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イメージ 1POMPEII...Buried Alive!(step into reading 4)を読みました。中学3年生には、読める内容です。
 
みなさんご存知の、火山の噴火により地中に埋もれたポンペイの物語。
The people in Pompeii liked living by the mountain.
It was a good place to grow grapes.
 
But the mountain was really a dangerous volcano.
It was like a sleeping gaiant.
 
 
日常生活のポンペイに突然の出来事が...
Suddenly the ground began to tremble.
All of the houses in Pompeii began to shake. The giant was waking up!
火山の爆発の灰とガス
A great river of hot ashes and gases raced down the side of the mountain.
The river flowed right over the walls of the town.
No one in Pompeii was saved.
時が過ぎていきます
Hundreds of years later the ashes on top changed into soil. 
Grass began to grow. People built houses right above the buried town.
They built a new town on top of Pompeii.
They did not even know that the old town was there!
そして、発掘がはじまります
Then one of the diggers found a stone.
It had a name carved on it. The name was Pompeii.
発見があります
The scientists found beautiful gold bracelets.
They found unbroken eggs.
They found pictures made of colored stones. These pictures are called mosaics.
And they found the people who had died.
今、多くの観光客が訪れます
Today the old town of Pompeii is like a great big museum without a roof.
Pompeii is in Italy. People come from many lands to visit.
They want to see the shops and houses of long ago.
平和な日々
It is a peaceful day in Pompeii. The giant is sleeping.
When will the giant wake up again?
Nobody knows.
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イメージ 1MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS を、少し時間がかかりましたが、読み終えました。
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
みなさんご存知の、オリエント急行殺人事件 です。
知らない単語にも出会いますが、興味を持った単語以外は、立ちどまることなく、通り過ぎました。
ペーパーブックを、読み重ねるうえで、英語単語を英語として受け取ることができるようになるでしょう。
ようやくある地点まで、到達したように感じます。
これから、乱読します。洋書の先買いをしていますので、ストックはたくさんあります。

MOONWALK

イメージ 1 
「MOONWALK」を読みました。
step into reading 5 ですので、読み易く、初心者向き。
でも、英文を読むのは、楽しいですよ。
中学生向きです。
 
 
 
 
 
 
アポロ11号の、月面着陸のお話。
July 16, 1969.  Cape Kennedy, Florida.
A huge white rocket towers against the blue sky.
 
月へ行くのは、人類の夢???  アメリカ対ソビエトの宇宙戦争???
Then, in 1961, something happenend. President Joho F.Ken made a speech.
He told the world that America would send a man to the moon before the 1960s ended.
Going to the moon was no longer a dream.  It was a goal. 
Why did President Kennedy set this deadline?
The reason had to do with another country-the Soviet Union.
 
厳しい訓練が続きます。大統領の死を乗り越えて、計画は進行します。
月に向かった3人のAstronouts が、月面着陸に挑みます。
The spacecraft is going to divide into two parts.
Aldrin and Armstrong will head for the moon in one part-a landing craft called the Eagle.
Mike Collins will stay behind in the other part-the command module.
The command module is named Columbia for Christopher Columbus.
 
そして、月面の人類が立ちます。
Soon comes the most exciting moment of all.  Armstrong opens the hatch and steps down.
His first words are, “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
He is standing on the moon.
 
無事、地球へ帰還。
In the years to come, human being will travel father and father into space.
They will make wonderful discoveries.
But we may find that the most perfect world in the universe is the one we know best.
The planet Earth.
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月面着陸は、偽りだという説もあります。
う・・・・、偽りかもしれない??? 読後感想。
 
 

Tut's Mummy

イメージ 1「Tut' Mummy」を読みました。
step into reading 4 ですので、挿画も多く、読みやすいです。
アメリカの小学生は、こんなのを読んでるのかも。
楽しく読めますので、中学生におすすめ。
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
本の内容は、みなさんご存知の、tut's mummy 発掘のお話。
若き王の死後、盗掘されないように配慮し、埋葬されます。
At last the fest is over.  The entrance to the tomb is filled up with stones.
Now the tomb is hidden.  Perhaps this will keep robbers away.
 
時が過ぎて、ブームが来ます。
Then , in the 1800s, something happens.  People become interested in ancient times.
Travelers pour into Egypt.  They visit the temples and pyramids.
They all try to bring something back-  pottery, beads, statues, even mummies !
 
そして黄金に輝く墳墓を発見
Soon Howard is standing inside the tomb.  He is almost afraid.
The air smells sweet from ancient funeral flowers.  Time seems to melt away.
He feels sa if the king were buried only moments ago.
 
本の終わりには次のように書かれています。
Most people feel that no one will ever find another wonderful royal tomb in Egypt.
Some do not agree.  They are in the Valley of the  kings today, searching.
And at least one royal tomb has never  been found.  The tomb of King Tut's father.
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A CATWINGS TAIL 3

イメージ 1今回は、CATWINGS の、第3作目。
「Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings」
新たに、 Alexander が登場。
wingcat ではありません。
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
今回のヒーロー Alexande は、家族と暮らしています。
THE FURBY FAMILY lived in great luxury.
         //////
Alexander was the oldest kitten, the bigest, the strongest, and the loudest.
   ///////
So one winter day when all the other Furbies were sleeping in a warm pile on a feather bed,
Alexander went out the cat door all by himself and set off to explore the world.
外の世界へ、・・・牛と出会います
on the other side was a field, and in the field lived some very large black-and-white stranges,
who said “Moo !” to him.
“That's a silly thing to say,” said Alexander. “You should say Mew, not  moo !”
(この箇所は、笑うところなのでしょうね)
 
外の世界、車に引かれそうになったり、犬においかけられ木の上に逃げます
子猫にとっては、恐怖のフクロウもやってきます。
Alexander saw her beak and her terrible talons.  He knew it was no use trying to scratch her nose.
But he puffed himself up as big as he could and hissed at her. “Go away !” he said fiercely.
“Scram !”
The Owl gave a low chuckle and flew off.
 
高いところまで登りすぎたのでしょうか、降りることができず、木の上で朝を待ちます。
As Light came into the sky, the birds began to talk softly each other. They flew about in the trees,
but kept well away from Alexander.  Desolate and half-frozen, Alexander watched them and
 thought, “If only I couid fly !”
  //////
He could not make himself climb down. he was afraid.
 
Jane との出会いの時が来ます。
何かが飛んできます、フクロウのことがあったので、怖くなり、目を閉じてしまいます。
The branch jiggled a little. Alexander opend one eye.
On the very end of the branch sat a strange, black bird.
A strange, black bird with whiskers, and four paws, and a long tail. A bird that purred.
“Are you a catbird ?” Alexander whispered.
The strange bird looked at him and smiled.
“Who are you ?” Alexander asked.  “Me !” said the strange bird.
“My name is Alexander Furby,” Alexander said.
 
そんな出会いの後、いろいろのことがありました。
 
そして、Jane も言葉を話せるようになり、Alexander も、Catwings と仲良く暮らし始めます。
Alexander は、元の飼い主とも出会ったりします。
 
さて、本巻最後の場面。
“We've got to pay another visit to Mother,” said James.
“It will make her so happy when you talk to her, Jane.”
“Alexander,” said Roger very solemnly, “you are wonderful.”
“Yes !” said Jane. “He's wonderful ! ”
“I know ,” said Alexander.
 
続きは、どうなるのでしょうかね????
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