NHKラジオ英会話 Special Week 7月
A Fox Called Gon Act 1
play tricks on ~ ~にいたずらをする
wait out the rain 雨が止むのを待つ
swollen (川などが)増水して
waist-deep 腰までつかって
tattered (衣服が)ボロボロの
A Fox Called Gon Act 2
eel うなぎ
creel 魚籠(魚を入れる籠)
prize いい物
throw ~ downstream ~を下流に投げる
get hold of ~ ~をつかまえる
run for one's life 命からがら逃げる
A Fox Called Gon Act 3
Synopsis
A little fox called Gon lives in the mountains, not far from the Nakayama Castle.
He likes to play tricks on people. One day he spies Hyoju, a man catching
fish in the stream. For fun he steals his eel and lets the other fish go. Hyoju
tries to catch him but Gon runs for his life and gets back to his hole.
funeral 葬式
procession 行列
drawn やつれて
review the day's events 一日の出来事を思い起こす
give ~ his/her last wish ~の最後の願いを聞き入れる