インターTOMAS

これを毎日やると英語が聞き取れる｜音読×リスニング練習|PR 2 Week1【260707-0711】

【Script】 　Tanabata is a Japanese festival/ on the 7th day of the 7th month.// Originally, a maiden was appointed/ to weave a kimono by a river/ in preparation for the coming of a god:/ a ritual to ensure good harvests.// With the arrival of Buddhism,/ it became a preparation/ for the Obon festival.// 　A Chinese festival/ inspired by the legend of the stars/ Orihime (weaving maiden) and Hikoboshi (Herd-boy),/ heavenly lovers separated by a river,/ was celebrated in the same month.// She was the weaver of garments/ for the heavenly kingdom,/ and she fell in love/ with the heavenly cowherd.// Unfortunately, they neglected their duties/ to spend time with each other/ and were banished to opposite ends of the heavens.// This was too harsh,/ and they were too dismayed to work,/ so they were allowed to meet/ one day a year.// 　The Japanese were delighted/ by this parallel with the riverside weaving of Tanabata,/ and adapted the legend to the practice.// People now write wishes on paper cards/ that decorate bamboo/ as they pray to the stars.// The magpies are said to make a bridge/ to let the two lovers meet,/ if only once a year when the weather permits.// 　Tanabata has not been celebrated every year/ throughout all of Japan/ because of a change in the calendar in 1873.// Sendai kept the tradition as much as possible,/ though not without interruption.// It was revived after the war,/ after a devastating 2011 earthquake,/ and again after the COVID-19 pandemic.// Where love remains, nothing is fully lost.// -------------------------------------------------- 毎週土曜18時に翌週分の原稿を更新！ プロフィール欄の「ダウンロードセンター」からご覧いただけます。下へスクロールし、日時・レベル別にお選びください。 ☆予習動画公開スケジュール☆ 毎週金曜日：PR Beg / PR Eiken 毎週土曜日：PR1 / PR2