way the deposit = the substance, 付着物 to exhale = to breathe out rigidly = solidly to expel = to spit out the juice = (Note: Here it means "the combination of chewed tobacco and spit." amber = brownish-yellow to shatter = to break into many pieces a fragment = a piece an appendage = 付加物、付属器官（手・足など）(Note: Here, it is the frozen spit on his chin.) a cold snap = a usually short period of coldness a spirit thermometer = a thermometer which has alcohol in it instead of mercury. (Note: "alcohol" is sometimes called "spirits.") Sixty Mile = the name of a place to register = to record to hold on = to continue a stretch of = a continuation of a nigger-head = a large clump of dirt or a dark-colored rock (Note: The expression is no longer used in daily conversation, because it is politically inappropriate.) the bed of a stream = the bottom of a narrow river Henderson Creek = an actual stream 120 kms south of Dawson City (Note: Jack London's original log cabin was located there.) to make 4 miles an hour = to go at a speed of about 6 kms per hour to drop in at = to go to (usually for a short time) to droop = hang down, うなだれる to swing = to turn or move (Note: The past tense is "swung.") furrows = tracks, わだち plainly = clearly a dozen = 12 runners = the blades of the sleds to hold steadily on = to continue at a constant pace to not be given to (do)-ing = to not have a habit of (do)-ing monotonously = in a boring way to reiterate = to repeat now and again = once in a while, from time to time, sometimes, occasionally rub as he would = even though he rubbed a lot to experience a pang of regret = to feel a little regret to devise = to plan and make a sort = a kind, a type Bud = a man's name ********** Text ********** Part 1 DAY had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. It was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o'clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more-days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view. The man flung a look back along the way he had come. The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice. On top of this ice were as many feet of snow. It was all pure white, rolling in gentle, undulations where the ice jams of the freeze-up had formed. North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white, save for a dark hairline that curved and twisted from around the spruce-covered island to the south, and that curved and twisted away into the north, where it disappeared behind another spruce-covered island. This dark hair-line was the trail--the main trail--that led south five hundred miles to the Chilcoot Pass, Dyea, and salt water; and that led north seventy miles to Dawson, and still on to the north a thousand miles to Nulato, and finally to St. Michael on the Bering Sea, a thousand miles and half a thousand more. But all this--the mysterious, far-reaching hair-line trail the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all--made no impression on the man. It was not because he was long used to it. He was a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter. The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty-odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe. Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks. Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head. As he turned to go on, he spat speculatively. There was a sharp, explosive crackle that startled him. He spat again. And again, in the air, before it could fall to the snow, the spittle crackled. He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crackled in the air. Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below--how much colder he did not know. But the temperature did not matter. He was bound for the old claim on the left fork of Henderson Creek, where the boys were already. They had come over across the divide from the Indian Creek country, while he had come the roundabout way to take a look at the possibilities of getting out logs in the spring from the islands in the Yukon. He would be in to camp by six o'clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper would be ready. As for lunch, he pressed his hand against the protruding bundle under his jacket. It was also under his shirt, wrapped up in a handkerchief and lying against the naked skin. It was the only way to keep the biscuits from freezing. He smiled agreeably to himself as he thought of those biscuits, each cut open and sopped in bacon grease, and each enclosing a generous slice of fried bacon. He plunged in among the big spruce trees. The trail was faint. A foot of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed over, and he was glad he was without a sled, traveling light. In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief. He was surprised, however, at the cold. It certainly was cold, he concluded as he rubbed his numb nose and cheek-bones with his mittened hand. He was a warm-whiskered man, but the hair on his face did not protect the high cheek-bones and the eager nose that thrust itself aggressively into the frosty air. At the man's heels trotted a dog, a big native husky, the proper wolfdog, gray-coated and without any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf. The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that it was no time for traveling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man's judgment. In reality, it was not merely colder than fifty below zero; it was colder than sixty below, than seventy below. It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained. The dog did not know anything about thermometers. Possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of very cold such as was in the man's brain. But the brute had its instinct. It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire. The dog had learned fire, and it wanted fire, or else to burrow under the snow and cuddle its warmth away from the air. The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. The man's red beard and mustache were likewise frosted, but more solidly, the deposit taking the form of ice and increasing with every warm, moist breath he exhaled. Also, the man was chewing tobacco, and the muzzle of ice held his lips so rigidly that he was unable to clear his chin when he expelled the juice. The result was that a crystal beard of the color and solidity of amber was increasing its length on his chin. If he fell down it would shatter itself, like glass, into brittle fragments. But he did not mind the appendage. It was the penalty all tobacco-chewers paid in that country, and he had been out before in two cold snaps. They had not been so cold as this, he knew, but by the spirit thermometer at Sixty Mile he knew they had been registered at fifty below and at fifty-five. He held on through the level stretch of woods for several miles, crossed a wide flat of nigger-heads, and dropped down a bank to the frozen bed of a small stream. This was Henderson Creek, and he knew he was ten miles from the forks. He looked at his watch. It was ten o'clock. He was making four miles an hour, and he calculated that he would arrive at the forks at half-past twelve. He decided to celebrate that event by eating his lunch there. The dog dropped in again at his heels, with a tail drooping discouragement, as the man swung along the creek-bed. The furrow of the old sled-trail was plainly visible, but a dozen inches of snow covered the marks of the last runners. In a month no man had come up or down that silent creek. The man held steadily on. He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch at the forks, and that at six o'clock he would be in camp with the boys. There was nobody to talk to; and, had there been, speech would have been impossible because of the ice-muzzle on his mouth. So he continued monotonously to chew tobacco and to increase the length of his amber beard. Once in a while the thought reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold. As he walked along he rubbed his cheek-bones and nose with the back of his mittened hand. He did this automatically, now and again changing hands. But rub as he would, the instant he stopped his cheek-bones went numb, and the following instant the end of his nose went numb. He was sure to frost his cheeks; he knew that, and experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nose-strap of the sort Bud wore in cold snaps. Such a strap passed across the cheeks, as well, and saved them. But it didn't matter much, after all. What were frosted cheeks? A bit painful, that was all; they were never serious.

毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。これまで３回にわたりお届けしてまいりました、ウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）の最終回です。19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。 前回（2/7配信）父親からパリスとの結婚を迫られたジュリエット。彼女は密かにロミオと結婚していますから、重婚の罪を犯す危機に直面します。そこで修道士ロレンスの勧めで、彼女は「死んだふり」をするために眠り薬を飲みます。これによりパリスとの結婚話は解消され、やがて目を覚ましたときロミオと晴れて再び結ばれる、そう信じながら・・・。 最終回も分量は長めですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （19:42　11.4MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 4 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare's story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet's father Rosaline = Romeo's first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo's friend Mercutio = Romeo's friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Friar Lawrence = a local religious leader Lady Capulet = Juliet's mother Lady Montague = Romeo's mother Count Paris = Juliet's new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says "old", it means "rarely used in modern English.") dismal = sad and bad to apprise = to tell (Note: usually formal talk, such as legal issues) mock = fake, pretended but = only a tomb = a grave, a burial place, a cave for a dead person dreary = dark and sad a mansion = a huge house to give (someone) leave to think = to make or cause someone to think a lot to revive = to come back to life after almost being dead to presage = to give an omen, to be a sign (of something in the future) flattering = being too favorable, (肖像などが) 実物以上によく見せる mischief = the action of doing bad things, possibly criminal behavior swift = quick desperate = 死にもの狂いの an apothecary = a person who sells medicine, in modern times usually called "a pharmacist" beggarly = looks like a beggar or a very poor person famished = extremely hungry wretched = terrible ranged = be arranged (old) (Note: In modern English, it has other meanings) shelves = 棚 (Note the singular form: a shelf) a token = a little thing misgivings = regrets disastrous = 悲惨な a wretch = a terrible person, or a person in a terrible situation sought out = looked for (Note the present tense: to seek (out)) scruples = 名誉を重んじるゆえの良心のとがめ poverty = poor condition to resist = こらえる、差し控える to despatch = to kill (old) (Note: usually "dispatch") at midnight = 12:00 at night (Compare: in the middle of the night = 2 a.m. or 3 a.m.) in the midst of = in the middle of ancient = extremely old (from previous centuries) a spade = 鋤（すき） a wrenching-iron = a strong iron bar for opening things bade = asked or commanded (Note: present tense is "to bid") (old) to desist from = to stop doing (Note: usually formal talk, such as legal issues) unseasonable = unusual (especially ‘weather') to strew = to spread or scatter to weep = to cry a sworn foe to = a person who promises to be the enemy of he was come = he had come (old) villainous = wicked, planning crimes a shame = ひどいこと、侮辱 to condemn = 責める to apprehend = to arrest = 逮捕する to urge = to strongly recommend fate = destiny to provoke = 憤慨させる to draw down… a sin = 天罰を招く (Note: to draw down a shade = 日よけを下ろす) in scorn = in anger, さげすみ laid hands on = grabbed or touched (Note the present tense: to lay…) a felon = a criminal to resist = to go against, to oppose slain = killed (Note the present tense: to slay) in his way to = while going to (Note: In modern English, it's usually "on his way to") misfortune = unluckiness a companion = a friend triumphal = victorious, 祝勝 (Note: In Paris, "The Arch of Triumph" is famous) a complexion = 顔の色つや amorous = related to love, 好色な lean = thin (body) abhorred = hated blooming = 若々しく美しい benumbing = 麻痺させること a potion = a magic drink a shroud = a covering (Note: here it means "clothes") for (someone's) sake = （誰か）のために to do (someone) a favor = to do something good (for someone) (Note: Usually it means "to help") to take (one's) last leave of = to say goodbye to (Note: usually poetic) the burden of = the weight of cross stars = 不運の星 (old) weary = tired operation = 働き、作用 fatal = deadly dissembling = fake, creating the appearance of expiring = finishing, 期限が切れること to keep (one's) time = to be on time (old) was arrived = had arrived (old or poetic) a detention = a delay, 遅延 a pickax = つるはし to deliver (someone) from (something) = to save (someone) from (something bad) (old or poetic) confinement = imprisonment, 監禁 a monument = 記念建造物 (Note: Here it means the tomb or the burial place) a sword = 刀 to entertain a conjecture = to think about a reason (poetic or old) to fall out = to happen (old) a trance = 夢うつつ、恍惚 an occasion = a reason to contradict = to go against to thwart… intents = to ruin… plans fled = ran away (Note the present tense: to flee) dregs = the remaining part of a drink, （飲み物の）かす to unsheathe = to take (a knife or sword) out of its case a dagger = a big knife (almost always for killing) to stab = to stick (a knife or a pin) into a watch = a guardman a page = an assistant (in feudal times), 召使い rumor = うわさ an uproar = yelling and confusion a disturbance = an uproar, shouting a churchyard = a cemetery or a grassy area outside a church to tremble = to shake to sigh = ため息をつく a multitude = a large number (of people) to assemble = to come together to deliver = to say (old) (Note: In modern English it means "to bring") faithfully = truthfully and sincerely fit = appropriate to divulge = to tell about (especially, a secret) to project = to plan a draught = a drink (usually "beer", but here it was the potion) thence when = when (old) to cease = to finish a miscarriage = a mistake (old) (In modern English, it usually means 流産) the remainder = 残りの the transactions = the happenings a narration = a story, a telling to implore = to ask strongly but politely to acknowledge = to admit, 認める an intent = 意図 circumstances = conditions, happenings to have… a hand in (something) = to be related to or responsible for a slaughter = a killing (usually of a lot of people or animals) unintended = without intent a consequence = an effect or result well-meant = 善意から出た subtle = 微妙な contrivances = plans, 計略 to rebuke = to criticize brutal = violent irrational = without logic enmity = hatred and fighting a scourge = 苦しみをもたらすもの to lay upon = to bring about, to cause, to put an offense = a crime against society means = ways to bury their long strife = to finish the fighting which had occurred for many years a grave = a place for a dead person in token of reconcilement = as a sign of starting good relations a jointure = 寡婦財産 (old) a figure = a person esteemed = respected workmanship = quality of construction to strive to = to try to to outgo = to do better than (old) (Note: In modern English it is usually "to outdo") a courtesy = a polite action the overthrow of = 屈服、打倒 a dissension = a disagreement ********** Text ********** Part 4 Bad news, which always travels faster than good, now brought the dismal story of his Juliet's death to Romeo, at Mantua, before the messenger could arrive who was sent from Friar Lawrence to apprise him that these were mock funerals only, and but the shadow and representation of death, and that his dear lady lay in the tomb but for a short while, expecting when Romeo would come to release her from that dreary mansion. Just before, Romeo had been unusually joyful and light-hearted. He had dreamed in the night that he was dead (a strange dream, that gave a dead man leave to think) and that his lady came and found him dead, and breathed such life with kisses in his lips that he revived and was an emperor! And now that a messenger came from Verona, he thought surely it was to confirm some good news which his dreams had presaged. But when the contrary to this flattering vision appeared, and that it was his lady who was dead in truth, whom he could not revive by any kisses, he ordered horses to be got ready, for he determined that night to visit Verona and to see his lady in her tomb. And as mischief is swift to enter into the thoughts of desperate men, he called to mind a poor apothecary, whose shop in Mantua he had lately passed, and from the beggarly appearance of the man, who seemed famished, and the wretched show in his show of empty boxes ranged on dirty shelves, and other tokens of extreme wretchedness, he had said at the time (perhaps having some misgivings that his own disastrous life might haply meet with a conclusion so desperate): "If a man were to need poison, which by the law of Mantua it is death to sell, here lives a poor wretch who would sell it him." These words of his now came into his mind and he sought out the apothecary, who after some pretended scruples, Romeo offering him gold, which his poverty could not resist, sold him a poison which, if he swallowed, he told him, if he had the strength of twenty men, would quickly despatch him. With this poison he set out for Verona, to have a sight of his dear lady in her tomb, meaning, when he had satisfied his sight, to swallow the poison and be buried by her side. He reached Verona at midnight, and found the churchyard in the midst of which was situated the ancient tomb of the Capulets. He had provided a light, and a spade, and wrenching-iron, and was proceeding to break open the monument when he was interrupted by a voice, which by the name of Vile Montague bade him desist from his unlawful business. It was the young Count Paris, who had come to the tomb of Juliet at that unseasonable time of night to strew flowers and to weep over the grave of her that should have been his bride. He knew not what an interest Romeo had in the dead, but, knowing him to be a Montague and (as he supposed) a sworn foe to all the Capulets, he judged that he was come by night to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies; therefore in an angry tone he bade him desist; and as a criminal, condemned by the laws of Verona to die if he were found within the walls of the city, he would have apprehended him. Romeo urged Paris to leave him, and warned him by the fate of Tybalt, who lay buried there, not to provoke his anger or draw down another sin upon his head by forcing him to kill him. But the count in scorn refused his warning, and laid hands on him as a felon, which, Romeo resisting, they fought, and Paris fell. When Romeo, by the help of a light, came to see who it was that he had slain, that it was Paris, who (he learned in his way from Mantua) should have married Juliet, he took the dead youth by the hand, as one whom misfortune had made a companion, and said that he would bury him in a triumphal grave, meaning in Juliet's grave, which he now opened. And there lay his lady, as one whom death had no power upon to change a feature or complexion, in her matchless beauty; or as if death were amorous, and the lean, abhorred monster kept her there for his delight; for she lay yet fresh and blooming, as she had fallen to sleep when she swallowed that benumbing potion; and near her lay Tybalt in his bloody shroud, whom Romeo seeing, begged pardon of his lifeless corpse, and for Juliet's sake called him cousin, and said that he was about to do him a favor by putting his enemy to death. Here Romeo took his last leave of his lady's lips, kissing them; and here he shook the burden of his cross stars from his weary body, swallowing that poison which the apothecary had sold him, whose operation was fatal and real, not like that dissembling potion which Juliet had swallowed, the effect of which was now nearly expiring, and she about to awake to complain that Romeo had not kept his time, or that he had come too soon. For now the hour was arrived at which the friar had promised that she should awake; and he, having learned that his letters which he had sent to Mantua, by some unlucky detention of the messenger, had never reached Romeo, came himself, provided with a pickax and lantern, to deliver the lady from her confinement; but he was surprised to find a light already burning in the Capulets' monument, and to see swords and blood near it, and Romeo and Paris lying breathless by the monument, Before he could entertain a conjecture, to imagine how these fatal accidents had fallen out, Juliet awoke out of her trance, and, seeing the friar near her, she remembered the place where she was, and the occasion of her being there, and asked for Romeo, but the friar, hearing a noise, bade her come out of that place of death and of unnatural sleep, for a greater power than they could contradict had thwarted their intents; and, being frightened by the noise of people coming, he fled. But when Juliet saw the cup closed in her true love's hands, she guessed that poison had been the cause of his end, and she would have swallowed the dregs if any had been left, and she kissed his still warm lips to try if any poison yet did hang upon them; then hearing a nearer noise of people coming, she quickly unsheathed a dagger which she wore, and, stabbing herself, died by her true Romeo's side. The watch by this time had come up to the place. A page belonging to Count Paris, who had witnessed the fight between his master and Romeo, had given the alarm, which had spread among the citizens, who went up and down the streets of Verona confusedly exclaiming, "A Paris! a Romeo! a Juliet!" as the rumor had imperfectly reached them, till the uproar brought Lord Montague and Lord Capulet out of their beds, with the prince, to inquire into the causes of the disturbance. The friar had been apprehended by some of the watch, coming from the churchyard, trembling, sighing, and weeping in a suspicious manner. A great multitude being assembled at the Capulets' monument, the friar was demanded by the prince to deliver what he knew of these strange and disastrous accidents. And there, in the presence of the old Lords Montague and Capulet, he faithfully related the story of their children's fatal love, the part he took in promoting their marriage, in the hope in that union to end the long quarrels between their families; how Romeo, there dead, was husband to Juliet, and Juliet, there dead, was Romeo's faithful wife; how, before he could find a fit opportunity to divulge their marriage, another match was projected for Juliet, who, to avoid the crime of a second marriage, swallowed the sleeping-draught (as he advised), and all thought her dead; how meantime he wrote to Romeo to come and take her thence when the force of the potion should cease, and by what unfortunate miscarriage of the messenger the letters never reached Romeo. Further than this the friar could not follow the story, nor knew more than that, coming himself to deliver Juliet from that place of death, he found the Count Paris and Romeo slain. The remainder of the transactions was supplied by the narration of the page who had seen Paris and Romeo fight, and by the servant who came with Romeo from Verona, to whom this faithful lover had given letters to be delivered to his father in the event of his death, which made good the friar's words, confessing his marriage with Juliet, imploring the forgiveness of his parents, acknowledging the buying of the poison of the poor apothecary and his intent in coming to the monument to die and lie with Juliet. All these circumstances agreed together to clear the friar from any hand he could be supposed to have in these complicated slaughters, further than as the unintended consequences of his own well-meant, yet too artificial and subtle contrivances. And the prince, turning to these old lords, Montague and Capulet, rebuked them for their brutal and irrational enmities, and showed them what a scourge Heaven had laid upon such offenses, that it had found means even through the love of their children to punish their unnatural hate. And these old rivals, no longer enemies, agreed to bury their long strife in their children's graves; and Lord Capulet requested Lord Montague to give him his hand, calling him by the name of brother, as if in acknowledgment of the union of their families by the marriage of the young Capulet and Montague; and saying that Lord Montague's hand (in token of reconcilement) was all he demanded for his daughter's jointure. But Lord Montague said he would give him more, for he would raise her a statue of pure gold that, while Verona kept its name, no figure should be so esteemed for its richness and workmanship as that of the true and faithful Juliet. And Lord Capulet in return said that he would raise another statue to Romeo. So did these poor old lords, when it was too late, strive to outgo each other in mutual courtesies; while so deadly had been their rage and enmity in past times that nothing but the fearful overthrow of their children (poor sacrifices to their quarrels and dissensions) could remove the rooted hates and jealousies of the noble families.

毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。これまで３回にわたりお届けしてまいりました、ウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）の最終回です。19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。 前回（2/7配信）父親からパリスとの結婚を迫られたジュリエット。彼女は密かにロミオと結婚していますから、重婚の罪を犯す危機に直面します。そこで修道士ロレンスの勧めで、彼女は「死んだふり」をするために眠り薬を飲みます。これによりパリスとの結婚話は解消され、やがて目を覚ましたときロミオと晴れて再び結ばれる、そう信じながら・・・。 最終回も分量は長めですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （19:42　11.4MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 4 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare's story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet's father Rosaline = Romeo's first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo's friend Mercutio = Romeo's friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Friar Lawrence = a local religious leader Lady Capulet = Juliet's mother Lady Montague = Romeo's mother Count Paris = Juliet's new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says "old", it means "rarely used in modern English.") dismal = sad and bad to apprise = to tell (Note: usually formal talk, such as legal issues) mock = fake, pretended but = only a tomb = a grave, a burial place, a cave for a dead person dreary = dark and sad a mansion = a huge house to give (someone) leave to think = to make or cause someone to think a lot to revive = to come back to life after almost being dead to presage = to give an omen, to be a sign (of something in the future) flattering = being too favorable, (肖像などが) 実物以上によく見せる mischief = the action of doing bad things, possibly criminal behavior swift = quick desperate = 死にもの狂いの an apothecary = a person who sells medicine, in modern times usually called "a pharmacist" beggarly = looks like a beggar or a very poor person famished = extremely hungry wretched = terrible ranged = be arranged (old) (Note: In modern English, it has other meanings) shelves = 棚 (Note the singular form: a shelf) a token = a little thing misgivings = regrets disastrous = 悲惨な a wretch = a terrible person, or a person in a terrible situation sought out = looked for (Note the present tense: to seek (out)) scruples = 名誉を重んじるゆえの良心のとがめ poverty = poor condition to resist = こらえる、差し控える to despatch = to kill (old) (Note: usually "dispatch") at midnight = 12:00 at night (Compare: in the middle of the night = 2 a.m. or 3 a.m.) in the midst of = in the middle of ancient = extremely old (from previous centuries) a spade = 鋤（すき） a wrenching-iron = a strong iron bar for opening things bade = asked or commanded (Note: present tense is "to bid") (old) to desist from = to stop doing (Note: usually formal talk, such as legal issues) unseasonable = unusual (especially ‘weather') to strew = to spread or scatter to weep = to cry a sworn foe to = a person who promises to be the enemy of he was come = he had come (old) villainous = wicked, planning crimes a shame = ひどいこと、侮辱 to condemn = 責める to apprehend = to arrest = 逮捕する to urge = to strongly recommend fate = destiny to provoke = 憤慨させる to draw down… a sin = 天罰を招く (Note: to draw down a shade = 日よけを下ろす) in scorn = in anger, さげすみ laid hands on = grabbed or touched (Note the present tense: to lay…) a felon = a criminal to resist = to go against, to oppose slain = killed (Note the present tense: to slay) in his way to = while going to (Note: In modern English, it's usually "on his way to") misfortune = unluckiness a companion = a friend triumphal = victorious, 祝勝 (Note: In Paris, "The Arch of Triumph" is famous) a complexion = 顔の色つや amorous = related to love, 好色な lean = thin (body) abhorred = hated blooming = 若々しく美しい benumbing = 麻痺させること a potion = a magic drink a shroud = a covering (Note: here it means "clothes") for (someone's) sake = （誰か）のために to do (someone) a favor = to do something good (for someone) (Note: Usually it means "to help") to take (one's) last leave of = to say goodbye to (Note: usually poetic) the burden of = the weight of cross stars = 不運の星 (old) weary = tired operation = 働き、作用 fatal = deadly dissembling = fake, creating the appearance of expiring = finishing, 期限が切れること to keep (one's) time = to be on time (old) was arrived = had arrived (old or poetic) a detention = a delay, 遅延 a pickax = つるはし to deliver (someone) from (something) = to save (someone) from (something bad) (old or poetic) confinement = imprisonment, 監禁 a monument = 記念建造物 (Note: Here it means the tomb or the burial place) a sword = 刀 to entertain a conjecture = to think about a reason (poetic or old) to fall out = to happen (old) a trance = 夢うつつ、恍惚 an occasion = a reason to contradict = to go against to thwart… intents = to ruin… plans fled = ran away (Note the present tense: to flee) dregs = the remaining part of a drink, （飲み物の）かす to unsheathe = to take (a knife or sword) out of its case a dagger = a big knife (almost always for killing) to stab = to stick (a knife or a pin) into a watch = a guardman a page = an assistant (in feudal times), 召使い rumor = うわさ an uproar = yelling and confusion a disturbance = an uproar, shouting a churchyard = a cemetery or a grassy area outside a church to tremble = to shake to sigh = ため息をつく a multitude = a large number (of people) to assemble = to come together to deliver = to say (old) (Note: In modern English it means "to bring") faithfully = truthfully and sincerely fit = appropriate to divulge = to tell about (especially, a secret) to project = to plan a draught = a drink (usually "beer", but here it was the potion) thence when = when (old) to cease = to finish a miscarriage = a mistake (old) (In modern English, it usually means 流産) the remainder = 残りの the transactions = the happenings a narration = a story, a telling to implore = to ask strongly but politely to acknowledge = to admit, 認める an intent = 意図 circumstances = conditions, happenings to have… a hand in (something) = to be related to or responsible for a slaughter = a killing (usually of a lot of people or animals) unintended = without intent a consequence = an effect or result well-meant = 善意から出た subtle = 微妙な contrivances = plans, 計略 to rebuke = to criticize brutal = violent irrational = without logic enmity = hatred and fighting a scourge = 苦しみをもたらすもの to lay upon = to bring about, to cause, to put an offense = a crime against society means = ways to bury their long strife = to finish the fighting which had occurred for many years a grave = a place for a dead person in token of reconcilement = as a sign of starting good relations a jointure = 寡婦財産 (old) a figure = a person esteemed = respected workmanship = quality of construction to strive to = to try to to outgo = to do better than (old) (Note: In modern English it is usually "to outdo") a courtesy = a polite action the overthrow of = 屈服、打倒 a dissension = a disagreement ********** Text ********** Part 4 Bad news, which always travels faster than good, now brought the dismal story of his Juliet's death to Romeo, at Mantua, before the messenger could arrive who was sent from Friar Lawrence to apprise him that these were mock funerals only, and but the shadow and representation of death, and that his dear lady lay in the tomb but for a short while, expecting when Romeo would come to release her from that dreary mansion. Just before, Romeo had been unusually joyful and light-hearted. He had dreamed in the night that he was dead (a strange dream, that gave a dead man leave to think) and that his lady came and found him dead, and breathed such life with kisses in his lips that he revived and was an emperor! And now that a messenger came from Verona, he thought surely it was to confirm some good news which his dreams had presaged. But when the contrary to this flattering vision appeared, and that it was his lady who was dead in truth, whom he could not revive by any kisses, he ordered horses to be got ready, for he determined that night to visit Verona and to see his lady in her tomb. And as mischief is swift to enter into the thoughts of desperate men, he called to mind a poor apothecary, whose shop in Mantua he had lately passed, and from the beggarly appearance of the man, who seemed famished, and the wretched show in his show of empty boxes ranged on dirty shelves, and other tokens of extreme wretchedness, he had said at the time (perhaps having some misgivings that his own disastrous life might haply meet with a conclusion so desperate): "If a man were to need poison, which by the law of Mantua it is death to sell, here lives a poor wretch who would sell it him." These words of his now came into his mind and he sought out the apothecary, who after some pretended scruples, Romeo offering him gold, which his poverty could not resist, sold him a poison which, if he swallowed, he told him, if he had the strength of twenty men, would quickly despatch him. With this poison he set out for Verona, to have a sight of his dear lady in her tomb, meaning, when he had satisfied his sight, to swallow the poison and be buried by her side. He reached Verona at midnight, and found the churchyard in the midst of which was situated the ancient tomb of the Capulets. He had provided a light, and a spade, and wrenching-iron, and was proceeding to break open the monument when he was interrupted by a voice, which by the name of Vile Montague bade him desist from his unlawful business. It was the young Count Paris, who had come to the tomb of Juliet at that unseasonable time of night to strew flowers and to weep over the grave of her that should have been his bride. He knew not what an interest Romeo had in the dead, but, knowing him to be a Montague and (as he supposed) a sworn foe to all the Capulets, he judged that he was come by night to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies; therefore in an angry tone he bade him desist; and as a criminal, condemned by the laws of Verona to die if he were found within the walls of the city, he would have apprehended him. Romeo urged Paris to leave him, and warned him by the fate of Tybalt, who lay buried there, not to provoke his anger or draw down another sin upon his head by forcing him to kill him. But the count in scorn refused his warning, and laid hands on him as a felon, which, Romeo resisting, they fought, and Paris fell. When Romeo, by the help of a light, came to see who it was that he had slain, that it was Paris, who (he learned in his way from Mantua) should have married Juliet, he took the dead youth by the hand, as one whom misfortune had made a companion, and said that he would bury him in a triumphal grave, meaning in Juliet's grave, which he now opened. And there lay his lady, as one whom death had no power upon to change a feature or complexion, in her matchless beauty; or as if death were amorous, and the lean, abhorred monster kept her there for his delight; for she lay yet fresh and blooming, as she had fallen to sleep when she swallowed that benumbing potion; and near her lay Tybalt in his bloody shroud, whom Romeo seeing, begged pardon of his lifeless corpse, and for Juliet's sake called him cousin, and said that he was about to do him a favor by putting his enemy to death. Here Romeo took his last leave of his lady's lips, kissing them; and here he shook the burden of his cross stars from his weary body, swallowing that poison which the apothecary had sold him, whose operation was fatal and real, not like that dissembling potion which Juliet had swallowed, the effect of which was now nearly expiring, and she about to awake to complain that Romeo had not kept his time, or that he had come too soon. For now the hour was arrived at which the friar had promised that she should awake; and he, having learned that his letters which he had sent to Mantua, by some unlucky detention of the messenger, had never reached Romeo, came himself, provided with a pickax and lantern, to deliver the lady from her confinement; but he was surprised to find a light already burning in the Capulets' monument, and to see swords and blood near it, and Romeo and Paris lying breathless by the monument, Before he could entertain a conjecture, to imagine how these fatal accidents had fallen out, Juliet awoke out of her trance, and, seeing the friar near her, she remembered the place where she was, and the occasion of her being there, and asked for Romeo, but the friar, hearing a noise, bade her come out of that place of death and of unnatural sleep, for a greater power than they could contradict had thwarted their intents; and, being frightened by the noise of people coming, he fled. But when Juliet saw the cup closed in her true love's hands, she guessed that poison had been the cause of his end, and she would have swallowed the dregs if any had been left, and she kissed his still warm lips to try if any poison yet did hang upon them; then hearing a nearer noise of people coming, she quickly unsheathed a dagger which she wore, and, stabbing herself, died by her true Romeo's side. The watch by this time had come up to the place. A page belonging to Count Paris, who had witnessed the fight between his master and Romeo, had given the alarm, which had spread among the citizens, who went up and down the streets of Verona confusedly exclaiming, "A Paris! a Romeo! a Juliet!" as the rumor had imperfectly reached them, till the uproar brought Lord Montague and Lord Capulet out of their beds, with the prince, to inquire into the causes of the disturbance. The friar had been apprehended by some of the watch, coming from the churchyard, trembling, sighing, and weeping in a suspicious manner. A great multitude being assembled at the Capulets' monument, the friar was demanded by the prince to deliver what he knew of these strange and disastrous accidents. And there, in the presence of the old Lords Montague and Capulet, he faithfully related the story of their children's fatal love, the part he took in promoting their marriage, in the hope in that union to end the long quarrels between their families; how Romeo, there dead, was husband to Juliet, and Juliet, there dead, was Romeo's faithful wife; how, before he could find a fit opportunity to divulge their marriage, another match was projected for Juliet, who, to avoid the crime of a second marriage, swallowed the sleeping-draught (as he advised), and all thought her dead; how meantime he wrote to Romeo to come and take her thence when the force of the potion should cease, and by what unfortunate miscarriage of the messenger the letters never reached Romeo. Further than this the friar could not follow the story, nor knew more than that, coming himself to deliver Juliet from that place of death, he found the Count Paris and Romeo slain. The remainder of the transactions was supplied by the narration of the page who had seen Paris and Romeo fight, and by the servant who came with Romeo from Verona, to whom this faithful lover had given letters to be delivered to his father in the event of his death, which made good the friar's words, confessing his marriage with Juliet, imploring the forgiveness of his parents, acknowledging the buying of the poison of the poor apothecary and his intent in coming to the monument to die and lie with Juliet. All these circumstances agreed together to clear the friar from any hand he could be supposed to have in these complicated slaughters, further than as the unintended consequences of his own well-meant, yet too artificial and subtle contrivances. And the prince, turning to these old lords, Montague and Capulet, rebuked them for their brutal and irrational enmities, and showed them what a scourge Heaven had laid upon such offenses, that it had found means even through the love of their children to punish their unnatural hate. And these old rivals, no longer enemies, agreed to bury their long strife in their children's graves; and Lord Capulet requested Lord Montague to give him his hand, calling him by the name of brother, as if in acknowledgment of the union of their families by the marriage of the young Capulet and Montague; and saying that Lord Montague's hand (in token of reconcilement) was all he demanded for his daughter's jointure. But Lord Montague said he would give him more, for he would raise her a statue of pure gold that, while Verona kept its name, no figure should be so esteemed for its richness and workmanship as that of the true and faithful Juliet. And Lord Capulet in return said that he would raise another statue to Romeo. So did these poor old lords, when it was too late, strive to outgo each other in mutual courtesies; while so deadly had been their rage and enmity in past times that nothing but the fearful overthrow of their children (poor sacrifices to their quarrels and dissensions) could remove the rooted hates and jealousies of the noble families.

本年もHiroshima University's English Podcastをよろしくお願い申し上げます。 毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。2012年最初にお届けするのは、ウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）の第２回です。19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。 前回（12/6）配信した第１回では、ロミオとジュリエットが仮面舞踏会で出会い恋に落ちます。夜更けにキャピュレット家に忍び込んだロミオの存在に気付かないまま、ジュリエットはバルコニーであの有名なセリフ「おお、ロミオ、ロミオ、どうしてあなたはロミオなの」（"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"）を呟きます。 今回のエピソードの前半ではバルコニーでの二人の愛の行方が描かれ、後半ではモンタギュー家とキャピュレット家の対立が引き金となって物語の展開が加速します。やや長めの分量となりますが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （23:58　13.9MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 2 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare’s story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet’s father Rosaline = Romeo’s first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo’s friend Mercutio = Romeo’s friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Friar Lawrence = a local religious leader Lady Capulet = Juliet’s mother Lady Montague = Romeo’s mother Count Paris = Juliet’s new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says “old”, it means “rarely used in modern English.”) fain = willingly, happily (old) to chide = to express disapproval or scold to refrain = to hold oneself back, 遠慮する merely = just in fancy =（気まぐれな）好み, 愛好 bade = requested (old meaning). (Note: The present tense is "to bid". In modern English it is usually used with different meanings, and the past tense is usually "bid.") by favor of = taking advantage of (old) (Note: Again, in modern English, the word "favor" usually has different meanings.) to stumble upon = to meet by coincidence or luck to utter = to say to expostulate = to express an objection in the form of logic（…しないよう）忠告する to expose = 露出する kinsmen = relatives (a bit old) 親戚 alack = alas, by bad luck (old) ああ, 悲しいかな, 残念だ peril = danger or risk but = only enmity = hatred to prolong = to lengthen, to make longer a pilot = a guide 'wert thou = if you were (old) vast = big or far away to venture for = to go on an adventure for, to risk one's life merchandise = goods, things which you can get or buy crimson = red a blush = (恥ずかしくて）顔を赤らめる by reason of = because of to reflect upon = to think deeply about to recall = to remember to stand upon form = to be traditional, to follow customs (old) discreet = having wise self-restraint〈人・行為が〉思慮［分別］のある, 慎重な to frown = to appear dissatisfied or angry（…に）まゆをひそめる, 顔をしかめる perverse = in a bad mood, 〈人・言動などが〉つむじ［へそ］曲がりの, ひねくれた suitors = potential mates （女性への）求婚者 harsh = strict a denial = a rejection, saying no to stand off = to step back, to be modest or refrained to affect = to act like, to pretend, to give the appearance of coyness = being modest and discreet an indifference = not caring about 無関心, 冷淡さ that = so that lightly = easily, without enough care 軽率に attainment = getting something 達成, 獲得, 到達 room = time 余裕 puttings off = delays (old) (Note: In modern English, "to put off" means to delay, to postpone) protracted = delayed, made longer 長引く courtship = dating a confession = 白状 frankness = directness and honesty novelty = newness to address (someone) = to speak to (someone) Fair = Sir, Mr., good (poetic and old) to beg = to strongly ask to impute = 〈結果などを〉（人・物に）帰する, 負わせる, 転嫁する yielding = giving in 〈性格などが〉譲歩しやすい, 従順な, 他人の言いなりになる levity = lack of seriousness 軽率な行為 unworthy = insufficient, worthless 価値［とりえ］のない；賞賛に値しない a fault = blame, source of a problem (Note: "to lay the fault upon" means to put the blame on (someone)) prudent = discreet, coy, modest, conservative in behavior dissembling = disguised, false appearance, tricky, 偽ること cunning = trickery, ずるさ to witness = 証言をする (Note: Usually has the meaning of 目撃する ) nothing was further from his thoughts than… = He was not in any way thinking… to swear = to promise a contract = an agreement rash = quick and not thought about much a vow = a promise to retract = to take back something said 撤回する, 引っ込める to bestow = to give (old) 〈栄誉などを〉（人に）授ける, 贈る, 与える((on, upon ...)) bounty = possessions, things a person can get (Note: Here it means "things that can be given") 気前のよさ；恵み深さ；博愛, 寛大 infinite = unlimited a nurse = an older woman who takes care of someone hastily = hurriedly the purport of which was = the central meaning was to appoint = to decide 指定する a lord = a husband (old) jealous = ねたむこと, 心配り her bird = her pet bird to hop = to jump to pluck = to grab quickly a silken thread = 絹糸 to be loath to = to hate to to part = to leave, to separate the day was breaking = the sun was beginning to rise a mistress = a female lover blessed = fortunate, lucky 神の祝福を受けた；あがむべき bent = changed the direction of (Note: Present tense is "to bend") a monastery = a church, a convent hard by = immediately (old) a friar = a religious leader, a reverend, a minister devotions = praying, religious work abroad = awake (old) to conjecture = to guess, to come to a conclusion to be abed = to go to bed (old) a distemper = a disease (old) a distemper of youthful affection = a problem affecting young people to impute = to conjecture, to blame (something) on (something) to reveal = to confess, to openly say a holy man = a religious man a wonder = a great surprise 驚嘆を引き起こすもの affection = love to be privy to = to know the secrets of disdain = hatred chidden = (Note "to chide" above) to dote on = to be in love with, and do a lot for to assent = to agree with, give in to 譲歩する in some measure = to some degree ある程度 matrimonial =　婚姻の an alliance = 同盟, 協定 to make up = to finish a fight by deciding to be friends 〈けんかなどの〉仲直りをする a breach = a divide or gap to lament = to be sad about to interpose = to come between the people (during an argument), to put in (an opinion, etc.) mediation = coming in between 2 arguing people and helping bring about a peaceful solution to consent = to agree blessed = 恵まれた intent = 意図, 意向 to dispatch = to send (a person) a cell = a small room （修道院の）独居房 to bury = to hide, to get rid of strife = fighting, arguments dissentions = disagreements to hasten = to hurry tedious = boring finery = beautiful and fancy clothes a party = a group (of people) impetuous = becoming angry suddenly at their head = in the lead to accuse = 〈人を〉（犯罪・不正行為などのかどで）告発［起訴, 告訴］する bluntly = directly and clearly to associate with = to have relations with, to be friends with to moderate = to calm wrath = hatred fierce = 荒々しい, どう猛な, 敵意のある disgraceful = 不名誉な, 不面目な, みっともない an appellation = a name a villain = a terrible person, a person who commits crimes thoroughly = completely a charm = a small but attractive and delightful thing to allay = to moderate, reduce, or calm (emotions) resentment = hatred (because of things in the past) a watchword = a slogan (old) fury = anger and hatred to reason with = to talk calmly in a logical way with to salute = to greet mildly = gently drew = took out, especially a weapon (Note: This is the past tense of "to draw.) forbearance = being calm, patience submission = 服従, （…への）屈服, disdainful = 軽蔑［侮蔑］的な to provoke = 立腹［憤慨］させる the prosecution of = carrying out, doing 実施する (formal) a wound = an injury vainly = in vain むだに to endeavor to = to try to to part = to move apart combatants = people fighting or trying to win to keep (one's) temper = to remain calm scornful = 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)的な to be slain = to be killed (by a person) a broil = a terrible fight in the midst of = in the middle of a brawl = a fight (involving many people) an offender = someone who breaks the law a fray = a fight or argument to relate = to explain (old) grief = sadness to keep no bounds = to have no limits to exhort = 強く勧告する justice = 正義 partially = in a biased way, 〈人・意見などが〉（…に）かたよった to plead = （…を）嘆願［懇願］する a son-in-law = a daughter's husband to be worthy of = to have the value of forfeited = （犯罪行為・職務怠慢・契約違反などにより）没収される unmoved by = not emotionally affected by to pronounce = to officially declare a sentence = a judicial punishment to be banished = （国から）追放する, 流刑にする ********** Text ********** Part 2 Romeo, having this encouragement, would fain have spoken, but he was desirous of hearing more; and the lady continued her passionate discourse with herself (as she thought), still chiding Romeo for being Romeo and a Montague, and wishing him some other name, or that he would put away that hated name, and for that name which was no part of himself he should take all herself. At this loving word Romeo could no longer refrain, but, taking up the dialogue as if her words had been addressed to him personally, and not merely in fancy, he bade her call him Love, or by whatever other name she pleased, for he was no longer Romeo, if that name was displeasing to her. Juliet, alarmed to hear a man's voice in the garden, did not at first know who it was that by favor of the night and darkness had thus stumbled upon the discovery of her secret; but when he spoke again, though her ears had not yet drunk a hundred words of that tongue's uttering, yet so nice is a lover's hearing that she immediately knew him to be young Romeo, and she expostulated with him on the danger to which he had exposed himself by climbing the orchard walls, for if any of her kinsmen should find him there it would be death to him, being a Montague. "Alack!" said Romeo, "there is more peril in your eye than in twenty of their swords. Do you but look kind upon me, lady, and I am proof against their enmity. Better my life should be ended by their hate than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love." "How came you into this place," said Juliet, "and by whose direction?" "Love directed me," answered Romeo. "I am no pilot, yet 'wert thou as far apart from me as that vast shore which is washed with the farthest sea, I should venture for such merchandise." A crimson blush came over Juliet's face, yet unseen by Romeo by reason of the night, when she reflected upon the discovery which she had made, yet not meaning to make it, of her love to Romeo. She would fain have recalled her words, but that was impossible; fain would she have stood upon form, and have kept her lover at a distance, as the custom of discreet ladies is, to frown and be perverse and give their suitors harsh denials at first; to stand off, and affect a coyness or indifference where they most love, that their lovers may not think them too lightly or too easily won; for the difficulty of attainment increases the value of the object. But there was no room in her case for denials, or puttings off, or any of the customary arts of delay and protracted courtship. Romeo had heard from her own tongue, when she did not dream that he was near her, a confession of her love. So with an honest frankness which the novelty of her situation excused, she confirmed the truth of what he had before heard, and, addressing him by the name of Fair Montague (love can sweeten a sour name), she begged him not to impute her easy yielding to levity or an unworthy mind, but that he must lay the fault of it (if it were a fault) upon the accident of the night which had so strangely discovered her thoughts. And she added, that though her behavior to him might not be sufficiently prudent, measured by the custom of her sex, yet that she would prove more true than many whose prudence was dissembling, and their modesty artificial cunning. Romeo was beginning to call the heavens to witness that nothing was farther from his thoughts than to impute a shadow of dishonor to such an honored lady, when she stopped him, begging him not to swear; for although she joyed in him, yet she had no joy of that night's contract--it was too rash, too unadvised, too sudden. But he being urgent with her to exchange a vow of love with him that night, she said that she already had given him hers before he requested it, meaning, when he overheard her confession; but she would retract what she then bestowed, for the pleasure of giving it again, for her bounty was as infinite as the sea, and her love as deep. From this loving conference she was called away by her nurse, who slept with her and thought it time for her to be in bed, for it was near to daybreak; but, hastily returning, she said three or four words more to Romeo the purport of which was, that if his love was indeed honorable, and his purpose marriage, she would send a messenger to him to-morrow to appoint a time for their marriage, when she would lay all her fortunes at his feet and follow him as her lord through the world. While they were settling this point Juliet was repeatedly called for by her nurse, and went in and returned, and went and returned again, for she seemed as jealous of Romeo going from her as a young girl of her bird, which she will let hop a little from her hand and pluck it back with a silken thread; and Romeo was as loath to part as she, for the sweetest music to lovers is the sound of each other's tongues at night. But at last they parted, wishing mutually sweet sleep and rest for that night. The day was breaking when they parted, and Romeo, who was too full of thoughts of his mistress and that blessed meeting to allow him to sleep, instead of going home, bent his course to a monastery hard by, to find Friar Lawrence. The good friar was already up at his devotions, but, seeing young Romeo abroad so early, he conjectured rightly that he had not been abed that night, but that some distemper of youthful affection had kept him waking. He was right in imputing the cause of Romeo's wakefulness to love, but he made a wrong guess at the object, for he thought that his love for Rosaline had kept him waking. But when Romeo revealed his new passion for Juliet, and requested the assistance of the friar to marry them that day, the holy man lifted up his eyes and hands in a sort of wonder at the sudden change in Romeo's affections, for he had been privy to all Romeo's love for Rosaline and his many complaints of her disdain; and he said that young men's love lay not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. But Romeo replying that he himself had often chidden him for doting on Rosaline, who could not love him again, whereas Juliet both loved and was beloved by him, the friar assented in some measure to his reasons; and thinking that a matrimonial alliance between young Juliet and Romeo might happily be the means of making up the long breach between the Capulets and the Montagues, which no one more lamented than this good friar who was a friend to both the families and had often interposed his mediation to make up the quarrel without effect; partly moved by policy, and partly by his fondness for young Romeo, to whom he could deny nothing, the old man consented to join their hands in marriage. Now was Romeo blessed indeed, and Juliet, who knew his intent from a messenger which she had dispatched according to promise, did not fail to be early at the cell of Friar Lawrence, where their hands were joined in holy marriage, the good friar praying the heavens to smile upon that act, and in the union of this young Montague and young Capulet, to bury the old strife and long dissensions of their families. The ceremony being over, Juliet hastened home, where she stayed, impatient for the coming of night, at which time Romeo promised to come and meet her in the orchard, where they had met the night before; and the time between seemed as tedious to her as the night before some great festival seems to an impatient child that has got new finery which it may not put on till the morning. That same day, about noon, Romeo's friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, walking through the streets of Verona, were met by a party of the Capulets with the impetuous Tybalt at their head. This was the same angry Tybalt who would have fought with Romeo at old Lord Capulet's feast. He, seeing Mercutio, accused him bluntly of associating with Romeo, a Montague. Mercutio, who had as much fire and youthful blood in him as Tybalt, replied to this accusation with some sharpness; and in spite of all Benvolio could say to moderate their wrath a quarrel was beginning when, Romeo himself passing that way, the fierce Tybalt turned from Mercutio to Romeo, and gave him the disgraceful appellation of villain. Romeo wished to avoid a quarrel with Tybalt above all men, because he was the kinsman of Juliet and much beloved by her; besides, this young Montague had never thoroughly entered into the family quarrel, being by nature wise and gentle, and the name of a Capulet, which was his dear lady's name, was now rather a charm to allay resentment than a watchword to excite fury. So he tried to reason with Tybalt, whom he saluted mildly by the name of Good Capulet, as if he, though a Montague, had some secret pleasure in uttering that name; but Tybalt, who hated all Montagues as he hated hell, would hear no reason, but drew his weapon; and Mercutio, who knew not of Romeo's secret motive for desiring peace with Tybalt, but looked upon his present forbearance as a sort of calm dishonorable submission, with many disdainful words provoked Tybalt to the prosecution of his first quarrel with him; and Tybalt and Mercutio fought, till Mercutio fell, receiving his death's wound while Romeo and Benvolio were vainly endeavoring to part the combatants. Mercutio being dead, Romeo kept his temper no longer, but returned the scornful appellation of villain which Tybalt had given him, and they fought till Tybalt was slain by Romeo. This deadly broil falling out in the midst of Verona at noonday, the news of it quickly brought a crowd of citizens to the spot and among them the Lords Capulet and Montague, with their wives; and soon after arrived the prince himself, who, being related to Mercutio, whom Tybalt had slain, and having had the peace of his government often disturbed by these brawls of Montagues and Capulets, came determined to put the law in strictest force against those who should be found to be offenders. Benvolio, who had been eye-witness to the fray, was commanded by the prince to relate the origin of it; which he did, keeping as near the truth as he could without injury to Romeo, softening and excusing the part which his friends took in it. Lady Capulet, whose extreme grief for the loss of her kinsman Tybalt made her keep no bounds in her revenge, exhorted the prince to do strict justice upon his murderer, and to,pay no attention to Benvolio's representation, who, being Romeo's friend and a Montague, spoke partially. Thus she pleaded against her new son-in-law, but she knew not yet that he was her son-in-law and Juliet's husband. On the other hand was to be seen Lady Montague pleading for her child's life, and arguing with some justice that Romeo had done nothing worthy of punishment in taking the life of Tybalt, which was already forfeited to the law by his having slain Mercutio. The prince, unmoved by the passionate exclamations of these women, on a careful examination of the facts pronounced his sentence, and by that sentence Romeo was banished from Verona.

本年もHiroshima University's English Podcastをよろしくお願い申し上げます。 毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。2012年最初にお届けするのは、ウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）の第２回です。19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。 前回（12/6）配信した第１回では、ロミオとジュリエットが仮面舞踏会で出会い恋に落ちます。夜更けにキャピュレット家に忍び込んだロミオの存在に気付かないまま、ジュリエットはバルコニーであの有名なセリフ「おお、ロミオ、ロミオ、どうしてあなたはロミオなの」（"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"）を呟きます。 今回のエピソードの前半ではバルコニーでの二人の愛の行方が描かれ、後半ではモンタギュー家とキャピュレット家の対立が引き金となって物語の展開が加速します。やや長めの分量となりますが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （23:58　13.9MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 2 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare’s story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet’s father Rosaline = Romeo’s first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo’s friend Mercutio = Romeo’s friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Friar Lawrence = a local religious leader Lady Capulet = Juliet’s mother Lady Montague = Romeo’s mother Count Paris = Juliet’s new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says “old”, it means “rarely used in modern English.”) fain = willingly, happily (old) to chide = to express disapproval or scold to refrain = to hold oneself back, 遠慮する merely = just in fancy =（気まぐれな）好み, 愛好 bade = requested (old meaning). (Note: The present tense is "to bid". In modern English it is usually used with different meanings, and the past tense is usually "bid.") by favor of = taking advantage of (old) (Note: Again, in modern English, the word "favor" usually has different meanings.) to stumble upon = to meet by coincidence or luck to utter = to say to expostulate = to express an objection in the form of logic（…しないよう）忠告する to expose = 露出する kinsmen = relatives (a bit old) 親戚 alack = alas, by bad luck (old) ああ, 悲しいかな, 残念だ peril = danger or risk but = only enmity = hatred to prolong = to lengthen, to make longer a pilot = a guide 'wert thou = if you were (old) vast = big or far away to venture for = to go on an adventure for, to risk one's life merchandise = goods, things which you can get or buy crimson = red a blush = (恥ずかしくて）顔を赤らめる by reason of = because of to reflect upon = to think deeply about to recall = to remember to stand upon form = to be traditional, to follow customs (old) discreet = having wise self-restraint〈人・行為が〉思慮［分別］のある, 慎重な to frown = to appear dissatisfied or angry（…に）まゆをひそめる, 顔をしかめる perverse = in a bad mood, 〈人・言動などが〉つむじ［へそ］曲がりの, ひねくれた suitors = potential mates （女性への）求婚者 harsh = strict a denial = a rejection, saying no to stand off = to step back, to be modest or refrained to affect = to act like, to pretend, to give the appearance of coyness = being modest and discreet an indifference = not caring about 無関心, 冷淡さ that = so that lightly = easily, without enough care 軽率に attainment = getting something 達成, 獲得, 到達 room = time 余裕 puttings off = delays (old) (Note: In modern English, "to put off" means to delay, to postpone) protracted = delayed, made longer 長引く courtship = dating a confession = 白状 frankness = directness and honesty novelty = newness to address (someone) = to speak to (someone) Fair = Sir, Mr., good (poetic and old) to beg = to strongly ask to impute = 〈結果などを〉（人・物に）帰する, 負わせる, 転嫁する yielding = giving in 〈性格などが〉譲歩しやすい, 従順な, 他人の言いなりになる levity = lack of seriousness 軽率な行為 unworthy = insufficient, worthless 価値［とりえ］のない；賞賛に値しない a fault = blame, source of a problem (Note: "to lay the fault upon" means to put the blame on (someone)) prudent = discreet, coy, modest, conservative in behavior dissembling = disguised, false appearance, tricky, 偽ること cunning = trickery, ずるさ to witness = 証言をする (Note: Usually has the meaning of 目撃する ) nothing was further from his thoughts than… = He was not in any way thinking… to swear = to promise a contract = an agreement rash = quick and not thought about much a vow = a promise to retract = to take back something said 撤回する, 引っ込める to bestow = to give (old) 〈栄誉などを〉（人に）授ける, 贈る, 与える((on, upon ...)) bounty = possessions, things a person can get (Note: Here it means "things that can be given") 気前のよさ；恵み深さ；博愛, 寛大 infinite = unlimited a nurse = an older woman who takes care of someone hastily = hurriedly the purport of which was = the central meaning was to appoint = to decide 指定する a lord = a husband (old) jealous = ねたむこと, 心配り her bird = her pet bird to hop = to jump to pluck = to grab quickly a silken thread = 絹糸 to be loath to = to hate to to part = to leave, to separate the day was breaking = the sun was beginning to rise a mistress = a female lover blessed = fortunate, lucky 神の祝福を受けた；あがむべき bent = changed the direction of (Note: Present tense is "to bend") a monastery = a church, a convent hard by = immediately (old) a friar = a religious leader, a reverend, a minister devotions = praying, religious work abroad = awake (old) to conjecture = to guess, to come to a conclusion to be abed = to go to bed (old) a distemper = a disease (old) a distemper of youthful affection = a problem affecting young people to impute = to conjecture, to blame (something) on (something) to reveal = to confess, to openly say a holy man = a religious man a wonder = a great surprise 驚嘆を引き起こすもの affection = love to be privy to = to know the secrets of disdain = hatred chidden = (Note "to chide" above) to dote on = to be in love with, and do a lot for to assent = to agree with, give in to 譲歩する in some measure = to some degree ある程度 matrimonial =　婚姻の an alliance = 同盟, 協定 to make up = to finish a fight by deciding to be friends 〈けんかなどの〉仲直りをする a breach = a divide or gap to lament = to be sad about to interpose = to come between the people (during an argument), to put in (an opinion, etc.) mediation = coming in between 2 arguing people and helping bring about a peaceful solution to consent = to agree blessed = 恵まれた intent = 意図, 意向 to dispatch = to send (a person) a cell = a small room （修道院の）独居房 to bury = to hide, to get rid of strife = fighting, arguments dissentions = disagreements to hasten = to hurry tedious = boring finery = beautiful and fancy clothes a party = a group (of people) impetuous = becoming angry suddenly at their head = in the lead to accuse = 〈人を〉（犯罪・不正行為などのかどで）告発［起訴, 告訴］する bluntly = directly and clearly to associate with = to have relations with, to be friends with to moderate = to calm wrath = hatred fierce = 荒々しい, どう猛な, 敵意のある disgraceful = 不名誉な, 不面目な, みっともない an appellation = a name a villain = a terrible person, a person who commits crimes thoroughly = completely a charm = a small but attractive and delightful thing to allay = to moderate, reduce, or calm (emotions) resentment = hatred (because of things in the past) a watchword = a slogan (old) fury = anger and hatred to reason with = to talk calmly in a logical way with to salute = to greet mildly = gently drew = took out, especially a weapon (Note: This is the past tense of "to draw.) forbearance = being calm, patience submission = 服従, （…への）屈服, disdainful = 軽蔑［侮蔑］的な to provoke = 立腹［憤慨］させる the prosecution of = carrying out, doing 実施する (formal) a wound = an injury vainly = in vain むだに to endeavor to = to try to to part = to move apart combatants = people fighting or trying to win to keep (one's) temper = to remain calm scornful = 嘲笑(ちょうしょう)的な to be slain = to be killed (by a person) a broil = a terrible fight in the midst of = in the middle of a brawl = a fight (involving many people) an offender = someone who breaks the law a fray = a fight or argument to relate = to explain (old) grief = sadness to keep no bounds = to have no limits to exhort = 強く勧告する justice = 正義 partially = in a biased way, 〈人・意見などが〉（…に）かたよった to plead = （…を）嘆願［懇願］する a son-in-law = a daughter's husband to be worthy of = to have the value of forfeited = （犯罪行為・職務怠慢・契約違反などにより）没収される unmoved by = not emotionally affected by to pronounce = to officially declare a sentence = a judicial punishment to be banished = （国から）追放する, 流刑にする ********** Text ********** Part 2 Romeo, having this encouragement, would fain have spoken, but he was desirous of hearing more; and the lady continued her passionate discourse with herself (as she thought), still chiding Romeo for being Romeo and a Montague, and wishing him some other name, or that he would put away that hated name, and for that name which was no part of himself he should take all herself. At this loving word Romeo could no longer refrain, but, taking up the dialogue as if her words had been addressed to him personally, and not merely in fancy, he bade her call him Love, or by whatever other name she pleased, for he was no longer Romeo, if that name was displeasing to her. Juliet, alarmed to hear a man's voice in the garden, did not at first know who it was that by favor of the night and darkness had thus stumbled upon the discovery of her secret; but when he spoke again, though her ears had not yet drunk a hundred words of that tongue's uttering, yet so nice is a lover's hearing that she immediately knew him to be young Romeo, and she expostulated with him on the danger to which he had exposed himself by climbing the orchard walls, for if any of her kinsmen should find him there it would be death to him, being a Montague. "Alack!" said Romeo, "there is more peril in your eye than in twenty of their swords. Do you but look kind upon me, lady, and I am proof against their enmity. Better my life should be ended by their hate than that hated life should be prolonged to live without your love." "How came you into this place," said Juliet, "and by whose direction?" "Love directed me," answered Romeo. "I am no pilot, yet 'wert thou as far apart from me as that vast shore which is washed with the farthest sea, I should venture for such merchandise." A crimson blush came over Juliet's face, yet unseen by Romeo by reason of the night, when she reflected upon the discovery which she had made, yet not meaning to make it, of her love to Romeo. She would fain have recalled her words, but that was impossible; fain would she have stood upon form, and have kept her lover at a distance, as the custom of discreet ladies is, to frown and be perverse and give their suitors harsh denials at first; to stand off, and affect a coyness or indifference where they most love, that their lovers may not think them too lightly or too easily won; for the difficulty of attainment increases the value of the object. But there was no room in her case for denials, or puttings off, or any of the customary arts of delay and protracted courtship. Romeo had heard from her own tongue, when she did not dream that he was near her, a confession of her love. So with an honest frankness which the novelty of her situation excused, she confirmed the truth of what he had before heard, and, addressing him by the name of Fair Montague (love can sweeten a sour name), she begged him not to impute her easy yielding to levity or an unworthy mind, but that he must lay the fault of it (if it were a fault) upon the accident of the night which had so strangely discovered her thoughts. And she added, that though her behavior to him might not be sufficiently prudent, measured by the custom of her sex, yet that she would prove more true than many whose prudence was dissembling, and their modesty artificial cunning. Romeo was beginning to call the heavens to witness that nothing was farther from his thoughts than to impute a shadow of dishonor to such an honored lady, when she stopped him, begging him not to swear; for although she joyed in him, yet she had no joy of that night's contract--it was too rash, too unadvised, too sudden. But he being urgent with her to exchange a vow of love with him that night, she said that she already had given him hers before he requested it, meaning, when he overheard her confession; but she would retract what she then bestowed, for the pleasure of giving it again, for her bounty was as infinite as the sea, and her love as deep. From this loving conference she was called away by her nurse, who slept with her and thought it time for her to be in bed, for it was near to daybreak; but, hastily returning, she said three or four words more to Romeo the purport of which was, that if his love was indeed honorable, and his purpose marriage, she would send a messenger to him to-morrow to appoint a time for their marriage, when she would lay all her fortunes at his feet and follow him as her lord through the world. While they were settling this point Juliet was repeatedly called for by her nurse, and went in and returned, and went and returned again, for she seemed as jealous of Romeo going from her as a young girl of her bird, which she will let hop a little from her hand and pluck it back with a silken thread; and Romeo was as loath to part as she, for the sweetest music to lovers is the sound of each other's tongues at night. But at last they parted, wishing mutually sweet sleep and rest for that night. The day was breaking when they parted, and Romeo, who was too full of thoughts of his mistress and that blessed meeting to allow him to sleep, instead of going home, bent his course to a monastery hard by, to find Friar Lawrence. The good friar was already up at his devotions, but, seeing young Romeo abroad so early, he conjectured rightly that he had not been abed that night, but that some distemper of youthful affection had kept him waking. He was right in imputing the cause of Romeo's wakefulness to love, but he made a wrong guess at the object, for he thought that his love for Rosaline had kept him waking. But when Romeo revealed his new passion for Juliet, and requested the assistance of the friar to marry them that day, the holy man lifted up his eyes and hands in a sort of wonder at the sudden change in Romeo's affections, for he had been privy to all Romeo's love for Rosaline and his many complaints of her disdain; and he said that young men's love lay not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. But Romeo replying that he himself had often chidden him for doting on Rosaline, who could not love him again, whereas Juliet both loved and was beloved by him, the friar assented in some measure to his reasons; and thinking that a matrimonial alliance between young Juliet and Romeo might happily be the means of making up the long breach between the Capulets and the Montagues, which no one more lamented than this good friar who was a friend to both the families and had often interposed his mediation to make up the quarrel without effect; partly moved by policy, and partly by his fondness for young Romeo, to whom he could deny nothing, the old man consented to join their hands in marriage. Now was Romeo blessed indeed, and Juliet, who knew his intent from a messenger which she had dispatched according to promise, did not fail to be early at the cell of Friar Lawrence, where their hands were joined in holy marriage, the good friar praying the heavens to smile upon that act, and in the union of this young Montague and young Capulet, to bury the old strife and long dissensions of their families. The ceremony being over, Juliet hastened home, where she stayed, impatient for the coming of night, at which time Romeo promised to come and meet her in the orchard, where they had met the night before; and the time between seemed as tedious to her as the night before some great festival seems to an impatient child that has got new finery which it may not put on till the morning. That same day, about noon, Romeo's friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, walking through the streets of Verona, were met by a party of the Capulets with the impetuous Tybalt at their head. This was the same angry Tybalt who would have fought with Romeo at old Lord Capulet's feast. He, seeing Mercutio, accused him bluntly of associating with Romeo, a Montague. Mercutio, who had as much fire and youthful blood in him as Tybalt, replied to this accusation with some sharpness; and in spite of all Benvolio could say to moderate their wrath a quarrel was beginning when, Romeo himself passing that way, the fierce Tybalt turned from Mercutio to Romeo, and gave him the disgraceful appellation of villain. Romeo wished to avoid a quarrel with Tybalt above all men, because he was the kinsman of Juliet and much beloved by her; besides, this young Montague had never thoroughly entered into the family quarrel, being by nature wise and gentle, and the name of a Capulet, which was his dear lady's name, was now rather a charm to allay resentment than a watchword to excite fury. So he tried to reason with Tybalt, whom he saluted mildly by the name of Good Capulet, as if he, though a Montague, had some secret pleasure in uttering that name; but Tybalt, who hated all Montagues as he hated hell, would hear no reason, but drew his weapon; and Mercutio, who knew not of Romeo's secret motive for desiring peace with Tybalt, but looked upon his present forbearance as a sort of calm dishonorable submission, with many disdainful words provoked Tybalt to the prosecution of his first quarrel with him; and Tybalt and Mercutio fought, till Mercutio fell, receiving his death's wound while Romeo and Benvolio were vainly endeavoring to part the combatants. Mercutio being dead, Romeo kept his temper no longer, but returned the scornful appellation of villain which Tybalt had given him, and they fought till Tybalt was slain by Romeo. This deadly broil falling out in the midst of Verona at noonday, the news of it quickly brought a crowd of citizens to the spot and among them the Lords Capulet and Montague, with their wives; and soon after arrived the prince himself, who, being related to Mercutio, whom Tybalt had slain, and having had the peace of his government often disturbed by these brawls of Montagues and Capulets, came determined to put the law in strictest force against those who should be found to be offenders. Benvolio, who had been eye-witness to the fray, was commanded by the prince to relate the origin of it; which he did, keeping as near the truth as he could without injury to Romeo, softening and excusing the part which his friends took in it. Lady Capulet, whose extreme grief for the loss of her kinsman Tybalt made her keep no bounds in her revenge, exhorted the prince to do strict justice upon his murderer, and to,pay no attention to Benvolio's representation, who, being Romeo's friend and a Montague, spoke partially. Thus she pleaded against her new son-in-law, but she knew not yet that he was her son-in-law and Juliet's husband. On the other hand was to be seen Lady Montague pleading for her child's life, and arguing with some justice that Romeo had done nothing worthy of punishment in taking the life of Tybalt, which was already forfeited to the law by his having slain Mercutio. The prince, unmoved by the passionate exclamations of these women, on a careful examination of the facts pronounced his sentence, and by that sentence Romeo was banished from Verona.

今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 これまでのドラマとは少し趣を変え、名作のお話を取り上げました。お届けする作品はウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）です。 イタリアのヴェローナで互いに対立し、絶えず抗争を繰り返してきたモンタギュー家とキャピュレット家。それぞれの家に生まれたロミオとジュリエットの悲恋の物語はあまりに有名で、何度も映画化され、世界中で親しまれています。 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。シェイクスピアによるセリフを生かしながら、美しい英語で書かれています。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （16:22　9.5MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 1 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare’s story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet’s father Rosaline = Romeo’s first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo’s friend Mercutio = Romeo’s friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Lady Capulet = Juliet’s mother Lady Montague = Romeo’s mother Count Paris = Juliet’s new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says “old”, it means “rarely used in modern English.”) enmity = hatred remote = far away kindred = relatives a retainer = a servant or slave (old) in so much that = so that a servant = a worker or helper in the house to encounter = to meet fierce = 獰猛な bloodshed = fighting which results in people getting hurt or killed to ensue = to happen later a brawl = a fight fair ladies = beautiful and rich women noble = rich comers = guests a feast = a big dinner or party beloved of = loved by (old) a Lord = 貴族、封建君主 an assembly = a large group of people in the disguise of = の姿に変装して would make him think his swan a crow = he would change his mind, thinking that his beautiful woman was actually ugly to have small faith = to not believe much to lose (one’s) sleep = to not be able to sleep because thinking or worried about something to flee = to run away from (Note: past tense is “fled”) to disdain = to hate to requite (one’s) love = to love someone who loves you affection = love to cure = to make a sick person healthy company = guests to bid (someone) welcome = to welcome (someone) (old) unplagued = not have a disease (old) (Note: a plague = 疫病) a corn = 胼胝（たこ） to fall to (v)ing = to begin doing to be struck with = to be shocked by (Note: “struck” is the past tense of “to strike”) a torch = たいまつ to teach the torches to burn bright = to be brighter than the others (poetic) a blackamoor =　黒人 (old) a dove = ハト to troop with = to walk or be with a companion = a friend to utter = to say to overhear = （偶然）聞いてします、ふと耳にする a nephew = a brother’s or sister’s son fiery = enjoying fighting, gets angry easily temper = personality, mood to endure = to put up with, to stand, 我慢する to fleer = あざ笑う (old) to scorn = to look at in disgust, 軽蔑する、嘲笑する solemnities = 厳粛なふるまい (old) (Note: to be solemn = to be serious and sincere) to rage = to yell and be angry would not suffer him to = would not let him (old) had borne himself like = had behaved like (old) to brag of = to speak proudly about virtuous = having good morals, 徳の高い well-governed = behaving well against (one’s) will = not wanting to, 意志に反して to restrain = to control、抑制する、断念させる to swear = to promise (Note: past tense is “swore”) vile = terrible, disgusting to dearly pay for = to pay a lot for an intrusion = 侵入、ずかずか入り込むこと under favor of = taking advantage of, using (old) liberty = 気ままな行動 (Note: usually “to take liberties”) to presume to = to dare to a shrine = a holy place, 神殿 to profane = 冒涜する (Note: usually an adjective, such as “profane actions”) to blush = to become red in the face because of embarrassment or shyness a pilgrim = 巡礼者 for atonement = to make up for or compensate for bad actions, 償いのために devotion = dedication, 忠誠、献身 by far = 非常に mannerly = behaving politely courtly = noble, gracious, elegant, 宮廷の a saint = 聖人 Saints have hands which pilgrims may touch but not kiss = (poetic) Even pilgrims should not kiss the hands of a saint. Have not saints lips, and pilgrims, too? = (poetic) Both pilgrims and saints have lips (which are usually used for kissing) Aye = Yes (old) grant it = give me my desire lest I despair = (poetic) If you do not, I will be sad allusions = dreams, images loving conceits = light and joking talk about love (old) to be engaged = to be busy to inquire = to ask peerless = matchless, superb, 比類のない an heir = 相続人 a foe = an enemy to dissuade (someone) from doing (something) = to persuade or to stop As little rest had Juliet when = (poetic) In the same way, soon Juliet was shocked when… for = because smit with = shocked by (old) hasty = quick, sudden inconsiderate = not well thought about passion = love, 情熱 to conceive = to make (especially ideas) (Note: Here, Romeo conceived the passion.) prodigious = great (in amount) to induce = 誘導する、引き起こす to leap = to jump an orchard = a group of fruit trees to not be long = to not spend a lot of time to ruminate on = to think deeply about exceeding = great (old) the sun breaks = the sun rises shone = shined faint = not strong (especially a sound or a vision) pale = weak grief = sadness luster = shining to fetch = to go and get, then bring back (Note: Here, it poetically means “to say”) enraptured = うっとりさせられる to bear = 耐える (Note: Usually “cannot bear to…”) mortals = ordinary people to gaze upon = to look amazed at unconscious of = unaware of wherefore art thou = where are you (old) to deny = to say “no” to (especially, a request) thy = your (old) for my sake = for me wilt = will (old) but = only ********** Text ********** Part 1 The two chief families in Verona were the rich Capulets and the Montagues. There had been an old quarrel between these families, which was grown to such a height, and so deadly was the enmity between them, that it extended to the remotest kindred, to the followers and retainers of both sides, in so much that a servant of the house of Montague could not meet a servant of the house of Capulet, nor a Capulet encounter with a Montague by chance, but fierce words and sometimes bloodshed ensued; and frequent were the brawls from such accidental meetings, which disturbed the happy quiet of Verona's streets. Old Lord Capulet made a great supper, to which many fair ladies and many noble guests were invited. All the admired beauties of Verona were present, and all comers were made welcome if they were not of the house of Montague. At this feast of Capulets, Rosaline, beloved of Romeo, son to the old Lord Montague, was present; and though it was dangerous for a Montague to be seen in this assembly, yet Benvolio, a friend of Romeo, persuaded the young lord to go to this assembly in the disguise of a mask, that he might see his Rosaline, and, seeing her, compare her with some choice beauties of Verona, who (he said) would make him think his swan a crow. Romeo had small faith in Benvolio's words; nevertheless, for the love of Rosaline, he was persuaded to go. For Romeo was a sincere and passionate lover, and one that lost his sleep for love and fled society to be alone, thinking on Rosaline, who disdained him and never requited his love with the least show of courtesy or affection; and Benvolio wished to cure his friend of this love by showing him the diversity of ladies and company. To this feast of Capulets, then, young Romeo, with Benvolio and their friend Mercutio, went masked. Old Capulet bid them welcome and told them that ladies who had their toes unplagued with corns would dance with them. And the old man was light-hearted and merry, and said that he had worn a mask when he was young and could have told a whispering tale in a fair lady's ear. And they fell to dancing, and Romeo was suddenly struck with the exceeding beauty of a lady who danced there, who seemed to him to teach the torches to burn bright, and her beauty to show by night like a rich jewel worn by a blackamoor; beauty too rich for use, too dear for earth! like a snowy dove trooping with crows (he said), so richly did her beauty and perfections shine above the ladies her companions. While he uttered these praises he was overheard by Tybalt, a nephew of Lord Capulet, who knew him by his voice to be Romeo. And this Tybalt, being of a fiery and passionate temper, could not endure that a Montague should come under cover of a mask, to fleer and scorn (as he said) at their solemnities. And he stormed and raged exceedingly, and would have struck young Romeo dead. But his uncle, the old Lord Capulet, would not suffer him to do any injury at that time, both out of respect to his guests and because Romeo had borne himself like a gentleman and all tongues in Verona bragged of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth. Tybalt, forced to be patient against his will, restrained himself, but swore that this vile Montague should at another time dearly pay for his intrusion. The dancing being done, Romeo watched the place where the lady stood; and under favor of his masking habit, which might seem to excuse in part the liberty, he presumed in the gentlest manner to take her by the hand, calling it a shrine, which if he profaned by touching it, he was a blushing pilgrim and would kiss it for atonement. "Good pilgrim," answered the lady, "your devotion shows by far too mannerly and too courtly. Saints have hands which pilgrims may touch but kiss not." "Have not saints lips, and pilgrims, too?" said Romeo. "Aye," said the lady, "lips which they must use in prayer." "Oh, then, my dear saint," said Romeo, "hear my prayer, and grant it, lest I despair." In such like allusions and loving conceits they were engaged when the lady was called away to her mother. And Romeo, inquiring who her mother was, discovered that the lady whose peerless beauty he was so much struck with was young Juliet, daughter and heir to the Lord Capulet, the great enemy of the Montagues; and that he had unknowingly engaged his heart to his foe. This troubled him, but it could not dissuade him from loving. As little rest had Juliet when she found that the gentle man that she had been talking with was Romeo and a Montague, for she had been suddenly smit with the same hasty and inconsiderate passion for Romeo which he had conceived for her; and a prodigious birth of love it seemed to her, that she must love her enemy and that her affections should settle there, where family considerations should induce her chiefly to hate. It being midnight, Romeo with his companions departed; but they soon missed him, for, unable to stay away from the house where he had left his heart, he leaped the wall of an orchard which was at the back of Juliet's house. Here he had not been long, ruminating on his new love, when Juliet appeared above at a window, through which her exceeding beauty seemed to break like the light of the sun in the east; and the moon, which shone in the orchard with a faint light, appeared to Romeo as if sick and pale with grief at the superior luster of this new sun. And she leaning her cheek upon her hand, he passionately wished himself a glove upon that hand, that he might touch her cheek. She all this while thinking herself alone, fetched a deep sigh, and exclaimed: "Ah me!" Romeo, enraptured to bear her speak, said, softly and unheard by her, "Oh, speak again, bright angel, for such you appear, being over my head, like a winged messenger from heaven whom mortals fall back to gaze upon." She, unconscious of being overheard, and full of the new passion which that night's adventure had given birth to, called upon her lover by name (whom she supposed absent). "O Romeo, Romeo!" said she, "wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, for my sake; or if thou wilt not, be but my sworn love, and I no longer will be a Capulet."

今回より４回にわたり、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けします。 これまでのドラマとは少し趣を変え、名作のお話を取り上げました。お届けする作品はウィリアム・シェイクスピア（William Shakespeare, 1564-1616）作の『ロミオとジュリエット』（Romeo and Juliet）です。 イタリアのヴェローナで互いに対立し、絶えず抗争を繰り返してきたモンタギュー家とキャピュレット家。それぞれの家に生まれたロミオとジュリエットの悲恋の物語はあまりに有名で、何度も映画化され、世界中で親しまれています。 400年前に書かれたシェイクスピアの脚本は現代の英語とはかなり異なるので、今回は19世紀にラム姉弟（Charles & Mary Lamb）によってやさしく書き直された『シェイクスピア物語』のバージョンでお楽しみいただきます。シェイクスピアによるセリフを生かしながら、美しい英語で書かれています。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひチャレンジしてみてください。 今回お借りした素材 画像（Ford Madox Brown作"Romeo and Juliet"）：Wikipedia BGM1（チャイコフスキー「ロメオとジュリエット」）：パブリックドメイン・クラシック BGM2（プロコフィエフ「ロメオとジュリエット」より「モンタギュー家とキャピュレット家」）：アキラの音楽空間 Download MP3 （16:22　9.5MB　中級〜上級）Romeo and Juliet: Part 1 Written by Charles and Mary Lamb Based on William Shakespeare’s story Characters: Romeo Montague Juliet Capulet Lord Capulet = Juliet’s father Rosaline = Romeo’s first girlfriend Benvolio = Romeo’s friend Mercutio = Romeo’s friend Tybalt = a Capulet who hates Romeo and the Montagues Lady Capulet = Juliet’s mother Lady Montague = Romeo’s mother Count Paris = Juliet’s new fiance Key Words (Note: If it says “old”, it means “rarely used in modern English.”) enmity = hatred remote = far away kindred = relatives a retainer = a servant or slave (old) in so much that = so that a servant = a worker or helper in the house to encounter = to meet fierce = 獰猛な bloodshed = fighting which results in people getting hurt or killed to ensue = to happen later a brawl = a fight fair ladies = beautiful and rich women noble = rich comers = guests a feast = a big dinner or party beloved of = loved by (old) a Lord = 貴族、封建君主 an assembly = a large group of people in the disguise of = の姿に変装して would make him think his swan a crow = he would change his mind, thinking that his beautiful woman was actually ugly to have small faith = to not believe much to lose (one’s) sleep = to not be able to sleep because thinking or worried about something to flee = to run away from (Note: past tense is “fled”) to disdain = to hate to requite (one’s) love = to love someone who loves you affection = love to cure = to make a sick person healthy company = guests to bid (someone) welcome = to welcome (someone) (old) unplagued = not have a disease (old) (Note: a plague = 疫病) a corn = 胼胝（たこ） to fall to (v)ing = to begin doing to be struck with = to be shocked by (Note: “struck” is the past tense of “to strike”) a torch = たいまつ to teach the torches to burn bright = to be brighter than the others (poetic) a blackamoor =　黒人 (old) a dove = ハト to troop with = to walk or be with a companion = a friend to utter = to say to overhear = （偶然）聞いてします、ふと耳にする a nephew = a brother’s or sister’s son fiery = enjoying fighting, gets angry easily temper = personality, mood to endure = to put up with, to stand, 我慢する to fleer = あざ笑う (old) to scorn = to look at in disgust, 軽蔑する、嘲笑する solemnities = 厳粛なふるまい (old) (Note: to be solemn = to be serious and sincere) to rage = to yell and be angry would not suffer him to = would not let him (old) had borne himself like = had behaved like (old) to brag of = to speak proudly about virtuous = having good morals, 徳の高い well-governed = behaving well against (one’s) will = not wanting to, 意志に反して to restrain = to control、抑制する、断念させる to swear = to promise (Note: past tense is “swore”) vile = terrible, disgusting to dearly pay for = to pay a lot for an intrusion = 侵入、ずかずか入り込むこと under favor of = taking advantage of, using (old) liberty = 気ままな行動 (Note: usually “to take liberties”) to presume to = to dare to a shrine = a holy place, 神殿 to profane = 冒涜する (Note: usually an adjective, such as “profane actions”) to blush = to become red in the face because of embarrassment or shyness a pilgrim = 巡礼者 for atonement = to make up for or compensate for bad actions, 償いのために devotion = dedication, 忠誠、献身 by far = 非常に mannerly = behaving politely courtly = noble, gracious, elegant, 宮廷の a saint = 聖人 Saints have hands which pilgrims may touch but not kiss = (poetic) Even pilgrims should not kiss the hands of a saint. Have not saints lips, and pilgrims, too? = (poetic) Both pilgrims and saints have lips (which are usually used for kissing) Aye = Yes (old) grant it = give me my desire lest I despair = (poetic) If you do not, I will be sad allusions = dreams, images loving conceits = light and joking talk about love (old) to be engaged = to be busy to inquire = to ask peerless = matchless, superb, 比類のない an heir = 相続人 a foe = an enemy to dissuade (someone) from doing (something) = to persuade or to stop As little rest had Juliet when = (poetic) In the same way, soon Juliet was shocked when… for = because smit with = shocked by (old) hasty = quick, sudden inconsiderate = not well thought about passion = love, 情熱 to conceive = to make (especially ideas) (Note: Here, Romeo conceived the passion.) prodigious = great (in amount) to induce = 誘導する、引き起こす to leap = to jump an orchard = a group of fruit trees to not be long = to not spend a lot of time to ruminate on = to think deeply about exceeding = great (old) the sun breaks = the sun rises shone = shined faint = not strong (especially a sound or a vision) pale = weak grief = sadness luster = shining to fetch = to go and get, then bring back (Note: Here, it poetically means “to say”) enraptured = うっとりさせられる to bear = 耐える (Note: Usually “cannot bear to…”) mortals = ordinary people to gaze upon = to look amazed at unconscious of = unaware of wherefore art thou = where are you (old) to deny = to say “no” to (especially, a request) thy = your (old) for my sake = for me wilt = will (old) but = only ********** Text ********** Part 1 The two chief families in Verona were the rich Capulets and the Montagues. There had been an old quarrel between these families, which was grown to such a height, and so deadly was the enmity between them, that it extended to the remotest kindred, to the followers and retainers of both sides, in so much that a servant of the house of Montague could not meet a servant of the house of Capulet, nor a Capulet encounter with a Montague by chance, but fierce words and sometimes bloodshed ensued; and frequent were the brawls from such accidental meetings, which disturbed the happy quiet of Verona's streets. Old Lord Capulet made a great supper, to which many fair ladies and many noble guests were invited. All the admired beauties of Verona were present, and all comers were made welcome if they were not of the house of Montague. At this feast of Capulets, Rosaline, beloved of Romeo, son to the old Lord Montague, was present; and though it was dangerous for a Montague to be seen in this assembly, yet Benvolio, a friend of Romeo, persuaded the young lord to go to this assembly in the disguise of a mask, that he might see his Rosaline, and, seeing her, compare her with some choice beauties of Verona, who (he said) would make him think his swan a crow. Romeo had small faith in Benvolio's words; nevertheless, for the love of Rosaline, he was persuaded to go. For Romeo was a sincere and passionate lover, and one that lost his sleep for love and fled society to be alone, thinking on Rosaline, who disdained him and never requited his love with the least show of courtesy or affection; and Benvolio wished to cure his friend of this love by showing him the diversity of ladies and company. To this feast of Capulets, then, young Romeo, with Benvolio and their friend Mercutio, went masked. Old Capulet bid them welcome and told them that ladies who had their toes unplagued with corns would dance with them. And the old man was light-hearted and merry, and said that he had worn a mask when he was young and could have told a whispering tale in a fair lady's ear. And they fell to dancing, and Romeo was suddenly struck with the exceeding beauty of a lady who danced there, who seemed to him to teach the torches to burn bright, and her beauty to show by night like a rich jewel worn by a blackamoor; beauty too rich for use, too dear for earth! like a snowy dove trooping with crows (he said), so richly did her beauty and perfections shine above the ladies her companions. While he uttered these praises he was overheard by Tybalt, a nephew of Lord Capulet, who knew him by his voice to be Romeo. And this Tybalt, being of a fiery and passionate temper, could not endure that a Montague should come under cover of a mask, to fleer and scorn (as he said) at their solemnities. And he stormed and raged exceedingly, and would have struck young Romeo dead. But his uncle, the old Lord Capulet, would not suffer him to do any injury at that time, both out of respect to his guests and because Romeo had borne himself like a gentleman and all tongues in Verona bragged of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth. Tybalt, forced to be patient against his will, restrained himself, but swore that this vile Montague should at another time dearly pay for his intrusion. The dancing being done, Romeo watched the place where the lady stood; and under favor of his masking habit, which might seem to excuse in part the liberty, he presumed in the gentlest manner to take her by the hand, calling it a shrine, which if he profaned by touching it, he was a blushing pilgrim and would kiss it for atonement. "Good pilgrim," answered the lady, "your devotion shows by far too mannerly and too courtly. Saints have hands which pilgrims may touch but kiss not." "Have not saints lips, and pilgrims, too?" said Romeo. "Aye," said the lady, "lips which they must use in prayer." "Oh, then, my dear saint," said Romeo, "hear my prayer, and grant it, lest I despair." In such like allusions and loving conceits they were engaged when the lady was called away to her mother. And Romeo, inquiring who her mother was, discovered that the lady whose peerless beauty he was so much struck with was young Juliet, daughter and heir to the Lord Capulet, the great enemy of the Montagues; and that he had unknowingly engaged his heart to his foe. This troubled him, but it could not dissuade him from loving. As little rest had Juliet when she found that the gentle man that she had been talking with was Romeo and a Montague, for she had been suddenly smit with the same hasty and inconsiderate passion for Romeo which he had conceived for her; and a prodigious birth of love it seemed to her, that she must love her enemy and that her affections should settle there, where family considerations should induce her chiefly to hate. It being midnight, Romeo with his companions departed; but they soon missed him, for, unable to stay away from the house where he had left his heart, he leaped the wall of an orchard which was at the back of Juliet's house. Here he had not been long, ruminating on his new love, when Juliet appeared above at a window, through which her exceeding beauty seemed to break like the light of the sun in the east; and the moon, which shone in the orchard with a faint light, appeared to Romeo as if sick and pale with grief at the superior luster of this new sun. And she leaning her cheek upon her hand, he passionately wished himself a glove upon that hand, that he might touch her cheek. She all this while thinking herself alone, fetched a deep sigh, and exclaimed: "Ah me!" Romeo, enraptured to bear her speak, said, softly and unheard by her, "Oh, speak again, bright angel, for such you appear, being over my head, like a winged messenger from heaven whom mortals fall back to gaze upon." She, unconscious of being overheard, and full of the new passion which that night's adventure had given birth to, called upon her lover by name (whom she supposed absent). "O Romeo, Romeo!" said she, "wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, for my sake; or if thou wilt not, be but my sworn love, and I no longer will be a Capulet."