The Map Behind the Wall
By the time the repair crew reached the archive, rain had darkened the lowest shelves. Water ran from a loose joint in the upstairs drainpipe, then seeped through a crack in the brickwork. At first, the clerk assumed the damp had ruined only a stack of obsolete forms. Years earlier, a caretaker had painted over that same stain whenever winter storms returned. When the crew removed a warped panel, they uncovered a tin case wedged behind it. Inside lay a survey map showing a passage sealed during renovations decades before. The crack traced the old passage, which connected the archive to a forgotten street entrance. Because the map recorded a public right of way, the town could not simply close it. The clerk had been preparing to discard those forms, which documented the passage's closure. After the pipe was repaired, she filed the map among records that could reopen the dispute.
「The Map Behind the Wall」は、仕事をテーマにした無料のB2 中上級英語リスニング・ディクテーションです。所要時間は約2分です。
再生ボタンを押して自然な英語音声を一文ずつ聞き、聞こえたとおりに入力すると、つづり・抜けた単語・余分な単語についてすぐにフィードバックが表示されます。最後にすべての間違いが解説されます。