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（岡山朝日高校 H25 / 836 words）
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Every plant travels./ You may think/ plant can’t move/ because they have their roots/ under the ground.
植物はみな旅立つ
あなたは考えるだろう
植物は動けない
なぜならそれらは根を持つから
（地面の下に）
/ But they always try / to travel / just like animals. / It is most popular / for plants / to travel /
でもそれらはいつも挑戦する
旅立つことに
ちょうど動物の様に
それは最も人気がある
植物が
旅立つこと
when they are seeds. / Some kinds / of plants’ seeds / are carried / by animals, birds or insects. /
それらが種子の時に
ある種は
（植物の種子の）
運ばれる
動物、鳥や昆虫によって
Of course, / they carry seeds / without knowing it, / because plants have / some clever strategies /
もちろん
彼らは種を運ぶ
それを知らずに
なぜなら植物は持っている
いくつかの賢い戦略を
for using them / as carries/ of their seeds./ Animals, birds and insects/ which carry the plants’ seeds
（それらを利用することのための
運び手として
（それらの種子の）
）
動物、鳥と昆虫は
（植物の種子を運ぶ）
/ are called carriers./
キャリアと呼ばれる
The first example / of the plants' clever strateg / is like this: / many of the plants / in South Africa /
第一の例は
（植物の賢い戦略の）
このようだ
植物の多くが
(南アフリカの）
have seeds / which have elaiosome on them. / It is sweet / and soft. / It is / a very important thing /
種子を持つ
（エライオソームを付着させた）
それは甘い
そして柔らかい
それは
とても大事なものだ
for ants. / Ants like it / very much. / Soon after the seeds / fall down / from trees to the ground, /
（アリにとって）
アリはそれが好き
とても
種子がするとすぐあとに
落ちると
地面から
ants carry them / into their nest / under the ground / and eat only the elaiosome / on the seeds. /
アリはそれらを運ぶ
巣の中へ
地面の下の
そしてエライオソームだけ食べる
（種に付いた）
They are not interested / in the seeds / at all. / So / when they have eaten / all of the elaiosome, /
アリは興味がない
種には
the seeds are left there.
/
種はそこに残される
全く
だから
In the ants' nest
アリが食べてしまうと（とき）
、
/
アリの巣の中では
under the ground
（地面の下の）
,
エライオソーム全てを
/
the seeds are safe
種子は安全だ
/
because they will not be foun / by other animals / and finally / they can sprout there. / If the seeds /
なぜなら種子は見つけられないだろうから
are not carried /
運ばれないなら
他の動物によって
by the ants /
アリによって
そしてついに
種子はそこで発芽する
and left on the ground, /
そして地面に残されたら
they will be food /
それらは食糧となるだろう
もし種子が
for other animals /
（他の動物のための）
and never sprout.
そして決して発芽しないだろう
The second example / of the plants' clever strateg / is more dangerous / for seeds. / Some plants /
第 2 の例は
（植物の賢い戦略の）
give their fruit /
より危険だ
to animals and birds. /
自分の果実を与える
種子にとって
Animals and birds /
動物や鳥に
いくつかの植物は
like sweet fruit /
動物や鳥は
very much, /
甘い果実が好きだ
とても
and when they eat fruit, / they also eat the seeds / inside them. / Are the seeds / eaten and killed? /
そして果実を食べると（とき）
種子も食べる
果実の中の
種子は
食べられ死んだか？
Don’t worry/ because this is the strategy/ of the plants./ If the seeds are eaten,/ the seeds can travel
心配するな
なぜならこれは戦略だ
（植物の）
/ with the animals / which have eaten them /
動物とともに
（種子を食べた）
/
just swallow the seeds
and don’t chew them.
飲み込むだけで
with their droppings /
糞とともに
for young plants
幼い植物にとって
/
/
そして種子は発芽できる
to grow
To make this strategy success /
この作戦を成功させるために
生きる必要がある
この戦略は成功だろう
/
噛まなければ
成長するのに
種子は
This strategy will be success
and they can sprout /
/
on the ground. /
地面の上で
/
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/
もし動物や鳥が
/
out of the animals
The soil there /
そこの土は
animals' droppings
also important. /
同じく大切だ
動物の中で
if the animals and the birds
種子は（出て）来る
なぜならあるからだ
タイミングは
/
The seeds will come
because there are
the timing is
種子は旅立てる
so / the seeds / have to live / inside the animals /
だから
even after they are eaten.
食べられた後でも
もし種子が食べられたら
動物の糞が
If a seed /
もし種子が
動物から
/
/
is very good /
とてもよい
/
in it.
その中に
/
is too young, /
あまりにも幼すぎたら
it will be killed / in the stomach / of the animal / and won’t sprout / after coming / out of the body /
殺されるだろう
胃の中で
of the animal. /
（動物の）
そして発芽しないだろう
The plants give some signals /
（動物の）
to tell
植物はいくつか信号を出す
/
伝えるために
果実が
is too young /
あまりに固く
and not mature yet. /
とても幼い
一番いい時期を
to eat , / the seed in the fruit /
食べられない程
of such fruit /
色は
the best time /
動物や鳥に
酸っぱい時
The color /
まだ成熟していない
体の中から
animals and birds /
to eat their fruit. / When a fruit / is too hard / and too sour /
（果実を食べるための）
出て来た後で
果実の中の種子が
is green. /
（そのような果実の）
It sometimes /
緑だ
それは時々
has a kind of poison. / So / animals don’t eat young fruit / When the seed / becomes mature enough, /
毒を持つ
だから
動物は幼い果実を食べない
種子が
十分成熟した時
the plant gives the signals: / the fruit becomes soft, / it becomes sweet, / and it turns red / or purple. /
植物は信号を出す
果実が柔らかく
甘く
そして赤に変わる
あるいは紫
By these signals, / animals and birds know / that they can eat / the fruit. / Of Course, / the poison /
これらの信号によって
動物や鳥は知っている
in the fruit /
disappears then. /
果実の中の
その時消える
Animals can smell /
such fruit /
動物は嗅ぐことができる
very well. /
とてもよく
そのような果実を
When a monkey /
食べられるということを
Another signal /
from plants /
他の信号は
毒は
of their fruit. /
匂いだ
果実の
Animals know these signals /
遠くから
from the plants /
動物はこれらの信号を知っている
to get fruit, /
木に来ると
もちろん
is the smell /
（植物からの）
from a distance. /
comes to a tree /
サルが
果実を
(植物からの
for example, /
果実を採りに
he holds a fruit /
例えばの話だが
サルは果実を持ち
in his hands,/ carefully looks at it/ and smells it/ before he bites it./
手で
慎重にそれを見て
The third strategy /
第 3 の戦略は
if they don’t go /
そしてそれを嗅ぐ
of plants /
植物の
それを噛む前に
is more interesting. /
より興味深い
through animals' stomachs. /
もしそれらが行かなければ
動物の胃を通って
Surprisingly, /
some seeds can’t sprout /
驚くことに
いくつかの種子は発芽しない
Acacia is a good example. /
アカシアはいい例だ
The seeds of acacia /
アカシアの種は
are in the pods. / Many animals like / the pods of acacia / and eat them / when they fall / on the ground. /
さやの中だ
多くの動物は好きだ
アカシアのさやが
そしてそれらを食べる
それらが落ちた時
地面に
But some of the pods / are not eaten / and left on the ground. / Many of the seed /
でもさやのいくつかは
食されない
on the ground /
won’t sprout, /
（地面の上の）
/
動物によって食されることで
種子の多くは
and you will be more surprise /
発芽しないだろう
which are eaten by animals
そして地面に落ちる
そしてあなたはもっと驚くだろう
will sprout
/
発芽するだろうということを
to know /
the seeds in the pods /
知ることで
after they come
さやの中の種子が
/
それらが（出て）きた後で
in such pods /
（そのようなさやの中の）
out of the animals
動物から
/
with their droppings. / Just after a pod of acacia / falls on the ground, / a kind of insect / flies to it /
糞と共に
アカシアの種が
地面に落ちたちょうど後
ある種の昆虫は
それに向かって飛び
and puts its eggs / inside the pod . / Soon / the eggs become worms / and the worms / begin to eat /
卵を付ける
さやの中に
すぐに
卵は幼虫となり
そして幼虫は
食べ始める
the seeds of acacia / inside the pod. / When the pod / is eaten / by an animal, / the eggs or worms /
アカシアの種子を
inside it
（その中の）
（さやの中の）
/
will be killed
殺されるだろう
even in the animals’ body /
/
さやが
in the stomach
胃の中で
and they can come /
動物の体のなかでさえ
そしてそれらは（出て）来る
食べられると
/
動物によって
of the animal.
動物の
out of the animal /
動物から
/
卵や幼虫は
But the seeds can live
でも種子は生きることができる
safely. /
/
They can sprout /
安全に
それらは発芽できる
in the rich soil. / So / the seeds are / in the pods / which animals like. / This strategy of the plants /
栄養に富む土の中で
is to travel /
旅立つことだ
だから
その種子は
with the animals /
動物と共に
さやの中だ
動物が好きな
and at the same time /
そして同時に
to kill worms /
幼虫を殺すことだ
植物のこの戦略は
which will eat the seeds /
（種子を食べるだろう）
in the animals' stomach./
動物の胃の中で
Many plants live and move /
多くの植物は生き、動く
with the help /
助けと共に
of the plants. / If such carriers disappear,/
（植物の）
）
）
もしそのような運び手がいなくなれば
of animals, birds and insects /
（動物、鳥や昆虫の
which carry the seeds
it means / the plants will also disappea
それは意味するだろう
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植物もいなくなるということを
（種子を運ぶ
/
Slash reading Training!
前のページよりも少ない切れ目で読めるかどうか試してみよう。
Every plant travels. You may think plant can't move / because they have their roots / under the
ground. / But they always try to travel / just like animals. / It is most popular for plants / to travel
when they are seeds. Some kinds of plants' seeds / are carried by animals, birds or insects. Of course,
/ they carry seeds without knowing it, / because plants have some clever strategies / for using them /
as carries of their seeds. Animals, birds and insects / which carry the plants' seeds / are called
carriers.
The first example of the plants' clever strategy / is like this: / many of the plants in South Africa /
have seeds / which have elaiosome on them. It is sweet and soft. It is a very important thing for ants.
Ants like it very much. / Soon after the seeds fall down / from trees to the ground, ants carry them
into their nest under the ground / and eat only the elaiosome on the seeds. They are not interested in
the seeds at all. So / when they have eaten / all of the elaiosome, / the seeds are left there. In the
ants' nest under the ground, / the seeds are safe / because they will not be found / by other animals /
and finally they can sprout there. If the seeds are not carried by the ants / and left on the ground, /
they will be food for other animals / and never sprout.
The second example of the plants' clever strategy / is more dangerous for seeds. Some plants give
their fruit / to animals and birds. Animals and birds like sweet fruit very much, / and when they eat
fruit, / they also eat the seeds inside them. Are the seeds eaten and killed? Don’t worry / because this
is the strategy of the plants. If the seeds are eaten, / the seeds can travel with the animals / which
have eaten them / so / the seeds have to live inside the animals / even after they are eaten. This
strategy will be successful / if the animals and the birds / just swallow the seeds / and don’t chew
them. The seeds will come out of the animals / with their droppings / and they can sprout on the ground.
The soil there is very good for young plants to grow / because there are animals' droppings in it. To
make this strategy successful, / the timing is also important. If a seed is too young, / it will be killed in
the stomach of the animal / and won’t sprout / after coming out of the body of the animal. / The plants
give some signals / to tell animals and birds the best time / to eat their fruit. When a fruit is too hard
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and too sour / to eat, / the seed in the fruit is too young / and not mature yet. The color of such fruit
is green. It sometimes has a kind of poison. So / animals don’t eat young fruit. / When the seed
becomes mature enough, / the plant gives the signals: / the fruit becomes soft, / it becomes sweet, /
and it turns red or purple. By these signals, / animals and birds know / that they can eat the fruit. / Of
Course, / the poison in the fruit / disappears then. Another signal from plants / is the smell of their
fruit. Animals can smell such fruit / from a distance. Animals know these signals / from the plants /
very well. / When a monkey comes to a tree / to get fruit, / for example, / he holds a fruit in his hands,
/ carefully looks at it / and smells it / before he bites it. /
The third strategy of plants / is more interesting. Surprisingly, / some seeds can’t sprout / if they
don’t go / through animals' stomachs. Acacia is a good example. The seeds of acacia are in the pods.
Many animals like the pods of acacia / and eat them / when they fall on the ground. / But some of the
pods are not eaten / and left on the ground. Many of the seed in such pods / on the ground / won’t
sprout, / and you will be more surprised / to know / the seeds in the pods / which are eaten by animals
/ will sprout / after they come out of the animals / with their droppings. Just after a pod of acacia
falls on the ground, / a kind of insect flies to it / and puts its eggs inside the pod. Soon / the eggs
become worms / and the worms begin to eat / the seeds of acacia / inside the pod. / When the pod is
eaten by an animal, / the eggs or worms inside it / will be killed / in the stomach of the animal. / But the
seeds can live / even in the animals’ body / and they can come / out of the animal / safely. / They can
sprout in the rich soil. / So / the seeds are in the pods / which animals like. / This strategy of the
plants is to travel with the animals / and at the same time / to kill worms / which will eat the seeds / in
the animals' stomach.
Many plants live and move / with the help of animals, birds and insects / which carry the seeds of the
plants. If such carriers disappear, / it means / the plants will also disappear.
（836 words 岡山朝日高校 H25）
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Slash reading!
スラッシュなしで読むことができるか試してみよう。適宜自分でスラッシュを引いてみよう。
Every plant travels. You may think plant can't move because they have their roots under the ground.
But they always try to travel just like animals. It is most popular for plants to travel
when they are
seeds. Some kinds of plants' seeds are carried by animals, birds or insects. Of course, they carry
seeds without knowing it, because plants have some clever strategies for using them as carries of their
seeds. Animals, birds and insects which carry the plants' seeds are called carriers.
The first example of the plants' clever strategy is like this: many of the plants in South Africa have
seeds which have elaiosome on them. It is sweet and soft. It is a very important thing for ants. Ants
like it very much. Soon after the seeds fall down from trees to the ground, ants carry them into their
nest under the ground and eat only the elaiosome on the seeds. They are not interested in the seeds at
all. So when they have eaten all of the elaiosome, the seeds are left there. In the ants' nest under the
ground, the seeds are safe because they will not be found by other animals and finally they can sprout
there. If the seeds are not carried by the ants and left on the ground, they will be food for other
animals and never sprout.
The second example of the plants' clever strategy is more dangerous for seeds. Some plants give
their fruit to animals and birds. Animals and birds like sweet fruit very much, and when they eat fruit,
they also eat the seeds inside them. Are the seeds eaten and killed? Don’t worry because this is the
strategy of the plants. If the seeds are eaten, the seeds can travel with the animals which have eaten
them so the seeds have to live inside the animals even after they are eaten. This strategy will be
successful if the animals and the birds just swallow the seeds and don’t chew them. The seeds will come
out of the animals with their droppings and they can sprout on the ground. The soil there is very good
for young plants to grow because there are animals' droppings in it. To make this strategy successful,
the timing is also important. If a seed is too young, it will be killed in the stomach of the animal and
won’t sprout after coming out of the body of the animal. The plants give some signals to tell animals and
birds the best time to eat their fruit. When a fruit is too hard and too sour to eat, the seed in the
fruit is too young and not mature yet. The color of such fruit is green. It sometimes has a kind of
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poison. So animals don’t eat young fruit. When the seed becomes mature enough, the plant gives the
signals: the fruit becomes soft, it becomes sweet, and it turns red or purple. By these signals, animals
and birds know that they can eat the fruit. Of Course, the poison in the fruit disappears then. Another
signal from plants is the smell of their fruit. Animals can smell such fruit from a distance. Animals know
these signals from the plants very well. When a monkey comes to a tree to get fruit, for example, he
holds a fruit in his hands, carefully looks at it and smells it before he bites it. /
The third strategy of plants is more interesting. Surprisingly, some seeds can’t sprout if they don’t go
through animals' stomachs. Acacia is a good example. The seeds of acacia are in the pods. Many
animals like the pods of acacia and eat them when they fall on the ground. But some of the pods are not
eaten and left on the ground. Many of the seed in such pods on the ground won’t sprout, and you will be
more surprised to know the seeds in the pods which are eaten by animals will sprout after they come
out of the animals with their droppings. Just after a pod of acacia falls on the ground, a kind of insect
flies to it and puts its eggs inside the pod. Soon the eggs become worms and the worms begin to eat the
seeds of acacia inside the pod. When the pod is eaten by an animal, the eggs or worms inside it will be
killed in the stomach of the animal. But the seeds can live even in the animals’ body and they can come
out of the animal safely. They can sprout in the rich soil. So the seeds are in the pods which animals like.
This strategy of the plants is to travel with the animals and at the same time to kill worms which will
eat the seeds in the animals' stomach.
Many plants live and move with the help of animals, birds and insects which carry the seeds of the
plants. If such carriers disappear, it means the plants will also disappear.
注)
plant 植物
root 根 seed 植物の種子 insect 昆虫 clever 賢い strategy 作戦
き寄せる物質を含んだ種子の付属体） ant アリ nest 巣 safe 安全な safely 安全に
側の
successful 成功した
hard 固い sour 酸っぱい
chew ～
～を噛む
swallow ～～を飲み込む
mature 成熟した turn ～
elaiosome エライオソーム（アリを引
sprout 発芽する inside ～～の内
droppings 鳥や植物の糞
soil 土
stomach 胃
～に変わる purple 紫色の poison 毒 disappear 消える、いなくな
る smell におい、においを嗅ぐ from a distance 遠くから
bite ～～をかじる
surprisingly 驚くべくことに acacia アカ
シヤ（植物名） pod さや rich 栄養のある worm 幼虫
（836 words 岡山朝日高校 H25）
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