newsela.com 音楽の売り上げが伸びているという話。やはりスポーティファイの伸びはすごいみたい。しかしその一方でレコードやカセットテープの売り上げも伸びてるみたいで面白い。 《words and phrases》 soar: to increase quickly to a high level flock …
www.latimes.com ゴールデングローブ賞の授賞式で黒い服をみんなで着る理由についての記事。昨年に某有名ハリウッド監督がセクハラで逮捕されたことなどからそれへの団結のためのようです。ただ女優の中にも反対する人はいるそう。 《words and phrases》 in…
time.com ビルゲイツによる記事。将来世界を変えそうなものが６つ紹介されている。びっくりするほど英語が簡単。高校生でも読めそう。 《words and phrases》 the course of history: 歴史の流れ turn the sun's energy into fuel: 太陽光を燃料に変える pro…
www.cnn.com 《今日の記事》 トランプ氏のツイートに関するもの。非常に皮肉たっぷりに書かれている。最近では金正日氏の「核のボタン」発言に対して、「自分のはより大きい」とツイッター上で反論したのが記憶に新しい。筆者曰く彼がつぶやくほど彼自身を不…
あけましておめでとうございます。 今回からブログの投稿の仕方を変えて、要約は無しで行きたいと思います。 理由としてはやはり記事を読んでかつ要約というのは体力がいることで、毎日記事を読むことのハードルを自分で上げてしまっていたことに気づいたか…
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com (Summary) When it comes to environmentalism, females tend to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle and according to research, males worry that eco-friendly behaviors might brand them as femi…
HAPA英会話のPodcast 第172回「今年最大の試練」 | 英語学習サイト：Hapa 英会話を使いシャドーイングに取り組みました。 単語などの復習をしていきます。 -plan to do: する予定だ He said he planned to write his essay tonight. I'm planning to talk wi…
留学先での初めてのセメスターが終わり、振り返るのに絶好のタイミングなので思ったこととこれからのことについて考えていきます。 ４技能でどれが一番伸びたか、また一番伸びを感じていないか。ランキング形式でいきます。（伸びた順） ① リスニング どの授…
From Scientific American blogs.scientificamerican.com (Summary) It is crucial to discriminate between objective reality and declared reality. Recently, EPA administrator and Energy Secretary have called for the establishment of “Red Team/B…
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com （Summary） A team from Johns Hopkins University has concluded that last-minute decision-making is a lot more complicated than previously known: it involves complex neural coordination am…
前回に引き続きtakeの使い方をLDOCEを使ってみていきます。やはり頻度が高いだけあって授業でも教授が使うのを聞きます。こういう語というのは日本人の英語学習において見落とされがちなポイントなのではないでしょうか。大学受験に必要なのはより高級な語彙…
From Quick and Dirty Tips.com www.quickanddirtytips.com (Summary) People have a fuzzy understanding about emotional support animals and trained service animals. Also, anyone with a credit card can make a pet either an emotional support ani…
Summaryお休みです Takeの使い方をLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English(LDOCE)を使ってみていこうと思います。個人的に気になった例文をピックアップしていきます。 -I have to take Steve the money tonight. 今夜スティーブのところにお金をもって…
From CNN www.cnn.com (Summary) Cell phone addiction, which is the fear of not being able to use your cellphone or other smart device, is on the rise. This habit, for instance, negatively affect your social life and relationship with others…
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com (Summary) People often associate the words smart or intelligent with someone who is knowledgeable and makes wise decisions. Although someone’s intelligence is often measured by the IQ tes…
From AARP www.aarp.org (Summary) Massachusetts are creating a law about pets passed off as service animals. If the law is enacted, the state will become the 20th state to create the same law. One of the reasons behind this legislation is t…
From CNN www.cnn.com (Summary) The new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine online shows that elder people who felt younger than their years outlived those who felt their age or felt older. The researchers are trying to understand the…
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com (Summary) Few children master fractions, according to a survey. What’s worse, children in the US perform much worse on fraction problems than those in other European and Asian countries. …
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com (Summary) Based on the reactions to economic inequity, humans can be categorized into three: prosocials, who value economic equity, individuals, who are concerned with maximizing their ow…
From Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com (Summary) According to a study, babies seem to learn words and the meanings well before they start talking. Researchers studied 6-month-old babies and suggests judging from eye tracking t…
From Newsela newsela.com (Summary) Kittens learn how to purr when they are a few days old. According to veterinarians, this purring functions as a signal to a kitten’s mother that the baby is OK and as a bonding mechanism between them. Adu…
From The Guardian www.theguardian.com (Summary) A study by a psychologist shows that people are better able to understand others’ emotions when focusing only on their voice, rather than watching and listening to them, or watching them. Mor…
From TIME time.com (Summary) Sexual violence is a serious and prevalent issue, considering some celebrities has been accused of it. It’s because of a culture where makes it hard for victims to come forward why it took so long for this matt…
From Time time.com (Summary) According to a study, chronic cold exposure does you good, by increasing “brown fat cells,” which burn energy to produce heat. In response to cold, your body burns extra calories, which can lead to losing some …
From CNN www.cnn.com (Summary) A new Swedish study shows that owing a dog could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death to some extent, whether you live alone or with other people or whether you have hunting breeds or not. The …
From Newsela newsela.com (Summary) It is often the case with mass violence such as the recent shootings in Texas or the attack in New York that people assume the criminals have some mental health issues. According to experts, however, comm…
From Newsela newsela.com (Summary) This article explains readers (apparently kids) why professional athletes make a lot of money as contract money. One of the reasons is that media companies pay the teams billions of dollars for the right …
From Newsela newsela.com (Summary) Both Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks, hoping that they will get wider audiences and make a comeback in the market. Twitter is abandoning its 140-character limit and adapting a 280-character l…
From Newsela newsela.com (Summary) On April 7, 2004, Rwanda celebrated the 20th anniversary of the historical genocide between Hutus and Tutsis. In order not to forget the genocide, they are working on several things. First, they support “…
