ちばけんさんの おぼえた日記 - 2017年4月12日(水)

〇CNN Student News The health benefits of reading
（サンジェイ・グッタ博士の100まで生きるには）

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: When you think about reading, just the idea of being able to focus on something in particular that's not a big screen, not a device, can really be a benefit. There have been studies that have shown that it can help reduce your stress levels, help improve your attention levels, and possibly be overall good for your mental functions. You can reduce your rates of cognitive decline by up to 32 percent.
研究によると読書はストレスのレベルを下げ、注意力のレベルを上げ、頭の機能にとって全体的に良く、認知能力の衰えを３２％減らすとされている
This is significant. It's fascinating to see how the brain responds even if the body is sitting still looking at those pages.
座ってページを見ているだけで脳が反応するのは驚きだ

So, for example, if there's a scene that you're reading that's a very active scene. The areas of your brain that are called the motor cortex that were responsible for movement, they may start to light up. If it's a particularly stimulating part of the book that you're reading, your sensory cortex, which actually allows you to see, that may start to light up.
There have been some interesting studies showing that you don't actually have to read a book -- I recommend this one by the way.
実際に読む必要がないという研究もある。

You could actually hear books. You could listen to an audio book for example, and that can have some of the same beneficial effects that we're talking about.
　たとえばオーデイオ・ブックを聞くことで同じ効果を得ることも可能だ。
So, just keep in mind, the more you read, the more you know, the more you learn, the further you'll go. That was a different doctor, Dr. Seuss. But regardless, it will help you live to a hundred.
いずれにしろ読書は１００まで生きる秘訣かもしれない。

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〇基礎３　Did you do anything interesting? 何かおもしろいことをしましたか？

Amber: ローランド先生？
Mr.Rowland?
Mr.Rowland: はい、アンバー？
Yes, Amber?
Amber: 先生は春休みに何をしたのですか？
What did you do during spring break?
Rowland:・・・わたしですか？
…me?
Amber: そうです。何かおもしろいことをしましたか？
Yes. Did you do anything interesting?
Mr.Rowland: そうだなあ・・・・テレビでフットボールを見ましたよ。
Hmm…I watched foot ball game on TV.
Amber: えっ？でもシーズンは1月に終わりましたよ。
Huh? But the season ended in January.
Mr.Rowland: ごめん。私はテレビでサッカーを見たということです。
I'm sorry. I watched succer on TV.
Amber: ああ！えっ、それだけですか？
Oh! Wait, That's it?
Sarah: いいですね、ローランド先生！　わたしはサッカーが大好きです！秋にサッカーチームの入団テストを受けるつもりです！
That's great,Mr.Rowland! I love soccer! I'll try out for the soccer team in the fall.
Mr.Rowland: それはすばらしい、サラ！頑張ってください！
That's great, Sarah! Good luck!
Sarah: ありがとうございます。
Thanks!
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＊それだけ？　That's it? ＊トライアウト（入団試験）を受ける　try out for…

◆Can-do 感想や考え
春休みに何をしましたか？
What did you do during spring break?
何かおもしろいことをしましたか？
Did you do anything interesting?
☑相手の感想や考え、または情報を聞きたい時は、「Did you ＋動詞＋anything＋形容詞？」というパターンが役に立ちます。
☑動詞の部分にはdo(する）、get(手に入れる）、buy(買う）、find(見つける）、learn(学ぶ）など、形容詞にはspecial(特別な）、useful(便利な）、nice(すてきな）、pretty(かわいいらしい）などを当てはめると、いろいろな状況に応用できます。

◆anything＋形容詞のランキング
1.wrong 2. new 3. special
例） Is anything wrong? （どうかしましたか？） Any thing new?（何かあった？）　
◆American Cultural Tips
Cyrus: Hey, Danielle, what sports were populara when you were in high school?
Danielle: Well, cheerleading was popular for girls, and football for boys.
Cy：Dou you mean American football, or soccer?
Dan :American football, of course! Soccer is actually not that populara in the U.S.
Cy: That’s too bad. Soccer was popular at my school.
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写真
昨日は一日冷たい雨、桜はそれに耐え散らずに頑張ってる。
週末まで大丈夫のようだ。