
A few more days of adventure, all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger, and I would be once more in Montevideo with a host of great and grateful friends to start me in some career in the country.(The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson)
英文を前から読んでいくために、語句のかたまりを作ります。こんな具合に課題文をスラッシュ(斜め線)で区切ります(スラッシュリーディング)。語句のかたまりを意識すると、リスニングで英語の意味をつかむのが楽になります。
A few more days of adventure,/(コンマの後)all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger,/(接続詞の前)and I would be once more in Montevideo/(前置詞の前)with a host of great and grateful friends/(不定詞の前)to start me in some career in the country.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
A few more days of adventure,
あと数日の冒険
all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger,
危険という刺激が加わるからこそ、いっそう楽しくなる
and I would be once more in Montevideo
そうすれば、再びモンテビデオに戻るだろう
with a host of great and grateful friends
素晴らしいうえに、私に感謝している大勢の友人たちがいる
to start me in some career in the country.
この国で私に何かの仕事を始めさせてくれる
A few more days of adventure, all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger, and I would be once more in Montevideo with a host of great and grateful friends to start me in some career in the country.
all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger→ all the+比較級+for ~ = 「~だからこそ、いっそう―」
I would be once more in Montevideo with a host of great and grateful friends→ with =「〜がいて」→ I would be once more in Montevideo and a host of great and grateful friends would be there
A few more days of adventure, all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger, and I would be once more in Montevideo with a host of great and grateful friends to start me in some career in the country.
あと数日の冒険――危険という刺激が加わるからこそ、いっそう楽しくなる冒険の後、私は再びモンテビデオに戻るだろう。そこにはこの国で私に何かの仕事を始めさせてくれる、素晴らしいうえに、私に感謝している大勢の友人たちがいる。
名詞句+and〜 = 「〜すれば、―だろう」→ この形が課題文の前半にあります。
A few more days of adventure, all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger, and I would be once more in Montevideo with a host of great and grateful friends to start me in some career in the country.
A few more days of adventure, and I would be once more in Montevideo→ 「あと数日、冒険すれば、私は再びモンテビデオに戻るだろう」
all the pleasanter for being spiced with danger(「危険という刺激が加わるからこそ、いっそう楽しくなる」)は、A few more days of adventure の補足説明です。
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
