- The Prodigal Son (Part 1) Two brothers, / John and Mike, / grew up in America. // John studied

ふた り きょうだい

そだ

2 人 兄 弟 / ジョンとマイクは / アメリカで育った//
そつぎょう

ちちおやしょうけんめいべんきょう

ジョンは一生 懸 命 勉 強 しほうりつ じ む し ょ

hard, / graduated from Harvard, / and became a partner at his father's law firm.//て / ハーバードを卒 業 し / 父親の法律事務所のパートナーになった//

Mike, however, went abroad / after high school / and partied in Venice, Athens,

しかし、マイクは海外に行き / 高校卒業後 / ベニス、アテネ、イスタンブールでパーand Istanbul. // Mike was a big spender, / always surrounded himself with pretty

ティをした//

girls, / and he always dressed in the height of fashion … / until his father cut off

自身をきれいな女性で囲ませていた// さらに、彼はいつも流 行 の最先端の服を着ていhis allowance.//た… / 父親が小遣いを止めるまでは。//

かいがい

こうこうそつぎょうご

おおがねもたいきん

つかおとこ

マイクは大金持ちだった（大金を使う 男 だった） / それにいつも自分
りゅうこう

ちちおや

Mike spent / half of the entire family fortune! // His father told him / thatいこづか

さいせんたんふくきとつかぜんざいさんはんぶん

マイクは使ってしまった / 一家の全財産 の半分を！//はんぶん

なにちちおやいのこ

父親が言うには / 残りのおくthe other half was John’s, / and John would not send Mike anything. // Mike, now

半分はジョンのもので / ジョンはマイクに何も送ることはなかった//

alone / in Istanbul with no money, / had to work to eat, / but he could only get a

独りぼっちだ / イスタンブールで、一文無しで / 食べるために 働 かなければならな

job / to feed pigs slop. // When there was an economic recession, / he was so poor

かった / しかし彼が唯一出来る仕事は / 豚に飼料を与えることだった//

and hungry / that even the slop looked tasty. // Then he remembered / that errand

なると / 彼はとても貧しく、空腹なので / 豚の餌さえおいしそうに見えた//boys and janitors / were payed well / at his father's firm.// Mike decided to go
back, / apologize, and ask for work, / not as a son, / but just like anyone else.//

たでかれ

かれ

おもき

まずだ

しごと

くうふく

つかはし

ようむいん

ぶた

しりょう

ぶた

えさ

こうきゅう とマイクは今やはたら

あた

ちちかいしゃふ け い き不景気 にそのとき彼は思い出した / 使い走りや用務員 は / 高 給 取りだった / 父の会社では//
もど

あやま

しごと

たのマ

むすこ

イクは戻ることを決心した / 謝 り、仕事を頼むことにした / 息子としてではなく /ほか

おな

他の人たちと同じように//

To be continued…

…つづく

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Vocabulary and Phrases
放蕩な（遊んでばかりな）

allowance

お小遣い / 仕送り：

graduate

卒業する

family fortune

家財 / 一家の財産

Time for 100 wpm

partner

仲間、相棒、共同経営者

slop

豚の餌

law firm
abroad法律事務所
海外economic

経済的な大金持ち

recession

不景気 / 後退Time for 120 wpm

big spender

tasty

おいしい：

使い走り
用務員

ほうとう

△prodigal（いっぱいお金を使うひと）
surround囲む

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流行の最先端janitor

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Illustration＊裏面の問題は音読を毎回 40 分以上反復してから挑戦しましょう＊

【Listen & Fill Blank】』』

Two ____________, John and Mike, grew up in ____________.

【Q&A / A&Q】

Question 1: What did Mike do while abroad?

John studied hard, ____________ from Harvard, and became a____________ at his father's law firm. Mike, ____________, went
abroad after ________________________ and partied in Venice,

Question 2: Why does Mike become alone?

Athens, and Istanbul. Mike, a ________________________, always
surrounded himself with pretty girls, and he always dressed in theheight of ____________... until his father cut off his ____________.
Mike spent half of the ____________ family fortune! His

Question 3: What do you want to do if you go abroad?

father told him that the ____________ ____________ was John’s, andJohn would not send Mike anything. Mike, now alone in Istanbul
with no money, had to work to eat, but he could ______ ______ a job

Ask 1: 答えが「height of fashion」である質問を英語で書いてください____________ pigs slop. When there was an economic ____________,
he was so poor and ____________ that even the slop looked tasty.
Then he ____________ that errand boys and janitors were payed wellAsk 2: Istanbul についての質問を英語で書いてください

at his father's firm. Mike decided to go back, ____________, and ask
for work, not as a son, but just like ____________ else.

Ask 3: 本文について知りたいことを英語で１つ書いてくださいSample Answer 1:Party, spend half his father’s money, and get a job feeding pigs.

Sample Answer 2:
Because he no longer has money.

Sample Answer 3:
Eat pizza/ cliff jumping/ shopping/ go to a museum/ become king or queen/ etc…

Sample Question 1: How did Mike dress before becoming poor?

Sample Question 2: Where is Istanbul? / What is there to do in Istanbul? /How many pigs are there in Istanbul? / etc…

Sample Question 3: Why was Mike allowed to spend so much money? /Why did the father give half of his money to John? /