Stanford Report part2/8
長文のため一回のレッスンでは長くなりすぎるためいくつかのパートに分割し、約50問ずつにしました。
そのpart2です。 first story 2/3
英文の単語を覚える＆タイピング練習にご利用ください。
問題文
(ａｎｄ ｈｅｒｅ ｉ ｗａｓ ｓｐｅｎｄｉｎｇ ａｌｌ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｍｙ)
And here I was spending all of the m
(ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ ｈａｄ ｓａｖｅｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｅｎｔｉｒｅ ｌｉｆｅ．)
parents had saved their entire life.
(ｓｏ ｉ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｄｒｏｐ ｏｕｔ ａｎｄ ｔｒｕｓｔ ｔｈａｔ ｉｔ ｗｏｕｌｄ)
So I decided to drop out and trust t
(ａｌｌ ｗｏｒｋ ｏｕｔ ｏｋ． ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｐｒｅｔｔｙ ｓｃａｒｙ ａｔ ｔｈｅ)
all work out OK. It was pretty scary
(ｔｉｍｅ， ｂｕｔ ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ)
time, but looking back it was one of
(ｄｅｃｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｉ ｅｖｅｒ ｍａｄｅ．)
decisions I ever made.
(ｔｈｅ ｍｉｎｕｔｅ ｉ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｓｔｏｐ ｔａｋｉｎｇ)
The minute I dropped out I could sto
(ｔｈｅ ｒｅｑｕｉｒｅｄ ｃｌａｓｓｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ ｍｅ，)
the required classes that didn't int
(ａｎｄ ｂｅｇｉｎ ｄｒｏｐｐｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｌｏｏｋｅｄ)
and begin dropping in on the ones th
(ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔｉｎｇ．)
interesting.
(ｉｔ ｗａｓｎ’ｔ ａｌｌ ｒｏｍａｎｔｉｃ．)
It wasn't all romantic.
(ｉ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｄｏｒｍ ｒｏｏｍ， ｓｏ ｉ ｓｌｅｐｔ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ)
I didn't have a dorm room, so I slep
(ｆｌｏｏｒ ｉｎ ｆｒｉｅｎｄｓ’ ｒｏｏｍｓ， ｉ ｒｅｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｃｏｋｅ ｂｏｔｔｌｅｓ)
floor in friends' rooms, I returned
(ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ５ｃ ｄｅｐｏｓｉｔｓ ｔｏ ｂｕｙ ｆｏｏｄ ｗｉｔｈ， ａｎｄ)
for the 5￠ deposits to buy food with
(ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｗａｌｋ ｔｈｅ ７ ｍｉｌｅｓ ａｃｒｏｓｓ ｔｏｗｎ ｅｖｅｒｙ)
I would walk the 7 miles across town
(ｓｕｎｄａｙ ｎｉｇｈｔ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ ｏｎｅ ｇｏｏｄ ｍｅａｌ ａ ｗｅｅｋ ａｔ)
Sunday night to get one good meal a
(ｔｈｅ ｈａｒｅ ｋｒｉｓｈｎａ ｔｅｍｐｌｅ．)
the Hare Krishna temple.
(ｉ ｌｏｖｅｄ ｉｔ．)
I loved it.
(ａｎｄ ｍｕｃｈ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔ ｉ ｓｔｕｍｂｌｅｄ ｉｎｔｏ ｂｙ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ)
And much of what I stumbled into by
(ｍｙ ｃｕｒｉｏｓｉｔｙ ａｎｄ ｉｎｔｕｉｔｉｏｎ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｔｏ ｂｅ)
my curiosity and intuition turned ou
(ｐｒｉｃｅｌｅｓｓ ｌａｔｅｒ ｏｎ．)
priceless later on.
(ｌｅｔ ｍｅ ｇｉｖｅ ｙｏｕ ｏｎｅ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ：)
Let me give you one example:
(ｒｅｅｄ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ａｔ ｔｈａｔ ｔｉｍｅ ｏｆｆｅｒｅｄ ｐｅｒｈａｐｓ ｔｈｅ)
Reed College at that time offered pe
(ｂｅｓｔ ｃａｌｌｉｇｒａｐｈｙ ｉｎｓｔｒｕｃｔｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ．)
best calligraphy instruction in the
(ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｃａｍｐｕｓ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｐｏｓｔｅｒ， ｅｖｅｒｙ)
Throughout the campus every poster,
(ｌａｂｅｌ ｏｎ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｄｒａｗｅｒ， ｗａｓ ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌｌｙ ｈａｎｄ)
label on every drawer, was beautiful
(ｃａｌｌｉｇｒａｐｈｅｄ．)
calligraphed.
(ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｉ ｈａｄ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｏｕｔ ａｎｄ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ)
Because I had dropped out and didn't
(ｔａｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｎｏｒｍａｌ ｃｌａｓｓｅｓ， ｉ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｔａｋｅ ａ)
take the normal classes, I decided t
(ｃａｌｌｉｇｒａｐｈｙ ｃｌａｓｓ ｔｏ ｌｅａｒｎ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｔｈｉｓ．)
calligraphy class to learn how to do
(ｉ ｌｅａｒｎｅｄ ａｂｏｕｔ ｓｅｒｉｆ ａｎｄ ｓａｎｓ ｓｅｒｉｆ ｔｙｐｅｆａｃｅｓ，)
I learned about serif and sans serif
(ａｂｏｕｔ ｖａｒｙｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ａｍｏｕｎｔ ｏｆ ｓｐａｃｅ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ)
about varying the amount of space be
(ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｃｏｍｂｉｎａｔｉｏｎｓ， ａｂｏｕｔ ｗｈａｔ)
different letter combinations, about
(ｍａｋｅｓ ｇｒｅａｔ ｔｙｐｏｇｒａｐｈｙ ｇｒｅａｔ．)
makes great typography great.
(ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ， ｈｉｓｔｏｒｉｃａｌ， ａｒｔｉｓｔｉｃａｌｌｙ ｓｕｂｔｌｅ ｉｎ)
It was beautiful, historical, artist
(ａ ｗａｙ ｔｈａｔ ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ｃａｎ’ｔ ｃａｐｔｕｒｅ， ａｎｄ ｉ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｉｔ)
a way that science can't capture, an
(ｆａｓｃｉｎａｔｉｎｇ．)
fascinating.
(ｎｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｈａｄ ｅｖｅｎ ａ ｈｏｐｅ ｏｆ ａｎｙ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃａｌ)
None of this had even a hope of any
(ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ．)
application in my life.
(ｂｕｔ １０ ｙｅａｒｓ ｌａｔｅｒ， ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｄｅｓｉｇｎｉｎｇ)
But 10 years later, when we were de
(ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｍａｃｉｎｔｏｓｈ ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ， ｉｔ ａｌｌ ｃａｍｅ ｂａｃｋ)
the first Macintosh computer, it all
(ｔｏ ｍｅ．)
to me.
(ａｎｄ ｗｅ ｄｅｓｉｇｎｅｄ ｉｔ ａｌｌ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｍａｃ．)
And we designed it all into the Mac.
(ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ ｗｉｔｈ ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ)
It was the first computer with beaut
(ｔｙｐｏｇｒａｐｈｙ．)
typography.
(ｉｆ ｉ ｈａｄ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｉｎ ｏｎ ｔｈａｔ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ)
If I had never dropped in on that si
(ｉｎ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ， ｔｈｅ ｍａｃ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｈａｄ)
in college, the Mac would have never
(ｍｕｌｔｉｐｌｅ ｔｙｐｅｆａｃｅｓ ｏｒ ｐｒｏｐｏｒｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ｓｐａｃｅｄ)
multiple typefaces or proportionally
(ｆｏｎｔｓ．)
fonts.