【前回の課題解答】★★★★

Billは友人のPaulとクリスマスツリーについて話しています。

Bill: Well, we got our Charlie Brown tree all up. It’s not a monster but it does the job.
チャーリーブラウンのクリマスツリーを飾ったよ。そんなにバカでかくはないけど、ツリーの役目はしているよ。

Paul: I happen to like those kinds of trees because they don’t take up a lot of space and if you do them right they look awesome.
僕はこの手のツリーはあまり場所をとらないから、好きなんだ。それにちゃんと飾り付けすれば、素敵に見えるしさ。

Bill: What about your tree? I haven’t heard anything from you. Are you just going to blow it off this year?
おまえのツリーは？何も聞いていないけど。今年は飾らないのか？

Paul: It’s on my mind but I’ll be traveling during the holidays and I’ll be in and out the whole season so it doesn’t make much sense.
考えてはいるんだけど、ホリデーシーズン中は旅行をしているし休暇中は出たり入ったりで、あまり意味ないかなと思うんだ。

Bill: Well, swing by my house and I’ll take a picture in front of my tree.
僕の家に来いよ、僕のツリーの前で写真を撮ってやるよ。

Paul: Okay funny guy I might take you up on that.
面白い奴だな、そうするかも知れないよ。

【今回の課題】★★★★

下記の文章を訳して下さい。

YokoとBillは毎週の課題について話しています。

Yoko: So I guess this will be the last story for this year. Are you going out with a bang or going to hit them with something out of reach?

Bill: I’ve been going back and forth about that and I think I’ve finally got it. I want to get our readers’ input.　I want to know if there is something more that they may benefit from.

Yoko: Not bad, so you want their input regardless of good or bad. That’s a really cool idea. So what is your game plan?

Bill: Nothing. Just tell us how we are doing and the pros and cons that you encountered during this year’s homework and we will consider each readers suggestions.

Yoko: Right, so you get a report card to perhaps bring about new changes in the direction you are going.

Bill: You hit the nail on the head, so first describe this story and at last let us know how you feel. Happy New Year guys.