おじぎ草さんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年5月9日(木)

Unit 6 The Smell of Fried Fish
A poor traveller stopped under a tree to eat his boiled rice and vegetables. A few metres away, there was a small shop where a woman was frying fish and selling it to a travellers who were able to afford to pay for it. This woman watched the poor traveller carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, ‘ You have not paid me for the fried fish!’
‘But I have not had any fried fish!’
‘But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish wit your rice and vegetables, ‘ argued the woman.
Soon a crowd collected. Although they supported the poor traveller, they had to admit that the wind had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.
Finally, the woman took the poor traveller to a judge. He said, ‘ The woman says that the traveller ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveller agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman’s shop and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to him, so he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost?’ he asked the woman.
‘Twenty -five cents a plate ,’ she answered, delighted.
‘Then go outside together,’ said the judge. ‘There the traveller must hold up a twenty-five cent piece so that its shadow falls on the woman’s hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents’

※語句
can afford to 余裕がある
(例)Tom could not afford to go to the concert.
トムはコンサートに行くお金がなかった。


鼻を覆うと食べ物の味がしない。嗅覚と味覚は密接な関係があるので、the poor traveller はfried fish の味のするrice and vegetables の食事を楽しんだと思います。



外気温8℃。冷えます。
昨日の阪神ー広島戦で広島セカンドの菊池選手のスーパープレーがあった。空中低く跳んだ所からファーストに送球。動画で見たら野球ファンになると思うしびれるプレーでした。