＜ラジオ英会話＞５月１８日放送分

A Shipwreck

C: I have located a sunken vessel. See the mast?
D: Yes! I'll dive to the ocean bottom and report back immediately.(Dives in, then later surfaces.) It's a shipwreck unlike any other!
C: Just as I thought!
D: I salvaged this bronze statue. What do you make of it?
C: It has Greek letters inscribed on it.
D: Fantastic! This will give us a clue to the ship's past!



彼らは沈没した船舶を発見し、そして青銅の像を引き上げました。それがその船の過去をひもとく手がかりを彼らに与えたのでした。
They had located a sunken vessel, and salvaged bronze statue. This will give them a clue to the ship's past.



ヴィッセル神戸というチーム名に「ヴィッセル」という名がついています。これは、勝利のvictoryと船のvesselをかけあわせたものです。神戸と言えば港を真っ先に思い浮かびますし、なにしろ船も思いつくことができますね。