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"A woman and a river" psychological test ~「川を渡る女」心理テスト英語バージョン

飲み会や美容院で一時流行ったらしい「川を渡る女」という心理テスト。検索すればたくさん出てきますが、英会話サークルでのディスカッションねたとして、英訳したものを作ってみました。
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英語中級者ぐらいから楽しめるし、英語だと日本語よりもココロのハードルが下がって、より本心が出やすい気がします。
内容はこちら。

The original genuine story, a psychological test of “A woman and a river”

Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman.
They loved each other.
Everyone appreciated them because they were an ideal couple.

The woman's name is L. The man’s name is H. L lived nearby the river. H lived on another side of the river. They were dating again and again over the river by passing across a bridge.

One day, a heavy storm came. The bridge was collapsed. It became impossible for them to meet and seemed to need long time to fix the bridge.
L was very sad. So she asked a man S who had his own boat.

S understood the circumstance so he decided to bring her to another side of the river. However, on the way to take her on the boat, he was fascinated by her beauty, and he couldn't stop to have a one-night relationship with her. They couldn’t pass the river then went back to the starting point so L couldn’t meet H at last.

Then, a man M came out. M also knew what was happened to her. He just wanted to help her so he kindly brought her to another side of the river on his boat without expecting anything in return. Then he silently disappeared. L didn’t know the reason why.

H was glad to see her finally, but he accidentally got to know what happened when she had come to him. Then he was disappointed and said he could no longer be able to love her. Then they broke up.

L was so devastated and cried. With all things happening there was a man whose name was B. B knew everything that already had happened. He told he loves her by accepting all things belonged. L also accepted his love, finally, they fell in love with each other and spent peacefully.

You should choose that…

Who is most unforgivable?
(A character whom you never forgive)
Who is most questionable?
(A character whom you can’t understand why he or she did like that)
Who is most agreeable?
(A character whom you might do the same way like him or her)

The Characters

L: a woman who wants to go across the river to meet her boyfriend
H: a boyfriend of L, who was waiting for her but decided to break up
S: a man said to help her but he was mistakenly fascinated by her and couldn't resist his instinct.
M: a man said to help her after S. He brought her to his boyfriend’s place without expecting anything in return and disappeared.
B: a man came at last and knew everything that happened. He told that he loved her, and finally they got to love each other.

What do the characters imply?

L implies Love. Love or romance.
H implies Home. Home or family.
S implies Sex. Sex or Eros.
M implies Moral. Morals or Mercy.
B implies Business. Business or Benefit.

True result of the test from your choice is…

Your choice of “the most agreeable” means your outer sense of values is what you pretend to be.
Your choice of “the most questionable” means that you almost don’t have such a sense of value, so your priority on it is rather low.
Your choice of “the most unforgivable” means your real inner sense of values what you hate but you actually have.

最後だけ日本語で補足:
L:愛情・ロマンス
H:家・家庭・世間体
S:セックス・エロス
M:良心・モラル
B:ビジネス・利益

もっとも共感:あなたの外向きの価値観。そのような価値観があるように振舞っている。
もっとも理解できない:あなたがほとんど重視しておらず、持っていない価値観
もっとも許せない:あなたが内に隠している価値観。自分でそんな自分が嫌いだが隠し持っているもの。

※あくまでも「心理テスト」といっても信ぴょう性があるわけではなく、単純に大人の会話の遊びとして、楽しんでいただければと・・・。


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