The Midas Touch 3
しかおておうごん

himself into gold, / but only golden tears fall heavy / on the earth below.//

じ ぶ ん

おうごん

かミダス氏は自分の顔に自分の手を押しあてる / 自分自身を黄金に変えてしMr. Midas puts his hands on his face / in the hope that he will turn

なみだ

おもふそそ

あしもと

じ め ん

まいたいと願いながら / しかし、黄金の 涙 だけが重く降り注ぐ / 足元の地面に//しやとせ か い い ち

は つ め い か

おくもの

Mr. Midas hires / the world's greatest inventor Daedalus / to work on

ミダス氏は雇う / 世界一の発明家のダイダロスを / その『贈り物』をな

removing the "gift" / that has turned into a curse.// Nothing works.// Mr. Midas

んとかして取り除くために / それはすでに呪いと化している// 何の成果もない//

has to resort / to prayer and fasting.// He drinks to forget / until he forgets to

ミダス氏はもはや頼るしかない / 御祈りと断食に//

drink.// Then, Dionysius, the golden haired, stands before him.// Mr. Midas

酒を飲むのを忘れるくらいまで//instantly knows / he has to fly to the fountainhead of the Pactolus River in Turkey

ち出でる。/// to purify his hands.//

行かなければならない / 手を清めるために//とのぞしさけのろたよのお い のわすしそ く ざかなん

だんじき

こんじき

かれ

せいか

わす

さけのかれ

まえ

彼は忘れるために酒を飲む /かみた

そこに、金色の髪のディオニュソスが彼の前に立さとがわげんせんとミダス氏は即座に悟った / トルコのパクトロス川の源泉まで飛んでいて

きよげんせんてつこ

彼はさっそくヘリコプターに乗り / （源泉の）流れに手を突っ込むと /He takes a helicopter right away, / and when he plunges his hands into
みきん

うろこ

はおかりゅうながthe stream,/ he sees scales as gold peel away / and float downstream.// He puts his

彼に見えるのは、金のような 鱗 が剥がれ落ちて / 下流へと流れていく（様子だ）//

hand to the grass,/ and feels life with his fingers/ after far too long.// He brings the草に手を当てて / その指で生命を感じるのだ / あまりにも久しぶりに//water in a vacuum flask / from the spring back to Crete, / and uses it to restore

を魔法瓶に入れて持ち帰る / 泉 からクレタ島に / 娘 を回復させるために使う//

his daughter.// After that, / he began to cherish / the warmth of nature and his

それ以降 / 彼は大切にするようになった / 自然や家族のぬくもりを / 以前よりもくさてあま ほ う びん

ゆびいせいめいかんひさいずみ

むすめ

かいふくかれみず

彼は水
つかさらに//

family / more than ever before.

Vocabulary and Phrases
inventor
curseresort tofountainhead

はつめいか

まく（皮、膜が）はがれる
かわ

のろ

呪い
しゅだん

うった（手段など）に 訴 える
すいげん

かわ

peel away

発明家

じょうほうなど

みなもと

水源、（ 情 報 等の） 源と～に飛び込む

scale

うろこ

パクトロス川はトルコに実際にある川で、砂金を産出することで有名です。神話において、ミかりゅう

ダス王がここで【Midas Hands】を洗った事で、金が産出するようになったと言われています。

下流

vacuum flask

しんくうようきま ほ う びん真空の容器＝魔法瓶※flask はフラスコのこと
restoreギリシャ神話における Midas Hand（ミダスの手）Part３※皮むきがピーラー
downstream

こplunge into ～＊TIPS＊

また、上記の物語の中で彼が酒におぼれているのは、神話においては酒と富の神であるディオニュソスに祈ったとされているためです。これ以来、ミダスはお金への執着を捨てて、自然の暖かさを愛するようになります。実はそのことが、『王様の耳はロバの耳』につながるのです。

もど～をもとに戻す

だんじき

だんじき

ちょうしょく

断食は”fast”といいます。断食をやめることから、 朝 食 は”breakfast”といいます。

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＊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 puts his hands on his face in the hope that he will turn himself

Question 1: How does Mr. Midas try to solve his problems?

into gold, but only golden tears fall heavy on the earth _______________.
Mr. Midas hires the world's greatest __________________ Daedalus to workon removing the "gift" that has turned into a __________________. Nothing works.
Mr. Midas no longer has to __________________ to prayer and fasting. He drinks to________________ until he _________________ to drink. Then, Dionysius, the golden

Question 2: What does Dionysius look like?

haired, stands before him. Mr. Midas instantly knows he has to fly to the________________________ of the Pactolus River in Turkey to purify his hands.
He takes a helicopter right away, and when he ___________________ hishands into the stream, he sees scales as gold _______________ away and float
downstream. He puts his hand to the _____________, and feels life with his fingers
after far too long. He brings the water in a _______________ flask from the springback to Crete, and uses it to ______________ his daughter. She ever after feels cold
to the touch.

Summarize:

Question 3: How is Ariadne restored?

＊Background knowledge:
The tale of Midas is a Greek myth.
Summary:
Previously:(short)Mr Midas takes in a stranger, and is rewarded by Dionysius with the gift ofMr. Midas resorts to building a temple and sacrificing to Dionysius. He is told

turning all that he touches into gold. He touches lots of stuff and turns it into

to get special water, and wash in it. He does, and he washes his daughter, too.

gold, becoming the richest man ever. He accidentally touches his daughter,

They all return to norml but not perfectly.

and she too turns to gold.
(50-80 words)
Mr. Midas first tries to turn himself to gold, then attempts to use science toreturn to normal, but ultimately resorts to building a temple and sacrificing
to Dionysius. He is told to get special water, and wash in it. He does, and he＊Q&A Sample Answer
Q1:

He first tries to turn himself into gold, then he tries to use technology, then hemakes a secret temple.
Q2: A giant, fair haired, pretty boy with a crown of vines that are growing andwithering in fast motion.
Q3: Ariadne is restored to life by water from the Pactolus River.

washes his daughter, too. They all return to normal but not perfectly.