The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the seas could rise by 2100 anywhere from half a meter to two meters. Such a rise could result in widespread economic, environmental and social disruption.
Over 75 percent of the U.S. population lives within 100 miles of the beach. Could you imagine the consequences <that will occur> if sea levels indeed rise to projected levels?
Part1 In the early days of the automobile, many people did not think very highly of it. Farmers did not like it because it frightened their horses. They called it a "devil wagon." Others found that it was too noisy and too dangerous. When there is a new invention, it is often necessary to pass lawsabout it. One town in California passed a law that said, "A driver must stop his car when he sees a horse on the road three hundred feet ahead." In Vermont someone had to walk with a red flag to warn that it was coming. In Cincinnati, Ohio, and in San Francisco, California, the speed limit for cars was eight miles an hour in 1902. In many places, cars had to stay off the highways. Highways were only for horses. Today many people believe the automobile is a problem once again in different ways. They think we need more laws about cars.
Part2 Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists used to think that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that animals-dogs, rats, birds, and even worms-can learn. So scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry, or unhappy. Apes are our nearest cousins.They can understand some things more quickly than human beings, and one or two have learned a few words. But they are still different from us. They cannot join words and make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language. They can never think about the past or the future. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to develop civilization because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five-but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn? Scientists do not really know. What happens when we speak? Scientists do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain.
Part3 Light is very important because it helps us see things. With ligh we know what is happening at places far away. We can use light to turn night into day. We can use it to see very small things that make us sick, or to study distant stars. Light even shows us what is happening on the other side of the earth. It gives us pictures and movies of distant people and places. Without light, green plants on earth could not live. Without Plants, plant-eating animals could not live. Then meat-eating animals and man could not have any food. This is why light is very important to us. We should understand how it works
Part4 Winston Churchill, the famous British Prime Minister, often traveled, sometimes in his country and sometimes in other countries. He had a dog and he liked it very much. When he traveled inside his country on holiday, he always took it with him. When he traveled to do his work, he did not take it. And when he went to other countries, it was very difficult to take it, because there was a rule about dogs in England. All dogs which were brought into the country had to stay in some place for half a year. That was a rule. Though Churchill was Prime Minister, even his dog could not break it. When he traveled without his dog, Churchill made one of his servants bring it to the station to meet him. When he reached the station, the dog always ran to him and jumped on him. One day, Churchill was coming back from a trip. His servant who was traveling with him got out of the train just after him. When the dog came, he was standing beside Churchill. When this man was at home, he often gave food to the dog. So it ran to the servant and began jumping on him. Churchill was so fond of the dog that he felt a little sorry about it. But he said nothing. When they got home, he went to the servant and said, "May I ask something? Will you please stay in the train until I've said hello to my dog?"
Part5 The nightingale comes to England in April. He is a plain-looking bird. English people like this little bird very much. The name of this bird means a night-singing bird. The nightingale, however, sings in the daytime, too. But at night, when other birds are silent, people can hear his songs most clearly. So to the minds of most people, the nightingale is still a night-singing bird. The nightingale does not sing very long. He usually begins to sing about the middle of May, and after the second week in June people hear his voice no more. By this time he is very busy because he and his mate have babies and he must feed them. Summer passes. The nightingale goes away with his family to North Africa. He stays there and enjoys the warm sunshine until spring comes.
Part6 One Friday night it snowed a lot, and the next day Mr. Smith did not have to go to work. His young son Bobby had a new sledge, which he wanted very much to try out. There was a good slope in a park not far from the Smiths' house, which children often used for their sledges, so Mr. Smith said that he would take Bobby there in the car. They put the sledge in and went off. When they reached the park, they found that there were already a lot of boys there with their sledges. They were sliding down the slope at great speed, and then pulling their sledges up again. After a few minutes Mr. Smith noticed that there was one poorly-dressed little boy there who did not have a sledge. This boy made an old cardboard box flat, and was sliding down the slope on that. Mr. Smith felt very sorry for this poor boy, and decided to tell Bobby to lend him his sledge a few times. But before he could catch Bobby to speak to him, he was surprised-and delighted-to notice that several of the older boys in the park were lending the poor boy their sledges. Mr. Smith watched them carefully, and suddenly found that the bigger boys were not doing this because they felt sorry for the poor boy, but because they enjoyed riding on his cardboard box more than on their expensive sledges. They were waiting for a turn on the cardboard box which was made flat.
Part7 Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, was born more than two hundred years ago in Boston, Massachusetts. When he was born in 1706, Massachusetts was still a colony. At that time candles were used for lights in houses and Franklin's father was a candle maker. Benjamin was the tenth son of seventeen children. When he was only ten years old he had to leave school to help his father. Benjamin worked in his father's candle shop, but he was not happy. So when he was thirteen his father made him help an older brother who was a printer and publisher. While he was working in his brother's shop, Franklin taught himself to be a writer. He learned to write so well that he often wrote something for his brother's newspaper. Then he left it secretly at night under the door of the printing shop. His brother found what Benjamin wrote, and published it without knowing it was Benjamin's work. Although Franklin was only a boy at the time, his writings were well liked by everyone who read them. Franklin liked the work in the printing shop, but he was not so friendly with his brother. When he was only seventeen, he set out to make his own way in the world. He went to New York, but as he could not find any work there he went on to Philadelphia. As Franklin had to walk part of the way he arrived in Philadelphia dirty, muddy, and very hungry. At a bakery shop he bought three loaves of bread and walked down the street. He ate one and carried one under each arm. A pretty young girl standing in an open door laughed at the stranger. She saw him carrying his clothes and eating his breakfast as he walked down the street. The girl's name was Deborah Reed. Later Franklin met and married her.
Part8 Men generally continue to use the study methods they used in college or high school. This is all very well if those methods are good. As a rule, students have to develop their own methods based on trial and error and perhaps some good advice from teachers. The schools require students to do a great deal of studying, but too often they neglect to teach students how to study. When a student fails, his failure is usually considered to come from the lack of effort or ability, but sometimes study methods make the difference between failure and success.
Part9 Mr. Jones was never friendly to anyone. He never laughed or smiled. So his family was not happy, and the shopkeeper he worked for didn't like him. At last he lost his job.Mr. Jones went to the gate of a parking lot and said, "Can I get a job here?" "Yes," said the man at the gate. "We need another an to take money from the drivers." "I'll take the job," said Mr. Jones without a smile. "There's one thing you mustn't forget," said the man. "You must say 'thank you' when you take the money." "Thank you ! " cried Mr.Jones. "Why should I thank them? The drivers should say 'thank you' to me." "If you want the job, you must say it," said the man.The next day Mr.Jones started his new job. The first car came up, and the driver gave him the money. It was very hard for Mr. Jones to say 'thank you', so he said the words in a very small voice. When the driver heard that, he smiled. Another driver came, and Mr. Jones did the same thing. Again, the driver smiled. Then Mr. Jones began to look for smiles from the drivers. On that day he said it more than a hundred times.After the day's work he came home. His wife opened the door. Thank you," he said. His little boy came up to him. "Thank you," he said with a big smile. Mrs. Jones was so surprised that she fell into the nearest chair. "My new job is better than any I have ever had," he said to his wife. "It has changed me very much."
Part10 I was seven when my father took my mother and me out of the village in England. He had a small shop there, but his uncle who lived in New York asked him to come and help him in his big store there. My father was young then and decided to leave England and start a new life in a different country. Our life in a new country was a happy one. But it was difficult for my father to forget the village in his old country. When he grew old, he often said, "My parents sleep in the yard of the church there. I will visit it one day." But last autumn he became very sick and died. I thought he was sorry he could not fulfill his wish. So this summer I flew to the land of my birth to fulfill it. I hired a car in London and drove for about five hours. But when I thought I was quite near the village I came to a lake. I tried another road. Again I came to the lake. I didn't know what to do because I could not find it on the map I had with me. Just then an old man came along in an old car. I stopped it and asked him the way to the village. He said, "There's no village now. It went under water last summer." And he pointed to the lake. I understood everything. It was a man-made lake.
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if〜は名詞句the evolutionary advantage for a honeybee を修飾しているが、内容的には it is evolutionary advantage for a honeybeeという節を修飾している。
下のAと同じ形 @Imagine what life would be like if it were not for electricity. ↓ AImagine life if it were not for electricity. B=Imagine life without electricity.
44ページの3.2.9で A slender acquaintance with the world, must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true standard of judging the attachment of friends. と言う例文のworldの後に何でコンマがあるんですか。 伊藤先生の言う「主語と動詞の結びつき」と言う観点からすると こんな場所(主語と動詞の間)にコンマがあるのはおかしくないですか?
Part 11 In ancient Rome, rich families had a special cake which was used only in wedding ceremonies. At one point in the ceremony, the guests broke the cake over the bride's head. This symbolized their wish for a life of wealth and happiness for the young couple. Then each guest would run for the crumbs of the cake to take home with them. This would then bring each guest the same wealth and happiness. This piece of wedding cake was also supposed to have romantic powers as well, for if an unmarried woman slept with a piece of it under her pillow, she was "sure" to dream of her future husband. Today, after the bride and groom cut their wedding cake, they usually serve it to their guests or give them a piece to take home. This is a custom that has developed from the early practices of ancient weddings. Wedding cakes probably began in Europe when each guest brought a spiced bun to a wedding. These buns were piled up on a table, and the bride and groom had to lean over the pile and try to kiss each other. This was a symbol of good luck if they were able to do it. Then some clever chef probably thought of the idea of making one large cake out of all the little buns, giving us our big wedding cakes of today.
Part12 I once knew a man who had a very bad memory. Richard Rudd was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. Usually, his wife had to tell him about his promises to meet persons, his classes even his meals. Because Rudd was a professor at a famous university, his bad memory was a trouble, and he couldn't be good friends with some of the other professors. Some people who didn't like him thought he was stupid. But he wasn't so. He was just very, very forgetful. One hot summer's day, professor Rudd decided to take his children to the beach. The seaside town he was going to visit was about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. Unfortunately, on their way to the station the poor forgetful man forgot the name of the town they were going to visit. Fortunately, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He said he could take care of the children while Rudd went back home to find out where he was going. The professor's wife was surprised to see him again so soon, but she laughed when she heard why he came back. She didn't believe his memory, so she wrote the name of the town on a piece of paper. She gave it to him. She was happy because she could help his husband, and she sent him off again. Ten minutes later she was surprised to see him outside the house again. Why did he come back again?
Part13 There are a few general principles that apply to all the kinds of teaching. The first principle is that the teacher should be clear. Whatever you are teaching, teach clearly. Discover what your students do not know and then try to explain it to them in a way that everyone will understand. Use many examples and illustrations. Allow enough time for discussion. A good pupil is seldom silent. Patience is the second principle. Nothing worth learning can be learned quickly. Real teaching is not just giving information. It involves a conversion, an actual change in the pupil's mind, and this does not happen quickly. Lessons should be carefully planned and plenty of time allowed for repetition and review. Emotion should be controlled. Whenever we become too emotional as teachers, we are forgetting that conscious reason is what makes us men and not animals. The third principle is responsibility. Anyone who teaches should realize that it is a serious matter to guide another person's life.
Part14 Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer them. I just had one of my teeth pulled out the other day and was told to rest for ]a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton-wool. My dentist knew that I collected birds' eggs and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job. In answering these questions, I either nodded or made strange sounds. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton-wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had drawn out the wrong tooth.
Part15 How difficult it is not to make excuses when we fail, or lose in a game ! When we fail, or lose, our pride has been injured. It is hard to admit to other people, "Yes, I did something very stupid there," or "Yes, you played much better than I did." When we are small children, we cry when we lose, and shout with joy when we win. In British education, one of the first pieces of discipline for very small children is to teach them to control this. When we lose, we must not show our grief and anger, but we must congratulate the winner ; when we win we must not yell "I've won f" but we have to say, "I was lucky." It is quite difficult to do it. I can remember always losing to my elder brothers at our little football games - because they were much bigger. I used to get furiously angry because I could not win, and then if I still could not win in spite of trying with all my strength, I used to cry. Our parents told my elder brothers to let me win sometimes, but they did not do it very often. I was not allowed to cry, however. So if I lost repeatedly, I used to run round the corner away from the garden, where I could cry without anyone seeing it.
Part16 Peter is worried about his son, Eddie. Eddie spends most of his free time in front of the TV set. Peter thinks children should get outside and play --- both for the physical exercise it provides and for the chance it gives them to learn about getting along with other children. Peter remembers when he was a child and how he used to use his imagination to create all sorts of fun game s. He has. also become more anxious about his son's TV watching after reading several fearful reports about violence in television programs and its bad effects on children. He has made indirect remarks to his son, suggesting that it might be more fun to go outside and play or to read an exciting adventure story. But Eddie has not caught the hint, or, if he has, he is giving no attention to it. One evening Peter talks to his wife Carol. He thinks they should make some rules to limit Eddie's TV watching. Carol points out that he sets a bad example for his son by spending late evenings and many Sundays watching old movies or sports programs. Also, some of the sports programs, like boxing or wrestling, are very violent. Carol feels. Eddie regularly sees his father's TV viewing behavior. Carol thinks, therefore, that it would be unfair to make their son follow the rules if her husband does not first of all change his habits. She says that would be hypocritical and would weaken their son's respect for them.
Part17 Many scientists and economists believe that food production will not keep up with population growth. No one knows how many people the earth can support, but many .people believe that the world will soon be overpopulated there will be more people than the earth can support. For many years, the world population increased slowly. Because of poor health care, death rates were very high. Then, during the eighteenth century, living conditions began to improve and people learned to control many diseases. As a result, the death rate began to drop and the population grew quickly. Certainly, if the population continues to grow at its present rate, the world population will double in thirty-five years. Many people believe that such a high population would cause hunger, wars, and other disasters. However, others feel that the world could support a much larger population if its resources (food, energy, land) were distributed equally. Some believe that increased food production and technological improvements will solve the problem.
Part18 We all agree that the aim of education is to fit the child for life ; however, there are as many opinions as to how that fitting is to be done as there are men to hold them. For example, fully half of our teachers cannot see that imagination is the root of all civilization. Like love, imagination may very fairly be said to 'make the world go round,' but, as it works out of sight, it is given very little credit for what it performs.