Notes:
mystery 神秘的な;
twinkle ぴかぴか[きらきら]光る;

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Early in November last year, I visited Tsumago in Nagano Prefecture. During the Edo period, it was a post town on a highway going from Edo to Kyoto. Historic buildings have been preserved, and there are no convenience stores, light poles, or traffic signals. All the shops close at 5 o’clock. During the dark night, the streets are only illuminated with paper-covered lamps, so the stars twinkle clearly in the sky. I felt as if I had been transported through time to the Edo period. It was like a mystery world. (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
invisible 目に見えない;
reasonable 理性的;
adapt 〔新しい環境などに〕順応する;
persist 〈人が〉〔…を〕固執する;

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１．Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible. （Joyce Brothers, American psychologist）
幸せは小さな出来事のなかに隠されている。もしあなたが幸せを見つけようとしなければそれは見えなくなってくるだろう。(Joyce Brothers,　アメリカ心理学者)

2. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. (George Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist)
理性的な人は、世界にあわせようとする。非理性的な人は世界を自分のほうにあわせさせようとすることに固執する。 (George Shaw, アイルランの劇作家、社会主義者)

3. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” (Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman and scientist.)
読書は私たちを豊かにし、会話は私たちを機敏にし、書くことは私たちの正確さを磨く。 (Francis Bacon,イギリスの哲学者、科学者)
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