無料で英語の勉強 イソップ物語でリスニング&文法&英単語＜犬と影＞

①　Townsend's translation

Lit2Goで音声も聞けます。　Flesch–Kincaid Level: 4.0　87 words

　→　http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/35/aesops-fables/380/the-dog-and-the-shadow/

聞き流すだけで英語をマスター：イソップ物語(CD１枚＋教本）と同じ英文です。

A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth,

分詞構文　時
stream　小川
with A B　AをBして、しながら　[付帯状況]
a piece of A　1個のA
flesh　肉　cf. fresh　新鮮な

saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog,

one's own A　自分自身のA
shadow　（水・鏡などに映る）姿
take A for B　AをBだと思う
that　=shadow

with a piece of meat double his own in size.

in size　大きさが

He immediately let go of his own,

immediately　直ちに
let go of A　A(つかまえているもの)を放す　let-let-let

and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.

fiercely　激しく
不定詞　目的
get O from A　AからOを手に入れる

He thus lost both:

thus　このように

that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow;

that which S V　SがVするもの（meat）
grasp at A　Aをつかもうとする

and his own, because the stream swept it away.

sweep O 副　Oを押し流す　sweep-swept-swept


②　Jacob's translation

英文と挿絵　→　http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/jacobs/3.htm

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.

It happened that S V　たまたまSV
過去完了
in 名　名の状態で

Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.

on one's way home　家に帰る途中で
plank　厚板
lie　ある　現在分詞
brook　小川

As he crossed,

as S V　SがVするとき

he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.

reflect　映す　過去分詞
beneath　下に

Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat,

分詞構文　think (that) S V

he made up his mind to have that also.

make up one's mind to V　Vしようと決心する

So he made a snap at the shadow in the water,

make a snap at A　Aに食いつく

but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

as S' V' S V　 S' がV' なので、S V
V1, V2 and V3　V1してV2してV3する

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

beware　気をつける　命令文
lest S (should) V　SがVしないように
lose　失う
substance　物
by Ving　Vすることによって
grasp at A　Aをつかもうとする


③　A New Translation by V.S.

英文と挿絵　→　http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/vernonjones/94.htm

A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth,

plank　厚板

when he happened to see his own reflection in the water.

happen to V　偶然Vする
reflection　(水などに映った)影

He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own,

twice as big　倍の大きさ
…, so S V　…, だからSV
let go　<持ったものを>手放す

and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece.

fly at A　Aに飛びかかる　fly-flew-flown
to不定詞　目的

But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither;

of course　もちろん
that　関係代名詞　主格
that S V　SがVすること
neither　どちらも～ない

for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.

, for S V　というのはSがVだから
only A　Aにすぎない
carry away A　Aをさらってゆく
current　流れ