スラッシュリーディング+リスニング 第325回(英文の構造)

スラッシュリーディング+リスニング課題文

A fisherman whom we fell in with—a venerable-looking man, with white hair streaming under his cap—pointed out several spots on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore, and assured us that coin was still to be picked up in the sand, if people would but take the trouble to look for it.(A Yacht Voyage Round England by W.H.G. Kingston)



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 fisherman whom we fell in with/(ダッシュの前)—a venerable-looking man, with white hair streaming under his cap—/(ダッシュの後ろ)pointed out several spots/(前置詞の前)on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore,/(接続詞の前)and assured us/(接続詞の前)that coin was still to be picked up in the sand,/(接続詞の前)if people would but take the trouble to look for it.

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語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。

A fisherman whom we fell in with
私たちがたまたま出会った漁師は
—a venerable-looking man, with white hair streaming under his cap—
貫禄のある男性で、帽子からはみ出た白髪をなびかせていた
pointed out several spots
いくつかの地点を指さした
on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore,
高価な積荷を積んだ船が座礁した
and assured us
そして、私たちに請け合った
that coin was still to be picked up in the sand,
今でも砂浜でコインを拾えると
if people would but take the trouble to look for it.
探す努力を惜しまないなら

読解のヒント

A fisherman whom we fell in with—a venerable-looking man, with white hair streaming under his cap—pointed out several spots on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore, and assured us that coin was still to be picked up in the sand, if people would but take the trouble to look for it.


on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore → 前にある several spots を後ろから修飾する関係代名詞節です。

take the trouble to look for it → take the trouble to =「(労を惜しまずに)〜する」

課題文の和訳

私たちがたまたま出会った漁師(貫禄のある男性で、帽子からはみ出た白髪をなびかせていた)は、高価な積荷を積んだ船が座礁した地点をいくつか指さした。そして、探す努力を惜しまないなら、今でも砂浜でコインを拾えると、私たちに請け合った。

英文の構造

今回の課題文は、1つの主語(主部)に対して動詞(述部)が2つあるので注意が必要です。

・A fisherman whom we fell in with→ 主語(主部)です。
・—a venerable-looking man, with white hair streaming under his cap— → 主語についての説明です。
pointed out several spots on which ships with rich cargoes had run on shore, → 1つ目の動詞(述部)です。
・and assured us that coin was still to be picked up in the sand, if people would but take the trouble to look for it → 2つ目の動詞(述部)です。


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