数年前、青森高校で、だいたい皆知っていたうわさがあった。このうわさは入学の二ヶ月後で始めた。誰(だれ)から始めたか誰も知らない。ただ、皆さんはそのうわさのことを信じていたそうだった。今も信じているらしい。
このうわさの中心(ちゅうしん)で、女の田中瑞季(たなかみずき)と男の竹橋一郎(たけはしいちろう)がいた。二人はそのうわさの始めた前、両方(りょうほう)の存在(そんざい)が知らなかった。どうしてこのうわさが始めたか誰にも知らない。そして、どうやってこのうわさが始めたか誰にも知らない。
うわさによると、田中さんは暗い過去(くらいかこ)があったそうだ。特(とく)に、中学生の時、同級生(どうきゅうせい)にいじめさせたと聞いた。あの時、彼女はちょっと悪魔(あくま)みたかったそうだ。一人の被害者(ひがいしゃ)は失明者になってしまったそうだ。そして、うわさの中で、同じ中学に行った竹橋君は、田中さんのいじめを手伝えたそうだ。
新しい単語(たんご)
うわさ rumors
信じます(しんじます)→ 信じる (to believe) 信じている
中心(ちゅうしん)center
両方(りょうほう)both
存在(そんざい)existence
〜によると、According to~
暗い過去(くらいかこ)shady past
特に Especially
同級生(どうきゅうせい)classmate
いじめさせる to bully someone (いじめる means to bully but by inserting させた, it becomes past-tense causative form)
いじめさせる to bully someone (いじめる means to bully but by inserting させた, it becomes past-tense causative form)
彼女(かのじょ)she
悪魔(あくま)devil
悪魔(あくま)devil
被害者(ひがいしゃ)victim
手伝える(てつだえる)help
ストリーの日本語から英語にの訳:
A few years ago, there was a rumor that generally everyone knew about at Aomori High School. This rumor started two months after the entrance ceremony (which is in April, so the rumors started after June). No one knows who started the rumors. But everyone seemed to believe in this rumor. Even now.
At the center of this rumor was a girl named Mizuki Tanaka and a boy named Ichiro Takahashi. Both of theme didn't know about the existence of each other before that rumor started (i.e. they didn't know each other before the rumors). No one knows why this rumor started. No one knows how it started.
According to the rumors, Miss Tanaka had a shady past. Especially, it seems that she bullied people when she was in middle school. At that time, she was a bit like the devil (i.e. evil). It seems that one of the victims lost her sight, regrettably. And in the rumors, it seems that Mr. Takahashi who went to the same middle school as Miss Tanaka helped with her bullying (i.e. was an accomplice).
ストリーの日本語から英語にの訳:
A few years ago, there was a rumor that generally everyone knew about at Aomori High School. This rumor started two months after the entrance ceremony (which is in April, so the rumors started after June). No one knows who started the rumors. But everyone seemed to believe in this rumor. Even now.
At the center of this rumor was a girl named Mizuki Tanaka and a boy named Ichiro Takahashi. Both of theme didn't know about the existence of each other before that rumor started (i.e. they didn't know each other before the rumors). No one knows why this rumor started. No one knows how it started.
According to the rumors, Miss Tanaka had a shady past. Especially, it seems that she bullied people when she was in middle school. At that time, she was a bit like the devil (i.e. evil). It seems that one of the victims lost her sight, regrettably. And in the rumors, it seems that Mr. Takahashi who went to the same middle school as Miss Tanaka helped with her bullying (i.e. was an accomplice).