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1. Some persons spend their [b. surplus] on works of art です。余分のお金のことです。 2. What does “there are those who sink it in golf,” mean? a. there are those who use it (the surplus) in golf を意味しています。ゴルフでは、ボールをホールに入れるという動詞に sink を使います。 3. and would not cost a [d. king’s ransom] です。　 4. What does the above phrase mean? c. extremely expensive です。王様が誘拐されたら、身代金は高額なはずです。 5. The speaker decided to … b. buy a car です。自動車を買いたいのです。 6. Why did the speaker decide so? a. because he is bored です。以降の選択肢は、全部、 bored を表しています。 — 朗読テキスト Some persons spend their surplus on works of art; some spend it on Italian gardens and pergolas; there are those who sink it in golf, and I have heard of those who expended it on charity. None of these forms of getting away with money appeal to Araminta and myself. As soon as it was ascertained that the automobile was practicable and would not cost a king’s ransom, I determined to devote my savings to the purchase of one. Araminta and I lived in a suburban town; she because she loves Nature and I because I love Araminta. We have been married for five years. I am a bank clerk in New York, and morning and night I go through the monotony of railway travel, and for one who is forbidden to use his eyes on the train and who does not play cards it is monotony, for in the morning my friends are either playing cards or else reading their papers, and one does not like to urge the claims of conversation on one who is deep in politics or the next play of his antagonist; so my getting to business and coming back are in the nature of purgatory. I therefore hailed the automobile as a Heaven-sent means of swift motion with an agreeable companion, and with no danger of encountering either newspapers or cards. I have seen neither reading nor card-playing going on in any automobile. — © Copyright 2022 Adamorbis, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 音声と、朗読したテキストは、個人用に、それぞれダウンロード、コピペしていただいて結構です。n前述を除き、このサイトの全てのコンテンツは、Adamorbis, LLC の知的財産であり、サイトを訪れた個人による、個人的学習に供されます。n個人・公を問わず、いかなる手段によるものでも、転載・書き換え、引用等、による他者への内容の伝達は全て禁じます。