Stanford Report part7/8
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part7です。third story 1/2
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
(ｉ ｗａｓ ｓｅｄａｔｅｄ， ｂｕｔ ｍｙ ｗｉｆｅ， ｗｈｏ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅｒｅ， ｔｏｌｄ)
I was sedated, but my wife, who was
(ｍｅ ｔｈａｔ ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅｙ ｖｉｅｗｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｌｌｓ ｕｎｄｅｒ ａ)
me that when they viewed the cells u
(ｍｉｃｒｏｓｃｏｐｅ ｔｈｅ ｄｏｃｔｏｒｓ ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ ｃｒｙｉｎｇ)
microscope the doctors started cryin
(ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｉｔ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｔｏ ｂｅ ａ ｖｅｒｙ ｒａｒｅ ｆｏｒｍ ｏｆ)
because it turned out to be a very r
(ｐａｎｃｒｅａｔｉｃ ｃａｎｃｅｒ ｔｈａｔ ｉｓ ｃｕｒａｂｌｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｓｕｒｇｅｒｙ．)
pancreatic cancer that is curable wi
(ｉ ｈａｄ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｒｇｅｒｙ ａｎｄ ｉ’ｍ ｆｉｎｅ ｎｏｗ．)
I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
(ｔｈｉｓ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅ ｃｌｏｓｅｓｔ ｉ’ｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｔｏ ｆａｃｉｎｇ ｄｅａｔｈ，)
This was the closest I've been to fa
(ａｎｄ ｉ ｈｏｐｅ ｉｔ’ｓ ｔｈｅ ｃｌｏｓｅｓｔ ｉ ｇｅｔ ｆｏｒ ａ ｆｅｗ ｍｏｒｅ)
and I hope it's the closest I get fo
(ｄｅｃａｄｅｓ．)
decades.
(ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｌｉｖｅｄ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｉｔ， ｉ ｃａｎ ｎｏｗ ｓａｙ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｏ)
Having lived through it, I can now s
(ｙｏｕ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｂｉｔ ｍｏｒｅ ｃｅｒｔａｉｎｔｙ ｔｈａｎ ｗｈｅｎ ｄｅａｔｈ)
you with a bit more certainty than w
(ｗａｓ ａ ｕｓｅｆｕｌ ｂｕｔ ｐｕｒｅｌｙ ｉｎｔｅｌｌｅｃｔｕａｌ ｃｏｎｃｅｐｔ：)
was a useful but purely intellectual
(ｎｏ ｏｎｅ ｗａｎｔｓ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ． ｅｖｅｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｏ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ)
No one wants to die. Even people who
(ｇｏ ｔｏ ｈｅａｖｅｎ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｄｉｅ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ ｔｈｅｒｅ．)
go to heaven don't want to die to ge
(ａｎｄ ｙｅｔ ｄｅａｔｈ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｄｅｓｔｉｎａｔｉｏｎ ｗｅ ａｌｌ ｓｈａｒｅ．)
And yet death is the destination we
(ｎｏ ｏｎｅ ｈａｓ ｅｖｅｒ ｅｓｃａｐｅｄ ｉｔ．)
No one has ever escaped it.
(ａｎｄ ｔｈａｔ ｉｓ ａｓ ｉｔ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ， ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｄｅａｔｈ ｉｓ)
And that is as it should be, because
(ｖｅｒｙ ｌｉｋｅｌｙ ｔｈｅ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｉｎｖｅｎｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｌｉｆｅ．)
very likely the single best inventio
(ｉｔ ｉｓ ｌｉｆｅ’ｓ ｃｈａｎｇｅ ａｇｅｎｔ． ｉｔ ｃｌｅａｒｓ ｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｌｄ)
It is Life's change agent. It clears
(ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｗａｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ．)
to make way for the new.
(ｒｉｇｈｔ ｎｏｗ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｉｓ ｙｏｕ， ｂｕｔ ｓｏｍｅｄａｙ ｎｏｔ ｔｏｏ)
Right now the new is you, but someda
(ｌｏｎｇ ｆｒｏｍ ｎｏｗ， ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｇｒａｄｕａｌｌｙ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ｔｈｅ)
long from now, you will gradually be
(ｏｌｄ ａｎｄ ｂｅ ｃｌｅａｒｅｄ ａｗａｙ．)
old and be cleared away.
(ｓｏｒｒｙ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｓｏ ｄｒａｍａｔｉｃ， ｂｕｔ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｑｕｉｔｅ ｔｒｕｅ．)
Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is q
(ｙｏｕｒ ｔｉｍｅ ｉｓ ｌｉｍｉｔｅｄ， ｓｏ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｗａｓｔｅ ｉｔ ｌｉｖｉｎｇ)
Your time is limited, so don't waste
(ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ ｅｌｓｅ’ｓ ｌｉｆｅ．)
someone else's life.
(ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｂｅ ｔｒａｐｐｅｄ ｂｙ ｄｏｇｍａ ？ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓ ｌｉｖｉｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ)
Don't be trapped by dogma ? which is
(ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｕｌｔｓ ｏｆ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ’ｓ ｔｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ．)
the results of other people's thinki
(ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｌｅｔ ｔｈｅ ｎｏｉｓｅ ｏｆ ｏｔｈｅｒｓ’ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎｓ ｄｒｏｗｎ)
Don't let the noise of others' opini
(ｏｕｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｉｎｎｅｒ ｖｏｉｃｅ．)
out your own inner voice.
(ａｎｄ ｍｏｓｔ)
And most
(ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ， ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｒａｇｅ ｔｏ)
important, have the courage to
(ｆｏｌｌｏｗ ｙｏｕｒ ｈｅａｒｔ ａｎｄ ｉｎｔｕｉｔｉｏｎ．)
follow your heart and intuition.
(ｔｈｅｙ ｓｏｍｅｈｏｗ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｔｒｕｌｙ)
They somehow already know what you t
(ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ． ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｅｌｓｅ ｉｓ ｓｅｃｏｎｄａｒｙ．)
want to become. Everything else is s
(ｗｈｅｎ ｉ ｗａｓ ｙｏｕｎｇ， ｔｈｅｒｅ ｗａｓ ａｎ ａｍａｚｉｎｇ)
When I was young, there was an amazi
(ｐｕｂｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｗｈｏｌｅ ｅａｒｔｈ ｃａｔａｌｏｇ，)
publication called The Whole Earth C
(ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂｉｂｌｅｓ ｏｆ ｍｙ ｇｅｎｅｒａｔｉｏｎ．)
which was one of the bibles of my ge
(ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｃｒｅａｔｅｄ ｂｙ ａ ｆｅｌｌｏｗ ｎａｍｅｄ ｓｔｅｗａｒｔ ｂｒａｎｄ)
It was created by a fellow named Ste
(ｎｏｔ ｆａｒ ｆｒｏｍ ｈｅｒｅ ｉｎ ｍｅｎｌｏ ｐａｒｋ， ａｎｄ ｈｅ)
not far from here in Menlo Park, and
(ｂｒｏｕｇｈｔ ｉｔ ｔｏ ｌｉｆｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｈｉｓ ｐｏｅｔｉｃ ｔｏｕｃｈ．)
brought it to life with his poetic t
(ｔｈｉｓ ｗａｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｌａｔｅ １９６０ｓ， ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｐｅｒｓｏｎａｌ)
This was in the late 1960s, before p
(ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｄｅｓｋｔｏｐ ｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｉｎｇ， ｓｏ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａｌｌ)
computers and desktop publishing, so
(ｍａｄｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｙｐｅｗｒｉｔｅｒｓ， ｓｃｉｓｓｏｒｓ ａｎｄ ｐｏｌａｒｏｉｄ)
made with typewriters, scissors and
(ｃａｍｅｒａｓ．)
cameras.
(ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｓｏｒｔ ｏｆ ｌｉｋｅ ｇｏｏｇｌｅ ｉｎ ｐａｐｅｒｂａｃｋ ｆｏｒｍ， ３５)
It was sort of like Google in paperb
(ｙｅａｒｓ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｇｏｏｇｌｅ ｃａｍｅ ａｌｏｎｇ： ｉｔ ｗａｓ)
years before Google came along: It w
(ｉｄｅａｌｉｓｔｉｃ， ａｎｄ ｏｖｅｒｆｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｎｅａｔ ｔｏｏｌｓ ａｎｄ)
idealistic, and overflowing with nea
(ｇｒｅａｔ ｎｏｔｉｏｎｓ．)
great notions.