The sound of summer ～
- Ray Bradbury's short story, 'The sound of summer running', is the inspiration for this question. It revolves around a boy named Douglas and Mr. Sanderson, the owner of a shoe store.
- In the story, Mr. Sanderson hesitates a bit when confronted with the boy's enthusiasm for buying sneakers. He puts his hand to his chin, possibly indicating a moment of contemplation.
- When asked how the sneakers feel, Mr. Sanderson responds with a sarcastic tone. The use of a semicolon represents a pause in his speech, adding emphasis to his response.
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『The sound of summer ～』1
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 Mr. Sanderson backed off a little distance from the boy’s fever, one hand to his chin. “Well . . . .” “Mr. Sanderson,” said Douglas, “you sell me something and I’ll sell you something just as valuable.” “It is absolutely necessary to the sale that I put on a pair of the sneakers, boy?” said the old man. “I sure wish you could, sir!” The old man sighed. A minute later, seated panting quietly, he laced the tennis shoes to his long narrow feet. They looked detached and alien down there next to the dark cuffs of his business suit. Mr. Sanderson stood up. “How do they feel?” asked the boy. “How do they feel, he asks; they feel fine.” He started to sit down. ☆Mr. Sandersonというのは、靴を売っているお店の主人です。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Mr. Sanderson backed off a little distance from the boy’s fever, one hand to his chin.の個所について ここはサンダーソンさんが少年の靴にかける情熱から少し引いた気持ちを持った、ということでしょうか？ one hand to his chinは、サンダーソンさんが自分の顎に手をやった、という状況ですか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ “How do they feel, he asks; they feel fine.”について これは、サンダーソンさんのセリフになっていると思うのですが、途中「;」が入っている意味がよくわかりません。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 教えていただけると助かります。 よろしくお願いいたします。
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>>Mr. Sanderson backed off a little distance from the boy’s fever, one hand to his chin.の個所について >>ここはサンダーソンさんが少年の靴にかける情熱から少し引いた気持ちを持った、ということでしょうか？ はい、解釈としては(「少し引いた気持ちを持った」という部分) 素直に「興奮した少年から少し距離を置いた」でもいいと思います そして、距離をとれば少年の全体を見れますよね(個人的には、子供と軽く見ていた少年をもう一度見定めるための距離と思います 立派なことを言う少年に驚いたともとれます) そして次に続きます↓ >>one hand to his chinは、サンダーソンさんが自分の顎に手をやった、という状況ですか？ はい Well ... と手をあごにあてて、少年の言っていることに、「それもそうだな」と考えている感じかと 歳の差が明らかなわけで でも、Mr. Sanderson はそういう子供の言うことに考えさせられ、きちんと対応すべき一人の人間として認めた感じがします >>“How do they feel, he asks; they feel fine.”について >>これは、サンダーソンさんのセリフになっていると思うのですが、途中「;」が入っている意味がよくわかりません。 そのまま訳していいわけですが ここのsemicolon [ ; ]は単に、前半(少年)と後半(Mr. Sanderson)の部分を分けているだけです Mr. Sandersonが全て語っているわけですが “How do they feel?” asked the boy. と本で書かれるところを、Mr. Sanderson が自分の言葉として語っています つまり、本で書かれるようなことを口で言っています (やや、他人事のように聞こえますが、「"当然"履き心地はいいさ」という感じで言っているように聞こえます)
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- The sound of summer ～』1
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 “Thanks, Mr. Sanderson!” Douglas bounded away. “Stop!” cried the old man. Douglas pulled up and turned. Mr. Sanderson leaned forward. “How do they feel?” The boy looked down at his feet deep in the rivers, in the fields of wheat, in the wind that already was rushing him out of the town. He looked up at the old man, his eyes burning, his mouth moving, but no sound came out. ☆Mr. Sanderson（the old man)というのは、靴を売っているお店の主人です。 The boy looked down at his feet deep in the rivers, in the fields of wheat, in the wind that already was rushing him out of the town. について that already was～のthatは関係代名詞ですか？ 先行詞はthe windですか？ 少年は深く川の中で、小麦畑で、街からすでに彼を急がせている風の中で、自分の足もとを見下ろしました。？？（少年が欲しかった靴を履いてみると、川の中や、小麦畑、風の中にいるみたいになるというような表現だと思うのですが・・・・） 訳は、こんな感じでしょうか？ 教えてください。 よろしくお願いします。
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- 『The sound of summer ～』2
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- 『The sound of summer ～』1
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- 『The sound of summer ～』2
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 A few people drifted by on the sidewalk outside, in the hot sun. Still the man and boy stood there, the boy glowing, the man with revelation in his face. “Boy,” said the old man at last, “in five years, how would you like a job selling shoes in this emporium?” “Gosh, thanks, Mr. Sanderson, but I don’t know what I’m going to be yet.” “Anything you want to be, son,” said the old man, “you’ll be. No one will ever stop you.” The old man walked lightly across the store to the wall of ten thousand boxes, came back with some shoes for the boy, and wrote up a list on some paper while the boy was lacing the shoes on his feet and then standing there, waiting. The old man held out his list. “A dozen things you got to do for me this afternoon. Finish them, we’re even Stephen, and you’re fired.” ☆Mr. Sanderson（the old man)というのは、靴を売っているお店の主人です。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Still the man and boy stood thereについて boyに定冠詞がついていないのはどうしてでしょうか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ but I don’t know what I’m going to be yet.について "でも僕は何になるのかまだわかりません”と言っているのでしょうか？ to beは「～になる」、という意味ですか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ “A dozen things you got to do for me this afternoon. Finish them, we’re even Stephen, and you’re fired.” のセリフについて we’re even Stephenの意味がわからないのですが、you’re firedは「きみは解雇だよ」ということですか？つまり、その日の午後だけお店を手伝ってくれればそれでいいよ、ということですか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 教えてください。 よろしくお願いします。
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- 『The sound of summer ～』2
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 There was a sound of growing thunder. One moment, the door to Sanderson’s Shoe Emporium was empty. The next, Douglas Spaulding stood clumsily there, staring down at his leather shoes as if these heavy things could not be pulled up out of the cement. The thunder had stopped when his shoes stopped. Now, with painful slowness, daring to look only at the money in his cupped hand, Douglas moved out of the bright sunlight of Saturday noon. He made careful stacks of nickels, dimes, and quarters on the counter, like someone playing chess and worried if the next move carried him out into sun or deep into shadow. “Don’t say a word!” said Mr. Sanderson. Douglas froze. ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ with painful slownessとは「うんざりするほどゆっくりと」という意味ですか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 冒頭に、 There was a sound of growing thunder.とあり、 途中、 The thunder had stopped when his shoes stopped. Douglas moved out of the bright sunlight of Saturday noon.とあるのですが 急に晴れ渡ったのか、それとも雷の音は何かの比喩だったのでしょうか？ （質問の『The sound of summer running』1から続いている英文です） ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ He made careful stacks of nickels, dimes, and quarters on the counterについて 靴を買うお金をカウンターに積み重ねているように思うのですが nickels, dimes, and quartersというのがイメージできません。 どのようなお金なのでしょうか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ like someone playing chess and worried if the next move carried him out into sun or deep into shadow.の個所について ifは「～かどうか」ですか？ carried him out into sun or deep into shadow.は、次の一手で明暗が分かれる様子でしょうか？ 靴を買おうとしてお金をカウンターに出している少年（Douglas）を、チェスをしている人になぞらえているようなのですが、carried him out into sun or deep into shadowからDouglasの気持ちを探ると、靴が買えるか、買えないか、といった感じでしょうか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 質問が多くなってしまい、申し訳ありません。 教えていただけると有難いです。 よろしくお願いいたします。
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Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 “First, I know just what you want to buy,” said Mr. Sanderson. “Second, I see you every afternoon at my window; you think I don’t see? You’re wrong. Third, to give it its full name, you want the Royal Crown Cream-Sponge Para Litefoot Tennis Shoes: ‘LIKE MENTHOL ON YOUR FEET!’ Fourth, you want credit.” “No!” cried Douglas, breathing hard, as if he’d run all night in his dreams. “I got something better than credit to offer!” he gasped. “Before I tell, Mr. Sanderson, you got to do me one small favor. Can you remember when was the last time you yourself wore a pair of Litefoot sneakers, sir?” Mr. Sanderson’s face darkened. “Oh, ten, twenty, say, thirty years ago. Why. . . ?” ☆Mr. Sandersonというのは、靴を売っているお店の主人です。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Third, to give it its full name, you want the Royal Crown Cream-Sponge Para Litefoot Tennis Shoes: ‘LIKE MENTHOL ON YOUR FEET!’の個所について ここはどういうことを言っているのでしょうか？ itは少年の欲しがっているtennis shoesのことだと思うのですが。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Fourth, you want creditについて ここでのcreditは信用ですか？ I got something better than credit to offer! （私は提供する信用よりももっと良い何かを得ました？） この訳し方でいいでしょうか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 教えていただけると幸いです。 よろしくお願いいたします。
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- 英語
- 『The sound of summer ～』
Ray Bradburyの『The sound of summer running』という短編からの質問です。 Well, he felt sorry for boys who lived in California where they wore tennis shoes all year and never knew what it was to get winter off your feet, peel off the iron leather shoes all full of snow and rain and run barefoot for a day and then lace on the first new tennis shoes of the season, which was better than barefoot. The magic was always in the new pair of shoes. The magic might die by the first of September, but now in late June there was still plenty of magic, and shoes like these could jump you over trees and rivers and houses. And if you wanted, they could jump you over fences and sidewalks and dogs. “Don’t you see?” said Douglas. “I just can’t use last year’s pair.” For last year’s pair were dead inside. They had been fine when he started them out, last year. But by the end of summer, every year, you always found out, you always knew, you couldn’t really jump over rivers and trees and houses in them, and they were dead. But this was a new year, and he felt that this time, with this new pair of shoes, he could do anything, anything at all. They walked up on the steps to their house. “Save your money,” said Dad. “In five or six weeks—” “Summer’ll be over!” ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ they wore tennis shoes all year and never knew what it was to get winter off your feet, peel off the iron leather shoes all full of snow and rainについてですが it was to get winter off your feet～は、be動詞+to不定詞で、「あなたの足から冬を取り去ることになる」という予定の意味ですか？ all full of snow and rainが、文にどのようにつながるのかわかりません。前置詞がないような？それとも the iron leather shoesと all full of snow and rainの間で切れているのか・・？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ last year’s pair were dead inside.の個所について deadは「すたれた」の意味ですか？ ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 教えていただけるとありがたいです。 よろしくお願いいたします。
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
お礼
とても詳しく解説してくださってありがとうございます！ サンダーソンさんの少年に対する気持ちが読み取れる感じです！ semicolon [ ; ]の個所もわかりました。ありがとうございます。