第16回（最終回）　日本語にする前にしっかり悩んで考えよう【後半】

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〇課題文
　They dropped to the ground, the knapsacks tumbling next to them, and I stepped up and fired again, finishing off the one on the left. The one on the right was moaning, curled over on his side, and I kicked him over on his back, so he was looking up at me.
　I said, “Tsk, tsk, Tommy. Did you think I’d let this go? After my hubbie planned it, scoped it, and brought you and your brother in? It would have been fine― but you were too greedy, you twit.”
　He grimaced. “Sonny … should have listened to Sonny … he wanted to kill your Peter … and I just wanted him out … by tuning him up …”
　“Yes, Tommy, you should have listened to your brother.” And then I shot him again, finishing him off.
　I looked around. Still no sign of the police. No wonder crime was rampant in this part of town. I picked up both knapsacks and ran back to the cruiser, emptied the contents into my large purse and threw the purse onto the passenger seat and dumped the empty knapsacks into the nearby Dumpster. Went back to the construction gear, pulled out some pre-positioned cinder blocks, and in a few minutes, my baton and pistol were dumped into the canal.
　Then I ran back to the cruiser, made a desperate radio call, and waited, shivering on the cruiser’s floor, doing my best to ignore the still figure of Officer Roland Piper on the ground.
（出典：Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler ed., The Best American Mystery Stories 2011. Mariner Books. 2011）

〇課題文
　I looked around. Still no sign of the police. No wonder crime was rampant in this part of town. I picked up both knapsacks and ran back to the cruiser, emptied the contents into my large purse and threw the purse onto the passenger seat and dumped the empty knapsacks into the nearby Dumpster. Went back to the construction gear, pulled out some pre-positioned cinder blocks, and in a few minutes, my baton and pistol were dumped into the canal.

〇課題文
　Then I ran back to the cruiser, made a desperate radio call, and waited, shivering on the cruiser’s floor, doing my best to ignore the still figure of Officer Roland Piper on the ground.