Stanford Report part1/8
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part1です。first story 1/3
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
(ｊｏｂｓ，ｓｔａｎｆｏｒｄ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ．ｆｉｒｓｔ ｓｔｏｒｙ．)
Jobs,Stanford Report.first story.
(ｉ ａｍ ｈｏｎｏｒｅｄ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｙｏｕ ｔｏｄａｙ ａｔ ｙｏｕｒ)
I am honored to be with you today at
(ｃｏｍｍｅｎｃｅｍｅｎｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｎｅｓｔ)
commencement from one of the finest
(ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｉｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｌｄ．)
universities in the world.
(ｉ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ．)
I never graduated from college.
(ｔｒｕｔｈ ｂｅ ｔｏｌｄ， ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｃｌｏｓｅｓｔ ｉ’ｖｅ ｅｖｅｒ)
Truth be told, this is the closest I
(ｇｏｔｔｅｎ ｔｏ ａ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｉｏｎ．)
gotten to a college graduation.
(ｔｏｄａｙ ｉ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｔｅｌｌ ｙｏｕ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｓｔｏｒｉｅｓ ｆｒｏｍ ｍｙ)
Today I want to tell you three stori
(ｌｉｆｅ．)
life.
(ｔｈａｔ’ｓ ｉｔ．)
That's it.
(ｎｏ ｂｉｇ ｄｅａｌ．)
No big deal.
(ｊｕｓｔ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｓｔｏｒｉｅｓ．)
Just three stories.
(ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｄｏｔｓ．)
The first story is about connecting
(ｉ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｒｅｅｄ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ６)
I dropped out of Reed College after
(ｍｏｎｔｈｓ， ｂｕｔ ｔｈｅｎ ｓｔａｙｅｄ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ａｓ ａ ｄｒｏｐ－ｉｎ)
months, but then stayed around as a
(ｆｏｒ ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ １８ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ ｏｒ ｓｏ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｉ ｒｅａｌｌｙ)
for another 18 months or so before I
(ｑｕｉｔ．)
quit.
(ｓｏ ｗｈｙ ｄｉｄ ｉ ｄｒｏｐ ｏｕｔ？)
So why did I drop out?
(ｉｔ ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｉ ｗａｓ ｂｏｒｎ．)
It started before I was born.
(ｍｙ ｂｉｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌ ｍｏｔｈｅｒ ｗａｓ ａ ｙｏｕｎｇ， ｕｎｗｅｄ)
My biological mother was a young, un
(ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｅ ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ， ａｎｄ ｓｈｅ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｏ)
college graduate student, and she de
(ｐｕｔ ｍｅ ｕｐ ｆｏｒ ａｄｏｐｔｉｏｎ．)
put me up for adoption.
(ｓｈｅ ｆｅｌｔ ｖｅｒｙ ｓｔｒｏｎｇｌｙ ｔｈａｔ ｉ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ａｄｏｐｔｅｄ)
She felt very strongly that I should
(ｂｙ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｅｓ， ｓｏ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｗａｓ ａｌｌ ｓｅｔ)
by college graduates, so everything
(ｆｏｒ ｍｅ ｔｏ ｂｅ ａｄｏｐｔｅｄ ａｔ ｂｉｒｔｈ ｂｙ ａ ｌａｗｙｅｒ ａｎｄ)
for me to be adopted at birth by a l
(ｈｉｓ ｗｉｆｅ．)
his wife.
(ｅｘｃｅｐｔ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈｅｎ ｉ ｐｏｐｐｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｔｈｅｙ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ａｔ)
Except that when I popped out they d
(ｔｈｅ ｌａｓｔ ｍｉｎｕｔｅ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅｙ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｗａｎｔｅｄ ａ ｇｉｒｌ．)
the last minute that they really wan
(ｓｏ ｍｙ ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ， ｗｈｏ ｗｅｒｅ ｏｎ ａ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ ｌｉｓｔ， ｇｏｔ)
So my parents, who were on a waiting
(ａ ｃａｌｌ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｄｌｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｎｉｇｈｔ ａｓｋｉｎｇ： ”ｗｅ)
a call in the middle of the night as
(ｈａｖｅ ａｎ ｕｎｅｘｐｅｃｔｅｄ ｂａｂｙ ｂｏｙ； ｄｏ ｙｏｕ ｗａｎｔ)
have an unexpected baby boy; do you
(ｈｉｍ？” ｔｈｅｙ ｓａｉｄ： ”ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ．)
him?" They said: "Of course.
(” ｍｙ ｂｉｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌ ｍｏｔｈｅｒ ｌａｔｅｒ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｏｕｔ ｔｈａｔ ｍｙ)
" My biological mother later found o
(ｍｏｔｈｅｒ ｈａｄ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ａｎｄ)
mother had never graduated from coll
(ｔｈａｔ ｍｙ ｆａｔｈｅｒ ｈａｄ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｇｒａｄｕａｔｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｈｉｇｈ)
that my father had never graduated f
(ｓｃｈｏｏｌ．)
school.
(ｓｈｅ ｒｅｆｕｓｅｄ ｔｏ ｓｉｇｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｎａｌ ａｄｏｐｔｉｏｎ ｐａｐｅｒｓ．)
She refused to sign the final adopti
(ｓｈｅ ｏｎｌｙ ｒｅｌｅｎｔｅｄ ａ ｆｅｗ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ ｌａｔｅｒ ｗｈｅｎ ｍｙ)
She only relented a few months later
(ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ ｐｒｏｍｉｓｅｄ ｔｈａｔ ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｓｏｍｅｄａｙ ｇｏ ｔｏ)
parents promised that I would someda
(ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ．)
college.
(ａｎｄ １７ ｙｅａｒｓ ｌａｔｅｒ ｉ ｄｉｄ ｇｏ ｔｏ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ．)
And 17 years later I did go to colle
(ｂｕｔ ｉ ｎａｉｖｅｌｙ ｃｈｏｓｅ ａ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｔｈａｔ ｗａｓ ａｌｍｏｓｔ)
But I naively chose a college that w
(（ａｓ） ｅｘｐｅｎｓｉｖｅ ａｓ ｓｔａｎｆｏｒｄ， ａｎｄ ａｌｌ ｏｆ ｍｙ)
(as) expensive as Stanford, and all
(ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ－ｃｌａｓｓ ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ’ ｓａｖｉｎｇｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｂｅｉｎｇ)
working-class parents' savings were
(ｓｐｅｎｔ ｏｎ ｍｙ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｔｕｉｔｉｏｎ．)
spent on my college tuition.
(ａｆｔｅｒ ｓｉｘ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ， ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄｎ’ｔ ｓｅｅ ｔｈｅ ｖａｌｕｅ ｉｎ ｉｔ．)
After six months, I couldn't see the
(ｉ ｈａｄ ｎｏ ｉｄｅａ ｗｈａｔ ｉ ｗａｎｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ)
I had no idea what I wanted to do wi
(ａｎｄ ｎｏ ｉｄｅａ ｈｏｗ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｗａｓ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ ｍｅ)
and no idea how college was going to
(ｆｉｇｕｒｅ ｉｔ ｏｕｔ．)
figure it out.