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Last Stop on Market Street

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【1】 教会からの出発と雨

CJ pushed / through (ドアなどを押し開けて外に出た) the church doors, skipped down the steps ( 階段を小走りに下りた) .

The outside air smelled like freedom, but it also smelled like rain, which freckled CJ’s shirt and dripped down his nose (彼の鼻を伝ってしたたり落ちた) .

freckled CJ’s shirt: CJのシャツにそばかすのような点々とした雨の跡をつけた

He ducked / under (〜の下にかがんで潜り込んだ) his nana’s umbrella, saying, “How come we gotta wait / for the bus / in all this wet (こんなにびしょ濡れで) ?”

How come: Why と同じく「理由」を尋ねる疑問詞ですが、より日常的で親しみやすい表現です。
Why の後は「Why do we have to…」のように疑問文の語順(助動詞+主語+動詞)になりますが、How come の後は「How come we gotta…」のように普通の発言と同じ語順(主語+動詞)のまま続くのが大きな特徴です。子供が純粋な疑問やちょっとした不満を投げかける場面でよく使われます。

gotta = got to = “have” got to = have to ~しなければならない

Trees get thirsty /ˈθɜː.sti/ , too,” his nana told him.

“Don’t you see that big one / drinking / through a straw /strɔː/ ?”

CJ looked / for a long time but never saw a straw.

【2】 車への憧れ

From the bus stop, he watched water pool (水たまりを作る) / on flower petals /ˈflaʊ.ər ˈpet.əlz/ (花びら) .

petalのみでも花弁、花びら

Watched rain patter / against the windshield (自動車のフロントガラス) / of a nearby car.

His friend Colby climbed in, gave CJ a wave, and drove off / with his dad.

“Nana, how come we don’t (have) got a car?”

have got ≒ have 持っている

【3】 バスの到着とマジック

“Boy, what do we need a car for? We got a bus / that breathes fire /briːðz ˈfaɪ.ər/ (火を吹く) , and old Mr. Dennis, who always has a trick / for you.”

what for ≒ whyを意味する口語英語

The bus creaked /kriːkt/ to a stop (キィーッと軋むような音を立てて止まった ) / in front of them.

It sighed /saɪd/ and sagged /sæɡd/ (沈んだ) and the doors swung open (勢いよくパッと開いた).

擬人化表現、ドアが開く際のプシューッというエアブレーキの排気音を「sigh(ため息をつく)」

What’s that I see?” Mr. Dennis asked.

He pulled a coin / from behind CJ’s ear, placed it / in his palm.

Nana laughed her deep laugh (お腹の底から深く笑った) and pushed CJ along (CJの背中を優しく押して歩かせた) .

動詞の laugh の後ろに、同語源の指示語を伴う名詞(her deep laugh)を重ねて持ってくる「同族目的語」の表現です。

【4】 車内の様子と挨拶

They sat / right up front (一番前の席に座った) .

The man / across the way (通路の向かい側に) / was tuning a guitar.

An old woman / with curlers /ˈkɜː.lərz/ (髪巻き) / had butterflies / in a jar (瓶) .

Nana gave everyone a great big smile (満面の笑み) and a “good afternoon.”

She made sure (that) / CJ did the same.

【5】 CJの不満と祖母の返し

The bus lurched /lɜːtʃt/ (ガクンと揺れた) forward and stopped, lurched forward and stopped.

Nana hummed /hʌmd/ (鼻歌を歌った) / as she knit (編み物をしながら) .

“How come we always gotta go here / after church?” CJ said.

gotta: 解説: have got to(= have to) の got to が変化した口語表現(話し言葉)です。

“Miguel and Colby never have to go nowhere.”

文法的には二重否定(never と nowhere)になっており、標準英語では「never have to go anywhere」となりますが、ストリートや子供の日常会話で「どこにも行く必要なんてない」と強い不満を強調する際によく使われる口語表現です。

“I feel sorry / for those boys,” she told him.

“They’ll never get a chance / to meet Bobo or the Sunglass Man.

And I hear (that) / Trixie got herself a brand-new hat.” *SVOO

CJ stared out the window / feeling sorry for himself.

He watched cars zip by (勢いよく走り去る) / on either side (左右どちら側にも) , watched a group of boys hop curbs (自転車で歩道の段差をピョンと飛び越える) / on bikes.

【6】 盲目の男性との出会い

A man climbed aboard (バスに乗り込んできた) / with a spotted dog (ぶち模様の犬) .

CJ gave up his seat (席を譲った) . “How come that man can’t see?”

“Boy, what do you know about seeing?” Nana told him.

“Some people watch the world / with their ears.”

“That’s a fact. Their noses, too,” the man said, sniffing / at (をクンクンと嗅ぎながら) the air.

“That’s a mighty fine perfume (とても素晴らしい香水) (which) you’re wearing today, ma’am.”

Nana squeezed (~をギュッと握った) the man’s hand and laughed her deep laugh.

【7】 音楽の始まり

Two older boys got / on next.

CJ watched / as they moved on by (自分の横を通り過ぎて進んだ) and stood / in back (後部座席エリアに) .

(I) Sure wish (that) I had one of those,” he said.

文頭の I が省略された非常にカジュアルな口語表現です。

Nana set down (~を手元に置いた) her knitting.

“What for? You (have) got the real live thing (本物の生の音楽) / sitting / across from (~の真向かいに) you.

Why don’t you ask the man / if he’ll play us a song?”

CJ didn’t have to.

The guitar player was already plucking /ˈplʌk.ɪŋ/ strings (弦を爪弾いて) and beginning to sing.

“To feel the magic / of music,” the blind man whispered, “I like to close my eyes.”

Nana closed hers, too.

So did CJ and the spotted dog.

【8】 音楽の魔法 4:39

And in the darkness,

the rhythm lifted CJ / out of the bus, out of the busy city.

He saw sunset colors / swirling / over (〜の上で渦巻いている) crashing waves (押し寄せる激しい白波) .

Saw a family of hawks /hɔːks/ (鷹) / slicing (切り裂く) / through the sky.

Saw the old woman’s butterflies / dancing free / in the light of the moon.

CJ’s chest grew full (胸がいっぱいになった) and he was lost / in (〜に夢中になった) the sound and the sound gave him the feeling of magic.

【9】 演奏の終わりと降車 5:12

The song ended and CJ opened his eyes.

Everyone on the bus clapped, even the boys in back.

Nana glanced at (〜をチラリと見た) the coin / in CJ’s palm.

CJ dropped it / in the man’s hat.

“Last stop on Market Street,”

Mr. Dennis called.

【10】 汚れた街と祖母の教え 5:35

CJ looked around / as he stepped off the bus.

Crumbling sidewalks (ひび割れてボロボロになった歩道) and broken-down doors, graffiti-tagged windows (落書きだらけの窓ガラス) and boarded-up stores (板張りの廃店舗) .

He reached for (〜を求めて手を伸ばした) his Nana’s hand.

“How come it’s always so dirty over here (このあたりは) ?”

She smiled and pointed to the sky.

“Sometimes when you’re surrounded by dirt (汚れ、汚いもの) , CJ, you’re a better witness (〜をよりよく見つけられる人) / for what’s beautiful.”

【11】 街のなかの美しさと発見 6:04

CJ saw the perfect rainbow / arcing over (〜の上に大きな弧を描いている) their soup kitchen (無料給食所) .

He wondered how his nana always found beautiful / where he never even thought / to look (視線を向けることすら頭に浮かばなかった) .

beautiful: ここでは「名詞」として使われており、意味は「美しいもの」「美しさ」となります。通常であれば beautiful thingsthe beautiful とするところですが、文学的な表現(特に児童書や小説など)では、このように形容詞をそのまま名詞として扱い、「美というもの」「美しいもの(こと)」という抽象的で深いニュアンスを表現することがあります。

He looked all around them again, at the bus / rounding the corner out of sight (視界から消えて) and the broken streetlamps / still lit up bright (きらきらと輝いて灯っている) and the stray-cat shadows / moving across the wall (壁を横切って動いている) .

【12】 スープキッチンへの到着 6:30

When he spotted (~を見つけた) their familiar faces / in the window, he said, “I’m glad (that) we came.”

He thought (that) his nana might laugh her deep laugh, but she didn’t.

She patted him on the head and told him,

“Me too, CJ. Now, come on (さあ早く行きましょう) .”

英単語・英語表現

【1】 教会からの出発と雨

【2】 車への憧れ

【3】 バスの到着とマジック

【4】 車内の様子と挨拶

【5】 CJの不満と祖母の返し

【6】 盲目の男性との出会い

【7】 音楽の始まり

【8】 音楽の魔法

【9】 演奏の終わりと降車

【10】 汚れた街と祖母の教え

【11】 街のなかの美しさと発見

【12】 スープキッチンへの到着

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