Stanford Report part6/8
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part6です。second story 3/3
英文の単語を覚える＆タイピング練習にご利用ください。
ふりがなをパンチしてください。ワンセンテンスは「.」迄です。
問題文
(ｍｙ ｔｈｉｒｄ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｄｅａｔｈ．)
My third story is about death.
(ｗｈｅｎ ｉ ｗａｓ １７， ｉ ｒｅａｄ ａ ｑｕｏｔｅ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅｎｔ)
When I was 17, I read a quote that w
(ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｌｉｋｅ： ”ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｌｉｖｅ ｅａｃｈ ｄａｙ ａｓ ｉｆ ｉｔ ｗａｓ)
something like: "If you live each da
(ｙｏｕｒ ｌａｓｔ， ｓｏｍｅｄａｙ ｙｏｕ’ｌｌ ｍｏｓｔ ｃｅｒｔａｉｎｌｙ ｂｅ)
your last, someday you'll most certa
(ｒｉｇｈｔ．”)
right."
(ｉｔ ｍａｄｅ ａｎ ｉｍｐｒｅｓｓｉｏｎ ｏｎ ｍｅ， ａｎｄ ｓｉｎｃｅ ｔｈｅｎ，)
It made an impression on me, and sin
(ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ３３ ｙｅａｒｓ， ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｌｏｏｋｅｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ)
for the past 33 years, I have looked
(ｍｉｒｒｏｒ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ａｓｋｅｄ ｍｙｓｅｌｆ：)
mirror every morning and asked mysel
(”ｉｆ ｔｏｄａｙ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｌａｓｔ ｄａｙ ｏｆ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ， ｗｏｕｌｄ ｉ)
"If today were the last day of my li
(ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｗｈａｔ ｉ ａｍ ａｂｏｕｔ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｔｏｄａｙ？”)
want to do what I am about to do tod
(ａｎｄ ｗｈｅｎｅｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ａｎｓｗｅｒ ｈａｓ ｂｅｅｎ ”ｎｏ” ｆｏｒ)
And whenever the answer has been "No
(ｔｏｏ ｍａｎｙ ｄａｙｓ ｉｎ ａ ｒｏｗ， ｉ ｋｎｏｗ ｉ ｎｅｅｄ ｔｏ)
too many days in a row, I know I nee
(ｃｈａｎｇｅ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ．)
change something.
(ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｉ’ｌｌ ｂｅ ｄｅａｄ ｓｏｏｎ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ)
Remembering that I'll be dead soon i
(ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ ｔｏｏｌ ｉ’ｖｅ ｅｖｅｒ ｅｎｃｏｕｎｔｅｒｅｄ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ)
important tool I've ever encountered
(ｍｅ ｍａｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｂｉｇ ｃｈｏｉｃｅｓ ｉｎ ｌｉｆｅ．)
me make the big choices in life.
(ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ａｌｍｏｓｔ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ？)
Because almost everything ?
(ａｌｌ ｅｘｔｅｒｎａｌ ｅｘｐｅｃｔａｔｉｏｎｓ， ａｌｌ ｐｒｉｄｅ， ａｌｌ ｆｅａｒ ｏｆ)
all external expectations, all pride
(ｅｍｂａｒｒａｓｓｍｅｎｔ ｏｒ ｆａｉｌｕｒｅ ？ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｊｕｓｔ)
embarrassment or failure ? these thi
(ｆａｌｌ ａｗａｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｆａｃｅ ｏｆ ｄｅａｔｈ， ｌｅａｖｉｎｇ ｏｎｌｙ ｗｈａｔ)
fall away in the face of death, leav
(ｉｓ ｔｒｕｌｙ ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ．)
is truly important.
(ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ)
Remembering that you are going to di
(ｂｅｓｔ ｗａｙ ｉ ｋｎｏｗ ｔｏ ａｖｏｉｄ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｐ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ)
best way I know to avoid the trap of
(ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｌｏｓｅ． ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ)
you have something to lose. You are
(ｎａｋｅｄ．)
naked.
(ｔｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ｎｏ ｒｅａｓｏｎ ｎｏｔ ｔｏ ｆｏｌｌｏｗ ｙｏｕｒ ｈｅａｒｔ．)
There is no reason not to follow you
(ａｂｏｕｔ ａ ｙｅａｒ ａｇｏ ｉ ｗａｓ ｄｉａｇｎｏｓｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｃａｎｃｅｒ．)
About a year ago I was diagnosed wit
(ｉ ｈａｄ ａ ｓｃａｎ ａｔ ７：３０ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ)
I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning,
(ｃｌｅａｒｌｙ ｓｈｏｗｅｄ ａ ｔｕｍｏｒ ｏｎ ｍｙ ｐａｎｃｒｅａｓ．)
clearly showed a tumor on my pancrea
(ｉ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｅｖｅｎ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ ａ ｐａｎｃｒｅａｓ ｗａｓ．)
I didn't even know what a pancreas w
(ｔｈｅ ｄｏｃｔｏｒｓ ｔｏｌｄ ｍｅ ｔｈｉｓ ｗａｓ ａｌｍｏｓｔ ｃｅｒｔａｉｎｌｙ)
The doctors told me this was almost
(ａ ｔｙｐｅ ｏｆ ｃａｎｃｅｒ ｔｈａｔ ｉｓ ｉｎｃｕｒａｂｌｅ， ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ ｉ)
a type of cancer that is incurable,
(ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｅｘｐｅｃｔ ｔｏ ｌｉｖｅ ｎｏ ｌｏｎｇｅｒ ｔｈａｎ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｔｏ)
should expect to live no longer than
(ｓｉｘ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ．)
six months.
(ｍｙ ｄｏｃｔｏｒ ａｄｖｉｓｅｄ ｍｅ ｔｏ ｇｏ ｈｏｍｅ ａｎｄ ｇｅｔ ｍｙ)
My doctor advised me to go home and
(ａｆｆａｉｒｓ ｉｎ ｏｒｄｅｒ， ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓ ｄｏｃｔｏｒ’ｓ ｃｏｄｅ ｆｏｒ)
affairs in order, which is doctor's
(ｐｒｅｐａｒｅ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ．)
prepare to die.
(ｉｔ ｍｅａｎｓ ｔｏ ｔｒｙ ｔｏ ｔｅｌｌ ｙｏｕｒ ｋｉｄｓ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ)
It means to try to tell your kids ev
(ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ ｙｏｕ’ｄ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ １０ ｙｅａｒｓ ｔｏ ｔｅｌｌ)
thought you'd have the next 10 years
(ｔｈｅｍ ｉｎ ｊｕｓｔ ａ ｆｅｗ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ．)
them in just a few months.
(ｉｔ ｍｅａｎｓ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｓｕｒｅ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｉｓ ｂｕｔｔｏｎｅｄ)
It means to make sure everything is
(ｕｐ ｓｏ ｔｈａｔ ｉｔ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ａｓ ｅａｓｙ ａｓ ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕｒ)
up so that it will be as easy as pos
(ｆａｍｉｌｙ．)
family.
(ｉｔ ｍｅａｎｓ ｔｏ ｓａｙ ｙｏｕｒ ｇｏｏｄｂｙｅｓ．)
It means to say your goodbyes.
(ｉ ｌｉｖｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈａｔ ｄｉａｇｎｏｓｉｓ ａｌｌ ｄａｙ．)
I lived with that diagnosis all day.
(ｌａｔｅｒ ｔｈａｔ ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ ｉ ｈａｄ ａ ｂｉｏｐｓｙ， ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｈｅｙ)
Later that evening I had a biopsy, w
(ｓｔｕｃｋ ａｎ ｅｎｄｏｓｃｏｐｅ ｄｏｗｎ ｍｙ ｔｈｒｏａｔ， ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ)
stuck an endoscope down my throat, t
(ｍｙ ｓｔｏｍａｃｈ ａｎｄ ｉｎｔｏ ｍｙ ｉｎｔｅｓｔｉｎｅｓ， ｐｕｔ ａ)
my stomach and into my intestines, p
(ｎｅｅｄｌｅ ｉｎｔｏ ｍｙ ｐａｎｃｒｅａｓ ａｎｄ ｇｏｔ ａ ｆｅｗ ｃｅｌｌｓ)
needle into my pancreas and got a fe
(ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｔｕｍｏｒ．)
from the tumor.