Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method
Lesson 1-3: 北風と太陽 /The North Wind and the Sun
- Slow Speed
- Slow Speed with Pauses
- Natural Speed
- Natural Speed with Pauses
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Japanese Script
「最初におれがやってみるよ」。北風はそう言って、強い風を吹きました。男は急に吹いた強い風におどろきました。北風はどんどん風を吹きます。風を吹いて、マントを飛ばすつもりです。「寒い！どうして急に風が強くなったんだ？」男はそう言うと、もう一枚マントを出して、急いで着ました。北風は二枚のマントを脱がせるために、もっと強く風を吹きました。男はマントが飛ばないように、しっかりと手で持ちました。北風がいくら強く風を吹いても、男は一生懸命手でマントを持っています。北風は言いました。「だめだ。おれの力ではマントを脱がせることができない。」
English Translation
“First, I will try,” the North Wind said and blew the strong wind. The man was surprised by the wind blowing suddenly. The North Wind steadily blew the wind. He planned to make it fly off by blowing the wind. “It’s cold! Why has the wind suddenly become so strong?” the man said, and then took out another cloak, and wore it in a hurry. The North Wind blew the wind more strongly to make him take off his two cloaks. The man tightly held the cloaks to prevent them from flying away. Even if the North Wind strongly blew the wind, the man was holding the cloaks very hard. The North Wind said, “I can’t. My power can’t make him take off his cloaks.
Vocabulary
| Words | Types | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 最初 | adverbial noun | beginning, outset, first, onset |
| 急に | adverb | suddenly, abruptly, immediately |
| どんどん | adverb | rapidly, steadily |
| 飛ばす | u-verb | to fly, to fire, to hurl, to launch, to make fly |
| どうして | question word | why |
| …ために | expression | for, for the sake of, to one’s advantage |
| もっと | adverb | (some) more, even more, further |
| …ように | expression | in order to, so that, take care (so as) |
| しっかり | adverb, suru verb | tightly, firmly, securely |
Recommended Links
Lesson 1-4: 北風と太陽 / The North Wind and the Sun
Lesson 1-2: 北風と太陽 / The North Wind and the Sun
