Campfire Ghost Stories キャンプファイヤー怪談集 Andy Boon Read Smart Readers Level 1 Read Smart Readers ［レベル別］英語ポケット文庫 英検でレベル分けした、日本人のための英文リーダー これまで、graded readers と呼ばれるレベル別英文リーダーは、大半 が海外の洋書出版社の手で「全世界の英語学習者」へ向けて刊行されて きました。しかし、学習者の語学レベルやその背景にある英語教育事情 は、国・地域によって千差万別です。そのため、従来の graded readers が、常に日本人英語学習者のニーズにぴったり当てはまるとは限りませ んでした。 Read Smart Readers「［レベル別］英語ポケット文庫」は、最初から 日本人英語学習者のレベルや志向に照準を絞って企画・編集された英文 リーダーシリーズです。本シリーズでは、レベル分けの主な基準を「実 用英語技能検定」 （以下「英検」 ）の級に置いています。英検は周知の通り、 50 年以上にわたり、日本の英語教育で大きな役割を担ってきた評価基 準です。 本シリーズでは、独自のコーパス（語彙データベース）に基づいて英 文中の使用単語が選定されています。このコーパスは、過去数年分の英 検のテスト問題を級別に分析し、構築されたものです。加えて、同じく 英検の過去問題の分析に基づき、使われる文法事項や文の長短などの基 準が設けられ、それらを基に、裏表紙に示した 5 レベルが設定されてい ます。 本シリーズはまた、内容面から Read Japan と Read the World という 2 つのサブカテゴリーに分かれています。Read Japan では日本や日本人 をテーマに据え、Read the World では幅広く世界へ目を向けています。 自分の英語レベルと興味に合った作品を選び、辞書を引かずに読み 進めていく――まずはそうした多読・ 速読のための素材として Read Smart Readers を活用してみてください。一方、巻末の単語リストには、 当該レベルの使用基幹語が網羅されています。このリストで意味を確認 しながら読めば、精読的なアプローチで英文を攻略することもできます。 学習者の皆さんが、自らの英語レベルをきちんと認識・把握しつつ、 英語を読む楽しさや英語が分かる喜びを味わい、そして着実に英語力を 向上させていかれることを祈念しています。 編者 目 次 前書き · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 目次 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 The campfire · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5 Dorothy’s story ̶ The driver and the hitchhiker · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8 Lesley’s story ̶ The woman and the woods · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 15 Ben’s story ̶ Sam’s finger · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 23 Bill’s story ̶ The man with the hook · · · · · · · · · · · 30 The final story ̶ The four high school students · · · · · · · · · · · · · 39 Level 1 使用基幹語リスト · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 44 例外語彙リスト 巻末の使用基幹語リストにある単語以外で、例外的に本文に使 われているものをあげています。確認して、本文をお読みください。 attack 【動】 襲う，攻撃する 【名】 攻撃，暴力（行為） matchbox 【名】 マッチ箱 scary 【形】 恐ろしい，こわい blood 【名】 血，血液 scream 【動】 悲鳴をあげる blow 【動】（風が）吹く blow shout 【動】 叫ぶ，どなる down 吹き倒す campfire 【名】 キャンプファ イヤー side 【名】 側（ ） ，面 が わ storm 【名】 あらし，暴風（雨） suddenly 【副】 突然，急に ghost 【名】 幽霊 tent 【名】 テント hitchhiker 【名】 ヒッチハイ throw 【動】 投げる クする人 hook 【名】 かぎ，フック，かぎ づめ land 【動】 落下する，落ちる voice 【名】 声 wood 【名】《しばしば woods で》森，林 The campfire 5 The campfire It was a beautiful summer night. The four high school friends set up their tents away from the other students. They were very good friends. They wanted to be to- gether. They wanted to stay up and talk all night. “Let’s build a fire here,” Dorothy said. Ben, Lesley, and Bill agreed. It took them about thirty minutes to build the fire. The night soon arrived. “Did you re- member the matches?” Bill asked. “Of course!” Dorothy said. “Wait. I can’t see a thing. Oh, here they are. Bill, can you light the fire?” Bill passed the matchbox to Ben. “You do it!” he said to Ben. “Are you afraid or something?” Ben 6 Campfire Ghost Stories smiled at Bill. “No, I just don’t like lighting matches!” Bill said. “How strange!” the girls said together. Ben lit the fire, and soon it was an or- ange, yellow, and red color. The students could see each other’s fac- es again. They sat by the fire. The evening was cool, but the fire was warm. Lesley said, “Is anyone hungry?” She passed around some food. The food was good. The students ate and told stories about their school life. It was getting late. “I know,” Dorothy said. “Let’s tell each other scary stories! We can take turns.” “Great idea!” Ben and Lesley smiled. “Do we have to?” Bill said. “Yes, it will be fun!” Ben said. He looked at Bill. His face was scary. Ben said the word “Fun!” again and again. The campfire 7 He said, “Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!” in a scary voice. “Stop it, Ben!” said Bill. He stood up and walked away. “Come back, Bill. It will be okay. You are with good friends. Eat some more food,” Lesley said. She brought Bill back to the fire, and he sat down again. “Yes, don’t worry,” Dorothy said. “Our stories are not so scary!” She smiled and waited. “Or are they?” She made a scary face. Bill said, “Okay. Okay. You are very scary, Dorothy. I get it. Tell me your sto- ry, then.” “Are you ready, Bill?” she said. “Are you ready, Lesley and Ben?” “Yes,” they all said. “Please start!” “But there is no need to hurry. It is not yet twelve o’clock.” Dorothy stood up. 8 Campfire Ghost Stories She began her scary story. Dorothy’s story ̶ The driver and the hitchhiker “One day, a man was driving down the road. Let’s call him Andy. Andy was vis- iting his sister. His sister was sick, and he wanted to look after her. His sister lived far away. It would take a long time to get to his sister’s house, so he decided to drive through the night. The road was not busy at all. His car was the only car on the road. Also, that night there was a storm and strong rain. It was difficult to see the road, so Andy was driving slow- ly.” “Wow! I’m happy it’s not raining to- night,” Bill said. “I don’t like storms!” Dorothy put her finger to her mouth. Dorothy’s story ̶ The driver and the hitchhiker 9 “Be quiet, Bill. Listen to the story,” she said. “Sorry!” Bill said. “I just don’t like storms!” “Where was I?” Dorothy asked. “A man was driving down the road. He was going to visit his sister,” Lesley said. “It was raining hard,” Ben said. “Okay. I remember,” Dorothy said. “It was raining very hard. And it was late at night. Andy, the driver, was getting sleepy. But he had a long way to drive. He opened his window a little. The night air was cold. It helped him. He did not want to fall asleep, but soon he got sleepy again. Suddenly, he saw a young woman by the road. She was wearing a red baseball cap. She was holding a sign that said ‘Home!’ He didn’t usually pick up hitch- hikers, and it was late. But talking to the 10 Campfire Ghost Stories woman would help him. Talking would be fun. He would not feel sleepy. So he stopped the car.” “Where are you going to?” he asked the woman. “I’m going home to my mother,” she said. “Well, it’s cold and rainy. Why don’t you get in the car? I’ll take you,” Andy said. “Thank you,” the woman smiled. She got in the front seat next to Andy. She took off her coat and red baseball cap. She said, “Hi! My name’s Kate.” Andy smiled and said, “Nice to meet you, I’m Andy. So, where does your mother live?” Kate said, “Down the road.” Andy asked, “Where?” Kate said, “Just down the road.”
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