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| （＊印のついている単語・語句には，本文のあとに〔注〕がある。） |
| Hiroshi , Osamu , and Keiko invite Dick to
their *tea ceremony club . Dick
is a high
school student from London .
He is going
to stay in Tokyo for a few days
. |
| Hiroshi |
: |
Look at the green tea in this cup , Dick
. I made it very carefully . |
| Osamu |
: |
And look at the cup , Dick . A small picture
is drawn here , This is the front of the
cup . |
| Dick |
: |
I see . |
| Hiroshi |
: |
Now , I put the cup in front of you . The
front of the cup *faces you . |
| Osamu |
: |
Hold the cup , and turn it a little . |
| Keiko |
: |
I'll show you how to do that , Dick . I'll
do it slowly . I hold the cup and turn it
like this . |
| Dick |
: |
OK . (1)I'll try . |
| Hiroshi |
: |
Now , please drink the tea . |
| Osamu |
: |
First , drink some , then drink some more
, and then drink the *rest . |
| Keiko |
: |
Look at me , Dick . First , I drink some
like this . Then I drink some more . (2)And then I drink the rest . |
| Dick |
: |
All right . Mmm..., it *tastes good . |
| Mrs. Sato , the teacher of the club , comes
. |
| Mrs. Sato |
: |
Are you enjoying chanoyu , Dick ? |
| Dick |
: |
It's interesting . |
| Mrs. Sato |
: |
If you have any questions , please ask us
. |
| Dick |
: |
Thank you. I have some questions . Why do
you turn the cup ? |
| Keiko |
: |
Because we shouldn't put our mouths on the
front of the cup . The front is the most
important part of the cup . |
| Dick |
: |
Oh , I see . And , why do you drink the tea
*little by little ? |
| Hiroshi |
: |
We do that to show our thanks to the person
who has made it . |
| Dick |
: |
Oh , that's wonderful . |
| Hiroshi |
: |
In this club we learn how to drink tea
. Through chanoyu , we also learn to be ..... |
| Dick |
: |
*Considerate of other people ? |
| Hiroshi |
: |
Right ! (3)We also learn to be considerate of other
people . |
| Osamu |
: |
Look at that thing on the wall , Dick . It
is called a kakejiku . |
| Dick |
: |
Something is written on it . What does it
say ? |
| Osamu |
: |
*Ichigo-ichie . |
| Dick |
: |
Ichigo-ichie ? |
| Osamu |
: |
Ichigo means one life . Ichie means one chance . And.... Well,.... (4)Do you understand ? |
| Dick |
: |
Well,..... I understand each word , but... |
| Mrs. Sato |
: |
It's not easy to explain ichigo-ichie . Ichigo-ichie means that you should *value each chance in your life . For example
, we have met here now . (5)But we may not have such a chance again . So we should value this chance and should
be very considerate of each other .That's
my idea of ichigo-ichie . |
| Dick |
: |
Oh , I see . I'll value today's good time
with you . |
| 〔注〕 |
tea ceremony 茶の湯,茶道
face 〜 〜の方を向いている
rest 残り taste 味がする
little by little 少しずつ
considerate of 〜 〜に心づかいをして
ichigo-ichie 一期一会（いちごいちえ）
value 大切に思う |
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