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1. WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR MEAN BY “THE LAND”? d. Greece 冒頭にギリシアに住んでいたソクラテスの話であることが登場します。 2. WHY DOES NO ONE GET TIRED OF HIM? c. He says good things in a good way. “he said so many pleasant things, and said them in so delightful a way” とあります。 3. HOW BIG IS THE HOUSE? d. Very small 4. IS THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE SIGNIFICANT? d. No, the size does not matter to him. “there may be little reason” とあります。 5. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR HIS HOUSE? a. He would be satisfied with it because true friends are hard to come by. 末尾に “I shall think myself happy if I can fill even it with true friends.” そんな小さな家でさえ、真の友人で満たすことができたら自分は果報者であると思う、というくだりがあります。 [朗読文] Socrates and his House by James Baldwin There once lived in Greece a very wise man whose name was Soc’ra-tes. Young men from all parts of the land went to him to learn wisdom from him; and he said so many pleasant things, and said them in so delightful a way, that no one ever grew tired of listening to him. One summer he built himself a house, but it was so small that his neighbors wondered how he could be content with it. “What is the reason,” said they, “that you, who are so great a man, should build such a little box as this for your dwelling house?” “Indeed, there may be little reason,” said he; “but, small as the place is, I shall think myself happy if I can fill even it with true friends.” © Copyright 2022 Adamorbis, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 朗読文も個人用にコピペしていただいて結構です。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。