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There were two old guys, Abe and Sol, sitting on a bench in a park feeding pigeons and talking about baseball, just like they did every day. Abe turns to Sol and says, "Do you think there's baseball in heaven?"
エイブ（エイブラハム）とソル（ソロモン）が鳩にエサをあげながら、野球について話している。「天国に野球ってあるかな？」

Soloman thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno, Abe. But let's make a deal: If I die first, I will come back and tell you, and if you die first, you come back and tell me, if there is basebal l in heaven."
「分かんない。けど、先に死んだら報告することにしよう。天国に野球があるかどうか」

They shake on it and, sadly, a few months later poor Abe passes on. One day soon afterward, Sol is sitting there feeding the pigeons by himself when he hears a voice whisper, "Sol... Sol...."
ほんの数ヶ月後、かわいそうにエイブは天国に召された。ソルが一人で鳩にエサをやっていると、ささやく声がする。「ソル、ソル..」

Sol responds, "Abe! Is that you?"
"Yes it is Sol," whispers the spirit of Abe.
Sol, still amazed, asks, "So, is there baseball in heaven?"
"Well," says Abe says, "I got good news and I got bad news."
「エイブ、お前か？」「そうだよ」「そんで、天国に野球はあるのかい？」「いい知らせと悪い知らせがある」

"Gimme the good news first," says Sol.
Abe says, "Well... there is baseball in heaven."
Sol says, "That's great! What news could be bad enough to ruin that!?"
「いい知らせって？」「天国に野球はある」「そいつぁいい。そんないい知らせを台無しにするような悪い知らせなんてあるのかい？」

Abe sighs and whispers, "You're pitching on Friday."
エイブはため息を吐き、ささやく。「君が金曜日に投げることになってる」

The Doorbell

A priest is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach. After watching the boy's efforts for some time, the priest moves closer to the boy's position.

He steps smartly across the street, walks up behind the little fellow and, placing his hand kindly on the child's shoulder leans over and gives the doorbell a ring. Crouching down to the child's level, the priest smiles benevolently and asks, "And now what, my little man?"

To which the boy replies, "Now we run!"

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

「人は、自分ができると感じていることによって自分を評価するが、他人は、その人がすでに成し遂げたことによって人を評価する」

こういうことって、「ナルホド」とは思うけど、あらためて言われないと、普段は忘れてしまいがちですよね。よほど謙虚な人でないかぎり。

英語の名言めぐり / 2004-06-04 12:31:33