Hiroshima University's English Podcast

Download MP3 今月と来月の第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお送りします。 今月は、アメリカの小説家O'Henry（1862-1910）の名作「賢者の贈り物」（"The Gift of the Magi"）の前半をお届けします。日本では英語の教科書でも取り上げられることの多い作品ですので、そのストーリーに一度は親しまれた方も多いのではないでしょうか。JoeとKeiによる詳しい楽しい解説とともに、この季節にふさわしいお話をどうぞお楽しみください。 （中級〜上級向け）"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry 結城浩氏による日本語訳もどうぞ！ Part 1 One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So, Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at th