英文速読 初級-25
When we have a holiday in prospect, we make plans in advance in order that we may know where to go and what to do, and get everything ready for it. If we don’t do this, the greater part of the holidays is wasted. The same holds true of our spare time.
It is a good thing to make a list of books which you want to read at your own convenience. You may choose books for yourself, or have your friends recommend them.
At any rate, make it a rule to have a few books at hand which you are anxious to read. I think those who are not in the habit of doing so lose pleasure of reading when the spare evening or the long railway journey or the rainy days comes.
The habit planning is no less essential to the finding of real pleasure in reading than it is to the other pleasures of life such as travelling.
When we have a holiday in prospect, we make plans /in advance /in order that we may know where to go and what to do, and get everything ready for it. If we don’t do this, the greater part of the holidays is wasted. The same *holds true of our spare time.
*hold true of〜=〜に当てはまる
私たちが休みを予定する時、私たちは計画を立てる、前もって、知るために、どこに行き、何をすればよいかを、そしてそのために全ての準備をする。私たちがこうしないならば休日の大部分が無駄になってしまう。同じことは私たちの余暇にも当てはまる。
It is a good thing /to make a list of books /which you want to read at your own convenience. You may choose books for yourself, or have your friends recommend them.
それは良いことだ、本のリストを作ることは、あなたが都合のいい時に読みたい本の。あなたは自分で本を選んでもよいし、友人に勧めてもらってもよい。
At any rate, *make it a rule to have a few books at hand which you are anxious to read. I think /those who are not in the habit of doing so lose pleasure of reading /when the spare evening or the long railway journey or the rainy days comes.
*make it a rule to=常に〜する
いずれにしても数冊の本を手近に置いておくようにしなさい、あなたが読みたい本を。私は思う、そうすることを習慣にしていない人は読書の喜びを失っていると、暇な夜や長い列車の旅や雨の日が来る時に。
The habit planning is *no less essential to the finding of real pleasure in reading than it is to the other pleasures of life /such as travelling.
*no less ~than…=…と同様~だ
計画を立てる習慣は不可欠だ、読書において本当の喜びを見出すのに、人生の他の喜びと同様、旅のような。