(373) Stone Soup

Stone Soup (Aladdin Picture Books)

• 作者: Marcia Brown
• 出版社/メーカー: Aladdin
• 発売日: 1997/08/01
• メディア: ペーパーバック
  

Stone Soupを読んだ、最後の決め台詞がこれ

Oh, it’s all in knowing how .
要は、やり方だよ

1.    Three soldiers trudged down a road in a strange country.

2.    “And a loft to sleep in,” said the second

3.    They hung their meat in the cellars.

4.    The soldiers stopped first at the house of Paul and Francoise.

5.    Not a peasant had any food to give away.

6.    A fire was built on the village square and the pot was set to boil.

7.    The peasant’s eyes grew round as they watched the soldiers drop the stones into the pot.

8.    They remembered their potatoes and the sides of beef hanging in the cellars.

9.     Soldiers stirred the barley and milk into the steaming broth while the peasant stared.

10.   And all around were lighted torches.

11.   “Would not such a soup require bread ―and a roast―and cider?”

12.   They danced and sang far into the night.

13.   In the morning the whole village gathered in the square to give them a send-off.

14.   “Oh, it’s all in knowing how”

trudge：重い足取り｛あしどり｝で［とぼとぼ・てくてく］歩く

loft：屋根裏（部屋）

hang：〔～から〕～をつるす、〔～に〕～を掛ける◆過去形＝hung、過去分詞形＝hung

Francoise：フランソワーズ◆女性の名

give away：〔不要なものを〕譲る、贈る

A fire was built：火がおこされていた

eyes grew round：目を真ん丸にした

sides：〔人や動物の左右の〕体側｛たいそく｝

hanging：〔物が〕ぶら下がった

broth：ブロス◆肉・魚・野菜などを煮出したスープ

torch：たいまつ

cider：りんご酒

far into the night：夜遅くまで

send-off：見送り、歓送会

it’s all in：要は～
例文：It’s all in how you spend your time.
　　　要は時間の使い方だよ。



enduring:長続きする、永続的な、不朽の
outwit:〔より賢明・巧妙な方法で〕～の裏をかく、～を出し抜く
feast:祝宴、宴会、饗宴


 inherent in:～につきものの、～に固有の、～に内在の、～にもともと備わって、生来の、～に付いて回る
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