★ リスニング 02 今日は、『裸の王様』の第2回です。第1回の話を簡単に要約すると、何よりもおしゃれをしたい王様のところに二人組の詐欺師がやって来て、彼らはバカ者には見えない豪華な服を作ることができると言いました。王様は、聴いたこともないその服が欲しくなり、注文しました。それでは、第2回です。 ＝＝＝ Script ＝＝＝ Good morning. I want to thank those people who listened to my first recording last week and welcome any new listeners this time. This is the second installment in my reading of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The next reading will be posted in two weeks, on November 16th. Please enjoy part two of the reading. “I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth, said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed. He was, however, rather embarrassed when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for their own office, would be unable to see the manufacture. He thought he had nothing to risk himself, yet, just to be sure he thought it wiser to send someone else, to bring him intelligence about the weavers and their work before he troubled himself in the affair. All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess, and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant, their neighbors might prove to be. I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers, said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation. He will be best able to see how the cloth looks, for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is. So the faithful old minister went into the hall, where the knaves were working with all their might at their empty looms. What can be the meaning of this? thought the minister, opening his eyes very wide. I cannot discover the least bit of thread on the looms. However, he did not express his thoughts aloud. The impostors requested him very courteously to be so good as to come near to their looms, and then asked him whether the design pleased him, and whether the colors were not very beautiful, at the same time pointing to the empty frames. The poor old minister looked and looked, but he could not discover anything on the looms. What! he thought. Is it possible that I am a simpleton? I have never thought so myself, and no one must know it now if I am so. Could it be that I am unfit for my office!? No, that must not be said either. I will never confess that I could not see the cloth. Thank you very much for listening.
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