The Boy Who Is International Student's Journal

What happened･･･?

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What happened while the train was in the *tunnel?

One day, a few years ago, a train was travelling through the English countryside. This was in the days when trains had small *compartments, and in one *particular compartment there were four people. There was a young girl, quite pretty, who looked like a student or someone who was starting her first job; there was an old lady, dressed in black with bags and magazines and *knitting; there was an army officer in his *midthirties, *immaculately dressed in his uniform and very *stiff and very popular in his manner; and finally there was a young *cockney, *casually dressed with a *sparkle in his eye and ever ready to have a joke. It was quite *obvious that both the men were *attracted to the young girl, *though the officer certainly wouldn't show it and the cockney felt *inhibited by the *presence of the others.

*Suddenly the train went into a tunnnel; the lights had not been put on, so for *half a minute the *carriage in complete darkness, and in the darkness came the sound of a large kiss followed *almost *immediately by a loud *slap. What had taken place while the train was in the tunnel?

When the train *finally *emerged and it was light again in the carriage, there for all to see was the officer with a *bleeding nose and a *swollen eye.

And the old lady, seeing this, thought to herself,"What a *brave young lady, who *dared to hit the officer for stealing a kiss such a *cowardly way!"

And young girl, seeing suffering of the officer, was *puzzled.
"How *strange", she thought,"that the officer *should kiss the old lady, and not me! "

The *poor officer, *nursing two *injuries that caused him more than a little pain and *embarrasment, *considered to himself "That cockney is quite clever *chap! He kissed the girl, and the girl hit me!"

And the cockney *laughed *silently to himself at the trick he had played. "I am a clever chap,"he thought himself."I kissed *the back of my hand, hit the officer in the face and nobody said a word!"

Fin.

　おさらい

どうでした？　大体解かった人もさっぱりって人もまぁ、おさらいしましょｗ

まとめ(ってか訳?)

とりあえずこの物語は言わば。。。コメディ？みたいなんですゎ。

ある日4人の乗客がまぁ汽車に乗ってどっか行ってたのね。
｢ちょっと可愛らしい女の子｣
｢おばあちゃん｣
｢きっちりした軍兵さん｣
｢ロンドンっ子｣

んでその兵さんとロンドン君がその女の子にちょっと気があったのね。
んでまぁロンドン君がちょっといたずらを仕向けようとしたのだ。
そん時列車がトンネルに入って、あたりは真っ暗闇。
そんとき急にキスの音が！
そして一発の平手打ち!何が起こったのだろうか？

列車がトンネルから出た時兵士さんは鼻血が出ていてと目が膨れていた。

そして皆それぞれ勝手にその時の事を想像していた。
(喋り方も変わってますｗ)
おばあちゃん編→状態(驚愕＆軽蔑)
｢まったく･･･暗闇から可愛い女の子を襲うなんて･･･なんて卑劣な軍人なのかしら!｣

女の子編(混乱)
｢な、、、何？嘘でしょ？　あの軍人さん、おばあちゃんにキスしたわ！私じゃないの!!｣

軍人(ねるねる)
｢むぅ～あの小僧･･･やりおるわい。あのロンドンっ子が婦女子にキスをしてそれを婦女子が勘違いしてわしに攻撃してくるとゎ･･･｣

ロンドンっ子(うひゃひゃ)
｢けっけっけ･･･この軍人ばかでねぇべかｗ　このわてが自分の手の甲にキスをして、そっからあの軍人をわしが殴ったんやぁ～!!｣

皆あのロンドンっ子に騙されていたのだった(笑

一種のパラドックス(?)ってやつだなぁ。。。
単語の意味
*compartments 列車の寝台とか仕切られた客室。
*particular　　(特別な)そこの　
*knitting　編み物　
*midthirties　三十台の(?)
*immaculately きちっとした　清潔な
*stiff　堅い
*cockney　生粋のロンドンっ子(まぁ江戸っ子みたいな？
*casually　カジュアルで　普段着で
*sparkle 　火花(ここではきらめきとか)
*obvious　明白な
*attracted　引き付けられた　魅了された(受動態)
*though　～にもかかわらず
*inhibited　抑えられた　
*presence　存在
*suddenly　突然(副詞)
*tunnel　トンネル
*half　a minute 30秒
*carriage　車両　
*almost　ほとんど
*immediately　すぐに
*slap　平手打ちの音
*finally　やっと
*emerged　現れる,暗闇から出てくる
*bleeding　出血している→bleeding　nose　鼻血ｗ
*swollen　膨れ上がった
*brave　勇気のある
*cowardly　卑怯な　意気地のない(Brave の反義語)
*puzzled　混乱した
*strange　変だ
*should　**ここでの意味は｢何々のはず｣　すべきではなし。
*poor　かわいそうな(貧乏ではない)
*nursing　手当　
*injuries　(複数形)　傷,負傷
*embarrassment　当惑　きまり悪さ
*considered　(過去形)　考えた
*chap　がき　小僧(あんま使わない)
*laughed　(過去形)笑った
*silently　静かに
*Back of ○'s hand 誰々の手の甲

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