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Morning Light

朝の光

英検5級 · TOEIC 225未満(目安) · 411語 · 日本語訳つき

Hana was a nurse. She worked in a big hospital in the city. She worked at night. She started at eight in the evening. She finished at seven in the morning.

Hana liked her job. The night was quiet in the hospital. She helped people. She gave them water and medicine. She talked to them when they could not sleep.

But Hana never saw the morning. At seven, she was very tired. She took the bus home. She closed her curtains. Then she went to bed. She slept all day. When she got up, it was dark again.

One morning, the bus did not come. Hana waited for twenty minutes. There was still no bus. "I can walk," she thought. "It is only forty minutes."

So she walked. She went down the hill from the hospital. She went through the old town. Then she came to the river. She stopped.

The sun was coming up over the water. The sky was pink and orange. The river was gold. There was a little white mist on the water. Hana stood and looked at it. She forgot that she was tired.

There was a man on the bridge. He was old, and he had a small chair. He was painting the river. Hana looked at his picture. It was the morning, on paper. "It is beautiful," she said.

The man smiled. "I come here every morning," he said. "Every morning, the light is different." "Every morning, I paint it." "You are up early."

"No," said Hana, and she laughed. "I am up late." "I am a nurse. I work at night." "Ah," said the man. "Then this is your evening." "Yes," said Hana. "I like my evening."

She walked home along the river. Birds were singing in the trees. People were going to work. A man was opening his shop. Everything was new and fresh. Hana went to bed with a smile. She slept very well.

The next morning, the bus came. Hana did not get on it. She walked to the river again. The old man was there. He waved at her. Today the sky was grey and soft. His picture was grey and soft, too.

Now Hana walks home every morning. It takes forty minutes, not fifteen. But she sees the morning every day. And one day, the old man gave her a picture. It was a pink and orange river. It is on her wall now, next to her bed.

この物語の単語と意味(141語)
be~である、~にいる・ある
aひとつの
nurse看護師
she彼女
work働く、仕事、職場
in~の中に、~で
big大きい
hospital病院
theその、例の
city都市、市
at~で、~に
night夜
start始める、始まる
eight8
evening夕方、晩
finish終える、終わる
seven7
morning朝、午前
like好きだ、~のような
her彼女の、彼女を
job仕事
quiet静かな
help手伝う、助け
person人
giveあげる、与える
them彼らを、それらを
water水
and~と、そして
medicine薬
talk話す
to~へ、~に
whenいつ、~するとき
they彼ら、それら
could~できた、~してもらえますか
not~ない
sleep眠る
butでも、しかし
never一度も~ない、決して~ない
see見える、会う
veryとても
tired疲れた
take取る、持っていく、(乗り物に)乗る、(時間が)かかる
busバス
home家、家へ
close閉める、近い
curtainカーテン
thenそれから、そのとき
go行く
bedベッド
allすべての、みんな
day日、昼間
get手に入れる、~になる、着く
up上へ
itそれ
dark暗い
againもう一度、また
one1、ひとつ
doする
come来る
wait待つ
for~のために、~の間
twenty20
minute分
thereそこに、あそこに
stillまだ、それでも
noいいえ、ひとつも~ない
iわたし
can~できる
walk歩く、散歩
think思う、考える
only~だけ
forty40
soだから、とても
down下へ
hill丘
from~から
through~を通って
old古い、年をとった
town町
river川
stop止まる、止める、停留所
sun太陽
over~の上に、~を越えて、終わって
sky空
pinkピンクの
orangeオレンジ
gold金
little小さい、少し
white白い
mistもや、うすい霧
on~の上に、~に
stand立つ
look見る、~に見える
forget忘れる
thatあれ、それ、あの
man男の人
bridge橋
he彼
have持っている、ある
small小さい
chairいす
paint塗る、描く
his彼の
picture絵、写真
paper紙、新聞
beautiful美しい
say言う
smileほほえむ、笑顔
hereここ
every毎~、すべての
light光、明かり、軽い
differentちがう
youあなた、あなたたち
early早い、早く
laugh笑う
late遅い、遅れて
ahああ
thisこれ、この
yourあなたの
yesはい
myわたしの
along~に沿って
bird鳥
sing歌う
tree木
open開ける、開いている
shop店、買い物をする
everythingすべて
new新しい
fresh新鮮な
with~と一緒に、~で
wellよく、上手に、ええと
next次の、隣の
wave手を振る、波
today今日
grey灰色の
softやわらかい
too~も、~すぎる
now今
fifteen15
wallかべ

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