The Midas Touch 2しきんかかれにわいすImmediately,/ Mr. Midas' computer turns to gold.// Soon his chair is gold,/

たちまち / ミダス氏の（お店の）コンピューターは金に変わる// やがて椅子

the door is gold,/ and all the phone cases in his shop are gold.// He rushes into hisが金に / ドアが金に / 店の電話ケースはすべて金になる// 彼が庭に駆け込めば / 金garden,/ and golden flowers snap their overladen stems.// Mr. Midas, arms tiredの花たちは、重くなりすぎた自らの茎を折ってしまう//from the weight of so much gold,/ returns to the kitchen / and pours himself a cupに腕が疲れてしまい / 台 所 へと戻り / コップに自分で水を注ぐ// その（水の）ペットof water.// The PET bottle drops to the ground, golden,/ denting the floor.// Mr.

ボトルは床に落ち、金に変わったまま / 床をへこませる。//

Midas barely lifts a golden mug to his lips.// When he drinks, he tastes liquid gold.//

プをかろうじて口に運ぶ//

He becomes the richest man in the world.//

金持ちとなってしまう//きん

きん

はなうでみせ

でんわ

おも

くき

つか

だいどころ

ゆか

きん

おきん

くちお

もど

はこ

し

えきたい

きん

きん

おも

そそ

ゆかのこ

ミダス氏は、あまりの金の重さ
みず

かかきん

しきん

ミダス氏は金のマグカッ

あじ

かれ

せかいいち

その水を飲むと、液体の金の味がするのだ// 彼は世界一のかねもむすめ

At his daughter Ariadne's 15th birthday,/ her one wish is to spend the day

さいたんじょう び

かのじょ

ねが娘 のアリアドネの 15歳 の 誕 生 日 の時に / 彼女 のたったひとつの願 いは、

ちちおやははおやす

むかしにわししんぱいごとわす

おうごんwith her father and mother / in the old garden.// Mr. Midas forgets all his worries,/

父親と母親と過ごすことだ / 昔 の庭で// ミダス氏は心配事 をすべて忘れ / 黄金のケ

and bites on a golden cake / stuck to his golden fork.// Some of it catches in hisーキにかぶりつく / 黄金のフォークにくっついている//throat,/ and Ariadne rushes to help him cough it out.// Tears come to his eyes / asかり / アリアドネがあわてて駆け寄り、吐き出させる//

he feels her touch for the first time / since he met the Daemon.// But tears of joy

めて彼女に触れることに / デーモンと出会って以来//

turn to tears of despair / as his wife screams,/ and he realizes that / he is holdingに変わる / 妻の悲鳴とともに / 彼は気づく / 自分がアリアドネの黄金の像を自分の腕

a golden statue of Ariadne in his arms.//

で抱きしめていることに//

おうごん

はかのじょ

ふつまで

ひめい

かれ

あだ

いらいいちぶかれめなみだ

その一部が彼ののどにつっかかれうはじ彼の目には 涙 が浮かぶ / 初
よろこなみだぜつぼう

しかし、 喜 びの 涙 は絶望の涙

じぶんおうごんぞうだ

Vocabulary and Phrases
immediately
snap
overladendentbarelyliquidseparate

すぐにin person
おお（パキッと）折る/折れるにもつの荷物を載せすぎている
へこませる
かろうじて
えきたい

液体

分ける / 別々の(形)※無断複製禁止 All rights reserved.

たいめん

対面で /

cough out
despair

ギリシャ神話における Midas Hand（ミダスの手）Part２食べるものも飲むものすらも、金に代わってしまう力を得てしまったミダス。ついには恐れてstuck to> stick to＊TIPS＊～にくっつくせきをして吐き出す
ぜつぼう

絶望いたことが起きてしまいます。お金があってもどうにもならないこともあるようです。
現代においても、”Midas touch”という単語が使われている業界があります。ビジネスにおいて、この言葉は「触れるものすべて金に変える」＝「かかわる仕事の全てが成功する」という意
味として、素晴らしい業績を持つ会社やビジネスパーソンに使われます。
日本における故事成語と同様に、神話や昔の出来事から取られた言葉が英語でも当然に使われます。

（続く）＊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＊

_______________________ , Mr. Midas' computer turns to gold. Soon his chair

Question 1: Why does Mr. Midas keep dropping things?

is gold, the door is gold, and all the phone ______________ in his shop are gold. He______________ into his garden, and golden flowers ______________ their overladen
stems. Mr. Midas, arms ______________ from the weight of so much gold, returns to thekitchen and ______________ himself a cup of water. The PET bottle drops to the ground,
golden, ________________ the floor. Mr. Midas ________________ lifts a golden mug tohis lips. When he drinks, he tastes _________________ gold. He becomes the richest

Question 2: Why does Mr. Midas isolate himself?

man in the world.
At his ___________________ Ariadne's 15th birthday, her one wish is to spend
the day with her father and mother in the old garden. Mr. Midas _________________ allhis ___________________, and bites on a golden cake _______________ to his golden fork.
Some of it catches in his _________________, and Ariadne rushes to help him______________ it out. Tears come to his eyes as he feels her touch for the first timesince he met the Daemon. But tears of joy turn to tears of _________________ as hiswife screams, and he realizes that he is holding a golden ________________ of Ariadne
in his arms.

Summarize:

Question 3: Why does Ariadne touch Mr. Midas?

＊Background knowledge:

Summary:

The tale of Midas is a Greek myth.

(short)Mr Midas touches lots of stuff and turns it into gold, becoming the richest

Previously:

man ever. He accidentally touches his daughter, and she too turns to gold.

Mr Midas takes in a stranger, and is rewarded by Dionysius with the gift of(50-80 words)

turning all that he touches into gold.

Mr Midas touches lots of stuff and turns it into gold, becoming the richest
man ever. He isolates himself from his family in the fear that he might hurtthem with his power. When his daughter celebrates her birthday, heaccidentally touches his food, and she too turns to gold as she tries to save

＊Q&A Sample Answer
Q1:Because gold is heavy, and everything he touches turns to gold.

Q2: Because he doesn’t want to hurt his family.
Q3: Because he is choking on golden birthday cake.

him from choking.