Hiroshima University's English Podcast

毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしています。 12月からジャック・ロンドン（Jack London）の短編小説「火を熾す」（"To Build a Fire", 1908）をお届けしてまいりましたが、今回がいよいよ最終回です。自然の厳しさに立ち向かう人間の姿が、物語を通じてどのように描かれているでしょうか。上級者向けの内容ですが、注とスクリプトを参考にしながら、ぜひ最後までお楽しみください！ 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikimedia Download MP3 （19:47　11.5MB　中級～上級）To Build a Fire: Part 4 Written in 1908 by Jack London (1876-1916) Key Words to jerk = to move suddenly and with force blazing = burning brightly (Note: Also can be a verb.) to sizzle = to burn with a crackling noise, ジュウジュウという音をたてる to be alight = to be on fire, to be burning twigs = very thin branches the heels of (one's) hands = the base of the palm (close to the wrist) rotten = decaying moss = コケ to cling to = to stick to (Note: Past tense is "clung") to cherish = to love awkwardly = clumsily, ぎこちなく to perish = to die out, to disappear a withdrawal = a movement backwards or away to shiver = to shake (from coldness or fear) squarely = exactly in the center, and with some force (Example: "He hit me squarely in the stomach.") to