The Boy Who Spork the Birds

Question 1

nightingale

This boy loved to listen to the song of a nightingale which the family kept as a pet, …

Answer 1

【鳥】 サヨナキドリ，ナイチンゲール 《ツグミに似たヨーロッパ産の小鳥

Question 2

yet so sad

It is so lovely, yet so sad.

Answer 2

けれどもとても悲しそう

Question 3

downpour

In the midst of this downpour, …

Answer 3

大降り

Question 4

bobbing

He looked up and saw a nest where the heads of baby birds were bobbing up and down and …

Answer 4

急に上下に動かす

Question 5

fledgling

He climbed up the tree and spread the flaps of his kaftan over the nest to protect the fledglings from the rain.

Answer 5

羽の生えたての[巣立ちしたばかりの]ひな鳥.

Question 6

embroider

This Kaftan was a coat that his father had given him: it was embroidered with gold thread, …

Answer 6

刺繍(ししゆう)する

Question 7

garment

… and not the sort of garment you would choose to go climbing trees in.

Answer 7

衣服、衣類、(ものの)外観、装い

Question 8

You have done me a service.

Answer 8

助かりました。

Question 9

as it happens

As it happens, there is one skill that I would dearly love to posses.

Answer 9

たまたま; 折よく, あいにく.

Question 10

tune

… and learn the words, the grammar, and the tunes of the birds.

Answer 10

曲、歌曲、旋律、はっきりした節回し、メロディー

Question 11

overwhelming

Now he understood the meaning of the beautiful bird’s song, and felt overwhelming sad.

Answer 11

圧倒的な，抵抗できないほどの

Question 12

naively

“He sings, dear father,” said Ivan simply, naively, and foolishly, “that one day Ivan shall be a prince and and his father shall be his servant.”

Answer 12

愚直に，単純に，世間知らずにも

無邪気に，素朴に

Question 13

insolent

Ivan’s parents had not been expecting such an insolent speech.

Answer 13

横柄な、無礼な、生意気な、横柄で、無礼で

Question 14

bird-brained

Perhaps listening to the birds so much had made him quite bird-brained.

Answer 14

まぬけた、ばかな

Question 15

potion

… the boy’s mother made up some warm milk for Ivan, and mixed it with a strong sleeping potion…

Answer 15

(毒薬・霊薬などの)水薬; (その)一服.

Question 16

nobody would be the wiser

They thought that he would drown and nobody would be the wiser.

Answer 16

だれもわからないだろう.
この場限りの話だ
（これをしても）誰にも知れない

Question 17

starry

It was a starry night.

Answer 17

星の多い、星をちりばめた、星明かりの

Question 18

fragile
craft

… and the watchman saw Ivan lying in his fragile craft, …

Answer 18

壊れやすい、もろい、虚弱な、かよわい、はかない

(特に，小型の)船舶.

Question 19

at the mercy of…

… and the watchman saw Ivan lying in his fragile craft, at the mercy of the next big wave …

Answer 19

…のなすがままに.

Question 20

tip

… at the mercy of the next big wave that would surely tip him into the water.

Answer 20

傾けて〈中身を〉あける，捨てる; 〈人を〉ほうり出す 〈副(句)〉.

Question 21

smack
chop

… where he smacked the boy around the chops until he awoke.

Answer 21

平手打ち

チョップ

Question 22

rip

… and urged them to head for the port before the storm ripped the ship to pieces.

Answer 22

引き裂く.

Question 23

lad

But the sailors laughed, thinking that the poor lad must have caught too much sun while he was adrift at sea.

Answer 23

若者、少年、(年齢に関係なく)男、元気のいい男、大胆な男

Question 24

adrift

But the sailors laughed, thinking that the poor lad must have caught too much sun while he was adrift at sea.

Answer 24

漂って，漂流して.

Question 25

mighty

… and the ship took a mighty battering from the wind and the waves that did it much damage.

Answer 25

力強い、強力な、強大な、巨大な、すばらしい、非常な

Question 26

batter

… and the ship took a mighty battering from the wind and the waves that did it much damage.

Answer 26

〈雨・風などが〉〈…に〉強く当たる.

Question 27

to do mischief

Over there is a ship full of pirates who plan to do much mischief.

Answer 27

わざといたずらをする

Question 28

noxious

These noisy and noxious birds sat on the window sill of the king’s bedroom and cawed day and night.

Answer 28

有害[有毒]な.

Question 29

cawed

These noisy and noxious birds sat on the window sill of the king’s bedroom and cawed day and night.

Answer 29

(カラスの)カーカーいう鳴き声

Question 30

shoo

Servants had tried to shoo them away with brooms…

Answer 30

[鳥などを追う時に] シーッ!, シッ!

Question 31

chamberlain

The king’s chamberlain showed him to the window where the birds sat and squawked.

Answer 31

式武官，侍従.

Question 32

squawk

The king’s chamberlain showed him to the window where the birds sat and squawked.

Answer 32

〈カモメ・アヒルなどが〉ガーガー鳴く.

Question 33

ill-tempered

… the father flew off on his own with an ill-tempered “CAWWWWW!’ …

Answer 33

不機嫌な、怒りっぽい、気難しい

Question 34

grieve

… while he was grieving he also lost his fortune when pirates attacked a boat carrying all his merchandise.

Answer 34

深く悲しむ

Question 35

a wandering beggar

The old man became a wandering beggar, …

Answer 35

流浪する乞食

Question 36

stun

At first the old man was puzzled, and then stunned, …

Answer 36

頭を打って気絶させる、気を失わさせる

Question 37

throne

He stepped down from his throne to embrace his father with the words,

Answer 37

王座、玉座

Question 38

embrace

He stepped down from his throne to embrace his father with the words,

Answer 38

〈人を〉(愛情をもって)抱擁する; 抱き締める.