In reading the old inscriptions, often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen, we occasionally discover one that has the charm of quaintness, or which touches our heart or sense of humour in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.（A Traveller in Little Things by W. H. Hudson）注：inscriptions =墓碑銘
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。
In reading the old inscriptions,／（コンマの後）often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen,／（主語が文頭にないときの主語の前）we occasionally discover one／（関係代名詞の前）that has the charm of quaintness,／（接続詞の前）or which touches our heart or sense of humour／（前置詞の前）in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
In reading the old inscriptions,
古い墓碑銘を読んでいると
often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen,
こけや地衣類を削り取って苦労して読み取ることも多いのだが
we occasionally discover one
時折、〜な墓碑銘に出合うことがある
that has the charm of quaintness,
古風で趣のある魅力をもつ
or which touches our heart or sense of humour
あるいは、私たちの心やユーモアの感覚に訴えかけてくる
in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.
メモ帳に書き写したくなるような
In reading the old inscriptions, often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen, we occasionally discover one that has the charm of quaintness, or which touches our heart or sense of humour in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.
In reading the old inscriptions→ in＋動名詞 = 〜するとき、〜する際
often deciphered with difficulty〜 → deciphered は過去分詞で、この過去分詞句は the old inscriptions を補足説明しています。
In reading the old inscriptions, often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen, we occasionally discover one that has the charm of quaintness, or which touches our heart or sense of humour in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.
古い墓碑銘を読んでいると、こけや地衣類を削り取って苦労して読みとることも多いのだが、時折、古風で趣のある魅力をもつものや、私たちの心やユーモアの感覚に訴えかけてきて、メモ帳に書き写したくなるようなものに出合うことがある。
In reading the old inscriptions, often deciphered with difficulty after scraping away the moss and lichen, we occasionally discover one that has the charm of quaintness, or which touches our heart or sense of humour in such a way as to tempt us to copy it into a note-book.
we occasionally discover one（「私たちは時折、〜な墓碑銘に出合うことがある」）の one を先行詞とする関係代名詞は２つあります。１つは直後の that has the charm of quaintness で、もう１つは which touches our heart〜です。
that has the charm of quaintness
one←＜
which touches our heart〜
★２つ目の関係代名詞節を one と切り離してしまうと、意味がとれなくなります。
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