When Thoughts Froze in the Air ─すべてが凍った時代─ *過去スレより 大昔、北国の島々は今よりもずっと寒かった。とおっても寒かったので、信じられないかもしれないけど、「考え」で さえも凍ってしまったのだ。例えば、もし「なんて寒いんだろう!」と考えたとすると、頭の上に氷の文字が現れて皆 に考えていることが読まれてしまうのだ。だから寒い北の国の島々では皆がものを考えないようにしていたのだ。つ まり皆他の連中に自分たちの考えを読まれてしまうかもしれないことを恐れていたのである。熊もペンギンもアザラ シも、・・・だれも何も考えなかったのである。
Hold on little girl Show me what he's done to you Stand up little girl A broken heart can't be that bad When it's through,it's through Fate will twist the both of you So come on baby come on over Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you Deep inside Ihope you feel it too Waited on a line of greens and blues Just to be the next to be with you
Build up your confidence So you can be on top for once Wake up who cares about Little boys that too much I seen it all go down Your game of love was all rained out So come on baby<come on over Let me be the one too hold you
Why be alone when we can be together baby You can make my life worthwhile And I can make you start to smile
"I would like you to join me in thanking all the people at Apple who've worked so hard to create all these new products." Then he added, "I want to thank the families and the spouses of all the people at Apple. Because I know you'd like to have us around a little more."
文脈が無いと解りにくいが、最後の部分が完全な誤訳。 (こういう誤訳が何十もあるのか?)
■ Two years later, C&G closed its doors. 「その二年後、C&Gはドアを閉じた。」(井口耕二 直訳) 正しくは「解散した」「廃業」「撤退」「閉店」「倒産した」「店をたたんだ」・・・
■ 「砂の中に隠しているわれわれの頭を引っ張り出そうではないか」(井口耕二 直訳)と 訳文にあって、私はすぐに bury one's head in the sand(現実から目を背ける)という慣用句が思い浮かんで・・・ これは日本語話者には、まったく意味不明ですよね。(直訳者にも意味不明でした。チャンチャン)
クラウンTですが、 The farmers ended up losing as much as they had lost to the rabbits の訳ですが、 lost to the rabbits の訳って「うさぎに負けた」じゃなくて「うさぎを失った」じゃないんですか? 結局うさぎを失ったほど穀物を失った みたいな。
>>141 Jane: Yes. And everything in nature is connected. In a forest, for example, plants and animals make up a whole, complex pattern of life. If we destroy that pattern, all kinds of things can go wrong. Kenji: An example? Jane: Sure. One time rabbits all over England died of disease. Since the foxes didn't have enough to eat, they started killing the farmers' chickens. The farmers then killed the foxes, and rats rapidly increased in number and destroyed the farmers' grain. The farmers ended up losing as much as they had lost to the rabbits. We humans are in danger of destroying our environment and ourselves along with it. この部分でしょ?
自分の考え↓↓ Jane の最後のセリフ部分 >end up〜=「〜の状態に達する、ついには/結局〜なる、〜で終わる」 >as much as〜=「〜と同じ量」 >The farmers ended〜 they had lost〜→前半は過去形、後半は過去分詞形なので 「ウサギに奪われた」その後、「結局失った」 >lost to〜=「奪われる」という意味
“The farmers ended up losing as much as they had lost to the rabbit.” →「農民は結局、ウサギに奪われていたのと同じ量の物を失った」
Before working inside the paint factory, a new worker had to scrape and paint the outside of building. After working in the hot sun, I returned home with tired hands, and I realized a man's best friends are his ten fingers. Indeed, watching factory workers work their bodies hard every day, I learned to respect the honest factory worker, man or woman. When I started painting, I hesitated to put the brush and rollers to the building's rough outside because of my inexperience. The family who owned the business knew that, and the day I finished my first side all the nearby workers came outdoors to applaud my effort. 和訳をお願いします。
>>253 はい Lesson 1 Lionheart 少年の単独ヨット航海 Lesson 2 The Tiger in the Trap 韓国・北朝鮮の民話 Lesson 3 Nausicaa: Timeless Princesses ナウシカと虫めずる姫君共通の女性像 Lesson 4 Ancient Wonders 古代の文明比較 Supplementary Reading 1 A High School Love Not Forgotten 恋愛物語 Lesson 5 Fine Animal Gorilla ゴリラのココと手話 Lesson 6 The Living Tree 近未来のSF Lesson 7 Getups 衣服・身なりと人の個性 Lesson 8 Yo-Yo Ma on Creativity and Music チェロ奏者ヨーヨー・マの伝記 Lesson 9 Twelve Angry Men 劇『十二人の怒れる男』のシナリオ Lesson 10 Changing Roles of Men and Women 男女の役割の変化 Lesson 11 Call Us Doctors, Not Heroes 「国境なき医師団」の活動とその精神
Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom. -proverb(16th century)-
In 1972 UNESCO adopted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Emi knows about World Heritage sites because Kinkaku-ji Temple is near her home in Kyoto. She decided to do some research on other World Heritage sites. She found this information on the Internet.
@ The Nile is the longest river in the world. It is about 6,695 kilometers long and runs through nine countries to the Mediterranean Sea. For thousands of years the Nile has been important to Egyptians who need it for faming and for transportation. Along the Nile are the most famous monuments of Egypt: the Pyramids, the Sphinx, the great temples of Abu Simbel. Abu Simbel was built in 1250 B.C. by Ramses U, the king of Egypt. The main temple is built about 60 meters into the cliffs. In front, there are four statues of the king; each one is about 20 meters tall. The king is looking out over the Nile and his vast kingdom. Next to the king’s statues, there are smaller statues of his queen and their sons and daughters. The temple faces the east. Twice every year, the morning sun reaches all the way to the sanctuary in the back of the temple. It lights up statues of the sun gods and the king himself.
A In the middle of the twentieth century, the Egyptian government thought about building a new dam. What they wanted to do was to control floods and provide electricity and water for farming. However, there were problems. They knew that the water would rise and flood the valley for several hundred kilometers, and that many farmers living there would have to be moved. Another problem was that the rising water would cover some of Egypt’s greatest monuments. The most important of these were the temples of Abu Simbel. Which is more important, people or monuments? The Egyptian government and UNESCO tried to solve the problem. Could the build a dam and save Abu Simbel at the same time? After much thought and many meetings, it was decided to build the new dam. The work on the dam began on January 9, 1960. The water began to rise. There was little time left.
B More than fifty countries gave money or made plans to save Abu Simble. A Polish scientist suggested building domes over the temples. An American had a plan to build flatboats supporting the temples so that when the water rose, the temples would also rise. A British scientist suggested leaving the temples under the water so that we could see them as in an aquarium. In November 1963 the Egyptian government made a decision. The plan which they finally decided on was to move the temples to a cliff 64 meters above. This was very difficult to do. The temples were cut into more than 16,000 blocks, and then they were put back together on the present location. The work on Audible took Four and a half years. It was all finished by the fall of 1968, just before the rising water could reach the temples. In 1979, Abu Simbel was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
C At first, no one could think of a way to solve the problem of Abu Simbel. Should they sacrifice a monument in order to improve the lives of the people? Or should they sacrifice the well-being of the people to save a monument? In fact, there was a third way. Human ingenuity and international cooperation found a third way. The new dam, the High Dam at Aswan, has greatly improved the lives of millions of people, and the great temples of Abu Simbel are still there. Ramses U is still watching over his kingdom on the Nile. What kind of human history do you think he will see in the next 3,000 years?
A lot of people have hobbies, but who spends eight hours a day on a hobby? Meet Shi-tung Chuang. He plays online computer games eight hours a day! Shi-tung, 19, is a college student at De Lin Institute. He does well in school, so his parents do not mindether that he spends so much time on the computer. Does he have time for friends? ''Sure, I do,'' he says. ''All my friends have the same hobby, so we play together online. Sometimes we even see each other in real life! Many online players spend too much time on their games, says Stephen Kline of Simon Fraser University in Canada, and this can lead to family fights. Some players are addicted, he adds. I'm not addicted,'' says Shi-tung, ''although it is a bit hard to stop. It's crazy and so much fun to play. I want to succeed! I want to win!
和訳をお願いします。 @ I imaging the life of a surgeon can be very rewarding. Obviously, you have saved the lives of many people. Is that what led you to become a surgeon? No, I just liked the little green booties! A Here’s the world famous surgeon on his way to have lunch in the hospital cafeteria. Some of he doctors don’t like to eat in the cafeteria. I think it’s exciting. It’s exciting because I’m too short to see what I’ve ordered. B See that squirrel? He’s been storing up food for the winter. I’ll bet you never think about that, do you? Come on, tell me. What have you done to prepare for winter?
Language studies traditionally emphasized verbal and written communication. Since the 1060s, however, researchers have seriously begun to consider what else besides the words takes place in conversations. In some instances, more nonverbal than verbal communication occurs. For example, If you ask a clearly angry person, "What's wrong?" and she answers, "Nothing, I'm fine," you don't believe her. If she says, "I don't want to talk about it!" she hasn't stopped communicating. Her silence still conveys emotional meaning. One study done in the United States showed that 93 percent of a message was conveyed by the speaker's tone of voice and facial expressions, and only 7 percent by words. Apparently, we express our emotions and attitudes more nonverbally than verbally.
Nonverbal communication expresses meaning or feeling without words. Basic emotions, such as happiness, fear, and sadness, are expressed in a similar nonverbal way all over the world. There are, however, nonverbal differences across cultures that foreigners may not understand.
>CROWN English Series [I] New EditionのLesson1の最初の一行、 「Dream lofty dreams,and as you dream,so you shall become.」 の和訳がわかりません。どなたか教えていただけないでしょうか?
気高い夢を見なさい。そうすれば、あなたが夢を見るとおりに、あなたはそうなるでしょう。 →気高い夢を見ることです。あなたはあなたが夢見た人間になるでしょう。 (ジェームス=アレンのことばは、一般には後者のように訳されています) *Dream lofty dreamsの部分は、loftyが形容詞であるとわかれば、dreamsが名詞であろうと判断がつく。 loftyという形容詞を知らなくとも、dreamsの-sは3人称単数なのか、名詞の複数形なのかを考え、かつ、後半にand as you dream, so you shall become.とandで結ばれているのを見れば、命令文+and S V ...という形だと推測でき、文頭のDreamは命令文だとわかるはず。
We live in the era of the specialization of knowledge, thanks to the remarkable development of science and technology and to the consequent fragmentation of knowledge into countless sections. This cultural trend is, if anything, likely to be accentuated in years to come. To be sure, specialization brings many benefits. It allows for deeper exploration and greater experimentation; it is the very engine of progress. Yet it also has negative consequences, for it eliminates those common intellectual and cultural aspects that permit men and women to coexist, to communicate. Specialization leads to a lack of social understanding, to the division of human beings into ghettos of technicians and specialists.
The specialization of knowledge requires specialized languages and increasingly complicated codes, as information becomes more and more specific and particular. This is the particularism and the division against which an old proverb warned us: do not focus too much on the branch or the leaf, lest you forget that they are part of a tree, or too much on the tree, lest you forget that it is part of a forest. Awareness of the existence of the forest creates the feeling of generality, the feeling of belonging, that binds society together and prevents it from disintegrating into many solipsistic particularities. The solipsism of nations and individuals produces distortions of reality that generate hatred and wars.
We heard of an interesting study many years ago in the Chicago system that sheds light on the power of expectations. The researchers conducting the experiment asked a few teachers for their assistance. The teachers were told that they were picked because of their teaching abilities, and that talented children were to be placed in their classes. The experiment was designed, the researchers explained, to find out how talented children would perform in school if they did not know they were talented. Neither the children nor the parents would be told of the experiment. The result was that the scholastic performance of the children, as the teachers expected, was brilliant. The teachers told the researchers that working with the children had been a delight, and expressed the wish that they could work with talented children all the time. The researchers then informed the teachers that the children were not necessarily talented, since they were chosen at random from all the students in the Chicago school system! Before the teachers could get swelled heads about their own talent, the researchers informed them that they, too, were chosen at random.
The researchers called this remarkable performance outcome the “Pygmalion Effect” in the classroom. The teachers' high expectations for the students, though never officially expressed, helped the students to believe in themselves and act accordingly. Other studies have similarly revealed that to some degree, people rise or fall to the level of others' expectations. Perhaps you have experienced the difficulty in overcoming someone's negative opinion of you, when in spite of your best efforts, anything you said or did was twisted into something else. Parents use Pygmalion Power whenever they tell their children/‘lf l've told you once, I've told you a thousand times! You're messy / a liar / stupid / you don't care about anyone but yourself! "This mechanism can be used, instead, to bring out the best even in people at their worst. Wise parents will find it far more valuable to tell their children, ‘That's not like you! You care about your appearance / you know how to keep your room tidy / you're a loving and thoughtful person."
@ The word “herb” refers to a large variety of plants whose leaves, flowers, seeds, and other parts we use for flavor, fragrance, medicine, and so on. Most herb plants have soft rather than hard stems. The name “herb” comes from the Latin herba, which means grass or green crops. People have had a great interest in the study of plants since the earliest times in history. In fact, much of our present knowledge of herbs was already known in Greece as early as the fifth century B.C. Herbs have always been used in cooking, but in past times they were mainly used as medicine, as the old proverb “No herb will cure love” shows. Herbs remain popular as medicine in Asia, but in the West the practice of treating illness with herbs mostly disappeared with the progress of modern science. However, the present-day interest in ecology has encouraged scientific study about the medical effects of herbs. More than ever, we have become conscious of natural foods and creative cooking with herbs. We are experiencing a renaissance of interest in herbs.
【PRO-VISION LESSON6】 You may have heard about genetically modified(GM) crops. An ordinary plant has over 80,000 genes. GM crops are grains, vegetables and fruits that have had some of their genes changed by humans. At this point, crops can be changed to resist insects and diseases. Some GM crops such as potatoes and soybeans are being used in some countries. People have different opinions about GM crops: some are totally against them, while others see their positive sides. In order to think about this problem carefully, let us look at an article written by Mr.Ghillean, who was the director of the A center.
Genetic modification has the power to save lives through its use in medicine, such as the making of insulin for diabetes or the treatment of genetic illness. However, many people are worried about genetic modification in food production these days. Some of these worries are real but there are also some misunderstandings. There is nothing new about crop modification; farmers have been doing it since farming began. The wonderful variety of apples or potatoes we now enjoy is the result of crossing different types. Cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli all started from one plant species. We can make even more changes through molecular biology. We can now find the gene for one characteristic of a living thing and put it in another species. It is this practice of changing a plant with other genes-perhaps from an animal or another plant-that is making people worried.
The opening sequence of “Three Kings” is black humor of the blackest kind. The first Persian Gulf War has officially just ended. An American sergeant has his rifle aimed at an Iraqi soldier far off in the bone-dry desert. The Iraqi is waving a white flag but he is also grasping a weapon. “Are we shooting people what?” the sergeant asks his Army buddies. No one pays him any attention. The sergeant fires. The Iraqi falls to the ground, blood gushing from the wound in his neck. Close up of the confusion and terror in his eyes as death overtakes him. Pan to the American sergeant. On his face, a look of sheer disgust.
This is a movie that dares to criticize American's materialistic imperialism. This is a movie that also dares to suggest that war is not inevitable, not an essential aspect of human nature. Human beings, despite deep differences, can learn to respect and, yes, to love each other. In any war, there is no good side, no bad side. That is the movie's ultimate message. After seeing “Three Kings,” we can never see war in the same way again.
What makes “Three Kings” such great cinema, though, is that its ideas and message come by way of great characters and an action-packed story of adventure and combat. A cynical American army major and three of his underlings find a treasure map stuffed up the rear end of a captured Iraqi soldier. The map shows the location of a huge stash of gold bullion stolen from Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's troops. The four Americans decide to go after the gold. They set out in a stolen military vehicle, expecting to have a easy time of it. “We won't have to fire a shot,” the major tells his men. But things don't go as planned.
お願いします。 A veterinarian, or vet for short, is doctor who treats animals. In large cities, vets mainly take care of people’s small pet animals such as dogs, cats, and birds, while in the countryside they more often care for livestock like cows, sheep, and horses. Veterinarians work not only in pet clinics or animal hospitals but also in zoos and aquariums. They even take care of lions, elephants, dolphins and killer whales. If you have ever had a dog, you have surely been to the vet’s. Filarial is a common disease among dogs. It is a disease caused by small parasites with this disease. Years ago, it was difficult to prevent or cure this disease and many dogs died. However, thanks to advances in veterinary medicine, filarial can now be prevented by vaccinations and medicine, and by following the advice of your vet. Today vets are doing much more than just taking care of sick or injured animals. Some have set up Internet home pages that help people find missing pets. Others give lectures about the protection of nature and wildlife. Veterinarians not only help animals, but they also help people get closer to nature in general.
Vivid UのReading2 a wonderful present です。イマイチ内容がつかめなく苦戦しています><;和訳お願いします(T_T) One winter afternoon,a little girl came into Pete Wilson’s shop.She looked around The place with large and serious eyes. The shop was full of beautiful old things:jewelry over a hundred years old,gold and silver boxes,old guns and clocks,and many other things. Pete stood behind the counter.He was a young man of thirty,but he lived a very lonely life.His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,”she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pere took the string of blue beads from the window. It was a necklace of beautiful turquoise. “They are just right,”said the child, holding up the string of beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please?” Pete studied her with his cold eyes. “Are you buying these for someone?”he asked. “They are for my big sister. She takes care of me. You see, tomorrow is Christmas Day. This is the first Christmas since our mother died. I’ve been looking for a really wonderful present for my sister.” “How much money do you have?” asked Pere. From the pocket of her coat she took a handful of pennies and put them on the counter. “This is all I have ,”she said. “I’ve been saving the money for my sister’s present.” Pere looked at her with thoughtful eyes. Then he carefully covered the price tag on the necklace with his hand. How could he tell her the price ?The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
In Western countries , the Atlantic Ocean lies in the center of the map of the world , so Africa and South America can be seen with the Atlantic Ocean between them. If you look at such a map , you may notice this : the east coast of South America fits exactly against the west coast of Africa , as if they had once been joined. Did the continents once fit together like a big jigsaw puzzle? One man was surprised by the remarkable fit of the coastlines . He thought that Africa, India , South America, Australia and Antarctica may once have formed a single continent. He was the German geologist drift. His theory forms the basis of our understanding of the earth today.
On January 6 , 1912 , Wegener attended a meeting and announced his theory. He proposed an idea of drifting continents and widening seas to explain the evolution of earth's geography. He suggested that a supercontinent he called Pangaea(meaning 'all lands' in Greek) had existed in the past. He went on to say , "Around 200 million years ago , Pangaea began to break into two large continents. After that, those continents continued to break into the various smaller continents that exist today." To support his theory Wegener used evidence from all fields of science ; for example , fossils of tropical plants were found on Arctic islands , and the unique rock structures of South Africa were identical to those of Brazil. He wrote one of the most controversial books in the history of science:The origin of Continents and Oceans , published in 1915.
Many scientists opposed him. "nonsense!" said a famous American scientist. Most geologists made fun of the concept that would completely change the earth sciences. They considered him an outsider doubting basic ideas of geology. Wegener also thought that the continents floated like ice in water. But most geologists strongly believed that the continents and oceans held fixed positions. They doubted Wegener because no one knew of any mechanism which could separate the continents. Wegener did not back down. He devoted the rest of his life to looking for more evidence. But his theory was never accepted in his lifetime. In 1930 , he died during an expedition to Greenland. If Wegener had lived until now , he would have seen his theory become widely accepted. New evidence from earth science has awakened interest in Wegener's theory. Many of his ideas clearly served as the basis of the theory of plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics is a relatively new theory , introduced about 40 years ago. It helps to explain the movement of the continents. Wegener was right in most of his major concepts, the continents have slowly been moving around the earth's surface. The speeds at which plates travel at speeds of between 1 and 10cm per year. This is about the same as the rate at which your fingernails grow. All the continents on the earth are now moving toward Asia. At some future date , perhaps between 200 and 300 million years from now , a new supercontinent might be formed Then you could drive around the world!
Britain,like most European countries,has long been ethni-cally mixed. Little is known about the inhabitants of Britain before the Celts arrived,about 3000years ago,though they did leave the famous anient monument,Stonehenge. After the Celts the Romans came to England,in the middle of the first century AD,followed by Angles and Saxons from what are now Den-mark and northern Germany,beginning in the fifth century. These people brought their Germanic language,which would later develop into English, and the Angles gave their name to the country;Angle-land or England. The Celts were pushed north and west,to scotland,Wales and Cornwall,or intermarried with the immigrants and adopted English. すみません、こちらの文章を100文字程度で要約して下さい。
Let's translate the dialog. A silver spoon,which is a traditional gift for a new baby,is a sign of being rich. poor families could not buy such an expensive gift. If you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth,you are born into a rich family. The black sheep is diffrent from the rest of the family. People do not like a black sheep because its fleece cannot be dyed and is worth less than of the white sheep. 訳してください
September,2004 Dear Friends in Japan, I am happy to write you from Afghanistan. My name is Lima Azimi.I live in Kabul,the capital of Afghanistan, with my family:father,mother,three sister and two brothers. At twenty-four years old. I am the eldest. Do you think it strange that I have so many sisters and brothers? Here it is not unusual to have a big family. We usually live together and help each other,sometimes including our relatives. I also have many friends,both boys and girls. I can go to parties on various occasions. But Choosing a boyfriend is another thing. In our custom,families choose our husbands or wives for us, especially more conservative families. Sometimes,we don't even see our new husband or wife before marriage. Though we all follow the religion of Islam in Afghanistan, there are several ethnic groups. Families are very concerned about these groups when choosing a spouse for us. Sadly,in my life,I have never had a secure moment. For over twenty years I lived in a time of war and insecurity. Many Afghan people left this country as immigrants or refugees. It was a black era in Afghan history.
Lesson1のpart1の13文目から〜 ・My grandfather said,“John, you are leading your life in this big, wide world in front of you. ・You can see that your school is just a tiny little part of it. ・By changing your point of view, you'll feel relieved and you'll discover peace of mind. ・There, just look around." ・AsTlooked down at the town,Tbegan to feel freer and more confident. ・Later, my grandmother suggested making a tree house with the kids in the neighborhood. ・They showed an interest in making it. ・Each weekend more and more kids got together in my grandmother's backyard. ・Thankfully,Tmade a lot of friends. お願いします。
・Later, my grandmother suggested making a tree house with the kids in the neighborhood. ・They showed an interest in making it. ・Each weekend more and more kids got together in my grandmother's backyard. ・Thankfully,Tmade a lot of friends. お願いします。
ぜんぜん訳すことができないので教えてください。 教科書はPOWWOW ENGLISH READINGです。
・About 30 years later,Thad a chance to climb a giant sequoia in California. ・The day beforeTclimbed it,Thung a rope, using a crossbow. ・The next day, before climbing the sequoia,Tsaid a prayer of thanks to the forest. ・AsTclimbed,Twas aware that my view kept changing rapidly. ホントにお願いします。
わからないので和訳お願いします。教科書はEXCEED Engulish Series Iです。 本文は、 Today about six billion people live on the earth and they use about 7000 different languages. Some languages have many speakers. Chinese is one such language. About 900 million people speak a variety of Chinese. Other languages have very few speakers. Eyak a language in North AMerica,has only one speaker. The value of a language is not the number of speakers. All languages are important. Each language is the heart of its speakers.
わからないので和訳お願いします。教科書はEXCEED Engulish Series Iです。 本文は、 Today about six billion people live on the earth and they use about 7000 different languages. Some languages have many speakers. Chinese is one such language. About 900 million people speak a variety of Chinese. Other languages have very few speakers. Eyak a language in North AMerica,has only one speaker. The value of a language is not the number of speakers. All languages are important. Each language is the heart of its speakers.
教科書は518さんと同じでEXCEED Engulish Series Iです。急いでいるのでよろしくお願いします。 Even in a single country people use many languages. Take the case of India. As you know,India is famous for its curry,but the take of curry changes every 25 kilometers. This is also true of languages in India. If you travel 50 kilometers,you will hear a different language. Indians speak about 350 languages in total. Among them eighteen languages are offcial languages. So you can hear at least eighteen different languageson TV or radio.
It happened so quickly, so simply after all the years of waiting and uncertainly, that I can see and feel the whole scene as if it had happened last week
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・One day, in Oregon,Tclimbed a 60-meter sugar pine with an 18-year- old youth and his counselor, Mark. ・This youth had committed murder when he was just 12. ・He had had a miserable life from the time he was born. ・Twanted to help him becauseTbelieved that trees had the warmth of a mother and the power to change people. ・At the bottom of the tree, the boy had his handcuffs removed. お願いします。
As my interest in Noran's culture grew,I started to become aware of where I was heading in life. I considered my future career options and entertained the idea of one day joining the United Natioms. I wanted to work with people of different cultures and religions,and to travel to far-off places like Cairo. I realized that I had been granted a unique opportunity ― gradually,without my noticing it,Noran had been educating me. Once I had been ignorant and did not know how to handle different opinions,but with Noran's help I had grown to accept people as they are.
ぜんぜん訳すことができないので教えてください。 教科書はPOWWOW ENGLISH READINGです。
・Then he took hold of the rope and followed me. ・Mark followed, too. ・At 20 meters, the boy looked nervous. ・It seemed the boy was experiencing fear for the first time in his life. ・He asked me for help. ・Twrapped my arms around his shaking body and softly said,“Everything's all right." お願いします。
・Mark said,“Even big trees like this one are supported by the smaller trees around them. ・When you go back out into society, if you change yourself and are kind to others, you'll find there will be people around you who will support you." ・We talked with the boy on that treetop for four hours. ・He broke down in tears. ・Then he said,“Tears−they're warm, aren't they?” ・After climbing down the tree, the boy's eyes, which had looked so menacing before climbing up the sugar pine, were now somehow filled with warm kindness. よろしくお願いします。
LESSON2 In the U.S., many business people start their day at 8 a.m. or even 7:30 a.m. This is not because Americans wake up earlier than Japanese, but because @they have a shorter commute to work. Since they start earlier, Americans also finish work earlier ― and so there is plenty of time for A”after five” activities. Most married people will head home to be with their families after work. Eating dinner and drinking with colleagues isn’t nearly as popular as it is in Japan. In households where both parents work, organizing dinner for the family isn’t always easy. Even Bso, having dinner and spending time with one’s family is still considered the ideal situation in most homes. Singles may head for happy hours at their favorite eating or drinking place. Many restaurants and bars offer 50% off special on drinks from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Going to the gym, jogging, playing tennis or softball is also a possibility. In the summer, when it gets dark after 8 p.m., people may even play golf outside. Finally, there are concerts, movies and other shows. COn difference (time/Japan and the U.S./these events/between/starting/of/the/is). Concerts and plays will usually start at around 7:30 p.m. or even 8 p.m., so there is time to have dinner first. Movies usually have two evening showings, one at around 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. or so. ( D ), it’s possible to have dinner before or after going to see a movie. Since most Americans drive, catching the last train isn’t a worry. 注) 50% off special on drinks 半額の特別な飲み物 showing 上映
Even so, they were a new kind of sharing of information among people because it came in a symbolic form, perhaps understood only by members of the same group. In the same age, it is believed that there was also increased contact between groups, including trading and sharing of technology. For example, a new tool such as a bone needle which came from one group, could be studied and copied by a member of a different group. This may have been our first form of inter-group IT. As humans began to have more and more contact with other groups, information was shared in both friendly ways (intermarriage) and unfriendly ways (wartechnology), and this led to faster advances in technology.
和訳お願いいたしますm(_ _)m If you spill a can of juice by accident that you just bought, at first you feel stupid for having spilled it. But then you start to think about how hard you worked to get the money to buy it and finally, you become upset at having been so careless. On the surface, mottainai is an emotion felt when you experience material loss. On the other hand, however, it also shows the spiritual view of the Japanese on life and the world. How was the lost object created? How long did it take to get to this point? How many people worked on it? How many hours were spent on it? What is the story behind this object? Every material object has a non-material "story" that is precious and irreplaceable to Japanese people. Professor Maatthai says that in seeking to make mottainai a global campaign like this the 3Rs, she wants to add one more "R" to the concept: repair. By reducing, reusing, recycling, and repairing, she says that we can use our resources to their fullest.
>>556 549です。 とても助かりました! どうもありがとうございます! 立て続けの頼みで申し訳ありませんがこちらの和訳もお願いしますm(_ _)m Now we will listen to Professor Maathai talk about the idea of mottainai. "Let me tell you the story of a hummingbird. One day, the animals in the forest suddenly discovered there was a big forest fire. They got together to discuss what they could do and found that they could do nothing. But a little hummingbird decided to fight the fire. It flew to and from the river, carrying some water in its little beak, and tried to put out the fire. The other animals laughed and told the bird that it was wasting its time. But the little hummingbird didn't give up. It said to the other animals, 'Anyway, I do what I can.'" What kind of lesson does this story teach us? Here is what Professor Maathai has to say. "I thought this was a wonderful story because so many of us get overwhelmed by the problems we face-environmental pollution, poverty, and destruction of the ecosystem. But we should be encouraged by the attitud of that hummingbird and try to do what we can to repair the earth and to plant "peace." I believe that one person can make a difference!" よろしくお願いいたします。
・The view from the top of a tree is so good that sometimes you see things that you would rather not see. ・Litter that has been thrown away along the roadside is a real eyesore. ・Twitnessed the following act in Japan one day. ・That morningTclimbed an oak and, with my field glasses and a digital camera,Twas watching birds. ・A car pulled up. よろしくお願いします。
訳せないので教えて下さい。 お願いします。 教科書はPOWPOW ENGLISH READINGです。
・A middle-aged couple got out and started to take an old TV out of their car. ・They were going to throw it away in the forest. ・Tyelled out,“Good morning.” ・Looking embarrassed, they pushed the TV, which was already halfway out, back into the trunk. ・Then they quickly got back into their car and drove away. よろしくお願いします。
The policeman on the beat moved up the street impressively. This was a habit and not for show, for spectators were few. The time was hardly 10 o'clock at night, but cold gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had nearly emptied the streets of people.
Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many artful movement, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye over the peaceful street, the officer made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. This part of town was one that kept early hours. Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter; but most of the doors that belonged to business places had long since been closed.
When about half way up a certain block, the policeman suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a dark hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.
As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.
PRO-VISION ENGLISH READING 16 After Twenty Years No.2
"It's all right, officer," he said, calmly. "I'm just waiting for a friend. It's an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn't it? Well, I'll explain if you'd like to make certain it's all right. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands ----- 'Big Joe' Brady's restaurant."
"Until five years ago," said the policeman. "It was torn down then." The man in the doorway struck a match and lighted his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with sharp eyes, and a little white scar above his right eye. He wore a scarf with a strangely set diamond pin in it.
People who are ill visit doctors or therapists in search of good health. Doctors have traditionally recommended medicine, dietary changes, rest, or exercise. Currently, however, doctors are beginning to count on a new therapy to treat certain conditions. The therapy is very different. This medicine is alive and emotionally responsive. This new kind of doctor's prescription is a pet. Pet therapy is a new area being explored in the fields of physical and mental health, and the potential benefits are very promising.
Recent date shows a strong link between having a pet and a long life. Pets enhance life in different ways. The most popular pets in the United States are cats and dogs. Birds, fish, turtles, and hamsters are also favorites, especially among young children. While most pets provide benefits, we will discuss dogs, which are the usual choice of pet therapists.
There is an old saying, "A dog is man's best friend." Dogs make our lives safer and more fun. People have always enjoyed their dog's simple love, friendship, trust, loyalty, and obedience. These good qualities are difficult to find in our friends, yet we are not surprised to find them in pet! A dog is certainly a person's best friend, and current research has given even deeper meaning to this saying.
"Twenty years ago tonight," said the man, "I had dinner here at 'Big Joe' Brady's with Jimmy Wells, my best friend, and the finest man in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us would have our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
"It sounds pretty interesting," said the policeman. "Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?"
"Well, yes, for a time we wrote," said the other. "But after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big place, and I kept running around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, because he always was the truest friend in the world. He'll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up."
The waiting man pulled out a pretty watch, the lid of it set with small diamonds.
"Three minutes to ten," he announced. "It was exactly ten o'clock when we parted here at the restaurant door."
ヨロシクお願いします。
"Did pretty well out West, didn't you?" asked the policeman.
"You bet! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was kind of slow, though, good fellow as he was. I've had to compete with some of the sharpest people around to get my pile. A man gets in a groove in New York. It takes the West to make him sharp."
The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two.
"I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to leave at ten o'clock sharp?"
"I should say not!" said the other. "I'll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time. So long, officer."
"Good night, sir," said the policeman, passing on along his beat, trying doors as he went.
PRO-VISION ENGLISH REDING (Lesson 3) P33 日本語訳お願いします。
As trade between groups increased,there was a need to keep records. This led to the next level of IT,the invention or writing. This form of information sharing was a huge improvement because very detailed information could be communicated without any meeting with the writer. Before this, information had to be communicated face-to-face, by oral messengers, or by other means, such as paintings or smoke signals. Early handwriting, especially in China, where paper was invented, allowed the passing of information over long distances. The disavantage, of course, was that for most of this era,very few people could read. Still, writing was a very important and necessary step in IT because it greatly incresed the amount of information and distance over which it could be shared.
According to the wolf-effect theory, wolves keep elk numbers at a level that prevents them from gobbing up every young tree that pokes its head above ground . When the wolves were eliminated from the park, elk increased in number rapidly, cousuming the vegetation, stripping the Lamar Valley, and driving out other species. Without young trees in the area , beavers had little or no food and , indeedm they had been absent since at least the 1950s. Without beaver dams and the ponds they create, fewer succulents could survive. The plants are a critical food for grizzly bears when they emerge from hibernation. After the wolves' reintroduction in 1995 , researchers began to see not only a drop in the elk population but also various other changes.
1,She never thought of writing about a "romantic international marriage." 2,In fact,I'm sorry to say Tony never serves me breakfast in bed like in a Hollywood movie,if people expect things like that. 3,We should not have a stereotyped image. 考えてみたんですけど全くわかりません。 どなたか訳していただけないでしょうか?
長文ですが、どなたか和訳よろしくお願いします。 In addition to cottonwoods and aspens , other trees are coming back , and most dramatically in places where browsing elk don't have a 360-degree view. One stand of willows, for example , grows at the foot of a mound that blocks the animals'view. It is obvious that the plants have not been eaten at all in several years. Elk don't feel safe here, because they can't see what is going on all around and are nervous about spending time in this area for fear of being attacked by wolves. Other changes accompany the regrowth of vegetation along the Lamar River. Just upstream is a small beaver dam , one of the first three dams documented on the river in 50 years. Slough Creek , a stream flowing into the Lamar , has six dams. Some researchers believe that because of the regrowth , beavers have something to eat again. "their food reserves are full of willow," one researcher says. As more woody vegetation grows along the Lamar , it will stabilize the banks and stop some erosion. More vegetation will also shade and cool the streams. It means , too, more broken branches in the Lamar, which will slow the river . And that causes water to pool and improves the trout habitat, leading to more and bigger fish. Although the scientific focus so far has been on vegetation, the wolf seems to have had an influence on the food web in other parts of Yellowstone as well. One of its most dramatic effects has been on coyotes. The number of coyotes in the park is down by 50 percent and in core wolf areas has dropped by 90 percent. With fewer coyotes, their prey, mice and rats, have exploded in number.
But the Fijians would only let them take dead pigs to use as food on the return voyage . の文章構文(wouldの意味など)や訳し方が分かりません。
The motto of Samoa is " Samoa is founded on religion."It is obvious from this motto that religion is of great importance to Samoan culture. Traditionally, Samoan religion had many human and nonhuman gods and placed emphasis on ancestor whoship. In the 19th century , Christrian missionaries arrived in Samoa and soon converted the islands to Christianity. As regards Samoan dance , men and women perform their dances sitting as well as standing ; they use hand movements to symbolize everyday activities. In ancient Samoan music, there were three main instruments:a hollow log drum , a rolled-up mat beaten with sticks, and the human voice. Many legends have been handed down through song and dance.
Let us think about the various functions of the brain. 0nce,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. 0nce 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. lt 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 innuenced by social experience. Therefore,there is a good chance the baby will begin to fear snakes after watching other humans react to them.
Food and drink are always offered to guests, and in return guests are expected to eat and drink whenever they someone. 食べ物や飲み物が常に招かれた客に提供され、かえって、彼らが尋ねたときは いつも、飲食するように期待されている
・Learning a language is often compared to learning to play a sport or a musical instrument. ・Players of a sport must react quickly when the ball comes toward them, and musicians must play the melody smoothly or their listeners will not enjoy it. ・In the same way, when we are able to use a foreign language well, the grammar and vocabulary come into our minds almost automatically, and we are free to think about what we want to say or convey. お願いします。
和訳お願いいたします。 What kind of fast food would you like to eat for lunch? Humbergers? Fried chicken? Some of you may think of instant noodles. Instant noodles made in Japan are exported to over fifty countries and areas around the world many of them in Asia. Do you know the history of this world-famous fast food born in Japan? In the early years following World War II, Ando Momohuku saw people forming long lines in front of noodle stands. They had to stand waiting in line for a long time. Ando wanted to make noodles that would be easy to cook and also keep for a long time. He hit upon the idea of deep-flying noodles after watching his wife cook tempura for dinner. Through trial and error, he succeeded in making instant noodles. This was a product of noodles that had been seasoned, deep-flied, and then dried. 毎度長文で失礼しますがよろしくお願いいたします。
続けて失礼します。 In the 1970s ramen packaged in Styrofoam cups joined the instant ramen products. Until then, Styroform had been used mostly for strong and carrying fish. The new techniques for making Styrofoam into thin sheets made it possible to sell instant ramen in Styrofoam cups. Ando first came up with this idea of cup-style noodles while he was staying in the US. He was visiting the country in the hope of expanding his instant ramen business overseas. He was inspired when he saw an American eat his instant noodles. The man broke the noodles into pieces, put them in a paper cup, and poured hot water over them, then ate them using a fork. Ando went back to his hotel room and tried making his instant ramen in the same way, but the cup became too hot to hold, and he didn't like the smell of the paper. In 1971 Ando's company succeeded in developing the first cup-style noodles, which became very popular both in Japan and overseas because they were so delicious and easy to prepare. よろしくお願いいたします。
601です。 英文が途中でした(汗 In 1958 the world's first instant noodles went on sale in Japan. Because they could be prepared in just a few minutes, by putting them in a bowl and pouring hot water over them, they were called "magic noodles" and quickly became a hit. どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 Part3、4も後ほどよろしくお願いいたしますm(_ _)m
・(Occasionally/Generally/similarly), one writer has said that for first-year college students, writing a research report is like learning a new dance. ・The vocabulary is more specialized than the words they met in high school. ・This vocabulary does not yet feel natural to them. ・It feels like strange new dancing shoes. ・The steps in writing the report are like the steps in learning a new dance-at first we can do nothing but watch others dance and try to copy them. よろしくお願いします。
・He left for school only ten minutes ago. ・“MustTtell you everything about it?” “No, you need not." ・His name is known to everyone in our town. ・It was natural for him to get angry. ・You had better not say such a thing. ・English is spoken in Australia. ・How about taking a rest for a while? ・MayTask a favor of you? お願いします。
・Tfelt my hands shaking and my heart beating fast. ・Tspent a week in Kyoto but only two days in Osaka. ・What we should decide now is when we will start and where we will go. ・During the journey,Twas able to collect a lot of date and write a novel. ・We know that oil is not plentiful and that the whole would depends on it. よろしくお願いします。
The science of ecology helps us realize that our small planet is not inhabited by a jumble of species living side by side. All plants and animals ―including humans―have evolved to exist together in a finely-tuned balance. But that balance is very easily upset. More and more people are beginning to understand that message. They are trying to adjust their lives to be ‘friendly’ to the environment, and they want governments to do the same. The result has been a growth in what is called ‘green’ politics, with people doing whatever they can to stop damaging activities, protect natural sites, and persuade governments to do more for the environment. As a result, politicians around the world claim they have ‘gone green’ and adopted environmental policies. Mostly, though, their ideas are limited and short-term. They are concerned with protecting human health and making towns into nicer places to live. They have done little to tackle the major problems affecting our planet, such as the greenhouse effect or the spread of deserts. If humans are to survive, we need to protect the natural wealth that makes our lifestyle possible. We must look into the future, not just for a few years but for thousands of years, and use the knowledge of ecology to ensure that our actions are not damaging. That will mean great changes in the way we live, especially in industrial countries. We will need to recycle more natural resources and waste far less. To reduce pollution and protect limited supplies of coal and oil, we will need to use cleaner sources of energy.
すみません、上記の者です。 お願いの言葉を忘れてました。すみません。 どなたか訳して下さい。お願いします。 下記は続きの文章です。 Scientists are discovering that plants and animals have a vital role in maintaining the environment they need in order to survive. In photosynthesis, for example, plants absorb carbon dioxide and give out oxygen, which animals need in order to breath. Just by living, therefore, plants and animals control the balance of gases in the atmosphere on which life depends. These gases also allow the natural greenhouse effect to keep temperatures in the range needed by living things. Living things have other effects on the environment. Transpiration from leaves maintains moisture in the air, while dead plants help make the soil. Nutrients are constantly stirred up by soil animals and spread over the soil’s surface by animals in their droppings. Just as a household thermostat switches on a heater when it gets too cold, these natural processes allow small balancing actions that maintain the conditions for life on Earth. Scientists think there might be an even more remarkable control mechanism. They believe that tiny algae in the sea may help to regulate temperatures at sea and on land. The algae produce gas called dimethyl sulphide, which rises into the atmosphere and reacts with sunlight to form tiny particles. These particles absorb moisture, creating small water droplets. When there are many of these water droplets in clouds, the clouds become whiter and reflect more sunlight back into space. Scientists think this link between algae and clouds might act as a sensitive temperature regulator for the planet. If lots of water droplets form in the will fall slightly. But at this lower temperature the algae produce less dimethyl sulphide, so fewer water droplets form in the atmosphere. This allows more sunlight through the clouds, raising the sea temperature and restoring the balance.
Temperature on Earth might therefore be controlled in almost the same way that a lizard can warm itself up by basking in the sun or cool itself down in the shade. Furthermore, water transports nourishment around the planet in the same way as blood transports nourishment in the lizard’s body. The planet therefore behaves almost as if it is a living thing. The scientist James Lovelock has called this ‘living planet’ Gaia, after the Greek goddess Mother Earth. This ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ is not meant to be a complete truth. But it does help us think about how we should treat the Earth. We are part of Gaia, like all animals and planets. The Gaia Hypothesis reminds us that if we damage the planet, we also damage ourselves. We will need to change our ways of life to make travel less essential. When fixing the price for products, we will need to add on the true cost of cleaning up the pollution caused in their manufacture and disposing of them safely afterward. We will need to use natural fertilizers instead of energy-expensive chemicals. We will need to replace poisons with natural ways of controlling pests, and remember that they only become pests because we create unnatural conditions in which they can flourish.
Most importantly of all, we will need to consider how many human beings the planet can support. The population is increasing fastest in the poorest countries. There, a large family means security for the future. We will only limit population growth if we overcome the problems of poverty and unjust working conditions that make people want a large family. In short, we must learn to live sustainably, and that means in ways that can continue forever without causing damage. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, world governments signed a declaration promising to ‘achieve sustainable development and a higher quality of life for all people’. Sustainable development means that we must obtain everything that we need today without spoiling the prospects for people in the future.
和訳お願いします。 Here is a picture of fish. do you know what they are? They are japanese killifish or medaka. Not long ago we saw a lot of them in little atreams along rice fields in the countryside. But most of them are gone now. Why? One of the reasons is that farm insecticides we used on the fields made the water of the streams unsuitable for killifish to live in. As time goes on, they may die out completely. The environments where killifish cannnot live are dangerous for humans too. We are now in the age of ecological crisis. There was a woman who told us of this crisis about forty years ago. She was Rachel Carson, the writer of Silent Spring.
The Great Wall of China was built more than two thousand years ago. Today, the Wall stands as a reminder that modern technology owes a tremendous amount to the accomplishments of ancient builders and engineers. With surprising ingenuity they used the powers of their imagination to design splendid buildings , bridges , and tunnels. Above all, they passed down to modern engineers their conviction that by hard work the world could be molded and reshaped for the benefit of the people living in it.
By far the best documented technology of the ancient world was that of the Greeks and the Romans.The Greeks had a firm grasp of mathematics and physics,and they used their knowledge to build great buildings-many of which are standing today.The Romans , in turn , applied Greek theory on an even grander scale to build magnificent highways and aqueducts,public baths, and elaborate sewage systems.The Romans constructed 56,000 miles of roads and highways.Some parts of the Appian Way can still be seen southeast of Rome. よろしくお願いします
Today, the Wall stands as a reminder that modern technology owes a tremendous amount to the accomplishments of ancient builders and engineers. この文章のtremendous amount大層恩恵を~ amountは恩恵という意味なのでしょうか?
636 ぇっと Above all, they passed down to modern engineers their conviction that by hard work the world could be molded and reshaped for the benefit of the people living in it. この部分なんですがどのように訳せばいいのでしょうか? 自分が貼り付けた文章の中間らへんです。
By far the best documented technology of the ancient world was that of the Greeks and the Romans. このthat は、documented technology of the ancient world でしょうか?それとも By far the best 〃 でしょうか?
21.(b)のallowは重要表現(>>590)だから各自研究汁。 ☞の「身体の一部」に就き饂飩学的に重要な"gut"(胃腸/消化管)に注意汁。 此は「ガツツ石松」等のgutであるが、胃袋と脳味噌は密接に連絡がある。 英語でgut feeling(マーチト上品にgut instinct)と云へば和語の「直感」に相当汁。 腑に落ちると云ふから「腑感」でも宜しい氣汁藁。 口語つぽい、つか堂々たる口語だが"My gut tells me"と云ふ言ひ方がありググれば "My gut tells me"の検索結果 約 218,000 件 ようつべ上のエヴァソゲリオソのコメソトに For some reason my gut tells me this is a good Anime when i watch it, but my Brain tells me it is just too damm preachy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuqYeG3-M5k 等。或は個人のブログ上に I'd really wish we could meet face to face for real, but my gut tells me that he wouldn't feel comfortable doing so. http://whimsicality-.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-want-to-remember-yesterday-forever.html 等。
Borghini's notes on Pliny and Varchi are preserved. They are addressed mostly to the crude philosophizing found in the letters of the artists, and there is a palpable snobbery in his condemnation of what he considers these ridiculous efforts to engage abstract thought on the part of men who would do better to stick to there work.
啓林館のELEMENTのクラウンUの日本語訳お願いしますっ Lesson 3 part 3 The important question is, what sorts of people notice these types of opportunities. The answer lies in another personality factor where lucky and unlucky people differ anxiety. Lucky people have much lower anxiety scores on personality tests than unlucky people, the point being that lucky people are generally much calmer and more relazed. This can make a big difference when it comes to noticing opportunities. In one experiment, people were asked to carefully watch a moving dot in the center of a computer screen. Occasionally large dots world flash at the edges of the computer screen. Nearly all the participants noticed these large dots. The psychologists then carried out the same experiment wlth a second group of people, this time offering them a large amount of money for carefully watching the center dot. Under these condition, people were far less relaxed. They became too focused on the center dot and, as a result, over a third of them missed the large dots when they appeared on the computer screen.
WORLD TRECK ENGLISH COURSEU LESSON2-2 @You came to Japan many years ago,didn't you? AYes.I left Vietnam as a refugee when I was 20. BI've been working in Japan now for more than twentl years. CAnd I have finally managed to realize my dream - I have opened a restaurant of my own. DCongratulations! Did you ever think of giving up your dream? EWell,it's true I sometimes had hard times and felt I was unlucky. FBut I've never worried about such had experiences for long. GLife is long,and I believe things will get better in the long run. HI see. What makes you so positive? IMy family and friends have always supported me. JAnd I think it important to find a little joy in my work every day. KThose things bring me happiness and make me feel positive. LI feel really happy when a guest says,"It's delicious!"
An American journalist thinks that anime has had a big cultural influence on other countries. Instead of Gross National Product(GNP), he calls the power of influencing other cultures "Gross National Cool." And he says, "Japan is making an impact on the world through the power of culture, not through economic or military power. Japan is now the cool cultural leader of the world.
(1) The price of coffee ( ) 20 yen early this month. @has raised to Ahas rised by Braised Crose by (2) In his college days, he used to discuss ( ) tea with his friends. @literature over Aon literature Bwith literature about Cabout literature out of (3) Twaited for ( ). @his to show up Athat he would show up Bhis showing up Chim showing up (4) The man robbed ( ). @all our money to us Aus of all our money Ball our money of us Cus from all our money (5) They ( ) their children with tuition from their salaries and savings. @offered Aprovided Bgave Chanded (6) Will you ( ) me the favor of driving me to the post office? @do Afind Bget Cmake (7) The owner of the apartment demanded ( ) the rent by the end of this month. @John to pay Athat John paid Bfor John to pay (8) All of a sudden ( ) that he might be involved in a Traffic accident. @it recognized me Ait struck to me Bit occurred to me Cit noticed me
(9) It does not ( ) to me whether Bob comes to my birthday party or not. @trouble Amatter Bbelong Cdifference (10) ( ) it comes to restaurants in town, he knows everything. @What AThough BWhen CHow (11) Indoor heating systems have made ( ) for people to live comfortable. @possible that Ait possible Bpossible Cit is possible (12) ( ) is scotland that they are going to, not Ireland. @That AThis BIt CWhich
(13)[ will/it/see/T/to/that ] everything is ready for your departure. (14) Thave decided [ my father/quit/persuade/to/to ] smoking. (15)[before/Bill/it/left/long/not/was ] Moscow for London. (16) Larry [commute/suggested/that/his girlfriend/she/to ] by train.
POWWOW ENGLISH READINGの教科書P.55のドリルAとB自力で やってみたのであってるか教えてほしいです(∩∀`*)
A 比較表現に注意して、次の文の意味を言いなさい 1.Does Tom study as hard as Lisa? [トムはリサと同じくらい一生懸命勉強しますか?] 2.This cake is not as goog as the cake my mother makes. [このケーキは私の母が作ったケーキよりおいしくない] 3.This bridge is three times as long as that one over there. [この橋は向こう側の橋の長さの三倍です] 4.It is sometimes faster to walk than to take a bus. [時々バスに乗ることより歩くほうが早い] 5.I love reading. I feel happiest while I’m reading. [私は読むことが好きです 私は本を読んでいるときが一番幸せです]
B次の文の省略されている部分を補いなさい。 1.She is now taller than her mothere. [She is now taller than her mother is] 彼女は今、彼女の母より背が高い 2.Some are good at math and other English. [Some are good at math and other are good at English.] 数学が得意な人もいれば英語が得意な人もいる 3.Though a young man of twenty,he has a company of his own. [Though he is a young man of twenty,he has a company of his own.] 彼は20歳の若者だが自分のかいしゃをもっている 4.There are other countries that produce the same kind of rice as Japan [There are other countries that produce the same kind of rice as Japan dose] 日本と同じ種類の米を生産している他の国があります。 5.I’ll pay now if necessary. [I’ll pay now if it is necessary.] もし必要なら私は支払うだろう
(1)[ will/it/see/T/to/that ] everything is ready for your departure. (2) Thave decided [ my father/quit/persuade/to/to ] smoking. (3)[before/Bill/it/left/long/not/was ] Moscow for London. (4) Larry [commute/suggested/that/his girlfriend/she/to ] by train.
World Treck Englishi CourseU @I hear you work for on NGO called Oxfan Japan. AIs it very different from working for a company? BNot really.We do a lot of regular office work. CWhat do you actually do? DOne of my jobs is to organize campaigns. EOur campaigns inform people in Japan about poverty in the world. FThere are a lot of people in need in many countries. GThe point is why so many people are in need. HIn order to solve the fundamental problem,we try to find out what is behind it. IAlso,we cooperate with other organizations and arrange projects. JI want to work with as many people as possible against poverty. KDo you like your job? LYes.I am happy when I can get to know other people and help them.
Whether we like it or not, the world we live in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change even more in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler age. But as history shows,the past was not that wonderful.It was not so bad for a privileged minority,though even they had to do without modern medicine and childbirth was highly risky for women.But for the vast majority of the population, life was unpleasant and short. Even if we wanted to , we could not turn the clock back to an earlier age.Knowledge and techniques can not just be forgotten. Nor can we prevent further advances in the future.Even if all government money for reserch were cut off, the force of competition would still bring about advances in technology .Moreover , there is no way to stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science.
Make YourAscent to Better English ReadingのLesson4:環境問題2の訳教えてください!!
To survive on the earth,beings require the stable,continuing existence of a suitable environment. 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. Biologically,human beings participate in the environmental system as subsidiary parts of the whole. Yet,human society is designed to expoit the environment as a whole,to produce wealth. The paradoxical role we play in the natural environment--at once participant and exploiter--distorts our perception of it.
What can be done stimulate this interest and give the public the scientific background it needs in order to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons,and genetic engineering? Clearly,the basis must lie in what is taught in schools.But in schoolds science is often presented in a dry and uninteresting manner. Children must learn it by memorization to pass examinations, and they do not see its importance in the world around them.In addition, science is often taught in terms of mathematical formulas. Although mathematical formulas are a concise and accurate way of describing mathematical ideas , they frighten most people. Sicentists and engineers tend to express their ideas in the form of mathematical formulas because they need to know the precise value of quantities. But for the rest of us , a general idea of science is sufficient , and this can be conveyed by words and diagrams, without the use of mathematical formulas.
POWWOW ENGLOSH READINGの教科書P,70教えてください!! Mohandas Gandhi,who born in [ 1 ] in 1869,wanted people to live together in [ 2 ]. He studied in Britain and became a [ 3 ]. It was in [ 4 ] that he experienced racial discrimination. Both in South Africa and in India,he fought as a leader against [ 5 ] rule. However,he asked the India people to use a method of [ 6 ] struggle. After the long stuggle for freedom,India became an [ 7 ] country in 1947. Gandhi asked his friend [ 8 ] to become the first [ 9 ] minister. Gandhi’s ideas have [ 10 ] many other leaders throughout the world.
accepted British Einstein independent India Indian influenced lawyer London Nehru nonviolent peace prime South Africa [ ]にはいるのと全部の和訳教えてほしいです 長文で大変ですが分かる人いましたらお願いします!!
【B】( )の部分に注意して、次の文の意味を言いなさい。 1.She was (sitting) on the grass, her hair (blowing) softly in the wind. 2.Hurry up, or you"ll be late for the train (leaving) at seven. 3.Hundreds of young people waited for hours,(hoping) to get tickets for the soccer game. 4.Last week we published a newspaper (carrying) the school festival photos. 5.The children were crossing the street,(holding) yellow flags in their hands. 6.It(being) Sunday, some stores are closed.
POWWOW ENGLOSH READINGの教科書P,70教えてください!! Mohandas Gandhi,who born in [ 1 ] in 1869,wanted people to live together in [ 2 ]. He studied in Britain and became a [ 3 ]. It was in [ 4 ] that he experienced racial discrimination. Both in South Africa and in India,he fought as a leader against [ 5 ] rule. However,he asked the India people to use a method of [ 6 ] struggle. After the long stuggle for freedom,India became an [ 7 ] country in 1947. Gandhi asked his friend [ 8 ] to become the first [ 9 ] minister. Gandhi’s ideas have [ 10 ] many other leaders throughout the world. 【accepted British Einstein independent India Indian influenced lawyer London Nehru nonviolent peace prime South Africa 】
What are the science-related issues that the public will have to make decisions on in the future?By far the most urgent is that of nuclear weapons.Other global problems,such as food supply or the greenhouse effect , are relatively slow-acting.On the other hand , a nuclear war cuold mean the end of all human life on earth within days.The relaxation of East-West tensions has meant that the fear of nuclear war has decreased in the mind of the public.But the danger is still there as long as there are enough weapons to kill the entire population of the world more than once. Nuclear weapons are still aimed at all the major cities in the Northern Hemisphere.It would only take a computer error to start a global war. If we manage to avoide a nuclear war, there are still other dangers that could destroy us all. There is a sick joke that the reason we have not been contacted by an alien civilization is that civilizations tend to destroy themselves when they get to our level.But I have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to believe that we can prove this wrong.
【B】( )の部分に注意して、次の文の意味を言いなさい。 1.She was (sitting) on the grass, her hair (blowing) softly in the wind. 2.Hurry up, or you"ll be late for the train (leaving) at seven. 3.Hundreds of young people waited for hours,(hoping) to get tickets for the soccer game. 4.Last week we published a newspaper (carrying) the school festival photos. 5.The children were crossing the street,(holding) yellow flags in their hands. 6.It(being) Sunday, some stores are closed.
>>714 1.She was (sitting) on the grass, her hair (blowing) softly in the wind. 彼女は風にやさしく髪をなびかせながら芝生に座り続けていた。。 2.Hurry up, or you"ll be late for the train (leaving) at seven. 急ぎなさいさもないと7時に出発しようとする列車に乗り遅れるよ。 3.Hundreds of young people waited for hours,(hoping) to get tickets for the soccer game. 数百人の若者がサッカーの切符を買いたいと思いながら何時間も待っていた。 4.Last week we published a newspaper (carrying) the school festival photos. 先週学校祭の写真を載せている新聞を発行した。 5.The children were crossing the street,(holding) yellow flags in their hands. 子供たちは手に黄色い旗を持ちながら道路を横断していた。 6.It(being) Sunday, some stores are closed. 日曜日であるから閉店してるお店もある。
>>712 Mohandas Gandhi,who born in [ 1 India ] in 1869,wanted people to live together in [ peace 2 ]. 1869年にインドで生まれたマハトマガンジーは人々が平和に共に暮らすことを望んだ。 He studied in Britain and became a [lawyer 3 ]. 彼はイギリスで学び法律家になった。 It was in [ 4 South Africa] that he experienced racial discrimination. 彼が最初に人種差別を経験したのは南アフリカであった。 Both in South Africa and in India,he fought as a leader against [ 5 British] rule. 南アフリカ、インド両方で彼はイギリス支配と戦った。 However,he asked the India people to use a method of [ nonviolent6 ] struggle. しかしながらインドの人に対しては無抵抗主義で戦うように要望した。 After the long stuggle for freedom,India became an [ independent 7 ] country in 1947. 長い戦いの末1947年にインドは独立国になった。 Gandhi asked his friend [ 8 Nehru ] to become the first [ prime 9 ] minister. ガンジーは友人のネールに最初の首相になるように頼んだ。 Gandhi’s ideas have [influenced 10 ] many other leaders throughout the world. ガンジーの思想考え方は世界の多くの国の指導者に影響を与えている。
World Trek English CourseU Lesson3-1 @Dick Bruna was born in Utrecht,the Netherlands,in 1927. AFrom a young age he liked reading,drawing and making things by himself. BHis father had always wanted him to take over his publishing company some day. CSo after art galleries. DHe was deeply impressed by the works of Picasso and Matisse. EAbove all,Matisse's works had a great influence on him. FThey ware simple and vivid and appealed to him directly. GBefore long,Dick realized that he was not cut out for business. HFor him,nothing was more important than drawing. IHe told his father he wanted to be an artist rather than a businessman.
Vivid Reading Unit2 Lesson1 part1 @There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time. These place are usually in mountain areas, far away from modern cities. Doctors,scientists, and public health exprets often travel to these region to solve the mystery of a long, healthy life; the exprets hope to bring to the modern world the secrets of longevity. AHunza is higgh in the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. There, many people over one hundred years of age are still in good physical health. Men of ninety are new father, and women of fifty still have babies. What are the reasons for this good health? Scientists believe that the people in Hunza have these three advantages: physical work, usually in the fields or with animals; a healthy environment with clean air and water; a simple diet high in vitamins and nutrition but low in fat, cholesterol, sugar, and chemicals 学校の教科書です。大変ですがよろしくお願いします
Over there, it had been : more or less in that corner of the lawn ... he began to move towards the spot his eye had selected. And he had taken perhaps three steps before the small, high voice called 'Stop! Or they'll see you!'
Halting, he looked round. 'Where are you?' he said into the windy shadows. 'Here. In the tree. D'you want me to come down? D'you need help?' 'Yes,' Williams said. 'I need help.'
There was a rustling scrape of leather on bark, and the boy stood at his side. Seven? Eight? Gravefaced, in forty years he would probably look like his father, but this evening he was still secure within his own appearance.
Vivid Reading Unit2 Lesson1 part3 In some ways, the diets of the people in the three regions are quite different. Hunzakuts eat mainly raw vegetables, fruit(especially apricots),and chapattis-a kind of pancake; they eat meat only a few times a year. The Caucasian diet consists mainly of milk, cheese, vegetables,fruit,and meat; most people there drink red wine daily.In Vilcabamba,people eat a small amount of meat each week, but the diet consist largely of grain corn, beans, potatoes, and fruit. ここの和訳がよくできなかったのでお願いします。
POWWOW ENGLISH READINGのP.74の 和訳わかる方いましたら教えてください!! すごくて長いのですが明日授業で習うとこなので 至急に和訳してくれると嬉しいです(;`゚A゚)ノ
一応英文のしときます!! Bono,the lead singer of U2,and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neil will go together on a ten-day trip to four coun-tries in Africa-Ghane,South Africa,Uganda and Ethipia-to see how ef-fectively development assiatance is working. “I refused to meet Bono at first,”says Mr.O’Neill. “Ithought he was just a rock singer who wnted to use me.” After talking with Bono,O’Neill changed his mind. “He’s a serious person. He cares deeply about the poverty in Africa. He knows a lot about it.”
1/Doctor,please. 2/Ask another doctor. 3/I've already tried. 4/Well,take his advice. There's no cure. We can't do miracles. 5/You must admit him immediately. 6/The patients in this hospital are here to get well,not to die. 7/He will get better too. I will not leave until you abmit him.
Vivid Reading Lesson2 part1 Seven travelers and I with our guide, were making our way along the white-sand beach of one of the Galapagos Islands. We were searching for the large nests in which the eggs of Pacific green sea turtles are laid and hatched. Most of the baby turtles, which may grow to 330 pounds,come out in April and May. Then they have to run to the sea before the birds above can eat them. It was close to dusk, the time at which if the young turtles are to escape one turtle must go out into the open air to test whether it is safe for its dozens of brothers and sisters. お願いします。^^
Vivid Reading Lesson2 part1 Seven travelers and I with our guide, were making our way along the white-sand beach of one of the Galapagos Islands. We were searching for the large nests in which the eggs of Pacific green sea turtles are laid and hatched. Most of the baby turtles, which may grow to 330 pounds,come out in April and May. Then they have to run to the sea before the birds above can eat them. It was close to dusk, the time at which if the young turtles are to escape one turtle must go out into the open air to test whether it is safe for its dozens of brothers and sisters. お願いします。^^
>>749ありがとうございます!またお願いします。パート2です。 I came to a large, bowl-shaped nest in which I saw the head of a tiny sea turtle above the sand. As my companions joined me, we heard a sound in the brush behind us. A mockingbird approached. “Just be quiet and watch,”our young guide advised as the mockingbird moved to within inches of the turtle's head. “He's going to attack.”The mockingbird came closer to the nest and began pecking at the turtle's head, trying to pull it onto the beach. My companions were shocked. “Aren't you going to do something?”a voice said. Our guide held his fingers to his lips. “This is the way nature works,”he said.“I'm not going to sit here and watch this happen,”a woman from Los Angeles objected. “Why don't you listen to him?”I askd. “We shouldn't get in the way.”“If it weren't for humans,they wouldn't be in danger to being with. I'll do something if you won't,”one member of our group said to our guide. The noise of people talking scared the bird away from its meal. Reluctantly, our guide pulled the baby turtle out of the hole to help it on its way to the sea.
和訳ありがとうございます! タイプミス気をつけます。^^; part3 What happened next, however, caught eveyone by surprise. As soon as the rescued turtle began running to the safety of the ocean, dozens upon dozens of other baby turtles - having received a false signal that it was safe - poured from the nest and began running toward high tide. The foolishness of our group's interference became clear. Not only had the turtles come out under the mistaken impression that it was safe to do so, but their rush to the sea was takeing place too early. It was stil light and there was no hiding from the hungry birds. Within seconds, the air was filled with delighted sea birds. A pair of Galapagos hawks landed on the beach, and a growing number of mockingbirds eagerly followed thier evening meal hurrying down the beach. “Oh, God,”I heard a voice behind me,“look what we've done!” There on the beach, the killing of the baby turtles had already begun. Our young guide, trying to make up for having acted against his own better judgment, took off his baseball cap and filled it with baby turtles. Stepping into the ocean, he let them go, then wildly waved his cap to frighten off the huge number of sea birds. part4 When it was over, the happy cries of dozens of birds filled the air. Two hawks stood silently on the beach hoping to catch a final turtles. All that could be heard was the sound of the tide beating against the white-sand beach. There seemed to me to be a perfect silence among the all-too-human group. Something, I think, very much like sound of humility. またお願いします!
凄い英文が長いのですが和訳わかるかたいましたら 教えてくれると嬉しいです(p'v`q◆) Late one nigh in February 2002,during the World Economic Forum in New York City,some business and political leaders gathered in the back room of a restaurant. The group discussed how to convince Americans to save Africa from financial ruin. They talked and talked,but their discus-sion didn’t bear any fruit. At 1 a.m Bono-U2’s lead singer and founder of DATA-walked in and sat at a corner of the table. Then he started to talk about his early -morning meeting with 30 Republican Congressmen. “I’m not willing to give up on the Republicans,”he said of his efforts to change the minds of the Congressmen on relieving Africa’s debt and incresng aid. “It’s very difficult to convince them,but they’re willing to listen.” Those who were at the table listened to him earnestly. Bono’s involvement with Africa began by chance. It is known that in 1984,U2 took part in Band Aid,which was formed to save Ethipians from famine. After that,Bono and his wife traveled to Ethiopia to find out just how bad the African famines was. They spent six weeks working with orphans. “You’d wake up in the morning,and the mistwould be lifting,“Bono remembers. “You’d walk out of your tent,and you’d count bodies of dead and abandoned children. 一旦切ります!!
続きです>< Or worse,the father of a child would walk up to you and try to give you his living child and say,′Youtake it,because if this is your child,it won’t die. The experience remained with Bono through 1999,when he loined Jubilee 2000. Jubilee 2000’s aim was to get the U.S and other wealthy countries,as well as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,to erase the publicdebts of 52 of the world’s poorest coun-tries,most of them in Africa. By erasing $350 billion from their book,thse countries would be free to spend money on health care and education. “I know how absurd it is for a rock start to talk about the World Health Organization or debt relief and AIDS in Africa,” Bono says. He also knows that no one elso with his kind of popularity has taken on the job. In an effort to keep the discussion serious and avoid being just another rock star against had things,he doesn’t want to treat African problems emotionally. His idea is pragmatic. He considers what to do to actually solve Africa’s financial problems. “Can we do something that people with be proud of in fruture generation?”he asks.
POWWOW ENGLISH READINGの教科書P.80のですが 分からないとこがあったので教えてください!!
本文の内容と合うように下から適当な語句を選んでかっこの中にいれなさい 和訳もしてほしいです>< 1.Bono and his band,U2,took part in [ 1 ] in 1984. 2.Bono and his wife traveled to Eithiopia and found that the [ 2 ] in Africa was terible. 3.Bono joined Jubilee 2000,which was trying to erase the [ 3 ] of the world’s poorest countries. 4.Bono is trying hard to solve Africa’s [ 4 ] . 【Band Aid, famine, financial, problems, public, debts】
本文の内容とあっていれば○、違っていれば×を書きなさい 1.Bono talked about his meeting with 30 Republican Congressmen in the back room of a restaurant. 2.Bono founded an organization called DATA. 3.Bono’s involvement with Africa began because he liked Africa. 4.Jubilee 2000’s aim was to get some rich countries,the World Bank,and so on to lend money to the world’s poorest countries.
>>758 1.Bono and his band,U2,took part in [ 1 Band Aid] in 1984. ボノと彼のバンドの「ユーツー」は1984年に「バンドエイド」に参加した。 2.Bono and his wife traveled to Eithiopia and found that the [ 2 famine ] in Africa was terible. ボノと彼の妻はエチオピアに旅行をして、アフリカの飢饉がヒドイことを知った。 3.Bono joined Jubilee 2000,which was trying to erase the [ 3 debts ] of the world’s poorest countries. ボノはジュビリー2000という世界で最も貧しい国々の借金を帳消しにしようとする運動に参加した。 4.Bono is trying hard to solve Africa’s [ 4 (financial) problems] . ボノはアフリカの経済的な問題を解決しようと頑張っている。 【Band Aid, famine, financial, problems, public, debts】
>>759ありがとうございます!!^^またお願いします。^^ Have you ever left anything very important in a train, bus, or taxi? There is a very famous artist who left his priceless Stradivarius cello in a New York City taxi. His name is Yo-Yo Ma. The next day the lost cello was reported in newspapers around the country, including The New York Times. Thankfully, the 266-year-old cello was returned to its owner unharmed. “Somehow magic happened,and I have my cello now,”Yo-Yo Ma said.“The instrument is my woice,so I need it.” Yo-Yo- Ma was born in Paris to a Chinese couple on October7,1955.Both of his parents were talented musicians. Yo-Yo's childhood was full of music.His father trained his daughter and son in classical music at home. His elder sister showed gerat talent for music.Yo-Yo soon proved to be as talented as his sister. In the fall of 1962,the Mas moved to New York. Soon they became famous in the U.S. In December 1964,Yo-Yo and his sister played in Carnegie Hall in New York City. The New York Times reviewed their wonderful preformance. They were not just ordinary children.
I am a tern. I was born during the season of the warming of the seas , when the light of each day stretches into the evening. My home was the forever sky above that blue-green sea. I spent most of my waking hours flying above the ocean, waiting for fish to appear in the water below. It was a good life. I had always lived that way. However, one day this all changed. I stopped being able to fly. I began to check myself for broken parts. I checked my wings , feathers , feet , and tall not once, but twice and more. I seemed to be alright. I could fid nothing broken nor missing. Then I thought that what was broken must be on the inside. My friends looked at me with curiosity, and they would ask why I wasn't flying. Instead of telling them the truth - about which I was completely uncertain - I told them I was enjoying beach adventures finding fine food hidden on the beach.
During this time in my life I watched the skies at night. Stars became my friends. One particular star I had met was hanging in the northeastern corner of the sky. It began to fall, and then stopped short, began again and stopped short once again. I asked it "Why are you fickle,Star?""Fickle? That's the way I am. It is my job to check on the other stars,"answered the star. "What is the reason for checking on the stars?" "Reason? I suppose it si to be a star , live like a star,and cary out the duties of a star. All thigs have a purpose." "Birds too?"I asked. " Oh yes. A bird's purpose is to be a bird." After saying that , the star disappeared into the dark night.
また長文すみません!! よろしくお願いします!! Winter and spring passed. I listened by day and by night to the waves breaking against the sand. I never gave up the hope that I would some day fly again, even though I lived on land. One day I saw a pretty flower growing in the sand. It was a nice flower.I kept watching it day in and day out. It was all one color, a monochrome.I could not see any variation in its color. But one day it occured to me that within the seemig monochrome there were many other colors. I then started to recognize that there was more to it than I had expected. I began to collect many things to watch on the beach. Time passed slowly.I began to wish for a friend that I could talk with. Then I noticed a small crab.It was the crab I had helped when he was attacked by a gull. We became friends and began to talk.I told him my sorow at not being able to fly. "You have not lost the ability to fly, you have only misplaced it," he simply said. "How is that?" I asked."Losing a thing means it is lost and gone. Misplacing it is quite different.The thing you have misplaced is somewhere. Finding it means seeing it.You just have not been recognizing it." "Like what?""Like the things you have been collecting." After parting from the crab, I kept myself busy each day , studying, collecting, studying more, and taking notice the difference between wasting time and learning from time. Several days later when I was looking at my shadow on the beach one afternoon, I noticed that the crab had appeared. He watched me for a while and raised his right without really thinking I raised my wings to wave back. They caught the wind and I glided up into the air.I glided over the beach. I flew over the sea, watching the white water of the waves.I had returned to the sky.
He watched me for a while and raised his right claw, as if waving at me. In response, quite naturally,without really thinking I raised my wings to wave back. でした。すみません; >>769-770 ありがとうございます!!本当に助かりました!! 間違いだらけで、本当に申し訳ありませんでしたっ!!
すみません。これお願いします!! I kept myself busy each day , studying , collecting , studying more, and taking notice of things. Parhaps the crab had intended to help me discover the difference between wasting time and learning from time.
>>765ありがとうございます!!お久しぶりですが、又お願いします! Yo-Yo Ma displays his great talent with concentration and energy.Once,while playing in Philadelphia, his chair fell over. As he fell back,the audience gasped. A musician behind Yo-Yo caught him just in time. Amazingly,he kept palying through all of it and sat back down without missing a beat. In 1993,in order to satisfy his longtime curiosity,Yo-Yo set off for a San village in Namibia. He had planned to make a documentary of the trip. Yo-Yo was fascinated by their instruments made of simple materials such as twigs and fiber.One of them was a little like a cello.Yo-Yo told the San the sound he made was very beautiful. When night came,an ancient San dance was performed. It lasted all night. Yo-Yo was over-whelmed. His memories of the Kalahari Desert stayed with him. He decided that from then on,in addition to continuing his classical playing, he wounld try to learn and experiment with many kinds of music from different cultures.
>>786早々とありがとうございました^^これで最後です^^ The intense exprience gave him the idea for a great project. Yo-Yo began talking to friends and making plans. Then finally in 1998, he founded the Silk Road Project. Yo-Yo wanted to organize collaborations between Western and Eastern musicians. He also wanted to draw people's attention to the musical traditions of non- Western countries. The concert hall is not the only place for his performances. He goes to play wherver he wants to go. In August 2000, for example, he played the cello on the riverside stage just across from the A-bomb Dome in Hiroshima. His music floated on the river just like colorful paper lanterns. He had long wanted to play his music for all the people that were killed by the A-bombs. to make a more peaceful world for his many different activities. Many people think of him as a musical ambassador. He is willing to go to any place in the world to play his music with a friendly smile. He believes that music is the best way to bring the world together. His role in this world is just his name “Yo-Yo,”which means “friendship.”
Who fist gave the world a warning about dangerous chemicals? What did Rachel want to be when she was a child? What did she become interested in when she was in college? When did Rachel fist express her concern about DDT? How many birds in all were killed around Mrs. Huckins’house by the ′harmless′shower bath? Whose letter encouraged Rachel to write Silent Spring? How are the poisons passed from life to life? What was used to control the annoying gnats on Clear Lake? Why was the treatment of DDD repeated by 1954?
It was the figure of the mother in her work clothes. It was the mother standing outsioutside the school on that rainy day. Soon tears filled the mother's eyes.
The world’d biggest rock star is also Africa’s biggest supporter. But Bono Knows he has to make a case for aid with his head,not his heart.
Africa was hit by a terrible drought in 1983. Most crops were destroyed and many people died. The tragedy continued into the next year. One day in December 1984,37 top musicians met in a studio in Lomdon. They were going to record Do They Know It’s Chistmas? It was a song that they made to raise money for Africa. This group was named“Band Aid.”
What is U2? What are African countries suffering from? What is Bono? What is Paul O’Neil? What are they going to do? What are the “four countries”? Why are they doing so? What did O’Neil do for Bono? How did O’Neil think about Bono? Why did O’Neil change his mind? What was held in Feb 2002 in NY? Who were at the restaurant? What did they talking about? What did their discussion hear? What is Bono? What did he start to taik about? What did he say at the beggining? What did he wanted to say in his speech?
What did he think is difficult? How were the Congressmen’s attitudes? How were the leaders at the table? Why was he interested in Africa’s problems? What’s the aim of Band Aid? Why did he and his wife travel Africa? How long did they stay there and what did they do? What did they have to do in the morning? What and whay did the father tell Bono about his child? Why did he join Jubilee 2000? What were the aims of the campaign? Whatmerits would the poor countries get by erasing their debts? How does Bono feel about a rock star’s countribution to problems of Africa? Are there any pop stars who act like Bono? Why doesn’t he want to treat the problems emotionally? What should we do in future generations?
May 8th Dear Diary Today Mom told me,"I see you smiling, Allison-smiling for the first time in years!" They took me to a beautiful beach where I could swim with some dolphins. They said it might help me because I've been depressed for so long. At first I was afraid when I noticed a dolphin swimming toward me. Its smile seemed to say,"Why not join me?" Then I felt it brush against me with its fins. Every touch sent a message: "Be my friend and follow me into the water, Allison." Finally, I let go of the trainer's hand and went under the water. Suddenly I found more dolphins surrounding me. They circled around me, then came closer and rubbed their bodies against me. They were so friendly. It was easy for me to imitate their movements. Soon I was splashing and playing, just as they were. For a while, I really became one of them! I returned to the boat. I heard everyone say that I looked happy. Finally, I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
World Treck English Course U Lesson3-2 @In 1951,Dick started to design book covers posters for his father's company/ AHis designs soon became very popular. BDick believed that the design should be simple so that people could understand the contest of the book at a glance. CHe first drew an object in detail. DThen he took out unnecessary details little by little to show just the object's essence. EThe final pictures were drawn with simple lines and painted in vivid colors. FIn those days,the illustrations in most children's books were too complicated for young children. GDick used his simple and vivid style of design to create a new kind of picture book,and in 1955 the first"Miffy" books appered. HHis picture books have been published in more than 40 languages and are loved throughout the world.
Last week Allison, a 14-year-old girl suffering from depression, spent an afternoon swimming with dolphins. She is staying at the Dolphin Research Center. Here, the staff lets people meet the dolphins and swim with them. "After just a few moments with them, they made me smile," says Allison. Allison tried various kinds of traditional therapy, with little benefit. Finally Allison's parents brought her to the Dolphin Research Center. At the Center, there are over ten different programs for people to swim with dolphins in the ocean. Dr. Kevin Geary of the Research Center is hopeful. "Scientists are still asking how 'dolphin therapy' works. But last year 194 people who were suffering from depression visited our center. After we had them try dolphin therapy, we saw their depression start to disappear." Dolphins are very caring and friendly. Even when they swim with several people, they have a special ability to sense which person needs help. "Though humans live on land and dolphins in the sea, we are both highly intelligent creatures," says Dr. Geary. "Dolphins probably understand how similar we are to them. It seems natural for them to want to help us heal."
>>829 @In 1951, Dick started [ to design book cover posters for his father's company ]. AHis designs soon became very popular. BDick believed [ that the design should be simple [ so that people could understand the contest of the book at a glance ] ]. CHe first drew an object in detail. DThen he took out unnecessary details little by little [ to show just the object's essence ]. EThe final pictures were drawn with simple lines and painted in vivid colors. FIn those days, the illustrations in most children's books were too complicated for young children. GDick used his simple and vivid style of design [ to create a new kind of picture book, and in 1955, the first"Miffy" books appeared. HHis picture books have been published in more than 40 languages and are loved throughout the world.
How does dolphin therapy work? We are not exactly sure. What we know is that dolphins communicate with each other and us by a special system of sounds and clicks. This system lets them know where they are in the group. It also helps them sense signals which other animals cannot catch. Their messages travel from 'heart to heart' and even from dolphins to humans. Dr.Susan Martin at the Dolphin Therapy Foundation has studied dolphins' advanced communication system for years. "They send out ultrasound vibrations which influence our health, for exsample, our heart rate, memory, and brain waves," Dr. Martin says. "The vibrations are four times stronger than the ultrasound therapy in hospitals. Imagine how quickly people can heal with dolphin therapy. I want to help more and more people try this important treatment." Though dolphin therapy started in the 1980s, scientists still disagree about how it works. Some believe that dolphins let us open our hearts and minds. Others think dolphins have unknown powers which are beyond science. The reason might be simpler: maybe their playfulness helps us heal. For Allison, the important thing is that dolphins have changed her life forever.
また分からないところがあった ので教えてください(∩∀`*) 1.私は関西地域の出身なので納豆がすきではありませんでしたが、東京に引っ越した後に納豆を食べることに慣れました I wasn’t [ ][ ]natto because I came from the Kansai area. However,I was able to [ ][ ] eating natto after I moved to Tokyo. 2.スキーに行くたびに風邪をひいてしまうことになります。 誰かに風邪をひかなくなるような薬を発明してほしい Evry time I go sking, I [ ][ ]with a cold. I want someone to invent a medicine which [ ] us [ ]catching a cold. 3.納豆菌は私たちに有害です それは腸の中の悪い菌を殺してくれるのです Natto bacilli [ ][ ]for us. They [ ][ ]had bacilli in the intestines. 4.リサイクルは環境に優しいこの市の人々ができるだけたくさんのものリサイクルするのも不思議ではありません。 Rechcling is[ ][ ]the environment. It is [ ][ ]that the people in this city recycle as many things as possible. 大事な熟語とかあったらそれも教えてください
1.不正と戦うためにもお互いに協力しましょう Let’s cooperate [ ] each other to fight [ ]injustice. 2.ナイル川をボードで下るという私の夢はようやく実現するでしょう My dream of going down the Nile by boat will [ ][ ]at long[ ] 3.私はあなたの申し出を喜んでお受けしますがそうすることがいちばんよいようですから I’m [ ][ ]accept your offer,[ ]seems to be the best. 4.彼はいつも他人の気持ちを尊重します。ですから彼は多くの人から愛されるのです。 He always has [ ][ ] the feelings of others. That is [ ]he is loved by many people. 5.この島の異なる部族たちは長い間平和にくらしています戦争のない場所なのです。 The different tribes on this island lived[ ]peace for a log time. It is a place [ ] from war.
Furrer was told that the steelhead's parents had traveled along way from the sea, where they had lived -under the Golden Gate Bridge, across San Pablo Bay, then up the Petaluma River- to spawn here in Adobe Creek. Looking down at the water, he said to himself, " If one man could restore this small part of the creek, what about the whole six-mile length? Furrer gathered a group of students from his school in the spring of 1983 to restore the creek. Most of them knew about shopping malls, but few of them had seen a wild stream the question was whether they would accept his idea. Furrer told them, "Adobe Creek has not yet died. One man has preserved the delicate life of these steelhead. Why don't we help him? Steelhead are almost extinct. Their future belongs to your generation, not mine. "His student's struggle began.
On the first day of our village school in Japan, there was a boy missing. He was found hidden away in the dark space underneath the schoolhouse floor. None of us knew him. We heard the teacher call him Taro. This boy was afraid of our teacher. He was also afraid of the other children. He was left alone during study time. He was left alone during play time. He was always at the end of the line, always at the foot of the class. Taro found many ways, one after another, to kill time and amuse himself. He would just look at the ceiling for hours. The wooden top of his desk was also interesting to him. Even a patch of cloth on a boy's shoulder was something to study. Of course the windows showed him many things all year round. Even when it was raining, the view from the window had things to show Taro. On the playground, if he closed his eyes and listened, he could hear many different sounds, near and far. Taro could hold and watch insects and worms that most of us wouldn't touch or even look at― so that not only the children in our class but the older ones and even the younger ones wouldn't make friends with him.
Proverbs and sayings in many languages express the view that women are always talking: Women's tongues are like lambs' tails - they are never still. - English The North Sea will sooner be found wanting in water than a woman at a loss for words. - Jutlandic The woman with active hands and feet,marry her,but the woman with overactive mouth,leave her alone. - Maori When three women get together,they always prattle. - Japanese Despite the widespread belief that women talk more than men,most of the available evidence suggests just the opposite. When women and men are together,it is the men who talk more. Two Canadian researchers,Deborah James and Janice Drakich,reviewed 63 studies which examined the amount of talking by American women and men in different contexts. Women talked more than men in only two studies. In New Zealand ,too,research suggests that men generally dominate the talking time. Margaret Franken compared the amount of talk used by a female and a male "expert" assisting a female TV host to interview well-known public figures. In situations where each of the three was entitled to a third of the talking time,the man took more than half on every occasion. So we may conclude that the stereotype of the talkative woman reflects sexist prejudice rather than objective reality.
1.私は関西地域の出身なので納豆がすきではありませんでしたが、東京に引っ越した後に納豆を食べることに慣れました I wasn’t [ fond ][ of ] natto because I came from the Kansai area. However,I was able to [ get ][ over ] eating natto after I moved to Tokyo.
2.スキーに行くたびに風邪をひいてしまうことになります。誰かに風邪をひかなくなるような薬を発明してほしい Evry time I go sking, I [ end ][ up ] with a cold. I want someone to invent a medicine which [ keeps ] us [ from ] catching a cold.
3.納豆菌は私たちに有害です それは腸の中の悪い菌を殺してくれるのです Natto bacilli [ are ][ good ] for us. They [ can ][ kill ] bad bacilli in the intestines.
4.リサイクルは環境に優しいこの市の人々ができるだけたくさんのものリサイクルするのも不思議ではありません。 Rechcling is [ good ][ for ] the environment. It is [ no ][ wonder ] that the people in this city recycle as many things as possible.
be fond of / get over / end up with / keep(prevent) from / no wonder
1.不正と戦うためにもお互いに協力しましょう Let’s cooperate [ with ] each other to fight [ against ] injustice.
2.ナイル川をボードで下るという私の夢はようやく実現するでしょう My dream of going down the Nile by boat will [ come ][ true ] at long [ last ]
3.私はあなたの申し出を喜んでお受けしますがそうすることがいちばんよいようですから I’m [ ready ][ to ] accept your offer, [ That ] seems to be the best.
4.彼はいつも他人の気持ちを尊重します。ですから彼は多くの人から愛されるのです。 He always has [ respect ][ for ] the feelings of others. That is [ why] he is loved by many people.
5.この島の異なる部族たちは長い間平和にくらしています戦争のない場所なのです。 The different tribes on this island lived [ in ]peace for a log time. It is a place [ free ] from war.
Why is the reality so different from the myth? There is no evidence to suggest that males are biologically programed to talk more than females. It is much more likely that the explanation involves social factors. One clue is the fact that talk serves different functions in different contexts. Formal public talk is often aimed at informing people or persuading them to agree to a particular point of view (e.g. political speeches,television debates,radio interviews,public lectures,etc..). Public talk is often undertaken by people who wish to claim or confirm some degree of public status. Effective talk in public and in the media can enhance social status,as politicians and other public performers know well. Getting and holding the floor is common in such contexts. (There is also some risk,of course,since a poor performance can be damaging.) The way women and men behave in formal meetings and seminars provides further support for this explanation. Evidence collected by American,British,and New Zealand researchers shows that men dominate the talking time in committee meetings,staff meetings,seminars,and task-oriented decision-making groups. By contrast,in more private contexts,talk usually serves interpersonal functions. Interestingly,the few studies which have investigated informal talk have found that there are fewer differences in the amount contributed by women and men. Women,it seems,are willing to talk more in relaxed social contexts,especially where the talk functions to develop and maintain social relationships.
Who did Silent Spring offend? What did those people say when they criticized Rachel? What did she want to say in the book? What did many readers express in their letters to Rachel? What did sometimes send to her close friends? How did the city boy feel after reading Silent Spring?
Rachel was born. Rachel expressed her concern about the dangers of DDT in a letter to the Reader’s Digest. Rachel received a letter from Mrs.Huckins,saying that some birds were killed soon after the mosquito control plane flew over her town. Silent Spring first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker. The complete book of Silent Spring was published. Rachel died.
Without chemicals,potatoes and other plants will be killed by certain disease and insects. Chemicals must never be used indiscriminately. You have been told that you are a poet. She said her town had been made lifeless. An example is to found in the sad story of Clear Lake. By 1954 the treatment had to be repeated. She wanted to be treated as an adult.
Good morning, students. My name is David Sampson, and I am a newspaper editor in Japan. Every day we get information from TV, the Internet, newspapers, and magazines. Our ideas of the world come from this information. But have you ever noticed how the images are chosen? As I see it, it is important for the media to send a message which is both interesting and truthful. On the other hand, the audience must also think critically about that message. If you were a reporter, you would make decisions about images almost every day. Suppose the topic was yesterday's pop concert, and you could only use one of your three photos. Your first job would be to study the photos and choose one. You would also have to think of a headline for the article. If you wanted your readers to see how enormous the crowd of 200,000 people was, you would choose the position and distance shown in Photo A. If I were you, I would write a headline like this: "Pop Group Draws Crowd of 200,000."
If you saw Photo A, you might think, "I wish could find a more dynamic photo." How about Photo B? It shows more details about the fans' ages, their excitement, and how they were dressed. Notice that this angle shows the audience's feelings, but not the size of the crowd or even the event. A headline like "Fans Go Crazy at Outdoor Concert" would help readers feel as if they were one of the fans. If you chose Photo C, your readers could wee what the stage looked like and how fans reacted. Readers might feel as if they were seeing the concert for themselves. I would use a headline like "Knock-out Performance by Pop Group," if I were you. This would make readers think of the energy and talent of the musicians. If it were not photos and other images, many people would not even pick up a newspaper to read it. By simply choosing a photo and writing a headline, a reporter can decide what readers will focus on. As I see it, people in the media have a responsibility to use photos and headlines effectively, but honestly.
1.早くも1960年にはクリスの手による一連のエッセイが書かれました [ ]1960,a [ ] were written by Chris. 2.この地域ではほんのわずかな種類の鳥しか見えません。というのはここの河川・湖が 化学物質で汚染されてしまったからです。 Only a few kinds of birds [ ]in this area,for the rivers and the lakes around there [ ]that she [ ]his opinion. 3.私たちみな、彼女が彼の意見に批判的であるという事実にきずいていました。 We were all [ ] that she [ ] his opinion. 4.そのホテルは、外国人観光客に人気がありますが、毎年大きな夏祭りを開きます。 The hotel,[ ] foreign tourists,holds a big summer festival year [ ]. 5.近年化学物質が植物や動物に多いに影響を与えています。 私たちは食べるものにももっと注意を払わなければなりません In recent years,chemicals [ ] plants and animals. We have to [ ] what we eat.
>>865http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2219001.stm はるかちゃん、ツバル(Tuvalu)の窮状を伝えるBBCのサイトで住民の訴え(↓)をピックアップ してみました。適当につなげて書けばいいんじゃないでしょうか。がんばれ。 At their highest point, they stand no more than four metres (13 feet) above sea level and if predictions of rising sea levels caused by global warming are correct, they could become the world's first casualties of climate change.
"Maybe it's to do with that greenhouse effect that's been announced all over the world. But I didn't imagine it would be like this."
Scientists have predicted an 88cm rise in sea levels in the next century - if that is proved correct, Tuvalu, like other low-lying atoll countries in the Pacific Ocean, could find itself underwater within 50 years.
"I'm worried about the islands," said one woman with tears in her eyes. "This is the best island I know, and I think it's going to end up under the sea. We're thinking of migrating to New Zealand. I don't want my children to see this, it's enough."
"But to be frank with you, I see no future for my grandchildren. My home is here, but my family, they have to go," he said.
He is very concerned about the changes he has seen in Tuvalu over the years and has a message for the rest of the world.
"People have to stop doing things to damage our environment," he said.
"People must look at us and see us as people who want to lead a normal life, but we cannot lead a normal life because other people are doing what they want for their own development. What about us?"
Now the times has come to make the next step in evolution-this time controlled,at least partly ,by us. I have often thought,especially when scuba diving,that we don't really belong here on land,pulled down by gravity every moment of our lives. Our true destiny belongs in space. The diffrent part of space travel is escaping from the Earth's gravity. After that,it becomes much easier.
ありがとうございます(^w^)まだ教えてほしいです。 As our engineering skills improve,humankind will spread across the Solar System,as once it spread across the surface of this planet. First the Moon and then on to other planets.What will we find there? Much,I am sure,of enormous value -and the greatest treasures will be completely unexpected. I like to remind my American friends that when their Congress bought Alaska in 1867,it was thought by most -at two cents an acre -to be a huge waste of money on a worthless wilderness. In the long run, the Solar System will be an even better bargain. And it may not even be a very long run, in terms of history. Will you one day set foot on the Moon or other worlds? I wish I could know. But whatever the future brings, I hope you will remember the uncle who loved you and longed for you to see a happier 21st century.
Even so, day after day Taro came to school. He always carried the same lunch, a rice ball wrapped in a radish leaf. Even when it rained or stormed he still came to school in a raincoat made of dried grass. And so, day by day, five years went by, and we were in the sixth grade, the last class in school. Our new teacher was Mr. Isobe. He was a friendly man with a kind smile. Mr. Isobe often took his class to the hilltop behind the school. He was pleased to learn that Taro knew all the places where the wild grapes and wild potatoes grew. He was amazed to find how much Taro knew about all the flowers in our class garden. He liked Taro's black and white drawings and tacked them up on the wall to be admired. He liked Taro's handwriting, which no one but Taro could read, and tacked that up on the wall, too. And he often spent time talking with Taro when no one was around.
Now look at Photo D. It shows a simple scene of children standing in the street. But compare this to Photo E. You can see that these are almost the same−except for the framing. This means choosing what is in the picture and what is not. Without seeing Photo E, a reader would never understand the whole story. The choices you make in framing can change your readers' perception of a scene. The next example is Photo F. Smart readers closely examined this photo and noticed something strange about it. Some civilians in the background of the photo appeared twice! The photographer had used a computer to combine elements of two photos to improve the composition. This is an example of how photos can be manipulated in the digital age. The editor of that newspaper punished the photographer, and I would do the same. Why? Because without strict rules, photos and images could be used to mislead readers about every story in the news. That is why we must all be careful to see that people in the media are honest.
英文は以下の通りです。 @ By fall, 20 volunteer students had got together. Soon they had to go into deep mud, to pull out all the garbage. They began to plant trees on the banks. One student said, "It's going to take year." Another said, "Decades." But one student said,"Somebody needs to start." Other people who heard about them joined the group. Planting and garbage collection continued for some years. Having discovered that there wasn't enough fresh water, they even asked officials to let water flow into the creek from a reservoir. However, they were not successful. Then they came up with the idea to build a small hatchery to preserve the species. To get money for this, the students organized car washes and spaghetti and candy sales. In a few months they had collected $6,000 and the hatchery for the baby fish was built.
At the talent show that year, when Taro appeared on the stage, no one could believe it. "Who is that?" they asked. "What can that boy do up there?" Then Mr. Isobe announced that Taro was going to imitate the voices of crows. "Voices?" everyone asked. "Voices of crows?" "Voices of crows!" "VOICES OF CROWS." First he imitated the voices of newly hatched crows. Then he imitated the mother crow's voice. Then he imitated tha father crow's voice. He showed how crows cry early in the morning. he showed how crows cry when someone in the village has an accident. he showed how crows call when they are happy. Everybody's mind was taken to the far mountainside where Taro came from every day. At the end, to imitate a crow on an old tree, Taro made sounds deep down in his throat. "KAUUWWATT!KAUUWWATT!" Now everybody could clearly image the far and lonely place where Taro lived with his family. Then Mr. Isobe explained how Taro had learned those calls―leaving his home for school at dawn, and arriving home at sunset, every day for six long years. We all cried when we thought how much we had wronged Taro all those long years. Even grownups wiped their eyes.
Soon after that came graduation day. Taro was the only one in our class honored for perfect attendance through all six years. After school was over, the big boys would often have work to do in the village for their families. Sometimes Taro came to the village, where he sold the charcoal he and his family had made. But nobody called him Taro any more. We all called him Crow Boy. "Hi, Crow Boy!" we said. Crow Boy would nod and smile, because he liked the name. When his work was done, he would buy a few things for his family. Then he would stretch his growing shoulders proudly like a grown-up man and set off for his home on the far side of the mountain. And from around the turn of the mountain road would come a crow call―the happy one.
引き続きずーのです。 すいません。 こちらの英文もお願いしたいです。 A The students finally persuaded the officials to let water flow into the creek from the reservoir. In October 1992, Adobe Creek was restored as a free-running stream. Soon the students observed what seemed to be a miracle―hundreds of young steelhead began appearing all on their own in their old spawning pools. Within a year the student hatchery was no longer needed for the steelhead. The students put up a banner at the hatchery: "Together we will change the world." Furrer had seen the students'faces both crushed by disappointment and shining with the joy of each small success. Watching the steelhead spawning, he said,"Steelhead have repeated this life cycle for centuries. I want our children to see them do so in the future."
Now look at Photo G, a photo of a bird covered with oil. During the Gulf War this shot was first broadcast in the UK. Thirty minutes later, in America, it was presented as "a victim of Iraqi bombs." Later, however, the Japanese media found out that it was a victim of American bombs. Maybe this was an honest mistake. But without a few smart viewers, the image would be misunderstood by people around the world. Visual images travel fast and have a powerful impact. I strongly believe that the original sources should be carefully checked for each one. Keep in mind that a single visual image can tell more than one story. Editors, photographers, and others sometimes manipulate facts by choosing, framing and sometimes misrepresenting them. "Media literacy" is the ability to understand how the mass media works and how images and information affect us. In my experience, it is very important to be a smart reader, and be aware of the message you are receiving. Thank you.
この文訳お願いします! Since her parents and her two older brothers were active surfers, Bethany learned to surf before she could walk. She quickly learned how to surf on the beautiful beaches of Kauai. She began her surfing career with her first competition at age 11. By age 13, she was an accomplished surfer and well-respected in the surfing world. Her lifelong dream of becoming a professional surfer was interrupted when she was attacked by a Tiger Shark while she was surfing with her friends. She had her lefe left arm bitten off just below her shoulder. Bethany described her confrontation with the shark as follows: "My left arm was lying in the water and my other arm was just holding on to my board. The shark came up and attack me. It pulled me back and forth. It was about a three-second period. When it was attacking me, all I saw was like a gray blue. " Bethany handled the situation miraculously, warning other surfers about the shark,and remaining calm while her best friend's father,Holt Blanchard,helped her to the beach. Her doctor said her life was saved by Holt's quick action: he controlled the bleeding by wrapping a surfboard leash around the stub of her arm.
What is a dish towel? A simple weave of cotton fabric. That means it has long protoplasm-filled tunnels winding within it with minerals, proteins and soluble fats sprinkled on, and a nice sugary-based cellulose gridwork to hold the whole thing together. Bacteria would munch happily on that by itself, but since it’s a dish towel there are two other additions mixed in. One is food: the odd fragment of bread crumb , a bit of grease left on one of the washed-up plates −that sort of thing. Tucked safely away inside a dish towel, each such food residue will suffice for thousands of specialized microbes. But the second special characteristic of a dish towel is worse. That is the moisture. Bacteria thrive in moisture. It should be no surprise then that public health microbiologists consider the dish towel (and its partner in crime, the improperly squeezed-out sponge) to be one of the leading spreaders of bacterial populations in the home. Wiped casually over the table after cleaning up the night before it deposited great numbers of pseudomonads there. Moisture transferred with them, and the nutrients dissolved in that moisture provided all that the creatures needed to multiply for the morning after.
gridwork: structure like that of jungle gym pseudomonads: a kind of short rod-shaped bacteria
The problem could be avoided by wiping down only with a fresh cloth, or making sure every surface is bone dry before finishing, but who’s inclined to see to that every evening? All this buggy propagation can give the wrong impression about what’s been going on in the kitchen overnight. Certainly there are all those creatures on the table and many more where they came from in the sink, fridge, and on the shelves. But that does not mean they have been assaulting the stored food all night, swimming up to it, munching it and generally making a mess of it. They’ve tried, but they’ve often failed to make even mark. For the food in your kitchen fights back. Consider the humble egg within the refrigerator. Overnight it was steadily breathing, wheezing out and pulling in all the gases in the refrigerator atmosphere. It did its breathing through little holes on its surface, and while those holes might be just the thing to bring in oxygen for any embryo that was to form within the egg, they also have the bad habit of letting in any bacteria−often cousins of the same creatures we met on the table−that happen to have ended up on the surface of the egg.
The holes are shaped like hollow golf tees, and are broad enough for a dozen or more mooching bacteria to slide down each one at a time. So much for the weak point. Now for the defense. At the bottom of those holes the bacteria do not get a simple swim across to the yolk where the nutrients they could use the located. There’s something in the way. Right at the bottom of each hole, a hard rubbery membrane is stretched across. (In hard boiled eggs it’s noticeable as the translucent film around the egg.) Getting through is no easy job. The bacteria have to twist and probe, secrete dissolving enzymes and then push some more before they can pierce a hole through this stage-one barrier. And considering the fate that lies in store for them on the other side, it might be better if they didn’t make it.
>>901ありがとうございます!!とても助かりました^^ もしよろしければこちらの翻訳もお願いします><すみませんm(_)m 1 The attack left bethany with a servered arm but did not destroy her eagerness and courage to continue to become an inspiration and help ohters to overcome adversity,no matter how great it is. "People I don't even know come up to me. I guess they see me as a symbol of courage and inspiration. One thing hasn't changed-that's how I feel when I'm riding a wave: Here I am,me and my board,in God's ocean!" The talented teenage girl with braces was suddenly transformed into a media event featured as a guest on several TV programs. She puickly became a symbol of bravery and a strong determination to face life's challenges. Her story has been told in dozens of newspapers,magazines,news shows,talk shows,commercials,reality shows,and more. Shewrote her story down in Soul Surfer,which was published in October,2004 with an inital run of 300,000 copies.
続き Bethany has also continued to pursue her arm,she was back in the water surfing. She paddled out on a longboard with her family and friends on Thanksgiving Day. After several attempts,she caught a wave and rode gracefully to the shore. The whole beach exploded in cheers and applause. "T'm there to have fun. I'm not scared because it is pretty rare for someone to get attacked twice,"she told CNN in late 2004. "On the day I got back on my board,it was not necesarily hard.I was just so glad to get back in the water because I'd been anxious for about a week. When I got up on my first wave,I rode it all the way to the beach,and after that,I just had tears of happiness. I was so excited to be out there." Everyone was surprised to see Bethany surfing so soon after her accident,but no one expect her to go back to competition. She surfed in her local NSSA contest and took fifth place in the Open Women division. "Ones I got up on the board, I'm okay," says Bethany, who rejected any special treatment from the contest staff. It is apparent that Bethany has not given up. With a strong network of her family and friends,not to mention the thousands of people who regularly visit her website offering support,this young girl clearly has a bright future. お願いします><
The next morning, Ms. Elliott said, "I told you that brown-eyed people aren't as good as blue-eyed people. That wasn't true. The truth is that brown-eyed people are better than blue-eyed people. The brown-eyed people may take off their collars, and put them on a blue-eyed person." The brown-eyes laughed with delight. Later, they finished their reading flashcards in half the usual time. "Why couldn't you do that yesterday?" Ms. Elliott asked. "We had those collars on," brown-eyed Donna said. At the end of the day, Ms. Elliott asked the blue-eyes what they had learned. "I know what they felt like yesterday." Raymond said. "This is a nasty word called 'discrimination'. Should the color of someone's eyes affect how you treat them?" Ms. Elliott asked. "No!" "All right, then how about the color of someone's skin?" "No!" "Is the problem whether someone's skin is black or white?" she asked. " No!" "Is that the way to decide whether people are good or bad?" "No." "Is that what makes people good or bad?" "No." "Let's take those collars off." In a minute, the collars were off. "Now are you back together again?" "YES!" they all shouted.
お願いします!! @ Guernica is a small town in the north of Spain. It has traditionally been the center of Basque culture,but was not so well known to the world until 1937. In July,1936, a civil war broke out in Spain. Supported by conservatives,the Nationalists fought against the Republican government. The Nationalists were led by General Franco. In October,he set up another government. Both sides were too weak to win a quick victory and turned abroad for help. Nazi Germany and Italy helped the Nationalists. On the other hand, the Soviet Union supported the Requblicans,who also received help from European and American volunteers. The people of Guernica supported the Republican government.
A In January,1937,the Republican government asked Pablo Picasso to paint a mural for the Spanish exhibition at the Paris World's Fair. They hoped that the exhibition would be impressive enough to win international support for them. Picasso agreed,but wondered what he should create. On April 26,Guernica was bombed and completely destroyed by Nazi planes. Then the Nazis machine-gunned fleeng civilians. Guernica burned for three days and many civilians were killed or injured. By May 1,the news of the massacre reached Paris,where over a million people protested it. Picasso,outraged at the news,started his sketches for the mural that day. He said,"How can we remain indifferent to others? How can we be indifferent to life,which is so wonderful? Paintings are not decorations for houses but a means to defend against and attack the enemy."
@Dick's love for children can be seen not only in his picture but also in his work for socially-conscious arganizations. AHe has designed posters,cards,and other items for hospitals. BSome of his works tell us about the sorrow of children suffering from hunger,disease,and forced labor. CThey communicate their messages directly to the world because of their simple designs . DIf his designs were complicated,people would not understand the messages so easily. ENow,there are a lot of fans of his works all over the world. FThese people support his social goals. GHe still continues to make new works. HHe says "As long as my creativity lates,I will continue to create designs that are both simple and easy to understand,and that make people happy."
Environmentalism is a movement that has done much good in the world. It has been one of the most important political and educational---even spiritual---movements of the twentieth century. We owe the movement a great deal. But timees are changing , and now environmentalism , too , is becoming part of the problem.It has begun to harden into an ideology and mystique, and some of its doctrines are increasingly dysfunctional:for example, a romantic tendency to view all human activity(except that of primitive peoples) as destructive to nature and an automatic hatred of technology.
George Stoyonovich was a neighborhood boy who had quit high school on an impulse when he was sixteen.He had run out of patience.He was ashamed every time he went looking for a job, when people asked him if he had finished school and he had to say no.However , he never went back to school. This summer was a hard time for jobs and he didn't have one.Georgge thought of going to summer school , but the kids in his classes would be too young.He also considered registering in a night school, but he didn't like the idea of the theachers always telling him what to do.The result was that he stayed off the streets and in his room most of the time.
・He would like to become a math teacher in the future. ・Texpect my brother to take part in the next Olympic Games. ・It is natural for elderly people to like green tea better than sweet juice. ・My wish is for the people of this country to be free for the people of this country to be free from war. ・It is too difficult for me to understand chinese.
1(a)Thave two brothers who have become professional soccer players. (b)Thave two brothers, who have become professional soccer players.
2(a)The dog whichTwas given last year is growing well. (b)The dog, whichTwas given last year, is growing well.
3(a)Children who can learn easily, should start to learn English as soon as possible. (b)Children, who can learn easily, should start to learn English as soon as possible.
T'm an American,butTspend quite a lot of time in Britain. Generally speaking,Tdon't think the British are very fond of American. They find us too friendly. They are apt to think we talk too much,especially about ourselves. Perhaps they're right. As soon as we meet someone,we Americans tell him or her our whole life story. We confess all our personal problems. We talk about our divorces,our alcoholic fathers,our troubled daughters and sons.
We also tend to argue too much,and are quick to get angry,especially if anyone says anything critical of America. We have very strong opinions. We aren't good listeners. The British,(at the same time/needless to say/on the other hand),are more reserved. It takes a while to get to know them. They don't like to give out personal information. In this way,they are like many of my Japanese friends. But this doesn't mean the British don't like to talk. They do. And they are good at it,because their fine education system has given them plenty to talk about.
At their highest point, they stand no more than four metres (13 feet) above sea level and if predictions of rising sea levels caused by global warming are correct, they could become the world's first casualties of climate change.
"Maybe it's to do with that greenhouse effect that's been announced all over the world. But I didn't imagine it would be like this."
Scientists have predicted an 88cm rise in sea levels in the next century - if that is proved correct, Tuvalu, like other low-lying atoll countries in the Pacific Ocean, could find itself underwater within 50 years.
"I'm worried about the islands," said one woman with tears in her eyes. "This is the best island I know, and I think it's going to end up under the sea. We're thinking of migrating to New Zealand. I don't want my children to see this, it's enough."
"But to be frank with you, I see no future for my grandchildren. My home is here, but my family, they have to go," he said.
He is very concerned about the changes he has seen in Tuvalu over the years and has a message for the rest of the world.
"People have to stop doing things to damage our environment," he said.
"People must look at us and see us as people who want to lead a normal life, but we cannot lead a normal life because other people are doing what they want for their own development. What about us?"
History,art,science-they know a lot about many things. They read the daily papers from cover and go out to plays,movies,concerts,and art galleries frequently. So they know a lot about what is going on in the world. In fact,one reasonTenjoy visiting Britain so much is that the conversations are interesting. But most of the time,Tprefer just to listen. That,Tguess,is why some of my British friends sayT'm not a“typical American.”
History,art,science-they know a lot about many things. They read the daily papers from cover and go out to plays,movies,concerts,and art galleries frequently. So they know a lot about what is going on in the world. In fact,one reasonTenjoy visiting Britain so much is that the conversations are interesting. But most of the time,Tprefer just to listen. That,Tguess,is why some of my British friends sayT'm not a“typical American.”
History,art,science-they know a lot about many things. They read the daily papers from cover and go out to plays,movies,concerts,and art galleries frequently. So they know a lot about what is going on in the world. In fact,one reasonTenjoy visiting Britain so much is that the conversations are interesting. But most of the time,Tprefer just to listen. That,Tguess,is why some of my British friends sayT'm not a“typical American.”
字幕翻訳者についての話です。どなたかお願いします。 "In subtitle translation, you have to create" she said. "You are always cutting,deciding which part you should put in the subtitle. It's quite different from other translation."
・He likes to talk about Britain. ・He was given a good education. ・He is interested in listening to his friends. ・He doesn't get angry quickly even if he is criticized.
・It took a lot of time for the author to get to know the British. ・Americans tend to have many personal problems. ・The British have a lot of topics to talk about. ・Americans really don't like either the British or the Japanese.
In 1962 the book titled Silent Spring was published and caused a greater stir than anyone had ever imagined. This important work on ecology made people aware of the dangers of chemical insecticides and changed the course of history. The author of the book was Rachel Carson. She was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1907. The woods around her family’s home were the scene of long walks when she was a child, often with her mother, who was a gentle woman with a strong interest in nature and who remained her companion for must of her life. Rachel entered Pennsylvania State College for Woman to become a writer. Then, in her second year she took a required biology course. All of her interest in the outdoors-----the woods, the sea, various living things, etc.-----came together in this subject. She decided to study biology instead of writing and earned her degree in it in 1929. After graduation she went on to Johns Hopkins University, where she studied genetics, and later to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.
・John spent three hours fixing his car yesterday. It took John three hours to fix his car yesterday. ・He will succeed without fail. He is sure to succeed. ・Mary got sick two weeks ago. She is still in bed. Mary has been sick in bed for two weeks. ・Tpaid 2,000 yen for the parcel to be sent by air. It cost me 2,000 yen to send the parcel by air.
Rachel Carson’s life seemed neatly laud out for her. The master’s degree she had gotten in genetics led directly into teaching in the early 1930s, first at Johns Hopkins University and then at the University of Maryland. In 1936 she took an examination to work for the government and accepted a position with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Though she was very busy, she had never given up her desire to write. “Eventually it became clear to me,” she once said, “that by becoming a biologist I had given myself something to write about.” She wrote some novels and short articles, working as editor-in-chief for the Fish and Wildlife Service. She spent the war years in her office in Washington and later in Chicago. Hundreds of reports, many of them secret during the war, passed over her desk. She also looked at information on the dramatic effects of certain chemicals. Among those chemicals was DDT. Because DDT was effective in killing insects that damage crops, people ignored its dangers. It does not break down in the environment, but continues to exist in its poisonous state for years, even for decades. This seemed wonderfully convenient for farmers because it was not necessary for them to apply DDT to their crops frequently. Then in the 1950s, scientists began to uncover disturbing facts about DDT‘s effects on “the chain of life.” Put simply, this had to do with DDT’s unfortunate tendency to collect in the fatty tissues of wildlife. Rachel Carson, like many other biologists, was aware of the reports on pesticides collecting in wildlife. Nevertheless, experienced biologists are human beings too; they read, they listen, and still they are not always moved to action until the danger comes closer to home.
Rather than defining abnormal behavior in terms of deviance from either statistical or societal norms, many social scientists believe that the most important criterion is how the behavior affects the well-being og the individual or the social group. According to this criterion, behavior is abnormal if it is maladaptive - that is, if it has adverse effects on the individual or on society.
・John spent three hours fixing his car yesterday. It took John three hours to fix his car yesterday. ・He will succeed without fail. He is sure to succeed. ・Mary got sick two weeks ago. She is still in bed. Mary has been sick in bed for two weeks. ・Tpaid 2,000 yen for the parcel to be sent by air. It cost me 2,000 yen to send the parcel by air.
・The trouble is that he thinks only of himself. ・She proposed to us that the bus trip should be put off. ・That someone told her all about it is certain. ・John thinks that though he is young,he can do the work. ・That he accepted the position was quite a shock to me.
Have you finished writing a letter to your friend? The tall man who has just come in is my father. These flowers really smell sweet. The class discussed the problem.
John spent three hours fixing his car yesterday. It took John three hours to fix his car yesterday. He will succeed without fail. He is sure to succeed. Mary got sick two weeks ago. She is still in bed. Mary has been sick in bed for two weeks. Tpaid 2,000 yen for the parcel to be sent by air. It cost me 2,000 yen to send the parcel by air.
Have you finished writing a letter to your friend? The tall man who has just come in is my father. These flowers really smell sweet. The class discussed the problem.
John spent three hours fixing his car yesterday. It took John three hours to fix his car yesterday. He will succeed without fail. He is sure to succeed. Mary got sick two weeks ago. She is still in bed. Mary has been sick in bed for two weeks. Tpaid 2,000 yen for the parcel to be sent by air. It cost me 2,000 yen to send the parcel by air.
At dawn on January 17th, 1995, a magnitude-7 earthquake hit the Hanshin area of Japan. Turning to the media to hear about the damage, people were shocked by the images on their TV screens. They saw destroyed highways, collapsed buildings, and stunned families in front of their ruined homes. The statistics of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake were shocking. More than 6,000 people were dead, and about 450,000 homes were partially or totally destroyed. Following the earthquake, fires broke out in many places. About 4,800 buildings were burned down in Nagata-ku, Kobe. That's 68% of all the buildings burned down in the whole city. As a result of the earthquake and fires, more than 35,000 people from Nagata-ku were forced to live in temporary evacuation shelters. Ten percent of the people living in Nagata-ku were foreign residents from 28 different nations, for example, Korea, Vietnam, and China. Limited by language barriers, they couldn't get important information. When they heard something, often they couldn't understand the message. Some of them couldn't speak enough Japanese to ask their neighbors where to get food, water, or medical treatment. Can you imagine the anxiety they felt?
UNHCR The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, established in 1950, supports the world’s refugees by providing them with basic necessities and helping them return safely to their homes. About 5,000 staff members are working to help sometimes over 20 million refugees. Two Nobel Peace Prizes have been given to the UNHCR (1954,1981).
Ogata Sadako (1927-) As an expert in international affairs, Ogata has taught at several universities in Japan. She has also been involved with she became the UN High Commissioner.
@ Wars on a global scale may have ended, but civil wars and racial conflicts continue.
Every year thousands of people escape from their homeland into neighboring countries in fear of persecution because of their race, religion, or nationality. These people are called refugees. The UNHCR, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, tries to protect these people and help them find ways to start their lives again in a peaceful environment. In 1991, the United Nations elected a Japanese woman, Ogata Sadako, as the High Commissioner. She became one of the first women to head an agency of the UN.
Although she was an expert in international affairs, many people within the UNHCR were quite surprised at her appointment because Ogata was not well known internationally. However, year by year she became more and more respected for her accomplishments.
Her strong will and leadership were helpful in relieving the difficult crises in Kosovo, Rwanda, East Timor and other countries. During her term, the UNHCR became one of the most important agencies of the United Nations. Ogata says, "things do not proceed in a linear way. Things do move if we act with patience for a long time. This is the basic foundation of my philosophy." Ogata was re-elected twice, and served for 10 years.
A Ogata comes from a long line of statesmen and diplomats. Her geat-grandfather was Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, and her grandfather, Yoshizawa Kenkichi, was a Foreign Minister. As her father was also a diplomat, she spent much of her childhood abroad in China and the United States. In the early 50s, she won a scholarship for graduate study in America. American university life and her studies in international relations opened her mind to a much wider world. After returning to Japan, she taught at several universities. During this time, she became involved in some UN activities, which eventually led to her becoming a minister at the Japanese mission at the UN in 1976. This work lasted for three years until she returned to teach again in Japan. Ogata says, "While academic and public work are different, they are also similar in some ways. The way of thinking, analyzing and evaluating is similar whether you are teaching or involved more directly in public work." As a teacher, she always encouraged her students to study hard and gain as much knowledge as possible. She herself was hard-working and well read. At her first meeting as the High Commissioner, she said, "I always read the necessary documents carefully, and I expect the same of you."
B Soon after she became the High Commissioner in 1991, a difficult problem arose in the Near East. Nearly two million Kurds in the northern part of Iraq became displaced people, more than the world had ever seen at one time. Some of them escaped into Iran, but many were stopped at the Iraqi border on their way to Turkey. Ogata wanted to see their situation for herself. Arriving there she saw thousands of people, together with their belongings, stretching along the mountain paths as far as the eye could see. She was shocked at the sight and felt she had to protect them. Back in Geneva she was perplexed. According to the regulations, the UNHCR could only help people who were officially recognized as refugees ― people who had crossed a border to escape. This time, however, the Kurds who were being persecuted were within the border. She had two choices. One was to follow the regulations and do nothing for them. The other was to break the regulations and help them. After many meetings and long discussions, she finally decided to help the Kurds. One month later, relief supplies such as tents and blankets were sent to the Kurdish refugees, who were suffering from hunger and cold. Ogata felt that helping refugees was more important than following a simple regulation. This operation attracted world attention and the UNHCR was praised for its effort.
C Refugee problems can sometimes be very complicated. Such an example was the Rwandan refugees who surged into Zaire, a neighboring country in central Africa, in 1994. In Africa, tribal wars cause serious problems. The Hutu and the Tutsi tribes in Rwanda have had a hostile relationship for a long time. That year the Hutus fled into Zaire. They were officially refugees, but among them were many Hutu soldiers who had fought in Rwanda and wanted to take revenge on the Tutsis. Ogata asked Ghali, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to send its forces to separate these soldiers from the civilians because she didn't want to assist soldiers who were planning for war. Ghali requested 50 countries to send their soldiers to Zaire, but only one country showed interest in the plan. Ghali, who himself is an African, said desperately, "They don't pay any attention to Africa. They are indifferent to Africa because it isn't economically important to them. But when a European country is involved, they pay attention." Since the Hutu soldiers and the civilians were not separated, several NGOs from around the world withdrew from Rwanda, but the UNHCR continued to assist the refugees. For Ogata, there was no choice, because nearly half of the refugees were women and children. She could not abandon them.
D Near the end of her term, Ogata worked hard to prevent conflicts and establish peace in the world. She believed that the most pressing humanitarian challenge today was to promote the coexistence of divided communities. In Bosnia, three groups of people ― Serbs, Croats and Muslims ― lived together. When old rivalries among these groups came to the surface in 1992, civil war broke out. Even after the war ended, the bad feelings remained. In Bosnia, the UNHCR supports a joint enterprise among the groups which produces dolls as souvenirs. It is based on Ogata's belief that working together promotes peace and understanding. In this enterprise, Croats make the bodies of the dolls, Serbs weave the cloth, and the Muslims sew the costumes and finish them. The kilns, sewing machines and wool are provided by the UNHCR. The dolls wear the traditional costumes of the three groups. This enterprise has brought hope to many of the workers who lost their homes in the war. Ogata believes the UNHCR should become a representative of refugees by being with them, by protecting their human rights and gaining their trust. During her term, Ogata has visited over 40 areas of conflict to find out for herself what she can do to solve refugee problems. Her term as the High Commissioner expired in 2000, but her devotion to refugees still continues.