【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1420≪2023年共通テスト追試第5問≫本文第８段落まで

□--■--□--■--□--■--□--------------------------------------------◆ 　　　【高校英語】共通テストの英文解釈 vol.1420 　　　　　　　　≪2023年共通テスト追試第5問≫　　　　　2023//配信 ◆----------------------------------------□--■--□--■--□--■--□--■ 目次・・・■　問題　■　全文訳　■　解答・解説　■　語句　■　解答一覧 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 今回は2023年共通テスト追試第5問の内容を掲載します。 ■　問題 第５問 Your English teacher has told everyone in your class to choose a short story in English to read. You will introduce the following story to your classmates, using a worksheet. Becoming an Artist Lucy smiled in anticipation. In a moment she would walk onto the stage and receive her prize from the mayor and the judges of the drawing contest. The microphone screeched and then came the mayor’s announcement. “And the winner of the drawing contest is… Robert McGinnis! Congratulations!” Lucy stood up, still smiling. Then, her face blazing red with embarrassment, abruptly sat down again. What? There must be a mistake! But the boy named Robert McGinnis was already on the stage, shaking hands with the mayor and accepting the prize. She glanced at her parents, her eyes filled with tears of disappointment. They had expected her to do well, especially her father. "Oh Daddy, I'm sorry I didn't win," she whispered. Lucy had enjoyed drawing since she was a little girl. She did her first drawing of her father when she was in kindergarten. Although it was only a child's drawing, it really looked like him. He was delighted, and, from that day, Lucy spent many happy hours drawing pictures to give to Mommy and Daddy. As she got older, her parents continued to encourage her. Her mother, a busy translator, was happy that her daughter was doing something creative. Her father bought her art books. He was no artist himself, but sometimes gave her advice, suggesting that she look very carefully at what she was drawing and copy as accurately as possible. Lucy tried hard, wanting to improve her technique and please her father. It had been Lucy's idea to enter the town drawing contest. She thought that if she won, her artistic ability would be recognized. She practiced every evening after school. She also spent all her weekends working quietly on her drawings, copying her subjects as carefully as she could. Her failure to do well came as a great shock. She had worked so hard and her parents had been so supportive. Her father, however, was puzzled. Why did Lucy apologize at the end of the contest? There was no need to do so. Later, Lucy asked him why she had failed to win the competition. He answered sympathetically, "To me, your drawing was perfect." Then he smiled, and added, "But perhaps you should talk to your mother. She understands art better than I do." Her mother was thoughtful. She wanted to give Lucy advice without damaging her daughter's self-esteem. "Your drawing was good," she told her, "but I think it lacked something. I think you only drew what you could see. When I translate a novel, I need to capture not only the meaning, but also the spirit of the original. To do that, I need to consider the meaning behind the words. Perhaps drawing is the same; you need to look under the surface." Lucy continued to draw, but her art left her feeling unsatisfied. She couldn't understand what her mother meant. What was wrong with drawing what she could see? What else could she do? つづく