H☆Mさんの おぼえた日記 - 2018年3月27日(火)

【Old News Is New Again】-Special Week / Radio English Conversation-

Two notes written by physicist Albert Einstein have fetched 1.8 million dollars at an auction in Jerusalem.

The physicist, known for his theories of relativity, gave the notes to a bellboy in lieu of a tip while staying at the Imperial Hotel in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in the previous year.

The notes are written in German. One says, "A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it."

The other reads, "Where there's a will, there's a way."

The auction house says the notes were put up for sale by a relative of the bellboy.

When Einstein handed them to the Japanese bellboy, he reportedly said their value might become much higher than that of a normal tip. (2017/10/25)


【Question】
[What did Einstein give to a bellboy instead of a tip?]　⇒Two notes.

[When did this happen?]　⇒In 1922.

[How much were the notes sold for at an auction in Jerusalem?]
　⇒1.8 million dollars.

【True/False】
[One of the notes says, "Where there's a will, there's a way.]　⇒True.

[The notes were put up for sale by the Imperial Hotel.]
　⇒False. They were put up for sale by a relative of the bellboy.

【words and phrases】
[note]ﾒﾓ [physicist]物理学者 [fetch]落札する [theories of relativity]相対性理論 [in lieu of-]…の代わりに [a calm and humble life]静かで質素な/謙虚な生活 [be put up for sale]売りに出される [relative]親戚

★"A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it."
「成功の追求と、それに伴う絶え間ない不安より、静かで質素な生活のほうがより大きな幸福をもたらす」

★"Where there's a will, there's a way."「意志あるところに道あり」