Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would become blind. - Helen Keller 1/27( 水）

Good morning all,

 

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 We must be ready for success!

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第1部 : 今日の英語一語

 

                         -- by Helen Keller --

 

Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would become blind.

Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, as if you would become deaf tomorrow.

 

説明> 上の例文は ' as if + would... ' で ' (今 現在はそうではないが, 現在 未来に) まるで ...かの

ように....する' と話す仮定の表現です.

 

Have a good day today!

 

第2部 : もっと詳しい説明

 

Seq 319 ( unit 15 仮定法 ) : lesson 17 < '(実はそうではないが) まるで ...かのように...する' を

表す as if の仮定法 >

 

1. ' as If [as though] + would ... ' は  ' (今現在はそうではないが) 現在,未来に ..まるで..かのように ...すると(仮定して 話す)方法

 

Note : The following sentiments were expressed by Helen Keller, a woman who was both blind and

deaf but who learned to speak and to read (Braille).

 

以下の 表現(鑑賞)は盲人で さらに耳の聞こえない人だったが, 話すことを読むことを学んだ

Helen Kellerの表現です。 

 

Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would become blind.

Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, as if you would become deaf tomorrow,

Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.

Smell the perfume of flowers and taste with true enjoyment each bite of food as if tomorrow

you would never be able to smell and taste again.

 

Have a good day today!

 

No challenge, No chance!

 

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