エンジョイシンプルイングリッシュをディクテーションしてみました
今回は2021/6/3放送分です
木曜日は、Marie the scientist
「なぜ人間にしっぽがないの？/Why don’t humans have tails?」
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エンジョイシンプルイングリッシュ 6/3
なぜ人間にしっぽがないの？
Why don’t humans have tails?
Dear diary,
We had to clean the big windows at school today so I stood on a chair to reach them.
Then I lost my balance and fell down.
“Ouch, my leg”
“Are you OK, Marie?
I’ll take you to the school nurse”
“Thanks, Haruto”
“Oh, poor Marie.
Let me see your leg”
“Mr. Shima.
I hurt my leg because I don’t have a tail”
“A tail?
What do you mean, Marie?”
“Yesterday, I saw my neighbor’s cat fall from a tall fence.
It landed on its feet.
And guess what?
It used its tail!”
“I see.
Cats are very good at landing safely”
“It’s because they use their tails.
I want a tail, too.
Mr. Shima, why don’t humans have tails?”
“I want a tail, too”
“Umm, let’s think about it together.
Haruto, can you think of other animals that use their tails well?”
“Amm, Monkeys.
They wrap their tails around branches on trees so they don’t fall”
“That’s right.
Some monkeys use their tails to live safely in tall trees.
Cheetahs’ tails are useful, too.
By swinging their tails, they get more speed when they run”
“Daniel, my dog, uses his tail to show his feelings.
His tail swings when he is happy.
When he is afraid, it goes between his legs”
“So back to the question.
Why don’t humans have tails?
Well, humans don’t live in trees and we don’t have to run fast like cheetahs to hunt for food.
Also, we have languages and can use our faces to show our feelings.
So we don’t need tails”
“We don’t have tails because we don’t need them?”
“Yes, that’s right.
But I’ll tell you something, Marie and Haruto.
Humans used to have tails a long long time ago”
“Really?”
“Do you know that humans and monkeys are in the same animal group?
“Yes.
So a long time ago, we had tails like monkeys?”
“Yes.
Well they were gone before we became humans.
But in a way, we still have tails in our bodys”
（ある意味では）
“Where in my body?”
“Follow your backbone down, down, until you reach the very end”
“Oh, I feel something”
“That’s your tail bone.
Most of the long tail has gone because we don’t need it.
But a small part of it is still there”
“I have a tail.
We have tails”
“Don’t dance when your leg hurts, Marie.
You should lie down and rest for a while”
“OK, Mr. Shima”
So now I know I have a tail.
Well, only a part of one.
But I’m so happy with my secret tail.
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