p9~14 <Cat in the Rain>
【原文】 There were only two Americans stopping at the hotel. They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room. There room was on the second floor facing the sea. It also faced the public garden and the war monument. There were big palms and green benches in the public garden. In the good weather there was always an artist with his easel. Artists liked the way the palms grew and the bright colors of the hotels facing the gardens and the sea. Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument. It was made of bronze and glistend in the rain. It was raining. The rain dripped from the palm trees. Water stood in pools on the gravel paths. The sea broke in a long line in the rain and slipped back down the beach to come up and break again in a long line in the rain. The motor cars were gone from the square by the war monument. across the square in the doorway of the cafe a waiter stood looking out of the empty square.
*********************************************************** 【ここに気を付けて読もう】 ①このpassedは自動詞ですか、それとも他動詞ですか? They did not know any of the people theypassedon the stairs on their way to and from their room.
②冒頭にIn the good weatherがきている理由はわかりますか? In the good weatherthere was always an artist with his easel.
③前の文に an artist がありますが、この文ではthe artistではなくartistsと複数形になっている のはなぜでしょうか? Artistsliked the way the palms grew…
④この文のstoodの意味はわかりますか? Waterstoodin pools on the gravel paths.