VoyagerReadingのLesson6-3です。 お願いします。 The above-mentioned research has shown that people's ways of thinking about happiness and positive emotions tend to be different according to their cultures. But is there anything common to all cultures of the world that makes the human heart sing? Take wealth, for example, and all the dilightful things that money can buy. Once your basic needs are met, additional money does little to raise your sense of satisfaction with life. A good education? Neither education nor a high IQ leads to happiness. Youth? No, again. In fact, older people are more satisfied with their lives than the young. A recent survay found that people aged between 20 and 24 are sad for an average of 3.4 days a month, but it is just 2.3days for people aged 65 to 74. Watching TV? Not at all. People who watch more yhan three hours a day are unhappier than those who spend less yime in front of the box.
On the positive side, the most distinct traits of cheerful people were strong ties to friends and family, and time spent together with them. These traits were shared by the 10% of students who believe they are really happy. In other words, it's important to work on sosial skills, close human relationships and cosial support in order to be happy. A resercher observes that people between the ages of 30 and 50 are less happy than other groups. This is perhaps because they have less freedom and more responsibilities for kids, jobs and housing. People are happiest when they are given a certain amount of freedom and decision-making power in their jobs. After working in the field for 25 years, the researcher claims that happiness is related to how much you like the life you are living.
Do you want to lift your level of happiness? Here are some suggestions based on research findings and other sources. First of all, practice acts of kindness. Being kind to others, whether friends or strangers, has positive effects. It makes you feel happy, gives you a greater sense of connection with others, and brings you smiles. Next, make a good friend who you can talk with about anything. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Friendship cannot be built in a day, but it can make your life happier. The biggest factor for feeling satisfaction with life appears to be strong personal relationships. Thirdly, have realistic goals in your life and work for them. Happiness lies in the very process of their achievement. If you like to help someone who is in trouble, work as a volunteer. Volunteering is becoming more popular these days and people who do so are happier than people who don’t. Helping others makes you feel happy. Lastly, do things that you enjoy and that are good for your body. Getting plenty of sleep, exercising, stretching, smiling and laughing can all improve your mood in a short time. Practiced regularly, they can help make your daily life more satisfying. Although the sense of happiness differs between individuals, why don’t you try to put these examples into practice? Then you will be able to live a happier life from now on.
その① Ajimu(安心院) in Oita prefecture has beautiful fields and farmhouses, but there is nothing particularly exotic about yhis sleepy town. But Ajimu's citizens began to realize that they did indeed have something to offer, and since the early '90s Ajimu has actively promoted its agricultural activiyies through "green tourism." Green tourism has its roots in European "agri-tourism," which used an area's agricultural resources to attract tourists. Green tourism,however, better integrates agricultural,nature-oriented, and relaxation activities in rural areas. It is also different from "eco-tourism," which is a blend of wilderness and adventure. Green tourism is more suited to the cultivated,agricultural land of the Japanese countryside.
その② Much of the credit for Ajimu's success can be given to the efforts of grape-grower Seiichi Miyata(宮田精一). According to Miyata, the idea of exploring the business opportunities in agri-tourism sprang out of the realization thet Ajimu could no lomger survive simply "by growing stuff and selling it." Miyata has done much research of his own and discovered that, countrary to agri-tourism's objectives, not all visitors were enthusiastic about harvesting and other sweaty farm activities. Most were there to relax.
146 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/14(火) 20:38:22 ]
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①Every year millions of Japanese travel overseas. They go diving in New Caledonia, trek to mountain villages in Nepal, study English in Canada, learn flamenco dancing in Spain or salsa in Cuba. Throughout these adventures, most of them show a sincere interest in the local people and their ways of life, and when people from overseas come here for a visit, the japanese are generally hospitable and helpful.
②However, something seems to change when foreigners come here to live. They get stopped on the street by the police and have to show their identification papers. They have trouble finding landlords willing to rent apartments to them. They get stared at and taunted by children. They have to deal with parents who don't want their sons and daughters to marry them. It's as though Japanese are happy to welcome foreigners -but only if they don't wan to stay.
その③ Besides accommodation and meals, activities such as fabric-dyeing(布の染色) and charcoal-making(炭作り)are offered at 30 households in Ajimu as part of the green tourism movement. Eiko(英子) and Toshihiko Yano(矢野俊彦) receive city visitors almost every week at Ryusentei(龍泉亭), their magnificent 70-year-old home. The Yanos say some guests like to help pick vegetables for dinner;others prefer to relax and sleep in the sun-filled tatami rooms. The smiling couple doesn't mind hou their visitors choose to experience greentourism. "We are just happy when our guests leave feeling genuinely refreshed," says Toshihiko.
148 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/14(火) 20:40:32 ]
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③Now Japan is confronted by a dilemma; with the population aging and the birthrate falling, there's a growing shortage of young, able-bodied people to take care of the nation's old, infirm citizens. Moreover, there are fewer and fewer tax-paying workers but more and more retired people receiving pensions from the government. If something isn't done to fix this imbalance, there will eventually be neither enough tax revenue nor enough labor to provide for the needs of a graying society. Some analysts say that there's only one option: to allow -no, to encourage large-scale immigration to Japan from other countries. And that idea has caused a lot of concern.
④There are of course practical problems involved in bringing a big number of foreigners here, but the number one obstacle surely is overcoming popular prejudice. Unlike countries such as Australia and Canada, Japan has never experienced a major wave of immigration (of foreigners, that is; we're not counting the sudden return of Japanese from Manchuria and other Asian colonies after the Imperial Army’s defeat in World War Ⅱ). For some, it's a frightening prospect. "They 're not like us," these people whisper among themselves. "They can't speak Japanese. They don't understand our ways. They don't know how to appreciate cherry blossoms. They forget to take off their shoes when they come inside. They cause problems for us."
For her annual vacation,a young Austrian student called Margo Fenster went to a walking tour in the north of Scotland. She visited Fort William and lnverness and enjoyed the lake and mountain scenery. Most of the time she tried to keep to the ＜side／wide／crowded＞roads because she wanted to see how the local people lived. And she wanted to get away from cars and trucks as much as possible. She hiked past farmhouses and fields full of sheep. It was near the end of summer and here and there she could see farmers on tractors getting in their crops. The weather was fine and unusually warm.
Suddenly dark clouds started blowing in from the west and within a quarter of an hour a thunderstorm had started. There was heavy rain and thunder and lightning. Miss Fenster came to a small village and in the middle of it there was a pub. This was excellent because it was just coming on lunchtime. . . .
Miss Fenster went into the pub. Inside,to the right of the bar,there was a small,simple dining room. She sat herself down by the window and tried to order lunch. Her English was poor,however,and she could not make herself understood.
This was a very awkward situation because there was no menu that she could point to,and she was very hungry after walking all morning. Suddenly she had an idea. In the small hotels where she always stayed,the usual breakfast was bacon and eggs with mushrooms. She took out a piece of paper and a pencil and drew a simplepicture of a mushroom. The waiter looked at the drawing,said,“Ⅰgot you,”and went out of the room.
Miss Fenster was pleased and sat waiting hungrily for her lunch. But a few minutes later,when the waiter appeared again,he was not bringing a plate of hot food. He was holding an umbrella.
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155 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/15(水) 00:03:02 ]
訳教えて下さい！！
Ken: Amy,long time no see! Amy: Hi,Ken! It's been a while,hasn't it？ Where have you been？ Ken: Well,Ⅰtraveled around Europe during the summer vacation. Amy: Wow,that's great! How was it？ Ken: Great! Ⅰrealized English is very useful. Almost all the young people working in the service industries in Sweden,Germany and France speak English. Amy:Is that right？ As a matter of fact,Ⅰsurveyed twenty-four university graduates working as office workers in this city. The results show just how useful being able to speak English is. This graph shows activities they were involved in at university which have been the most useful to them since they graduated. English was third after their part time job and courses in practical skills such as bookkeeping. Ken: With the spread of the Internet,satellite TV and other information technology,the importance of English is likely to increase still further.
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156 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/15(水) 14:25:06 ]
１３３です Further,in order to minimize product contamination and maintain homogeneity, we would anticipate a maximal diversion from the solid waste stream in advance of final collection and processing. Only low-order materials destined to be returned either as energy or as low-valued products would ultimately appear in the solid waste stream. Under these conditions,three general categories of resource recovery systems may be anticipated:
Many people think old age is a cue to simply do nothing. Studies have shown that physical as well as mental exercise improves health and well-being in the later years of life. Do not let the candles on a birthday cake stand in the way.
Shakespare is without doubt the world's most famous writer. Not only are his plays still widely performed all over the world, but movie versions of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet have recently been very successful. Considering that Shakespare has now been dead for nearly 400 years, this is an achievement. お願いします。
So how did this Saint Nicholas of Asia Minor become the Santa Claus that we see at Christmas? Saint Nicholas is said to have died in the middle of the 4th century on December 6, a date which later became a holiday called Saint Nicholas Day. The story of Saint Nicholas slowly spread across Europe after his death and people in several different countries began to celebrate this holiday. It was a day for giving presents to others. Holland, a nation that became powerful through its sea trade, placed great importance on celebrating Saint Nicgolas Day. よろしくお願いします。
Ken: Amy,long time no see! Amy: Hi,Ken! It's been a while,hasn't it？ Where have you been？ Ken: Well,Ⅰtraveled around Europe during the summer vacation. Amy: Wow,that's great! How was it？ Ken: Great! Ⅰrealized English is very useful. Almost all the young people working in the service industries in Sweden,Germany and France speak English. Amy: Is that right？ As a matter of fact,Ⅰsurveyed twenty-four university graduates working as office workers in this city. The results show just how useful being able to speak English is. This graph shows activities they were involved in at university which have been the most useful to them since they graduated. English was third after their part time job and courses in practical skills such as bookkeeping. Ken: With the spread of the Internet,satellite TV and other information technology,the importance of English is likely to increase still further.
DNA is a very long,threadlike macromolecule made up of a large number of deoxyribonucleotides,each composed of a base,a sugar,and a phosphate group. The bases of DNA molecules carry genetic information,whereas their sugar and phosphate groups perform a structural role.This chapter presents the key ecperiments that revealed that DNA is the genetic material,then describes the DNA double helix. When this structure was discovered,the complementary nature of its two chains immediately suggested that each is a template for the other in DNA replication. DNA polymerases are the enzymes that replicate DNA by taking instructions from DNA templates.
173 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/16(木) 19:10:14 ]
172の続きです。 These exquisitely specific enzymes replicate DNA with an error and many viruses are made of DNA.Someviruses,however,use RNA(ribonucleic acid)as their genetic material.This chapter concludes with examples of the genetic role of RNA in plant viruses and animal tumor viruses.
The use of stunt persons is not a true special effect but it helps in creating an illusion. Stunt persons are professional men and women who can drive fast cars, jump from high places, run into burning buildings, and do many dangerous things that most sctors will not or cannot do. Stunt persons look like and dress like the real actors. When we see the real actor before and after the "stunt", we have the illusion that that actor actually did it.
One other basic technique that movie producers use to create illusion is to put into a single film scenes that were shot at different times. For example,you may see passengers enjoying themselves in a railroad car, then see the train hitting another train, then see the passengers crying out in pain in the damaged car. It all happenes quickly, but in fact the director will shoot it as three separate scenes, perhaps on separate days. The accident itself may be photographed using models, or it may be real trains with stunt persons in them. The damaged railroad car is a separate set, built to look as nearly as possible like the car in the first scenes.
We all know playing putside is good for children's health. Never before, houwever,has the notion of playing outside seemed so much in danger of being forgotten. Kids today spend less time outdoors than previous generations. In 1981, children aged 6 through 17 spent an average of 100 minutes playing outdoors each week. By 2002, the time was a mere 50 minutes. That loss may turn out to be profound. New research points to the exraordinary benefits to be gained from playing actively outdoors. As one writer says, "Outdoor experience isn't just something nice for kids to have. They have to have it." Here are a few of the reasons why kids should play outside. Did you ever notice how blue skies to dominate the drawings of youngsters? That's not just by chance. Kids see the world differently than adults do. Up to age 20 or so, their eyes allow more blue light to enter. As a result, they see more blue and violet-colors featured prominently in their artwork. It has recently been discovered that the blue light of the sky is very important in controlling the body's clock. This human clock manages the whole rhythm of the body and every organ within it.
Before a few centuries B.C., in ancient China, it was believed that there were five relatively solid internal organs（五臓） and six hollow internal organs（六腑）. However, with the development of concepts of twelve meridians combined with one of the diagnostic methods of pulse diagnosis by introducing additional organs called “Pericardium”（心包）, they made a system consisted of a total of twelve internal organs. they were classified into six “yin” organs represented by relatively solid organs, i.e., heart, liver, kidney, lung, spleen, and pericardium. The other six were “yang” organs, represented by six hollow organs, i.e., small intestine, gall bladder, bladder, large intestine, stomach, and three burners. However, if we try to interpret these twelve internal organs by present concepts of internal organs, we will have a difficult time. There are three reasons for the difficulties: (1)some of the names of the internal organs are different from the names of the internal organs we know in Western medicine. (2)some of the internal organs in the ancient Orient are imaginary and indicate functions of several systems involving a number of different internal organs. (3)the ancient Orientals tried to fit all the existing organs' functions into only a limited number of the twelve organs. Naturally, some of the internal organs in ancient Oriental concepts must cover the functions of more than one or two internal organs.
Furthermore, some of the internal organs, such as the three burners(three warmers), which are divided into three divisions of the body's trunk, do not correspond to any anatomically known single internal organ. In the following chart, the twelve names of these internal organs used in Oriental medicine are shown along with the corresponding functions of the organs in present Western anatomy.
Not all environmentalists think this way , of course. But many people have come to believe that all we have to do to save the world is leave nature alone, minimize human impact , protect the places untouched by human activity, and try to rediscover the values of tribal and village life.In this view, science and technology are bad things.But a different idea is beginning to emerge , born of a revised understanding of the past , new information about the present , and different scenarios of what may lie ahead.
In the end, eleven white boys decided not to go. They wanted to go to that park as much as I did, but they knew that there was something even more important.
I believe that books should play a prominent part in children's lives from babyfood;that access to books,through and other adults,greatly increase a child's chances of becoming a happy and involved human being. The dedicated involvement of parents and other adults is,of course,an essential part of the process. Without the help of adults,a baby or small child has no chance at all of discovering books,of starting on the road to that unique association with the printed word which the mature reader knows and loves.
AT the Lincoln Memorial, together we had read the famous words from Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg. "...this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom..." The next monrning, a teacher said, "Clifton, could I see you for a moment?" Frank turned pale. One of our water balloons had hit a lady and her dog the night before. "Clifton." the teacher began, "do you know about the Mason-Dixon line?" "No," I said, wondering what this had to do with dropping water balloons. "Before the Clivil War," the teacher explained, "the Meason-Dixon line was the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland - the line between the free and slave states. Today, the Mason-Dixson line is a kind of invisible border between the North and the South. When you cross that invisible line into Maryland, things change. We are going to Glen Echo Park... It's in Maryland, and black people can't go in." "You mean I can't go to the park," I asked, "because I'm black?" She nodded slowly. "I7m sorry, Clifton," she said, taking my hand. プロビジョンⅠ レッスン7-2 和訳お願いします
The Great Medical Hope All living things are made up of many different cells. Some of these cells are specialized: we have specialized liver cells, brain cells, heart cells, and so on. A major area of medical research today is the research being done with stem cells. Stem cells have a very important property: under certain conditions they can be changed into specialized body cells such as heart cells. Steam cell research is helping us understand how an organism's specialized cells develop from stem cells and how healthy stem cells can replace damaged cells in our body. This will help scientists develop cell-based methods of treating certain diseases. This type of medicine is called "regenerative" or "reparative" medicine. Scientists are working with two kinds of stem cells. The first are called embryonic stem cells, which come from embryos obtained via in vitro fertilization procedures. In these procedures, a female egg is fertilized outside the woman's body, forming a tiny hollow ball of cells called a blastocyst. Some of the cells on the inside surface of the blastocyst will become an embryo, an organism in the very early stage of development. For the first four or five days these cells do not start to develop into specialized body cells, but they have the potential to develop into any sort of body cell. They are removed from the blastocyst at this stage, and put into a nutrient liquid, called a culture. There they divide and grow in number but do not change their form, retaining their ability to become any sort of cell.
194 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/19(日) 06:26:19 ]
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Scientists have been doing this with animals such as mice for a long time. But a breakthrough occurred in 1998, when James Thomson became the first person to obtain human embryonic stem cells. Research with these cells worries many people who believe that the embryo is a living human being who is being killed to obtain its cells. The second type of stem cells are called adult stem cells. This is a poor name for them since they exist in the organs of all adults, children and even unborn children. It has long been known that adult stem cells can replace cells of the organ from which they come. For example, bone marrow stem cells are very good at replacing specialized bone marrow cells. But it was always thought that they couldn't replace cells from other organs. However, a breakthrough in 1999 showed that bone marrow stem cells could replace specialized brain cells. Recent research has shown that bone marrow and brain stem cells may be able to replace all body cells in the same way as embryonic stem cells can. This encourages people who believe embryonic stem cell research is immoral, because it means that it may be unnecessary.
195 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/19(日) 06:27:08 ]
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Scientists hope that stem cell research will enable them to repair damaged or diseased organs in the body. This will enable them to treat and possibly cure diseases like diabetes and cancer. They think that Parkinson's Disease, a crippling disease of the nervous system, may be the first disease to be treated using stem cells. In a major breakthrough in 2006, American scientists used stem cells to repair damaged spinal cords and nervous systems in partially paralyzed rats to enable them to walk again. However, there is still an enormous amount of research to be done before regenerative medicine can be used with humans.
Do penguins fall over when they look up at the sky to watch planes and helicopters fly over their heads? Finally, a serious scientific study shows us the answer. Penguins may waddle away because they dislike the noise. But they definitely do not lose their balance and fall over. Cartoonists and comedians love to show penguins as having a lack of balance, but they really do not. There have been many rumors about penguins falling over since British plane and helicopter pilots returned from the 1982 Falklands War. They claimed that their flights had knocked over penguins on the ground. Falling penguins are a favorite topic for cartoonists and penguin jokes. Environmental research scientist Richard Stone spent five weeks (watch/ to watch/ watching) helicopters fly over two King Penguin colonies in the Antarctic. He studied the effects of the helicopters on the penguins. Stone watched over 1,000 birds, but the penguins did not have the balance problems that are seen in penguin cartoons and heard in penguin jokes. “We saw birds moving away from the noise of helicopters and planes, but not a single bird fell over after 17 flights,” he said. Stone explained that the birds became quiet when the helicopters approached. “They didn’t appear to turn around and look,” he said. The famous scientific journal Nature explains that balance problems are not the reason why penguins waddle. When penguins walk in this awkward-looking way, they actually use much less energy than if they walked “normal-ly.” It helps them to save energy in the cold Antarctic.
>>189 I believe that books should play a prominent part in children's lives from babyfood;that access to books,THROUGH AND OTHER ADULTS,greatly increase a child's chances of becoming a happy and involved human being.
最初の出だしの大文字にした部分をもう一回見ていただけますか？
206 名前：高校生 [2008/10/19(日) 17:37:29 ]
「地球で長生きするために、人間は適した環境の存在を必要とし始めている」 という訳の続きで。。。
Yet the evidence is overwhelming that the way in which we now live on the earth is driving its thin, life-supporting skin, and ourselves with it, to destruction. To understand this calamity, we need to begin with a close look at the nature of the environment itself. Most of us find this a difficult thing to do, for there is a kind of conflict in our relation to the environment.
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that(1行目)は同格です。 drive（driving）→追い越す skin→表面 a close look at→じっくり見る a kind of conflict→ある種の矛盾
頑張ってみたものの訳せませんでした。 よろしくお願いいたします！ This shocked me,because my instinctive reaction,even in Japonese, was to say to my children,"Shikkari shiteirune",which in English would be something like "Look how well he's managing!" I didn't want them to pity the pigeon for its disability;I wanted them to respect it for its self-reliance.
210 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/19(日) 17:53:48 ]
CROWN English ReadingのLesson１０と１１の全訳って出てないですか？ もしあるのなら誘導お願いします。
Now Japan is confronted by a dilemma; with the population aging and the birthrate falling, there's a growing shortage of young, able-bodied people to take care of the nation's old, infirm citizens. Moreover, there are fewer and fewer tax-paying workers but more and more retired people receiving pensions from the government. If something isn't done to fix this imbalance, there will eventually be neither enough tax revenue nor enough labor to provide for the needs of a graying society. Some analysts say that there's only one option: to allow -no, to encourage large-scale immigration to Japan from other countries. And that idea has caused a lot of concern.
There are of course practical problems involved in bringing a big number of foreigners here, but the number one obstacle surely is overcoming popular prejudice. Unlike countries such as Australia and Canada, Japan has never experienced a major wave of immigration (of foreigners, that is; we're not counting the sudden return of Japanese from Manchuria and other Asian colonies after the Imperial Army’s defeat in World War Ⅱ). For some, it's a frightening prospect. "They 're not like us," these people whisper among themselves. "They can't speak Japanese. They don't understand our ways. They don't know how to appreciate cherry blossoms. They forget to take off their shoes when they come inside. They cause problems for us."
Now there's life that we're living it's all going wrong and out of the window, did you know that there is nothing worse than a melting mind there is nothing worse than a foolish mind
>>174 Vivid Reading Lesson4 Movies A World of Illusionのpart3です 明日までに訳さないといけないのでどなたか宜しくお願い致します 自分で訳そうとしても難しくてできませんでした…
228 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/19(日) 21:44:53 ]
>>227の続きです Vivid Reading Lesson4 Movies A World of Illusionのpart4です どうか宜しくお願い致します
Many directors are famous for their special effects. Alfred Hitchcock was one of the first persons to use special effects to make horror movies even more frightening. Other more recent directors who are famousfor using special effect are Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. In Lucas' Star Wars Episode 1, digital technology,as well as other techniques, played a bigger role than in any other film in history. To make a computer generated scenes, each CG character first had to be created as a computer model. So scaled models of characters were built, scanned into the computer to provide a basic shapes. It took a very long time. Out of the completed film's twenty-two hundred shots, nineteen hundred of them used special effects. Even James Cameron's Titanic, a film with many visual effects, used a total of only five hundred spesial effects scenes, so Episode 1 was an amazing achievement. Muvie directors understund that movies are a would of illusion, and that the illusion can be made even more puwerful by the careful use of special effects.
229 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/19(日) 21:48:57 ]
全訳お願いしますm(__)m The American diet changed greatly between 1850 and 1950. If you had lived in 1850,you would have eaten meals that were neiter tasty nor balanced.The diary diet of most Americans included potatoes, bread ,milk,and salted beef or salted pork. Salted beef and salted pork are meats preserved in salt.
230 名前：明日１限目提出 [2008/10/19(日) 21:54:10 ]
和訳お願いします。 She caught a glimpse of something that made her think she must be dreaming. 「catch a glimpse of」が、「人が、人や物をちらりとみる」 とわかったのですが・・・。 must be dreaming は、どうするんですか？
“Well” thought the king to himself, "that should be the end of Hercules." But he did not know his cousin's strenght. When Hercules found the lion, he jumped on the beast and grabbed him.then he squeezed with all his might until at last the lion was dead.But how could he take off the lion's skin? When he tried to use his knife, the blade broke into pieces.Then Hercules got an idea:he used one of the lion's own sharp claws, and sure enoght it cut the skin. After he had cleaned the skin, he wrapped it around him like a coat,with the head as a hood. When Hercules returned,looking like a lion walking on two legs, the king was frightened. "Stay outside the palace," he said, "and I will call out my orderd to you." The king ordered Hercules to kill a fire-breathing,nine-headed monster called the Hydra. Hercules used his huge club to knock off one of the monster's heads, but then two heads grew back in its plase! So he grabbed a large stick and set one fire. Then,as he swung his club to knock off each head, he held the fire to the neck to keep any other heads from growing back. When king Eurystheus heard that Hercules had killed the Hydra, he thought, "He kills beasts and monsters so easily that I must think of another kind of labor. Ah, I know! I will send him across the mountains to clean the stables of King Augeas. They are the biggest and dirtiest stables in the world, filled with the waste of thousands of oxen and cattle." When Hercules reached the Augean stables, he saw that it would take many years for a single man to clean them, even a man as strong as himself. But as he looked around he saw a riber that ran nearby. "Why not use that?"
he thought. So he asked King Augeas to have all the animals taken oout of the stable for a day. They he dug a ditch from the river to the stable, and let the water run thought the building. The water washed away all the filth in no time. Hercules filled the ditch and set the river back on its normal course. "Very clever,Hercules," said king Eurystheus. "But now it's time for a real challenge. For your next labor, I order you to bring me the golden apples guarded by those three magical maidens, the Hesperides" The king chuckled because he knew that these aples belonged to Hera, queen of the gods, and were kept in a secret garden that no one had ever found. Hercules knew that he could not find the Hesperides. But he could find their father, Atlas, the great giant who carried the heavens and earth upon his shoulders.
Lee Kyung Hae martyred himself while wearing a sign reading “WTO kills farmers” at the Cancun WTO ministerial (世界貿易機構カンクン閣僚会議) to attract attention to one of the worst genocides of our times―the genocide of small farmers through the rules of globalization. His suicide is merely the most public of the tens of thousands of farmers who have been driven to kill themselves. Thirty thousand farmers have been killed by globalization policies in India over a decade. According to India’s National Crime Bureau, 16,000 farmers in India committed suicide during 2004. During one six-month span in 2004, there were 1,860 suicides by farmers in the state of Andhra Pradesh alone.
The room is lined with vintage ashtrays, delicate lighters, matches and pens shaped like cigarettes. The scent, naturally, is of smoke. Chicago's smoking ban took effect this week, but it was hard to know that from inside the gleaming lounge along Milwaukee Avenue in a hip neighborhood on the North Side. Here, under glass, are thick jars of tobacco - Oriental Rose, The Empress, The Earl - poured lovingly into white smoking papers by tobacco's answer to the coffee shop barista. At the very moment smokers around Chicago were learning not to light up on train platforms, in sports stadiums and in some restaurants, a subsidiary of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was preparing for the grand opening on Thursday of its answer to the smoke-free set: the Marshall McGearty Tobacco Lounge, what its creators intend to be the nation's first upscale, luxury lounge dedicated to the smoking of cigarettes, especially a new R. J. Reynolds variety. The timing, Brian Stebbins, a senior marketing director at R. J. Reynolds, said,was purely coincidental. And the shop, he insists, does not fall under the city's new ban since it fits the exempt category of a "tobacco retail store," even though it also sells alcoholic drinks, cheese plates and espresso drinks. "That's incidental," Mr. Stebbins said, as he wandered the lounge on Wednesday, pointing out the dark wood, the marble bar, the cozy seats by a fireplace. "This is about a select, super premium brand of cigarettes, just like what we've seen with the super premium tier of beer, wine, chocolate and pastries. It's about elegance and having fun." Not so much fun for those here who fought for the smoking ban - one of the growing number of such restrictions around the country - who said they found the lounge puzzling, disconcerting and possibly illegal.
長文ですが、よろしくお願いします
245 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/21(火) 00:12:34 ]
Our Planet, Our FutureのChapter5です。
Feeding the world ①Food and water provide the energy our bodies need to function;without it our bodies become weak and susceptible to disease. Eating and drinking less than our bodies require leads to starvation and eventually death. Depending on how much body fat we have,it can take up to 70 days without food to die. The process is much quicker without water because people cannot survive once their body has lost 20 percent of its water content.
Dying for a meal ②Over 10 million people die each year through lack of food. Inaddition,almost 2,000,000,000 - or one third - of the people in the world suffer from under-nutrition: they are not getting enough to eat. This might make you think that there is not enough food to go round,but in fact there is plenty. If all the cereal crops produced each year were divided equally among the world's population,everyone would have enough food.
An unepual world ③The world's food is not shared equally. In 1997,for example,people in the U.S.A.ate an average of 3,699 calories a day; in Portugal,3,667;in Sorth Korea they ate 3,155. In other parts of the world, piople were eating far less. In Haiti people ate 1,869 calories a day; in North Korea, 1,837; in Burundi, 1,685. These figures are averages; some people had less to eat, others had far more.
⑦Likewise, modern Japanese culture didn't just suddenly appear in its present from; rather, it's a fusion of influences from different parts of eastern Asia and the West, one that has evolved since the day, thousands of years back, that the very first human set foot on the Japanese islands. And it continues to evolve. That's why you don't behave or dress like your great -grandparentsーmaybe not even like your parents. You probably don't talk like your parents, either. You use slang expressions that they've never heard, and you pepper your conversations with English words that would baffle.
Thanks for asking how my novel writing is coming along. By way of answer, let me just share with you something I read on the Internet the other day.
A ten-year research project conducted by a Canadian professor named Piers Steel concludes that procrastination among Americans is getting worse and worse. Professor Steel believes that by procrastinating, or putting things off, not only are we becoming a nation of underachievers, we are also poorer, fatter, and unhappier than we should be. Just 30 years ago, barely 5% of the American public thought of themselves as chronic procrastinators. Today, that figure is over 25%. College students are particularly bad―three out of four label themselves procrastinators (your students should get a kick out of that bit of information!).
Why are there so many "putter-offers" among us today? Simply because there are so many ways to kill time, so many distractions: TV and DVDs, online video and music, surfing the Internet, cell phones, video games and iPods. "It's never been harder to be self-disciplined in all of history than it is now," Professor Steel claims.
This has serious consequences, he goes on. By putting off filing our income texes or doing our Christmas shopping or paying our bills, we Americans cost ourselves a lot of money. By not getting down to business on the job, we negatively affect the nation's economy. By delaying diets and fitness regimens, we put our health at risk. And just the fact of not being able to discipline ourselves better makes us feel anxious, weak, and guilty, and, as a result, more depressed and less satisfied with our lives.
So, how is my novel coming along? The above should give you a pretty good idea.
249 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/21(火) 20:00:46 ]
お願いします Shakespare is without doubt the world's most famous writer. Not only are his plays still widely performed all over the world, but movie versions of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet have recently been very successful. Considering that Shakespare has now been dead for nearly 400 years, this is an achievement. Shakespare was born in 1564 in the pretty country town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the west of England. His family was neither poor nor rich. he married when he was 18 and his wife died seven years later after giving birth to three chirdlen. A few years later, we find William Shakespare in London, trying to make a success in the world of the theatre. The period from the late 16th to the early 17th century was one of the most dynamic and fertile periods in the history of the English theatre. Plays were popular at every level of society, from the poorest people to the royal family. There were theatres and acting companies all over London.
250 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/21(火) 20:01:33 ]
続きです。 Shakespare was a playwright with one of these acting companies. It was his job to provide the actors with enough material to satisfy the constant demands of the audience for new plays. In fact, during his career, Shakespare wrote a total of nearly 30 plays--- usually divided into tragedies, comedies and histories. Perhaps one reason that Shakespare is still so popular is that he was a playwright and not a novelist. Even the greatest novel is fixed in time --- it cannot be changed. Plays, on the other hand, are continually being changed as they are performed. talented directors, actors and set designers will always bring their own ideas to the plays and breathe new life into them. Also, thought people have enormous respect for Shakespare's plays, artists always feel that they have the freedom to adapt them to suit the time's they live in. But this still does not fully explain the enduring appeal of Shakespare. After all, there were many playwrights living at the same time writing similar plays. Shakespare's special power comes from a unique combination of talents. One is his mastery of the English language. The other is his deep understanding of the human heart. Even though his characters were created hundreds of years ago, their feelings and motivations--- Macbeth's murderous ambition, Hamlet's indecision and Othello's jealousy---are timeless. よろしくお願いします
⑤In some respects the whisperers are right. Wen foreigners first arrive, they usually can't speak Japanese and often don't understand how things are done here. However, that doesn't mean that they can't learn both the language and the culture if they're given time and encouragement.
⑥Amid the widespread fear of foreigners, it's worth keeping in mind that everybody on this planet is either an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants. Even the Japanese people had to come from somewhere. Setting creation myths aside, it's safe to say that today's Japanese are themselves descended from long-ago immigrants from the north, west, and south.
258 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/21(火) 23:26:04 ]
↑の続きです。
Have modern Japanese society, culture, and language somehow completed their development and reached a state of perfection? Must we protect them from contamination by the new ideas and new blood that a wave of foreign immigration would bring? Few people would dare to make such a claim directly. There are, however, plenty of people who would express almost the same idea in different words: "I don't mind foreigners' coming here to live as long as they're willing to do things the Japanese way." That would mean turning their backs on their native cultures, essentially trying to forget everything that had happened in their lives until the moment they stepped off the plane onto Japanese soil. As well as being nearly impossible, such a complete abandonment of their cultures would be a waste of valuable life experiences.
The bottom line is that immigration can enrich everybody or divide everybody, depending on how it's handled. If we look down on foreigners because they don't know how to do things "in the Japanese way," we'll keep a distance between them and us, and that will help nobody. In that scenario, there will be a two-tiered society, with foreigners likely to be on the lower level, doing most of the work, and Japanese on the upper level, telling them what to do.
259 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/21(火) 23:26:40 ]
最後です。
The alternative is to accept foreigners for what they are: different people with different ways of thinking and acting. The key here is understanding that "different" doesn't necessarily mean "worse" or "better," just "different." We can celebrate the differences instead of being afraid of them. Some moves in this direction are being made, such as the huge annual samba festival in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. Who knows? Perhaps in a few hundred years, Japanese culture will have evolved to the point where samba is as much a Japanese tradition as sumo and flower-arranging.
So how did this Saint Nicholas of Asia Minor become the Santa Claus that we see at Christmas? Saint Nicholas is said to have died in the middle of the 4th century on December 6, a date which later became a holiday called Saint Nicholas Day. The story of Saint Nicholas slowly spread across Europe after his death and people in several different countries began to celebrate this holiday. It was a day for giving presents to others. Holland, a nation that became powerful through its sea trade, placed great importance on celebrating Saint Nicolas Day. プロビジョン２レッスン７の２よろしくお願いします。
①As you know,Japan imports not only wheat and beef but also other agricultural products. ②Japan also imports some industrial products. ③The water that is used in making such imported product is called"virtual water". ④Please look at Figure 1,which shows how much virtual water is used in various products. ⑤You can see that corn and soybeans need a large amount of water. ⑥Most of these crops are used as feed for cattle raised in Japan. ⑦Figure 2 shows the countries from which we are importing virtual water. ⑧As you can see,we are importing as much as 64 billion cubic meters in one year. ⑨This is equal to two-thirds of the total use of regular"real" water in Japan.
That night, another teacher came to our room, holding an envelope. "Boys," he shouted. "I've just bought 13 tickets to the Senators-Tigers game. Anybody want to go?" There were shouts of happiness. On the way to the ball park, we made a short stop at the Lincoln Memorial. For onen long moment, I stared at the statue of Lincoln in the warm yellon light, recalling that line."...this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom..."
In his life, Lincoln said that freedom is not free. Every time the color of people's skin keeps them out of a park or a golf club, the fight for freedom begins again.
どなたか和訳お願いします
282 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/25(土) 12:35:01 ]
長いのですが、よろしくおねがいします！
Vivid Reading Lesson5 A Run for Women's Equality
Japan sent 312 athletes to she Olympics in athens in 2004. Among the thosen athletes, 141 were male and 171 famale. For the first time in Japanese history, women outnumbered men. The prosperity of women's sport today is the result of a women who made a desperate effort to win an Olympic medal for back in 1928. It was Hitomi Kinue ,who eas the silver medal winner in the 800-meter race in the 9th Olympic Games held in Amsterdam. Hitomi was born in 1907. At the age of 16, she took part in an athletic meet held in okayama Prefecture. She entered the long jump and set a women's national record of 4.67 meters. It was this that led her to become an athlete . In 1926, when she was 19, she became a newspaper reporter. Four months later, she took part in the Women's World Games in Gothenburg, Sweden as the only Japanese femal athlete. Shw competed in many races and did well. This surprised athletes from around the world.
As can be seen they are rather primitive and unrealistic in the eye of present-day anatomical knowledge of the human body. These anatomy figures do not include the brain. The author of the oldest Chinese medical book “Nei Ching”did not describe any function of the brain either. Instead of the brain, the above described 12 internal organs, particularly 5 relatively solid internal organs: namely, the liver, heart, spleen, kidney, and 5 hollow organs, gall bladder, small intestine, stomach, large intestine, urinary bladder, are considered to be the causes of the mental processes of a human being. Therefore, various mental diseases are considered to be due to the abnormal functions of the internal organs belonging to one or more than one of the specific five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. On the other hand, the presently known Chinese character for the brain, also means “mental agony,”“mental process,”or“mental ability,”and it is closely related with anatomy and function of the brain. The left half means “muscle”or “body tissue”. The upper half of the right side of the Chinese character represents “convolutions of brain”. The lower half of the right side of the character indicates the top view of skull. Finally, the projection on the top represents remaining bone of the nose. However, the word brain in Chinese characters cannot be found in the oldest etymological dictionary Shou-Wen-Zi (説文解字) written by Hsu Shen (許慎). He began the work in A.D. 100 and completed it in A.D. 121. Since the book supposedly covers all the Chinese characters known at that time, the presently known Chinese character for brain must have been invented in later centuries.
People today would think that Hitomi was free from any concerns and was on her way to success. On the contrary, she was severely criticized. In those days people had a prejudice against women who did sports. Women who showed too much of their body and compeyed in races were not thought to be decent. This caused Hitomi to worry about the future of women athletes. In 1928, women were allowed to participate in track and field events at the Olympics for the first time in history. Japan sent Hitomi to Amsterdam. She was the only women athlete from Japan. She was the world record holder in the in the women's 100-meter race at that time. She took part in the 100-meter race but she eas beaten in the senifinals. She thought that her good example at the Olympics would be the key to freeing people in those days from prejudice against women athletes. She decided to try the 800-meter race. After the 100-meter race, she thought to herself, "I have never run the 800-meter race, and I don't think I have enough energy for it. Hpwever,I have the will to try. I will run until I collapse."
290 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/26(日) 11:28:46 ]
The poor People's Disease Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Over 40 percent of the world's population lives in areas where malaria is found. More than 300 million people suffer from malaria, and about one and a half million people die from it each year. At least 80 percent of malaria sufferers live in Africa, where the disease is the cause of 30 percent of admissions to hospitals. Pregnant women and children under five are the most vulnerable, and at least 800,000 African children die from malaria every year. The economic cost of malaria to Africa is estimated to be US＄12 billion a year, though it is difficult to get exact figures. Malaria is caused by a parasite. A parasite is a plant or animal that lives in or on the body of another animal or plant and obtains its food from it. It is thought that the malaria parasite evolved with humans and has always been with us. The parasite is carried by the female of a particular genus of mosquito called the Anopheles. The disease is transmitted when an infected person is bitten by a female Anopheles mosquito which then bites another person. The parasite in the blood of the first person is taken in by the mosquito, survives in the mosquito's saliva, and is then transferred to the blood of the second person. The parasite is then carried in the blood to the liver, where it breeds. After a few days it returns to the blood, where it attacks red blood cells, causing fever and perhaps damage to vital organs, sometimes resulting in death. Malaria can usually be cured. In particularly bad areas, people continuously become infected and gradually become immune to the disease.
Who are the people who join these groups? Do you think they are crazy? Maybe in a way they are. But they mostly are people much like you and me. Their members include doctors,lawyers,businessmen,housewives,and students. They come from all economic backgrounds. And they can be found in all societies.
So why do they join these groups?The reasons are many. Most members feel that their lives are empty and have little value. They are searching for something that will add meaning to their lives. Many have social or personal problems that they are having trouble dealing with. For various reasons,mainstrem religions do not give them the answers they are looking for.
Others feel that society is failing. They see wars,famines,poverty and other social ills as problems that we create,but can't solve. Many are New Age devotees. They come to believe that certain dates,or the world,or at least of society as we know it. In the case of Heaven's Gate, for example,they thought thataliens would come from space to greet them!
The cult gives them a sense of belonging,of family. They can join with others that have many of the same thoughhts as themselves. However,it is often not until they have actually joined the group that they find out what the group is really control and fear have done their work.
長くて申し訳ありませんがどなたか和訳お願いします。 （ ）内には以下のどれか一つが共通して入ります。 ①people who speak a different language ②people removing obstructions ③people with disabilities ④people who are physically strong and healthy
The term barrier-free has been adopted by the japanese to define a state of being that is free of barriers， and to describe the process of removing barriers in order to make life more comfortable. Increasingly，the term barrier-free has been applied to the creation of living and working environments where （ ） can have free access，and where physical barriers to buildings，shops，and public institutions， such as steps and narrow doorwaus，do not prevent them from using these facilities. To remove these barriers，local governments and construction companies work in partnership to help users， and new laws have meant that the rights of ( ) are protected. On the other hand，( ) also face invisible or symbolic barriers which are probably more difficult to overcome because theyare often not recognized by even the most sensitive of able-bodied citizens. Invisible barriers can be divided into three categories : institutional，social and psychological. Firstly，institutional barriers can be seen as those where the system puts a person at a disadvantage. For example，there have been cases where disabled children were not allowed to enter their local elementary school because the school decided that they could not satisfactorily interact with other pupils. Secondly，there are social barriers that exist for disabled people. The lack of information available to( ) means that in many instances they find it difficult to integrate into society. For example，many blind people are unable to enjoy museums because they lack Braille captions for their displays，and ‘touch and feel’exhibits are still rare. 続きます
Finally，many proglems for people with disabilities originate in the prejudices and psychological barriers erected， mostly unconsciously，by able-bodied people. This stems mainly from a fundamental lack of knowledge about and misunderstanding of disabled people’s needs，and results in discrimination. This is the most important and most difficult barrier to overcome，and can only be remedied by the education of able-bodied people as to the needs of the disabled-bodied community. Without getting rid of these prejudices，a truly ‘barrier-free’society will not be realized.
Part2 This grid, known as Hermann's Grid, is an example of how contrast affects color perception. Imagine the Hermann Grid as a map of city streets; most crossings appear to be gray, but when you look closely at any individual crossing, you will see that it is white. The streets, on the other hand, appear white no matter where you look. This illusion depends on high contrast black and white areas to fool the eyes into perceiving gray areas. The perception of gray crossings is a result of local brightness control in the retina. Cells in your retina set the brightness of an image by the intensity of the light signal. But your brain can set the brightness of an image in many small parts. Setting brightness in small parts lets you see a wide range of both bright and dark parts in the same image. In Zollner's illusion of direction, parallel lines appear to be bent when other lines cross them at an angle. The illusion disappears when the image is held far enough away from the eye to distinguish the short crossing lines. Some scientists say that face recognition is performed by a particular section of the brain. To the brain, this image of Lincoln's face looks normal when viewed upside down, but when turned around it becomes distorted. This is because our brains recognize a face only when it is right side up. When it is presented upside down, the brain no longer recognizes it as a face but rather as an object, and this is why we do not respond to its distortions.
上の続きです Part3 Let us think about the various functions of the brain. Once, photographs of Americans expressing various emotions were shown to the Fore people in New Guinea. They readily recognized most of the expressions of anger, happiness, sadness, disgust, fear and surprise. These six emotions are themselves universal. Some emotional triggers are universal as well. For example, when something unexpectedly comes into your field of vision, you will be frightened. But most emotional triggers are learned. The smell of newly mowed hay will generate different emotions in someone who spent peaceful childhood summers in the country and someone who was forced to work long hours on a farm. Once such an emotional association is made, it is difficult to unmake it. But we can learn to manage our emotions better. Another interesting thing is the relationship between the brain and fear. For example, many people fear big snakes and run away because they feel danger. But a baby usually doesn't feel afraid of a big snake, even if he or she is placed right next to it. This may have something to do with the primary brain and its fear response to such dangers. It seems likely that there is a tendency in the primary brain to fear natural phenomena that can hurt us, but no tendency to learn to fear something that will not. But this tendency is influenced by social experience. Therefore, there is a good chance the baby will begin to fear snakes after watching other humans react to them.
Vivid Reading Lesson5 A Run for Women's Equality Resson3です 明日までに訳さないといけないので、急ではありますがどなたか宜しくお願い致します。
The women's 800-meter race began. Hitomi ran fast. She was in third place 200 meter from the goal. Just then, something happened. Another athlete bumped into Hitomi. She began to fall behind. Hoewver, she wouldn't be beaten. She got her balance again and ran desperately. In no time, she was running close behind Lina Radke from Germany, wha was leading the race. Radke looked back and was surprised to find Hitomi close behind her. She ran faster and Hitomi followed her. They reached the goal one after the other. Radke won the goal and Hitomi the silver. The two were too exhausted to remain standing. The New York Evening Post printed an article titled, "A mistaken idea about Japanese women." It said that nothing surprised them but Hitomi Kinue, who had won a silver medal in the women's 800-meter race. They said, "We still think of Japanese women as beautifully dressed in kimono, and busy with flower arrangements and tea ceremonies. Hitomi Kinue changed out view of Japanese women. We had had a wrong view of them."
In some respects the whisperers are right. Wen foreigners first arrive, they usually can't speak Japanese and often don't understand how things are done here. However, that doesn't mean that they can't learn both the language and the culture if they're given time and encouragement.
Amid the widespread fear of foreigners, it's worth keeping in mind that everybody on this planet is either an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants. Even the Japanese people had to come from somewhere. Setting creation myths aside, it's safe to say that today's Japanese are themselves descended from long-ago immigrants from the north, west, and south.
313 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/28(火) 21:03:55 ]
↑の続きです。
Have modern Japanese society, culture, and language somehow completed their development and reached a state of perfection? Must we protect them from contamination by the new ideas and new blood that a wave of foreign immigration would bring? Few people would dare to make such a claim directly. There are, however, plenty of people who would express almost the same idea in different words: "I don't mind foreigners' coming here to live as long as they're willing to do things the Japanese way." That would mean turning their backs on their native cultures, essentially trying to forget everything that had happened in their lives until the moment they stepped off the plane onto Japanese soil. As well as being nearly impossible, such a complete abandonment of their cultures would be a waste of valuable life experiences.
The bottom line is that immigration can enrich everybody or divide everybody, depending on how it's handled. If we look down on foreigners because they don't know how to do things "in the Japanese way," we'll keep a distance between them and us, and that will help nobody. In that scenario, there will be a two-tiered society, with foreigners likely to be on the lower level, doing most of the work, and Japanese on the upper level, telling them what to do.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle divided human intellectual activities into three kinds : practical, artistic, and theoretical. When we concern ourselves consciously with language at all, this concern is usually of a practical sort, directed at learning or teaching a language, deciding what turn of phrase to use in an important letter, urging a school board to adopt or not to adopt the teaching of language in elementary schools. Occasionally we consider language in the sphere of art, when we read, interpret, or perhaps create a poem or a novel. These are works that embody in the medium of language the esthetic values of the individual or the community.
〈語句〉 Aristotle アリストテレス concern ourselves with～ ～に関心を持つ turn of phrase 言い回し a school board 教育委員会 esthetic 美的
In further experiments he found that the birds also made allowance for the sun's daily movement across the sky as it rises in the east and sets in the west.
When a driver stops in front of a house in any neighborhood and blows the horn to attract the attention of someone inside the house, it is thoughtless and rude. Why should ten people have to brother to look out the windows of ten houses to find out the horn is nothing to do with team? As a matter of fact, I do not think there necessary for a driver to blow the horn. よければ和訳お願いします
332 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/29(水) 19:31:17 ]
A Run for Women's Equality です 明日までに訳さないといけないので、急ではありますがどなたか宜しくお願い致します。
The women's 800-meter race began. Hitomi ran fast. She was in third place 200 meter from the goal. Just then, something happened. Another athlete bumped into Hitomi. She began to fall behind. Hoewver, she wouldn't be beaten. She got her balance again and ran desperately. In no time, she was running close behind Lina Radke from Germany, wha was leading the race. Radke looked back and was surprised to find Hitomi close behind her. She ran faster and Hitomi followed her. They reached the goal one after the other. Radke won the goal and Hitomi the silver. The two were too exhausted to remain standing. The New York Evening Post printed an article titled, "A mistaken idea about Japanese women." It said that nothing surprised them but Hitomi Kinue, who had won a silver medal in the women's 800-meter race. They said, "We still think of Japanese women as beautifully dressed in kimono, and busy with flower arrangements and tea ceremonies. Hitomi Kinue changed out view of Japanese women. We had had a wrong view of them."
I remember vividly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and I was trying out for the junior high school basketball team.I walked into the gymnasium;there was a piece of paper on the bulletin board. It was a cut list.The seventh-grade coach had put it up on the board. The boys on the list were still on the team;they could keep coming to practices. The boys who were not on the list had been cut;they were no longer needed. My name was not on the list.
336 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/29(水) 20:53:27 ]
I did not know the cut was coming that day. I stood and I stared at the list.The coach had not composed it with very much care;the names of the best players were at the top of the list, and the other accepted members were listed below.I kept looking at the bottom of the list, hoping that if I looked hard enough , my name would miraculously appear there.
337 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/29(水) 20:57:10 ]
I tried to stay calm as I walked out of the gym and out of the school , but when I got home I began to sob.I could not stop. For the first time in my life, I was told officially that I was not good enough. Sports meant everything to boys of that age;if you were on the team, even as a substitute, it put you in the desirable group. If you were not on the team , you were almost worthless.
I had tried desperately in practice, but the coach never noticed me. It did not matter how hard I tried;he did not want me on the team. I knewthat when I went to school the next morning I would have to face the boys who had not been cut -- the boys who were on the list , who were sitll on the team , who had been judged worthy while I had been judged unworthy.
338 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/29(水) 21:01:32 ]
Many years have passed since then , but I still remember that day. And a curious thing has happened:in traveling around the country, I have found that a large number of successful men share that same memory -- the memory of beeing cut from a sports team as a boy. I do not know how the mind works in matters like this;I do not know what happened in my head following that day when I was cut. But I know that for all of my life since that day, I have done more work than I have had to , taken more assignments than I have had to , worked more hours than I have had to. Does all of my effort come from a determination never to be cut again-- never to be told that I am not good enough again? I do not know, but I know the feeling is there.Apparently it is there in a lot of other men, too.
>>310さんじゃないんですが、訳お願いします 同じ文章ばかりでごめんなさい！ The women's 800-meter race began. Hitomi ran fast. She was in third place 200 meter from the goal. Just then, something happened. Another athlete bumped into Hitomi. She began to fall behind. Hoewver, she wouldn't be beaten. She got her balance again and ran desperately. In no time, she was running close behind Lina Radke from Germany, wha was leading the race. Radke looked back and was surprised to find Hitomi close behind her. She ran faster and Hitomi followed her. They reached the goal one after the other. Radke won the goal and Hitomi the silver. The two were too exhausted to remain standing. The New York Evening Post printed an article titled, "A mistaken idea about Japanese women." It said that nothing surprised them but Hitomi Kinue, who had won a silver medal in the women's 800-meter race. They said, "We still think of Japanese women as beautifully dressed in kimono, and busy with flower arrangements and tea ceremonies. Hitomi Kinue changed out view of Japanese women. We had had a wrong view of them."
349 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/30(木) 21:31:14 ]
どなたか訳をお願いします。
The year 1963 was the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was truly a great year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Despite opposition from the governors of Alabama and Mississippi, the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, authorized federal marshals to help a few black students to enter at the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama. “Bull” Connor, the head of the police department in Birmingham, Alabama, ordered his officers to turn fire hoses and police dogs on young demonstrators; as television cameras captured this horrible scene, the nation gasped in disbelief and revulsion. Medgar Evers, a thirty-seven-year-old NAACP field secretary in Jackson, Mississippi, was murdered on his front porch on June 12. Riots occurred throughout the summer. The nation stood on the brink of racial civil war. It needed a prophet who could help see through the smoke left by gunpowder and bombs. Martin Luther King, Jr., who published Why We Can’t Wait at this time, was the prophet of the hour. Although many of the phrases and themes that appear in “I Have a Dream” had often been repeated by Dr. King, this is his most well-known speech. He delivered it before the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, as the keynote address of the March on Washington, D. C., for Civil Rights. Television Cameras allowed the entire nation to hear and see him call for justice and freedom. Mrs. Coretta King once said, “At that moment it seemed as if the Kingdom of God appeared. But it only lasted for a moment.”
350 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/10/30(木) 22:03:55 ]
>>348続きです よろしくおねがいします Hitomi kinue came back to japan to find herself famous. When she arrived at Okayama Station, there where crowds of people waiting to she her. She was, however, not happy, for she had been beaten in the 100meter race, which she had never expected to lose. She was exhausted both mentally and physically. She wondered if she could run again as before. She wonted to retire but couldn't. She was responsible for the training of young women athletes. She made up her mind again to continue her life as an athlete. She tried herd to set new records in track and field and at the some time fought against prejudice against women. Between races, she traveled around Japan and gave speeches on the importance of women's sports. For her, every day was war. She made women's equality in sports her lifelong goal. She died at the age of 24 in 1931.
japan →Japan , there where →there were, waiting to she →waiting to see She wonted → She wanted, She tried herd → She tried hard at the some time → at the same time
But how do you know,before you join the group,whether it is alegitimate group,or a dangerous cult? After all,both Jesus and the Buddha led small groups of homeless,unemployed men. Also the people who recruit members to these groups are quite good at what they do. When you attend your first meeting,you find yourself surrounded by very kind people. The speaker is very gogd,and often says just what you want to hear. Tou will no doubt find an atmosphere of caring,friendship and support.
But the danger signs are there. They will ask you for a donation,or to "help out" by buying something. This is usually a pamphlet or small booklet for which you for personal information,such as your address and phone number,andwhere you if you stop going. They sometimes might gather from time to time at some remote location,such as a campsite or compound. these"retreats" can last for several days, or for a few weeks. Again, the members will usually be separated, adults from children, men from women. Eventually the members will move to a location where they can live together as a community,or "family".
Of course,these and other characteristics are not proof positive that the groups have some of these same characteristics. But remember this*there is nothing in religion that you must do except believe in your faith. We should be very careful about groups that coerce their members to think otherwise.
Hello, I'mSevern Suzuki for the Environmental Children's Organization(ECO). We are a group of twelve-and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference. We raised all the money by our to come six thousand miles to tell you adults that you must change your ways. I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak for starving children around the world. I am here to speak for the millions of animals dying on this planet because they have nowhere to go. I am afraid to go out in sun now because of the ozone hole. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don't know what chemicals are in it. I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my father until we found fish full of cancers just a few years ago. Now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day-vanishing forever.
In the 17th century, Dutch people started to immigrate to America. At that time, most Dutch immigrants lived in the town of New Amsterdam, which is now New York. The Dutch in New Amesterdam celebrated Saint Nicholas Day in the same way as they had done back back in their home countury. In this way, the tradition of giving presents on that day also became a custom in America. In fact, the name "Santa Claus" comes from the Dutch "Sinterklaas," meaning Saint Nicholas. プロビジョンレッスン８の２後半よろしくお願いします
369 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/01(土) 20:42:37 ]
Right after graduating from high school, Konishiki came to Japan for the first time. He wanted to be a sumo wrestler, and he was surprised because everything was different.He entered the sumo world and faced many difficulties. One of them was speaking Japanese. He studied by himself with a travel guide book."I thought that I could speak basic Japanese after one year, but when I spoke to someone outside the sumo-beya , they could not understand me. Because I used a lot of sumo terms,"he says , smiling. Life in the sumo-beya was much harder than learning the language. "If you have a difficult problem at the work place, at least you can go home at the end of the day.But we had to spend 24 hours together at the sumo-beya," says Konishiki.The young wrestler's day started from early morning training.It was unbelievably busy with cleaning ,meal preparations , as well as assisting the older sumo wrestlers with training and washing their clothes.
370 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/01(土) 20:48:24 ]
He thinks that overcoming such hardships depends on an individual's strenghth. "You need to change the difficulty into energy." He enjoyed hardships and overcame them. "The world of sumo is simple.Winning makes you go up." He set a target each time , and as a result , he left behind a brilliant wrestling record, including three championship titles.
In addition to his own efforts , Hawaii was always a source of inspiration."I was able to do my best because of my family, and the people around me." He turned that thought into reality by establishing the Konishiki Kids Foundation in 1996 when he was still a sumo wrestler. He started the program for the children in Oahu on the Waianae Coast. Since then, 175 kids have come to Japan through the program to experience Japanese culture. "I believe that experiencing a different culture and seeing a different way of life can allow them to dream and think , 'I can do it , if I do my best.'"
371 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/01(土) 20:52:49 ]
Although the kids of Waianae are poor, they are independent. It is natural for them to do household chores , so he was surprised to learn many Japanese children do not clean their rooms , or the bathroom , or do laundry."Probably , their parents want the children to study rather than do household chores. In Waianae , though , kids respect their parents above all , " Konishiki says. So he feels a sense of crisis in relationships between children and adults in Japan.
His favorite world is "power" nad he used it to name his office, KP("KONISHIKI power"). "I can help people because I have power, and I can be helped by their power. But power can be good or bad depending on how it is used. There are some people who might use power in a negative way. But power can meke us gentle. I want to use my power in such a way for all humanity."
ヴォイジャーリーディング リッスン１０ パート３です In early July, Margot Frank received a notice in the mail telling her she had to go to a labor camp. Otto Frank immediately contacted Miep. Early the next morning they made their move. Miep brought Margot to the secret rooms. The rest of the group followed a short time later. And so began 25 moths of hiding. The two families in the hiding place suffered in many ways. Miep also had problems of her own. Every morning she had to get to the office before the other workers arrived. Quickly she went up to the secret rooms, where her friends gave her a list of the food they needed. Then later each day, Miep went shopping. She tried to appear casual when she walked into a store to get food. After a while, Miep began to trust one particular grocer. He never asked questions, but filled her orders as best he could. Miep believed he understood what she was doing and supported her. But one day when she entered his shop, the grocer was not there. She was told that he was arrested because he had been hiding two Jews. Miep is heart raced. She was very afraid. She knew it could just as easily have been she who had been discovered. In addition, she knew that now it would be harder than ever to get food for the people in the hiding place.
The most terrible diseases are those perceived as threatening not only to life but also to human dignity.
But animals remain constant in their affection for people with AIDS even if human relationships are lost to fear arising from lack of knowledge.
Carmack's study also puts emphasis on the role of stress reduction that pets can play.
This favorable effect of pet ownership occurred mainly among individuals with few social contacts, which suggests that establishing a social environment with pet animals may help reduce stressful impact of AIDS.
Elizabeth Manor, a nurse at Choate Hospital in Massachusetts, reported the welcoming effects pet animals bring about are not only observed by the patients, but also by the staff who take care of them.
Pet animals make the stressful job of care-giving more pleasant.
Their presence contributes to a peaceful and home-like environment in nursing homes.
In addition, animals in nursing homes make it more likely that family members will come to visit their sick relatives.
↑追加で For people with AIDS, pets are perceived as a major, and sometimes their only, source of support, and they begin to feel prepared to deal with stress.
もお願いします＞＜
376 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/02(日) 09:47:27 ]
There are several drugs that can be used to treat malaria. Chloroquine was the main one for many years, but malaria parasites in some areas have developed immunity to this drug, and so it is ineffective in these places. Also, many people infected with malaria live in poor, isolated areas with no access to drugs or no money to buy them. Malaria can be prevented by taking drugs-usually smaller doses of the drugs used to treat the disease. However, this is rarely practicable for the inhabitants of malarial areas because of their cost and the possible side effects of long-term use. The use of these drugs is normally restricted to affluent visitors to malaria-prone regions. Draining swampy areas in southern Europe and the U.S. where mosquitoes breed has reduced or eliminated mosquitoes in some areas. Insecticides have also been effective, but they have long-term effects on the environment. In the mid-20th century, there were hopes that malaria, like smallpox, could be completely eliminated, but this is now thought to be impossible.
377 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/02(日) 09:48:24 ]
続きです
Many medical researchers think that the best way to defeat malaria is by the development of an effective vaccine against the parasite. Researchers have been working toward this goal for over 40 years, but the task has been a lot more difficult than originally thought. The genome sequence of the most deadly malaria parasite was determined in 2002, and it is hoped this will help the development of new vaccines. No completely effective vaccine is yet available. The most effective one at the moment is an American vaccine tested on over 2,000 children in Mozambique. It reduces the risk of infection by 30 percent and the severity of infection by 50 percent. It is still in the trial stage. Researchers expect it to be released for general use in 2010. Breakthroughs in medical research don't happen overnight. They take years of testing and developing untill they are safe to use. In the meantime, millions suffer from malaria every year.
The National Park Service Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) Program was officially started in 1970. The primary purpose of the VIP program is to pro-vide a way (which/ through which) the National Park Service can accept voluntary help and services from the public. The main purpose of this pro-gram is to use this voluntary help to benefit both the National Park Service and the volunteer. Volunteers are accepted from the public without regard to race, religion, age, sex, nationality, or disability. Volunteering is an American tradition that over the years has made a great contribution to communities, organizations and individuals throughout the country. A recent survey found that over one-third of the American pub-lic has been or is now a volunteer. Over half of the people now doing volun-teer work are also employed in full or part-time jobs. Today’s volunteers are active, dynamic, creative individuals of all ages who have the skills, desire, patience and time to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. Our volunteers are, (on the contrary/ without a doubt/ at best), Very Important People! Each year more than 120,000 volunteers provide over 4,000,000 hours of service in the U.S. national parks. Our volunteers come from every state and nearly every country in the world. They help preserve and protect America’s natural and cultural heritage, for the enjoyment of both present and future generations. Young and old alike use their time and skills to assist our paid staff in achieving our national mission.
The prize winner that has won the most times is the International Committee of the Red Cross. This organization has received three Nobel Peace Prizes（in 1917,1944,and 1963）,and the founder, Jean Henri Dunant, was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prizes, in 1901. これの訳をお願い致しますm(_ _)m
It is more and more clear that the past was not one long period of green wisdom. Research shows that primitive peoples modified their environment in many ways through building , migrating , farming , and keeping animals. Even Native Americans , favorites of romantic environmentalism, turn out to have burned , over-hunted , and in some cases used up their forests. This is not a reason to blame people who lived before our time, but it is a good reason to realize that the whole blame game is of limited usefulness.
Saint Nicholas was especially famous as a patron saint of sailors and children. So how did this Saint Nicholas of Asia Minor become the Santa Claus that we see at Christmas? SSaint Nicholas is said to have died in the middle of the 4th century on December 6, a date which later became a holiday called Saint Nicholas Day. The story of Saint Nicholas slowly spread across Europe after his death and people in several different countries began to celebrate this holiday. It was a day for giving presents to others. Holland, a nation became powful through its sea trade, placed great importance on celebrating Saint Nicholas Day. In the 17th century,Dutch people started to immigrate to America. At that time, most Dutch immigrants lived in the town of New Amsterdam,which is now New York. The Dutch in New Amsterdam celebrated Saint Nicholas Day in the same way as they had done back in their home country.In this way,the tradition of giving presents on that day also became a custom in America. In fact,the same "Saint Nicholas" comes from the Dutch"Sinterklaas,"meaning Saint Nicholas.
>>406の続きです ③ It took a littele longer for Saint Nicholas,the stern bishop with a tall pinted hat on his head andriding on a horse,to become the jolly Saint Nicholas we know today. In 1822,Clement Moore,a school teacher in New York,wrote a famous poem called A Visit from Saint Nicholas. This poem described an image of a different Saint Nicholas who visited children on the night before Christmas.
━━━━ポエム部↓━━━━ 'It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring,not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimmey with care, In hopes that St.Saint Nicholas soon would be there; a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick,Down the chimmy St.Nicholas scame with a bound. He was dressed all in fur,from his head to his foot, He had a broad face and alittle round belly That shook, when he laughed,like a bowlful of jelly. ━━━━ポエム部↑━━━━
This poem does not present an image of a religious Saint Nicholas. Instead,it introduces a fat and jolly little old man riding in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Moore described this character very vividly,as if he had seen him in real life. A Visit from Saint Nicholas was published as a picture story book and read by many people in the United States in those days. Moore's Saint Nicholas was drawn as an elf in the storybook. But in the 1930s,the image of Santa Claus changer again. This time, he looked like somebody's grandfather, smiling in an advertisement for a soft drink. This was how the Santa Claus we are familiar with today was born.
>>407の続きです ④ As a child you must have wondered, "Is there a Santa Claus?" About 100 years ago, an eight-year-old girl named Virginia asked the same question in a letter sent to the
New York Sun. In answer to the little girl's question, Francis Church, a newspaper editor, wrote an article in the Sun. "Yes. Virginia,there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist......... "Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is not a sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those neither children nor adults can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not,but that's not proof that they are not there.......... "No Santa Claus? Thank God he lives, and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, no,ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make the hearts of children glad." Church's message was that the most important things in life cannot be seen with our eyes. We cannot see love,but it exists. We cannot see kindness, but people smile when it is shown. Although the images of Santa Claus have changed through history and through different cultures, what Santa Claus symbolizes has remained the same. It is the spirit of goodwill to others. Anyone with that spirit can be a true Santa Claus.
It was nice talking to you on my new cell phone this morning (late evening your time, of course). I didn't think I would need one, since my original plan was to get busy and write, write, write. But that hasn't been happening so far (see my previous letter on procrastination), and since I'm going to be here for another five or six months, I decided to get one after all. One thing for sure: I'm going to use my phone according to Japanese cell phone etiquette, not American.
Everywhere you go here, people are yakking on their cell phones. At the supermarket checkout stand yesterday, the woman in front of me was on hers the whole time, and didn't share a word with the clerk―no "Thank you" or "Have a nice day." No nothing. When the clerk asked her, "Paper or plastic?" the woman just pointed at the plastic bags with her chin. I've taken three taxis since I arrived here, but have not conversed with any of the drivers: they're too busy shouting into their cells (in Hindi and Arabic for the most part, since many cab drivers here are from India and the Middle East). Every time I go to a coffee shop or pub to try to get a little work done, I am interrupted by annoying tunes and rings and buzzers going off all over the place. People just blithely talk away as if they were in their own living room. Reading, studying, and concentrating of any kind are all out of the question. It's just too noisy.
All this seems very peculiar to me. Americans, by and large, have a lot of respect for other people's privacy and rights. They don't generally like to invade other people's "space" or have theirs invaded. Cell phones, however, are a different story. I shouldn't complain, though. After all, almost every place you go these days here in America is smoke-free. So what's little noise as long as the air is clean and healthy?
I thought that I could speak basic Japanese after one year, but when I spoke to someone outside the sumo-beya , they could not understand me. Because I used a lot of sumo terms,"he says , smiling.
Part2 This grid, known as Hermann's Grid, is an example of how contrast affects color perception. Imagine the Hermann Grid as a map of city streets; most crossings appear to be gray, butwhen you look closely at any individual crossing, you will see that it is white.
The streets, on the other hand, appear white no matter where you look. This illusion depends on high contrast black and white areas to fool the eyes into perceiving gray areas. The perception of gray crossings is a result of local brightness control in the retina. Cells in your retina set the brightness of an image by the intensity of the light signal. But your brain can set the brightness of an image in many small parts. Setting brightness in small parts lets you see a wide range of both bright and dark parts in the same image. In Zollner's illusion of direction, parallel lines appear to be bent when other lines cross them at an angle. The illusion disappears when the image is held far enough away from the eye to distinguish the short crossing lines. Some scientists say that face recognition is performed by a particular section of the brain. To the brain, this image of Lincoln's face looks normal when viewed upside down, but when turned around it becomes distorted.
This is because our brains recognize a face only when it is right side up. When it is presented upside down, the brain no longer recognizes it as a face but rather as an object, and this is why we do not respond to its distortions.
Its two closest competitors in the American market were Apple and Linux, which together shared the remaining 10% of the market. In the court case, Judge Jackson found several ways in which Microsoft has unfairly used its monopoly power to hurt both its compe-titon and consumers. First, Microsoft put Internet Explorer into the software of Windows so that people would not need to buy the popular browser made by Netscape.
7月初旬、マーゴット・フランクは郵送で収容所に行かねばならないという知らせを 受け取った。オットー・フランクはすぐにミープに連絡を取った。 翌朝早く、彼らは行動を起こした。ミープはマーゴットを秘密の部屋に連れて来た。 グループの残りの人々もその後すぐに（彼女に）続いた。（秘密の部屋に行った） このようにして25カ月にも及ぶ隠れ家での生活が始まったのだった。隠れ家での 2つの家族は、様々な面で苦しい思いをした。ミープもまた、自分自身の問題を 抱えていた。毎朝、ミープは他の労働者たちが職場にやって来る前に職場に 着いているようにしなければならなかった。 素早く、彼女は秘密の部屋に駆け上がり、そこで彼女の友人たちが彼女に必要とする食糧 のリストを手渡した。そして、毎日後になってから、ミープは買い物に行った。 彼女は食べ物を手に入れるのに店に入って行く時、なるべく普段どおりに見えるように 努めた。 しばらくして、ミープはある特定の食料品商を信頼するようになった。彼は決して 質問はしないけれども、できる限り彼女の注文に応じた。ミープはこの食料品商は 自分がしていることが分かっていて、自分に手を貸してくれていると信じた。 しかし、ある日のこと、彼女が彼の店に入って行くと、そこに食料品商はいなかった。 彼女は彼が二人のユダヤ人をかくまっていたことで逮捕されたのだと告げられた。 ミープの心臓はドキドキした。彼女はとても怖い思いをした。 She knew it could just as easily have been she who had been discovered. それに、彼女は、今となっては隠れ家にいる人々のために食べものを手に入れるのは 以前より困難になることが分かっていた。
In Zollner's illusion of direction, parallel lines appear to be bent when other lines cross them at an angle. The illusion disappears when the image is held far enough away from the eye to distinguish the short crossing lines. Some scientists say that face recognition is performed by a particular section of the brain. To the brain, this image of Lincoln's face looks normal when viewed upside down, but when turned around it becomes distorted.
This is because our brains recognize a face only when it is right side up. When it is presented upside down, the brain no longer recognizes it as a face but rather as an object, and this is why we do not respond to its distortions.
>>416 そうです！わかりやすい訳ありがとうございます。 途中の One thing for sure: I'm going to use my phone according to Japanese cell phone etiquette, not American. の訳が抜けてる(？)ような気がするので、続きと併せて訳して頂けたらありがたいです！
The sounds produced by human vocal organs can be studied in many different ways. The study of sounds is calld phonetics. Phonetics is mainly concerned with describing the speech sounds that occur in the languages of the world. Specifically, we want to know what people are doing when they are talking and when they are listening to speech.
Some phoneticians are interested in studying the physical and acoustic aspects of speech sounds, while others are interested in studying the patterns and functions of sounds that occur in a language. In the latter type of study, it is important to realize that speech sounds can be perceived and represented as a sequence of discrete units, even though they are physically continuous. Native speakers of any language can intuitively extract the linguistically significant units. For example, when native speakers of English are asked how many sounds there are in the word pit they will most probably ansewer three. The concept oe decreteness is a basic assumption in the study of speech sounds.
ここから英文です。 These discrete units of sounds are not arbitrarily combined; the sequence of such units is under certain restrictions. For example, there is no English word which begins with ten consonants. Furthermore, the consonants which can appear in the iinitial clusters of English are restricted. Thus for a three-consonant cluster beginning with /s/, the second consonant can only be one of /p,t,k/. Such restrictions are found in many languages, and one of the purposes of the study of speech sounds is to examine the kind of restrictions peculiar to an individual language.
Therefore, there are several levels in the study of speech sounds: on the one concrete level we try to describe what speech sounds exist, and on the other abstract level we try to examine what regularities govern the realizations of sounds in a langiage.
1.As noted in the last chapter, over many centuries Japan has received immigrants from China, Korea, and other parts of east Asia, but at least in recorded history there has never been a sudden large-scale immigration to this country. There have, however, been some rather large-scale emigrations. (Be careful with "immigration" and "emigration"; they look and sound similar but have exactly opposite meanings.)
2.Between 1885 and 1920, for example, about half a million Japanese (out of a total population less than half the size of today's!) left to start new lives in the U.S., mostly in Hawaii or along the Pacific Coast of the mainland. Beginning shortly after World War Ⅱ, the focus of emigration changed to South America, with roughly a quarter of a million people leaving Japan for Brazil and neighboring countries from the 1950s through the '70s. Both of these waves of emigration were actively encouraged by the Japanese government, which offered loans and other incentives to citizens to move overseas.
①In that case,we may have to produce much more of our own feed in Japan. ②If that happens we won't be able to use water as freely as we do now. ③You can probably understand now that our lives are sustained not only by visible water,but also by invisible,virtual water. ④We should keep this virtual water in mind and remember that water is a limited resource. ⑤We need to use it as carefully and as wisely as possible.
宜しくお願いします。
445 名前：北の高校生 [2008/11/05(水) 16:56:46 ]
It took a little longer for Saint Nicholas, the stern bishop with a tall pointed hat on his head and riding on a horse, to become the jolly Santa Claus we know today. In 1822, Clement Moore, a school teacher in New York, wrote a famous poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas. This poem described an image of a different Saint Nicholas who visited children on the night before Christmas. プロビジョンレッスン８パート３前半よろしくお願いします。
他のスレでたぶん訳してもらったのですがその方に質問です。 But a different idea is beginning to emerge , born of a revised understanding of the past , new information about the present , and different scenarios of what may lie ahead.
And we are beggining to form an estimate of the world's condition that is in some ways even more disturbing than the environmental bad news of twenty or thirty years ago.Now we know that human activities alter the biosphere and affect the evolutinary future of non-human forms of life everywhere. Deserts,forests,fields,and rivers have been changed. Some species of plant and animal life have disappeared, and others have been created through selective breeding. Even the atmosphere , the oceans , and the climate are not what they once were. In this greatly modified and humanized world, there is no longer any real distinction between "natural" and "unnatural." Even our most well-intentioned activities , such as maintaining green areas and protecting endangered species , require active help in the form of law enforcement and scientific management.
Ⅰgot off the bus at Greenhill,whereⅠfound my boyfriend Tom waiting for me. The child tried to persuade his parents,which he found quite difficult. Now that the barriers between East and West have fallen,many people dream of the day when the entire continent will be united. Ⅰ've got four pairs of boots,two of whichⅠ've never worn. The boy whose bicycle was stolen reported its loss to the police. Ⅰshowed the police officers my driver's license becauseⅠthought that was what they wanted. No matter how rich a man may be,he will not always be happy. Paul is so depressed now. He lost what little money he earned by working part-time for three weeks. He told the story to whoever would listen.
よろしくお願いします！！
455 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/05(水) 21:56:41 ]
Britain once possessed the largest empire in world history. Among all the territories of the empire, the largest and most important was India. We normally think of empires being won by military force, but Britain started to take possession of India through the commercial activities of one particular trading company, the East India Company. During the 16th century, European ships began to sail to Asia, opening up a busy trade in commodities such as silk, tea and spices. Spain, Portugal and Holland led this trade. Merchants and Politicians in Britain felt that the country was missing a great opportunity by not being a more active participant. So, on December 31st 1600, a group of merchants formed the East India Company. The government gave them a monopoly on all trade with India. Their first ships arrived in India in 1608, and in 1615 the Indian Emperor gave them permission to open a factory. Gradually, the wealth and power of the company grew. Britain became the dominant trading power in the region and established settlements in Bombay, calcutta and Madras. よろしくお願いします。
These two plants are different in almost every way. The only feature they have in common is their need for dry soil. You can borrow the video camera now ;Ⅰdon't need it for the time being. He believes thatⅠmade a mistake on purpose. She ran into her old friend by chance at the local festival. Haven't you paid the school fee yet？ You are supposed to pay it in advance. You couldn't have asked for better weather but in the afternoon dark clouds were beginning to gather and all of a sudden it began to rain like the Niagata Falls. Now that you have E-mail,be sure to send me a message every now and then. “Remember,class,next week's test will be an open-book test. You should bring your texts to class without fail.”
Then John Smith,having promised to return Squanto to his people,brought him back to America in 1614. However,there were two ships in Smith's party. After Smith left America for England in his own ship,the captain of the second ship,Thomas Hunt,captured Squanto again with fifteen other lndians and carried them to Spain,which he sold them as slaves. In Spain,Squanto was helped by some Spanish priests and finally made his way back to England. There he worked as servant for another four or five years-until 1619,when he was again brought back to America. He arrived in America about six months before the Pilgrims.
Squanto's tribe had disappeared completely while he was away. It seems that a serious epidemic of some kind had broken out,and the whole tribe was wiped out. For a time Squanto went to live with another tribe but was not happy there. When he met the Pilgrims,he seemed pleased to be among white people again. He settled down immediately with them and stayed with them for the immediately with them and stayed with them for the rest of his life.
The government should consider revising the law so that lawyers and defendants who pass copies of evidence to third parties for legitimate purposes are not punished.
ヴォイジャーリーディング リッスン１０ パート４です Luckily, Miep found another grocer who was willing to sell her extra food. Still. it was getting more and more difficult to find fresh food. Sometimes Miep had to spend hours shopping, only to end up with half-rotten vegetables and spoiled meat. The months passed by slowly. During this time, Miep and her husband agreed to hide a Jewish boy in their own apartment. Miep also felt sorry for her dentist, a Jewish man named Fritz Pfeffer. She asked the Franks to allow him to share the hiding place with them. By the summer of 1944, Miep had reason to hope that the war would soon end. Hitler is troops were moving away from several European positions. But the war did not end soon enough for the Frank family. Miep had been very careful. She had done all she could to protect the Franks and the others in the hiding place. She had tried never to draw attention to herself or her activities. Nevertheless, someone figured out what was going on and turned her in. Records show that the Nazis received a phone call informing them about the Jews in the secret roos. On August 4, Nazis suddenly came to Miep is office building. They went straight to the secret rooms. Miep is eight friends were marched away by Nazi police. It was the last time she ever saw most of them.
難しくて訳せません よろしくお願いします！Hitomi kinue came back to japan to find herself famous. When she arrived at Okayama Station, there where crowds of people waiting to she her. She was, however, not happy, for she had been beaten in the 100meter race, which she had never expected to lose. She was exhausted both mentally and physically. She wondered if she could run again as before. She wonted to retire but couldn't. She was responsible for the training of young women athletes. She made up her mind again to continue her life as an athlete. She tried herd to set new records in track and field and at the some time fought against prejudice against women. Between races, she traveled around Japan and gave speeches on the importance of women's sports. For her, every day was war. She made women's equality in sports her lifelong goal. She died at the age of 24 in 1931.
It's so quiet in the city. Are summer weekends always like this？ That's because everyone's left for the countryside to escape the heat. Except for us. But we have the whole city to ourselves. And the weather couldn't be any better! Is it my imagination that the air seems cleaner？
"Every language is a special way of looking at the world and interpreting experoence―concealed in the structure of each different language are whole set of unconscious assumptions about the world and life in it."
482 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/07(金) 14:43:07 ]
よろしくお願いします。 Hereditary contributions to development can be observed at many levels. Figure 3.1 depicts five major levels. Nearly every cell in the human body carries the genetic blueprint for development in the chromosomes. Spesific regions on each chromosome, the genes, regulate protein and enzyme production and can be further examined in terms of the nucleotides, chemical molecules that are the building blocks for the genes. Each of these different levels of the individual's biological mekeup can offer insights into the mechanisms by which the genotype affects the phenotype, the observable expression of traits and behaviors.
①"I've been dreaming of developing a robot that can help people",Kisoi Motohiro had said to his professor. ②"I want to design a robot that can solve our problems in the way Doraemon does." ③He had been a 23-year-old student of robot technology at Kobe University at that time. ④Unfortunately,however,he was killed in the 1955 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. ⑤He was found dead with a stuffed Doraemon doll,a gift from his girlfriend. ⑥Prof.Matsuno Fumitoshi was really shocked to hear about the death of his student. ⑦He remembered the time when Motohiro had spoken about his dream. ⑧He said to himself,"If Motohiro had survived the desaster,he would have become a really good researcher". ⑨He wondred if he could do anything to make Motohiro's dream come true.
The Ever-Flowing River Electrical energy, essential in any modern society, is delivered through metal wires, most commonly made of copper. Materials like copper that allow electricity to pass through them are called conductors. An electrical current is caused by the movement of electrons through the wire. Electrons in the outer layer of atoms in the wire move from atom to atom, creating an electric current. What causes them to move is an electrical potential difference between different parts of the metal. This is similar to the way a river flows downhill because of the gravitational potential difference between the top of the hill and the bottom. As electrons move through a conductor, they bump into its atoms and lose some of their energy. This can be compared to the way a rocky river bed slows down the water flowing over it. The lowest temperature possible is minus 273 degrees Celsius(℃), or zero degrees kelvin(K). In the early 20th century, a Dutch scientist, Heike Onnes, investigated the effect of the temperature of a metal wire on how it conducted electricity. He found that in a mercury wire at 4.2K (the same as minus 269℃), electricity flowed without losing any energy. In another experiment using a lead wire at 4K, he started an electric current, removed the source of the current, and found that the current was still flowing at the same strength a year later. This could be compared to a river that keeps flowing on a flat surface without the effect of gravity. Heike Onnes called this state superconductivity, and materials in this state are called superconductors. Onnes was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.
Voyager Reading Course NEW EDITION Lesson8 EthnocentrismのPart.1です。
Culture shock can be very good lesson in relative values and in understanding human differences. The reason culture shock occurs is that we are not prepared for these differnces. Because of the way we are taught our culture, we are all ethnocentric. This term is made up of the Greek root "ethnos", meaning a peopleor a group, and "centric", meaning the center or
middle of something. Thus, it refers to the fact that our outlook or world view is centered on our own way of life. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own patterns of behavior are the best; the most natural, beautiful, right, or
important. Therefore, other people, to the extent that they live differntly, are perceived as living by standards that are
inhuman, unnatural or wrong.
Ethnocenrism is the view that one's own culture better than all others; it is the way all people feel about
themselves as compared to those from other cultures. There is no one in our society who is not ethnocenrtric to some degree, no natter how open-minded he or she might
claim to be. People will always find some aspect of another culture unnatural, be it religious practies, a way or treating friends
or relatives, or simply a food that they cannot manage to get down with a smile. This is not something we should be ashamed of, since it is a natural result of growing up in any society. However, it is something we should constantly keep in mind when we study other cultures, so that when we try to make
value judgements about another way of life, we can look at the situation objectively and take our bias into account.
Culture shock can be very good lesson in relative values and in understanding human differences. The reason culture shock occurs is that we are not prepared for these differnces. Because of the way we are taught our culture, we are all ethnocentric. This term is made up of the Greek root "ethnos", meaning a peopleor a group, and "centric", meaning the center or middle of something. Thus, it refers to the fact that our outlook or world view is centered on our own way of life. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own patterns of behavior are the best; the most natural, beautiful, right, or important. Therefore, other people, to the extent that they live differntly, are perceived as living by standards that are inhuman, unnatural or wrong.
Ethnocenrism is the view that one's own culture better than all others; it is the way all people feel about themselves as compared to those from other cultures. There is no one in our society who is not ethnocenrtric to some degree, no natter how open-minded he or she might claim to be. People will always find some aspect of another culture unnatural, be it religious practies, a way or treating friends or relatives, or simply a food that they cannot manage to get down with a smile. This is not something we should be ashamed of, since it is a natural result of growing up in any society. However, it is something we should constantly keep in mind when we study other cultures, so that when we try to make value judgements about another way of life, we can look at the situation objectively and take our bias into account.
工業系の英語が多く使われていますがよろしくお願いします。 crystalline:結晶質 unit cell:単位格子 translation:並進 です。 図1.1はアップできないですがよろしくお願いします。
All crystalline materials adopt, inthe solid state, a regular distribution of atomes or ions in space. The simplest portion of the structure which is repeated by translation, and shows its full symmetry, is defined as the unit cell. In a two-demensional array of ions, such as that shown in Fig. 1.1, the unit cell consists of a parallelogram. Any parallelogram may be chosen as a unit cell provided that translation along either of the cell directions repeats exactly the chosen unit. However, the unit cell is normally selected to be the simplest of these repeating units. Hence, in Fig. 1.1, the unit cell could be chosen as A for which displacements parallel to either edge of the square by the demension of the unit cell produce a new position which is indistinguishable, in terms of cell content and environment, from the original. The parallelogram B is also a suitable choice for the unit cell as it has the same area as A and shows the full translation symmetry. Square D would also be an acceptable choice of unit cell in terms of demonstrationg the translational symmetry of the array, but is larger than A and B. However, parallelogram C is not a unit cell as translation parallel to one side by the length of the parallelogram places a corner originally at a ■ site on a ○ site; that is, the 'cell' does not show the translational symmetry of the ion array.
495 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/08(土) 16:09:41 ]
It’s costly for people to keep up with technology, and it can also be intimidating. For those who grew up not using computers, the new technology can be confusing and difficult to learn. Though the Internet has proven to be invaluable in providing people equal access to ideas, many still remain excluded from and unempowered by the new information culture.
Sharing the fascination with difference that white people have collectively expressed openly (and at times vulgarly) as they have traveled around the world pursuit of the other and otherness, black people, especially those living during the historical period of racial apartheid and legal segregation, have similarly maintained steadfast and ongoing curiosity about the ghosts, the barbarians these strange apparitions they were forced to serve.
どなたかお願いします。 During the 19th century, there were several gold rushes in various parts of the world. Gold would be discovered, often by accident, then as news of the discovery got out, thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of people would rush to the area to search for gold. This is the origin of the name, “gold rush.” They would travel to remote parts of the world and live in terrible conditions in the hopes of becoming rich. However, these gold rushes would generally last just a few years before the gold which was easy to get ran out. The first and most famous was the California gold rush. It started in 1849, when it became known that gold had been discovered near San Francisco. More than 250,000 people from all over the world came to California, hoping to get rich. A few did, of course, but most either turned to other jobs or went on to other gold fields. Of those who stayed, many made fortunes in other areas. Selling goods and food to miners was profitable. Even more profitable was agriculture, and many of the former miners turned to raising crops or cattle. In this way, the gold rush changed the history of California and the whole Western United States.
505 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/08(土) 22:56:12 ]
続きです。 In 1851, gold was discovered in New South Wales, Australia, by an Australian who had been in the California gold fields. Again, miners went there in great numbers. The search for gold expanded to other parts of Australia and, over the next forty years, gold rush fever spread as gold was discovered in various parts of Australia. The last big gold rush was the Klondike gold rush in Alaska. It started in 1896, when three people found gold and in eight days mined over two kilograms of the precious metal. Soon the numbers grew to thousands as the news spread. But by 1899, the gold rush was over. The discovery of gold has often had a great (advance, development, influence, levelのどれか) one the history and economy of the places where it was found. Many people were brought to the area where it was discovered and often they stayed and settled there. The economy was developed both by the mining of gold and the selling of supplies to the miners. Thus, the discovery of gold has changed many countries.
506 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/08(土) 22:57:59 ]
504,505の問題です。 答えを教えていただけるとありがたいです。
ran outとほぼ同じ意味のものを１つ選択 ① had become impossible ② was completely exhausted ③ was rushed ④ had passed time
the gold rush changed the history of California and the whole Western United Statesと内容の一致するものを１つ選択 ① Even more than the agricultural workers, the cattle ranchers developed and changed the history of an area. ② Selling goods and food to miners was not profitable for the economy. ③ The gold rush was actually very profitable for everyone. ④ The economy was developed by miners who stayed and changed their jobs.
本文の内容と一致しないものを２つ選択 ① Gold rush fever is dangerous illness which killed many miners. ② The California gold rush was noted for its small size at the beginning. ③ The Australian gold rush was started by miner who had taken part in the first gold rush. ④ The Alaskan gold rush did not last as long as the Australian gold rush. ⑤ If there is a gold rush, the economy tends to be developed in two ways.
>>506のこたえ ran outとほぼ同じ意味のものを１つ選択 ② was completely exhausted
the gold rush changed the history of California and the whole Western United Statesと内容の一致するものを１つ選択 ④ The economy was developed by miners who stayed and changed their jobs.
本文の内容と一致しないものを２つ選択 ① Gold rush fever is dangerous illness which killed many miners. ② The California gold rush was noted for its small size at the beginning.
All crystalline materials adopt, inthe solid state, a regular distribution of atomes or ions in space. すべての結晶質の物質は、固体状態のとき、空間に原子かイオンの規則的な分布をとります。 The simplest portion of the structure which is repeated by translation, and shows its full symmetry, is defined as the unit cell. 並進で繰り返され、完全な対称を示す構造の最も簡単な部分は単位格子と定義される。 In a two-demensional array of ions, such as that shown in Fig. 1.1, the unit cell consists of a parallelogram. 図1.1に示される二次元のイオンの配列では、単位格子は平行四辺形からなります。 Any parallelogram may be chosen as a unit cell provided that translation along either of the cell directions repeats exactly the chosen unit. 格子の方向のいずれかに沿った並進が、正確に選ばれた単位を繰り返すならば、どんな平行四辺形も単位格子に選ばれるかもしれません。 However, the unit cell is normally selected to be the simplest of these repeating units. しかしながら、単位格子はこれらの繰り返される単位の最も単純なものになるように通常は選択されている。
515 名前：494 mailto:sage [2008/11/09(日) 01:00:19 ]
Hence, in Fig. 1.1, the unit cell could be chosen as A for which displacements parallel to either edge of the square by the demension of the unit cell
produce a new position which is indistinguishable, in terms of cell content and environment, from the original. したがって、図1.1では、単位格子 The parallelogram B is also a suitable choice for the unit cell as it has the same area as A and shows the full translation symmetry. Aと同じ面積を持ち、完全な並進対象を示しているように、平行四辺形Bもまた単位格子の適当な選択である。 Square D would also be an acceptable choice of unit cell in terms of demonstrationg the translational symmetry of the array, but is larger than A and B. 正方形Dもまた、配列の並進対称を証明できる条件のとき単位格子の選択の条件を満たしているが、AとBより大きいです。 However, parallelogram C is not a unit cell as translation parallel to one side by the length of the parallelogram places a corner originally at a ■
site on a ○ site; that is, the 'cell' does not show the translational symmetry of the ion array. しかしながら、長さに基づく一方の平行な並進が平行四辺形の元々○の場所に■が角をみなすとき平行四辺形Cは単位格子ではありません。 すなわちセルはイオン配列の並進対称を示しません。
The second important discovery about superconductors was made in 1933 in Germany by Walter Meissner and Robert Ochsenfeld. They discovered that a magnet moving past a superconductor will be repelled by it, and will actually float above the superconductor. This is called the Meissner Effect. It was not until 1956 that three American scientists, John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer, developed a theory to explain superconductivity. The theory (known as the "BCS theory" for the initials of Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer) is very complicated and is still not perfect. Think of a car speeding down a highway. A car traveling right behind it can speed along in the partial vacuum created by the first car without using as much energy as the first car. In superconductivity, electrons pair up in the same way. A second electron follows a first electron through a conductor without using much energy at all. The use of superconductors to transmit electricity could save an enormous amount of energy. As electrical energy travels through the metal wires we now use, a lot of it is wasted as heat. This would be greatly reduced through the use of superconductors. The Meissner Effect could be used in transportation to develop fast trains using electromagnets that float on superconductors, with no energy wasted due to friction. Trials have been done in Japan of prototypes of trains that use this method. Computer chips waste a lot of energy by converting electricity to heat, and superconductors could solve this problem. No doubt there are many other possibilities that we can't even imagine at the moment.
超電導体について２番目に重要な発見はドイツでWalter Meissner とRobert Ochsenfeld によって１９３３年になされた。彼らは超電導体を通過する磁力は（超伝導体に）撥ね つけられ、実際のところ超伝導体の上に浮かび上がるということを発見した。 これはMeissner効果と呼ばれている。１９５６年になって初めて、３人の科学者、 John Bardeen,とLeon Neil Cooper とJohn Robert Schriefferが、超電導を説明する 理論を発展させたのだった。この理論（Bardeenと Cooper と Schriefferの頭文字 の「ＢＣＳ理論」として知られている）は、とても複雑で、今現在、まだ、完成の状態 ではない。
Traveling is my favorite hobby. When I tell people that I have traveled throughout Asia, Australia, America and Europe, they think that I must be wealthy. But it’s not so. It’s worth remembering that you don’t need to be rich to travel the world. If you want to travel cheaply, it helps to have a lot of time. On a very short trip, for example, flying often becomes a necessity, and you are pre-vented from using cheaper, slower means of transport such as trains and fer-ries. On a short trip you don’t want to waste precious time looking for accommodation, and so it’s easy to end up staying in expensive hotels. But with more time you can search out pleasant and cheap alternatives, such as youth hostels and small, family-run guesthouses. Eating out needn’t be an expense if you avoid the five-star restaurants. Often you don’t need to go to a restaurant at all-a trip to the local super-market and a picnic in a well- chosen spot can be just as satisfying and interest-ing! You don’t need to spend a lot of money on entertainment either. Museums and art galleries are cheap, and parks and window-shopping are free. Whenever I travel I love just sitting in a café, watching the world go by. It goes without saying that traveling cheaply can be uncomfortable. But I’m sure that you get much more of a “feel” for the local atmosphere, and many more chances to meet local people, than if you’re being whisked around in an air-conditioned tour bus from one international hotel to another.
The bats seem to know which of their companions are in need of food, but they do not feed just any bat that happens to be hungry. They choose to feed relatives, such as their mothers and daughters, and they also pick out particular unrelated individuals that fed them in the past.
They do not feed bats they do not know, nor do they feed every member of their own colony. Of course, to give food to young members is not at all an unusual thing among animals. Many species feed their young, often at a great cost to themselves. But to feed a completely unrelated individual as these bats do is almost unheard of. What possible benefit could the feeder bat get from saving another bat from hunger? Are animals unselfish after all? プロビジョンレッスン９パート２後半よろしくお願いします
When we first met Marco Antonio and his wife Alma, a former surgical nurse, they were living in a two-story, cement-block apartment outside Cuernavaca, 50 miles south of Mexico City, and operating a changarro―a mini convenience store―on the ground floor Marco Antonio had been laid off from his job at a brewerya a few years earlier and couldn't find another one. Having no savings and no alternative, the couple opened their own little store, which at first carried only 10 or 15 items―pork rinds, sausages, candies, Coca-Cola, and deli foods. With Marco Antonio and Alma splitting the shop keeping, they increased their selection and hung a television from the ceiling of the tiny store to help pass the time between customers. The family ate their meals together behind the counter― a common sight in Mexico's thousands of family-owned shops.
this switch to ‘voluntary simplicity'often leaves them with not only more free time but,surprisingly,also more money than before. 単語の意味を調べてみても上手く日本語にする事ができません;; よろしくお願いします。
It sholdn't be because there are fewer cars today. (looking at the river)If only the river was as clean! Now that you mention it,it is very dirty! People should have more regard for the environment. The least we can do is to stop dumping garbage.
It sure did. She has been patrolling the house ever since. What does she do？ She inspects the kitchen and bathroom cabinets. She then points out wasteful packaging. So she's started a grass roots movement at home. Yes. She once caught me throwing away this CD package. The package is a waste. Well,she lectured me for an hour on unnecessary packaging! We adults have to practice what we preach.
I am trying to reproduce a mode of perception ―a way of seeing through a way of talking― figuring the world through dialogue that comes alive with sudden transformative force in the crannies of everyday life’s pauses and juxtapositions, as in the kittens of the Putumayo or in the streets around the church in the Nina Maria. It is always a way representing the world in the round-about “speech” of the collage of things…. It is a mode of perception that catches on the debris of history.
After my search on the Internet,Ｉ feel happy to continue eating a little chocolate.And I hope my sweetie will be sweet to me by giving me my favorite sweet on Valentine's Day!
>>556 和訳ありがとうございます。参考にさせていただきます！ How to read culturesという教科書です。何とか意味をつかむことができました。 本当に助かりました。
564 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/11(火) 19:30:43 ]
By the middle of the 18th century, the company had become so rich and powerful that it had a private army financed entirely from its own profits. Even though it was officially a private company, the British government used it to extend British power and influence in India. Effectively, it had become the unofficial representative of the British state. In 1773, the British Parliament decided to establish more formal control over India and sent a Governor to be its official representative. After this, the company began to lose political and commercial control of India. The market for Indian cotton declined. The company tried to make up for their losses by trading Chinese tea, but profits were lower. Also, because of the growing size of Britain's territories in India, administration costs became very expensive. The company also had critics. Other merchants criticized its monopoly rights, and the company lost these in 1813. Also, others criticized the company from a humanitarian point of view. The company stopped operating in 1873. お願いします
Linear presentation has necessary effects on questions of priority between news items. The mosaic newspaper page has its own techniques of catching attention and indicating relative importance, but these are to a certain extent subject to the reader’s capacity to find own way through. The broadcast news bulletin thus tends to retain more apparent editorial control of priority and attention. It is impossible to estimate the effects of this without looking at what had happened to priorities in different kinds of newspaper. In Britain, for example, a comparison of lead stories… showed marked variations of priorities in different kinds of paper. A further comparison with broadcast bulletins showed that broadcasting priorities were, on the whole, those of minority press. In the United States the press situation is different, but the general point still holds. The world-view indicated by the selection and relative priority of news items is very similar as between broadcast bulletins and those minority newspapers which are written by and for the relatively highly educated. The distribution of interests in the more popular press, which supposedly follows the interests of its characteristic readers, is hardly to be found anywhere in the broadcast news, although very similar definitions of what is popular and interesting tend to predominate in the non-news programming.
569 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/11(火) 22:42:53 ]
>>568 In summary, Say No to FOX news! And whatever that News Corp runs....
570 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/11(火) 22:45:26 ]
続きです。
The effects of this are complex. It can be said that the broadcast bulletins impose certain priorities, and that among these are characteristic definitions of high politics, with a centralizing emphasis on the acts and words of political leaders. Yet, though this is in general true, the national television news bulletins provide more public news than all but a very few newspapers. More-over, the provide this to a very wide public, in ways that would not happen if we had only a “minority” and “popular” press. In Britain until the Second World War, the broadcast announcer was an anonymous authoritative (ruling-class) voice. Personal identification was introduced only as a security measure under the threat of invasion and capture of the stations. In television personal identification has become more marked, though in BBC bulletins it is still only lightly emphasized, while in ITN bulletins the formula is “the news with…” and then names of the readers. This is also a common formula in American newscasts, but there is additionally, as in most American television, immediate self-introduction.
①Professor Matsuno noticed that rescue teams were having difficulty finding survivors after the earthquake. ②He wished he could help.Then on idea came to him. ③He realized perhaps he could make Motohiro's dream come ture. ④So he started developing rescue robots. ⑤Later,many other researchers around the world also took up the callenge. ⑥The work continued for some years. ⑦In 2001,rescue robots were used in a real disaster for first time. ⑧It was when the World Trade Center in New York was attacked. ⑨The robots crawled through the rubble seaching for missing people. ⑩Although no survives were discovered,the robots found about ten dead bodies. ⑪They could enter spaces too small or too dangerous for humans or search dogs. ⑫Moreover,they had special sensors which enabled them to gather more information than humans could.
There are several theories about why dinosaurs disappeared. One popular theory is the climatic change theory. This theory argues that climatic changes caused the dinosaurs to become extinct. Sixty-five million years ago,the climate of the world gradually became colder. As the earth became colder,fewer plants were able to grow. The cold weather resulted in a severe food shortage for the dinosaurs,because most dinosaurs were vegetarians and they depended on plants for food. In summary,then,the disappearance of dinosaurs was directly caused by a shortage of food,but,it was indirectly caused by climatic changes. According to the climatic change theory,dinosaurs disappeared slowly as their food supply dwindled.
Today there is new evidence for the theory that dinosaurs did not disappear gradually,but that they disappeared quickly and suddenly. This theory is known as the asteroid theory. According to this theory,an asteroid or a comet hit the earth 65 million years ago and caused a huge dust cloud. The dust cloud blocked the sun for months. As a result,most of the plants on earth died very quickly and dinosaurs' food supply was destroyed. Although the asteroid theory itself is not new,evidence for the theory is new. Scientists found large amounts of iridium in layers of earth that are 65 million years old. The bones of the last dinosaurs are found in the same layers. Since iridium is rare on earth but often found in space,an asteroid or a comet may have brought the iridium to earth. Scientists continue to debate the two theories: the climatic theory and the asteroid theory. In the future,evidence may be found that supports a totally new theory of why dinosaurs died out.
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578 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/12(水) 23:31:16 ]
I'm only a child and I don't have all the solutions,but I want you torealize that you don't, either! You don't know how to fix the ozone hole. You don't know how to bring salmon back to a dead river. You don't know how to bring back an extinct animal. If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it! I'm only a child, yet I know we are all part of a family of 30 million species, and we all share the same air, water, and ground - borders and governments will never change that. I'm only a child, yet I know we are all in this huge family and should act as one single world towards one single goal. In my anger, I am not losing control, and in my fear, I am not afraid to tell the world how I feel. In my country, we make so much waste. We buy and throw away, buy and throw away. And yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share.
Two days ago here in Brazail, we were shocked when we spent some time with some children living on the streets. One boy told us: "If I were rich, I would give all the street children food, clothes, medicine, shelter, and love." If a child on the street who has nothing is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy? I can't stop thinking that these children are my age, and that it makes a big difference where you are born. I could be one of those children living in the favellas of Rio or a child starving in Somalia or a victim of war in the Middle East. I'm only a child, yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding answers to environmental problems, what a wonderful place this earth would be! You adults teach us how to behave in the world. You teach us: not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, not to hurt other creatures, to share - not to be greedy Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You say you love us. Ichallenge you; please make your actions reflect your words. Thank you for listening. (adapted from Severn Suzuki's speech, June 1992)
Lots of people visit a unique hot spring in Kangal,Turkey. Believe it or not, small fish live in this spring. They are called doctor fish. The temperature of the water is 37℃. When you get in the water, a school of small fish come around your body and strike and lick it. It is these doctor fish that do much for skin care.
Early in winter, there appears a fantastic hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. It is built entirely of ice from the nearby river. By mid-December everything is ready for the first guests. The indoor temperature is -5℃, while the outside temperature is -30℃. The guests sleep in special sleeping bags on ice beds. In late April, the sun begins to melt the hotel. After a while, it returns to the river.
There is a special restaurant in Paris. You have to eat dinner there in the dark. You cannot bring in anything taht gives off light - a cellphone, a watch, a camera. What is it like to eat in total darkness as you feel for your knife and fork? Some people wonder if this is a proper way of eating food. The owner says, “The darkness helps you enjoy the food fully by only using your palate.”
Late in every August the world's largest tomato war breaks out in Bunol, Spain. Crowds of people throw more than 100 tons of rips tomatoes at each other. The only rule is that you have to squash the tomatoes before throwing them. This war ends up with a good laugh. People make friends again and go down to the river together to wash away the red sauce from their hair and bodies.
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587 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/13(木) 15:13:52 ]
>>586 の 続きです Once there was a boy who loved a girl very much. The girl's father, however, did not like the boy, and he did not want their love to grow. The boy wanted to write the girl a love letter, but he was afraid that the girl's father would read it first. “How can I write her a love letter?”he said to himself with a sigh. At long last he came up with a good idea. He sat at his desk and wrote a letter to the girl.
The boy was right. Mumbling something, the girl's father opened the letter. It went: The great love I said I had for you is gone, and I find my dislike for you increases every day. When I see you, I do not like your looks at all and the only thing I want to do is to look the other way. I never wanted to marry you. Our last conversation was dull and in no way made me anxious to see you again. The girl's father read this much, smiling to himself.
588 名前：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 [2008/11/13(木) 15:14:49 ]
>>587の続きです The boy's letter continued: You think only of yourself. If we were married, I would find life difficult, and I would have no pleasure in living with you. I have a heart to give, but it is not a heart I want to give to you. I sincerely want you to understand I speak the truth. You will do me a favor if you consider this the end. Do not try to answer this. Good-bye! Believe me, I do not care for you. Please do not think I am still your loving friend.
The girl's father was pleased. He was sure the boy was no longer in love with his daughter. When he finished reading the letter, he gave it to her. The girl read the letter and said, “He loves me so much! I wish I could go out with him again!” Why was the girl so pleased? She and the boy had a secret way of writing to each other. She read the firse line, and than the third line, and then the fifth line, and so on, to the end of the letter.
Gerald Wilkinson, a professor of biology at the University of Maryland, decided to find out what was going on among the vampire bats. He spent many hours looking closely inside the trees where vampire bats were gathering. He also set up acolony at the University of Maryland so that he could keep a closer watch on particular individuals and which bats they fed and were fed by. Wilkinson noticed that sometimes one bat would do the feeding and at other times it would be fed by the others, and it was this difference that gave him a clue as to what was going on. プロビジョンレッスン９パート３前半よろしくお願いします
Picasso put all anger into the mural and finish it on June4. The mural, called Guernica, was three and a half meters tall and over seven and a half meters long. It was painted in black and white and shades of gray to create a sorrowful atmosphere. In Guernica you can see images such as a crying woman with her dead baby in her arms, a dead soldier, a feeling woman holding a lamp, a bull, a horse, and the flames of a burning building. When Guernica was exhibited at the Paris World’s Fair, in immediately caused a variety of reactions. Some said it was an excellent piece of work. Some thought it difficult to understand what the mural stood for. Although different people have different interpretations, Guernica is now interpreted as symbolizing resistance to and anger at fascism.
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595 名前：ずーの [2008/11/13(木) 18:56:39 ]
Guernica was moved around Europe after the Paris World’s Fair. Picasso hoped that Guernica would one day find a home in Spain. But he made it a condition that “the painting shall be turned over to Spain.” World War Ⅱ ended in 1945, but General Franco continued to rule Spain for the following thirty years. Guernica could not find a home in Spain and so was kept in the Museum of New York. After Franco’s death in 1975, when Picasso had already died, new calls were made for the mural’s return. In 1981, Guernica was finally taken to Spain. Now showcased at the Reina Sofia National Museum Art Center, Guernica is called one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
