
And one day in a small village six miles from her home she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse, and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage she ran to her and asked who that young man was who had just ridden by.(A Traveller in Little Things 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。
And one day in a small village six miles from her home/(主語が文頭にないときの主語の前)she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse,/(接続詞の前)and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage/(主語が文頭にないときの主語の前)she ran to her/(接続詞の前)and asked who that young man was/(関係代名詞の前)who had just ridden by.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
And one day in a small village six miles from her home
そして、ある日、彼女の自宅から6マイル離れた小さな村で
she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse,
彼女は彼が馬を走らせていくのを見かけた
and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage
そして、ある女性が小さな家の外に立っているのを見た
she ran to her
彼女はその女性に走り寄った
and asked who that young man was
そして、あの若者は誰かと尋ねた
who had just ridden by.
今、馬で通り過ぎた
And one day in a small village six miles from her home she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse, and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage she ran to her and asked who that young man was who had just ridden by.
she caught sight of him〜 → catch sight of =「見かける」「見つける」
asked who that young man was who had just ridden by→ 2つ目の who は the young man を先行詞とする関係代名詞です。
And one day in a small village six miles from her home she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse, and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage she ran to her and asked who that young man was who had just ridden by.
そして、彼女はある日、自宅から6マイル離れた小さな村で、彼が馬を走らせていくのを見かけた。そして、ある女性が小さな家の外に立っているのを見て、彼女はその女性に駆け寄り、今、馬で通り過ぎた若者は誰かと尋ねた。
And one day in a small village six miles from her home she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse, and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage she ran to her and asked who that young man was who had just ridden by.
・And one day→ 時を示しています。
・in a small village six miles from her home→ 場所を示しています。
・she caught sight of him galloping by on his horse,→ 文章の骨格(中心部分)です。
・and seeing a woman standing outside a cottage→ she を意味上の主語とする分詞構文です。副詞句として次の行を修飾しています。「〜して」「〜すると」
・she ran to her and asked who that young man was→ 2つ目の骨格です。
・who had just ridden by.→ that young man を後ろから修飾する関係代名詞節です。
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
