ジャックのお母さんが、けなす言葉に大笑い~
You nincompoop! なんて響き自体可笑しいですね
すっかり、りゅうタンまんのお気に入りで、毎日読んでとお願いされます。
ジャックはお母さんの言うことをよく聞くいい子ですよね
でも自立心がなく、お母さんのいいなりだから、失敗ばっかり。
それなのに、最後はハッピーエンドですよ~
自立心のないままに立派なジェントルマンになりました。
えええええっ!!! いいのこれで?
音声は、
Storynoryで聞けます。クイーンズ・イングリッシュで素敵ですよ!
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Once upon a time there was
a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother in a
dreary cottage. They were very poor, and the old woman earned a few pennies by spinning, but Jack was so lazy that he would do nothing but bask in the sun in the hot weather, and sit by the corner of the fire in the winter time. His mother could not make him do anything for her, until at last she warned him that if he did not begin to work for his porridge, she would turn him out of the house to get his living as best he could.
■ whose ■Perative pron.[possessive]:
→I have a friend whose mother is very strict.
→I have a book whose story is Angry Birds.
■ dreary ■adj.[drearier, dreariest]: If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.
This
threat finally
stirred Jack, and he went out and found a job for
the day working on a farm. The farmer paid him one penny, but he was not used to having money, and as he was coming home he lost it as he passed over a stream. “You stupid boy,” said his mother, “you should have put it in your pocket.” “Next time I will,” replied Jack.
■ threat ■noun[count]: A threat is a statement by someone that they will do something unpleasant, especially if you do not do what they want.
■ stir ■verb[]:If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it.
The next day Jack went out again, and found a job with a cowkeeper, who gave him a jar of milk for his day’s work. Jack took the jar and put it into the large pocket of his jacket, spilling it all, long before he got home. “Oh, dear me!” said the old woman; “you should have carried it on ‘ head.” “Next time I will,” replied Jack.
The following day Jack found a job with a farmer, who agreed to give him a cream cheese for his work. In the evening, Jack took the cheese, and went home with it on his head. By the time he got home the cheese was completely spoiled, part of it being lost, and part
matted with his hair. “You good-for-nothing boy,” said his mother, “you should have carried it very carefully in your hands.” “Next time, I will,” replied Jack.
■ matted (with) ■adj.[]:If you describe someone's hair as matted, you mean that it has become a thick untidy mass, often because it is wet or dirty.
■ good-for-nothing ■adj.[] : 役立たずな you describe someone as good-for-nothing, you think that they are lazy or irresponsible.
The day after this Jack went out again, and found a job with a baker, who would give him nothing for his work but a large tomcat. Jack took the cat, and began carrying it very carefully in his hands, but in a short time Tommy scratched him so much that he was forced to let it go. When he got home, his mother said to him, “You silly fellow, you should have tied it with a string, and dragged it along after you.” “Next time I will” said Jack.
The next day Jack
hired himself to a butcher, who rewarded his labours by the handsome present of a shoulder of lamb. Jack took the meat, tied it to a string, and trailed it along after him in the dirt, so that by the time he had got home the meat was completely spoilt. His mother this time completely lost her patience with him, for the next day was Sunday, and she had to make do with cabbage for her dinner. “You
nincompoop,” said she to her son, “you should have carried it on your shoulder” “Next time I will,” replied Jack.
■ hired oneself out ■IDM : 稼ぎにでる 【hire】verb: If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.
■ trail along ■verb : =drag along
■ nincompoop ■noun : A silly or foolish person.
On the Monday, Jack went out once more, and found a job with a cattle keeper, who gave him a donkey for his trouble. Although Jack was very strong, he found some difficulty in hoisting the donkey on his shoulders, but at last he managed it, and began walking slowly home with his prize. Now it happened that in a house along his way there lived a rich man with his only daughter, a beautiful girl, but unfortunately
deaf and dumb; she had never really laughed in her life, and the doctors said she would never recover till somebody made her laugh.
■ deaf ■ adj Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well.
■ dumb ■ adj Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak.
■ blind ■ adj Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
Many had tried without success, and at last the father,
in despair, said he would offer her in marriage to the first man who could make her laugh. This young lady happened to be looking out of the window when Jack was passing with the donkey on his shoulders, the legs sticking up in the air, and the sight was so comical and strange, that she burst out into a great fit of laughter, and immediately recovered her speech and hearing. Her father was overjoyed, and kept his promised
by marrying her to Jack, who was
thus made a rich gentleman. They lived in a large house, and Jack’s mother lived with them in great happiness until she died.
■ (in) despair ■noun[uncount] Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve
■ by (doing) ■prep. -ing[doing を目的語にして] If you achieve one thing by doing another thing, your action enables you to achieve the first thing.
■ thus ■adv.[]: You use thus to show that what you are about to mention is the result or consequence of something else that you have just mentioned.