28th, April

校友会A室

◎講読クラス

Across The Bridge

You couldｎ't keep any secrets for five hours in this border town.５時間と秘密が持たない米国に面した国境沿いの小さな町?Rio Grande での出来事である。

-----the whole story of Halling Investment Trust and the proceedings for extradition---

物語は金融関係の男が不祥事を起こし、逃亡犯人引渡しの刑から逃れている状況の話である。

And so he waited there on the border for the next move. This wasn’t finance and he was an amateur at escape.

This man worth a million was costing his country; anyway they sent across two detectives with an old photograph.

逃亡中のMr.Callowayと２人の刑事の逮捕劇がこの小さな町で、----その事を誰も知らぬものが居ず、皆固唾を呑んでその展開に息を潜めているのであるが------繰り広げられる。だが刑事は何度も彼を取り逃がし、物語は意外な結末で終わる。

The semi-setter scratched for fleas and Mr. Calloway watched the USA.

The two detectives watched the crowd, and the crowd watched the show with solemn satisfaction.

Then one of the detectives got up and went over to Mr. Calloway.

“You speak English?”

“ I am English,” Mr.Calloway said.

Even that didn’t tear it, and the strangest thing of all was the way Mr. Calloway came alive.

Later that, they (the police ) paid a Mexican five pesos to smuggle it( the dog) across (the bridge)

The detectives confided to me, “ Calloway’s on this side.”

“ He’ looking for it (the dog) ,” the other said.

以前、Mr.Calloway said in a low angry voice,” I hate that dog. The beastly mongrel.”

“ I’d have shot a dog like that.”　(そういう雑種は撃ち殺していた。)

He was a man without a family and without friends, and his only enemy was that dog.

場面を戻すと、

Near the bottom of the long road to the bridge was Mr.Calloway. He saw the dog coming and yelled at it to go home. Then he saw the police car coming, and ran.

Anyway, the detective swerved---he said later that he couldn’t run over a dog, and down went Mr. Calloway.

Mr.Calloway put up his hand , and down it went across the dog’s neck and the whimper rose to a stupid bark of triumph, but Mr. Calloway was dead.

If that last gesture was one of affection, it was only one more indication of a human being’s capacity for self-deception.

Graham Greene のこの短編も圧巻でした。竹野先生が仰る---人間性の二重性---が表現され

た物語は限りなく可笑しく、限りなく哀しさの内在するものであったと思います。

◎Oral Class

Jonathan Hammond 先生の第一回目のlecture

ニックネームJon―――John

会員のquestion and answer で　self-introduction

Los Angeles 生まれ。横浜在住３０年。

日本食大好き。恋しいMexican Food　は年２回の帰国で堪能。

Simple Life is the Best.　　が信条。

趣味Cycling, Hiking

専門　　East-Asia History　　Linguistics

◎ Quize　と 次回のText の　vocabulary の　check

次回の予定

５月２６日（土）総研ビル　　第１０会議室

６月２３日（土）総研ビル　　第１０会議室

講読クラスのText　の順番

The Case For The Defence

A Shocking Accident

Beauty

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