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１．よく使われている形容詞はgood, 名詞はtimeです。
２．英語は地球上の67ヶ国で公用語として扱われており、空の公用語でもあります。国際旅客機のパイロットは国際空港間の交信は英語で行います。
３．英語は紀元前の５世紀から始まりました。townは現代英語の中に最も古い英単語です。
４．“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” (素早い茶色のキツネが怠け者の犬を飛び越える。) この文は26個のアルファベットが全て使われて成り立っています。
５． “Go “は英語で最も短い完全な文です。
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Notes
bow 腰をかがめる、お辞儀する;
alas [悲嘆・憂慮などを表わして] ああ!, 悲しいかな;
whilt しぼむ、しおれる、元気がなくなる;
wept weepの過去形, (涙を流して)泣く;
melancholy 憂うつな，陰気な，もの悲しい；
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The poet bowed his head and obeyed: “But when the hour of death comes, O my caliph, then alas! thou wilt learn that all thy delights were but a shadow.”
The caliph’s eyes were filled with tears. Emotion choked him. He covered his face and wept.
Then one of the officers, who was sitting near the poet, cried out: “Stop! The caliph wished you to amuse him with pleasant thoughts, and you have filled his mind with melancholy.”
“Let the poet alone,” said Raschid. “He has seen me in my blindness, and is trying to open my eyes.”
Haroun-al-Raschid was the greatest of all the caliphs of Bagdad. In a wonderful book, called “The Arabian Nights,” there are many interesting stories about him. (from the book FIFTY FAMOUS PEOPLE -A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES
BY JAMES BALDWIN)
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