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Congratulations on the English Speech Contest
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第24回シャロンカップコンテスト入賞おめでとう✨
シャロンカップコンテスト
2017年10月28日開催
主催：折尾愛真高等学校
後援：北九州市教育委員会、NHK北九州放送局
折尾愛真高等学校で行われた英語暗誦大会で
イーマックアカデミークラスのK.Mさん（中１）が三位獲得しました
１位 Kさん 明治学園中学校
２位 Sさん 明光学園中学校
３位 KMさん 博多女子中学校
他参加者
粕屋中学校（粕屋郡）、池尻中学校（田川郡）、中間中学校（中間市）、大蔵中学校（北九州市）、折尾愛真中学校（北九州市）、中村学園女子中学校（福岡市）、泉中学校（行橋市）、西南女学院中学校（福岡市）、門司学園学校（北九州市）、福岡女学院中学校（福岡市）、福岡大学附属大濠中学校（福岡市）、福岡教育大学附属小倉中学校（北九州市）、小倉日新館中学校（北九州市）、飯塚市立第一中学校（飯塚市）など
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読み、ノートに写して意見を１つ考えてきて下さい。
今週は社説「いじめ10万件増」から。（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
アメリカでは10月が「全国いじめ防止月間」、バーガーキングのいじめ防止コマーシャルが話題になっています。高校生ジュニアとワッパージュニア（ハンバーガーの名前）がいじめられたら、どっちを助けますか？というCM。
誰かが「一言」声をかけてあげるだけでも、事態は変化します。他人の悲しみは自分の心にも影響します。勇気の一言を発していきましょう！
The BURGER KING® brand is known for putting the crown on everyone’s head and allowing people to have it their way. Bullying is the exact opposite of that. So the BURGER KING® brand is speaking up against bullying during National Bullying Prevention Month.
seemingly minor problem 軽微に見えるトラブル
1.5-fold 1.5倍の
playful fighting ふざけあい
questionnaire アンケート
unpleasant feelings いやな思い
swiftly and appropriately 迅速かつ適切に
unacceptable behavior 許されない行為
Bullying can happen at any school. Ensuring all teachers and school staff share an awareness of this is the first step in dealing with the problem. In order not to repeat tragedies, all schools should thoroughly enforce an approach under which even seemingly minor problems between students are not overlooked.
The number of bullying cases recognized by elementary, junior high, high and other schools in Japan in the 2016 academic year reached a record-high 323,808, according to an Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry survey. This figure was up by nearly 100,000 cases from the previous school year.
A 1.5-fold jump in bullying cases at elementary schools was a major factor in the overall increase. The latest survey required each school to carefully determine whether fights and even cases that appeared to be playful fighting between students could possibly be bullying. Progress in efforts by schools to improve awareness of the problem and uncover cases of bullying also apparently had an impact on the figures.
A little less than 20 percent of bullying cases were detected following a complaint by the victims themselves, and only 10 percent were noticed due to reports by parents and guardians. Ten percent were detected by homeroom teachers, indicating that many cases occur in situations that are difficult for adults to witness. Half of the cases were revealed due to school questionnaires and other means — this information needs to be effectively utilized.
Kyoto Prefecture had the most bullying cases observed per 1,000 students, at 97. Each year, the prefecture conducts two multiple-choice questionnaires in which students give concrete examples of when they experienced “unpleasant feelings.”
(The Yomiuri Shimbun)
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読み、ノートに写して「セリフを練習」してきて下さい。
今週は映画の脚本「The Circle」から。ハリーポッターのエマ・ワトソン、トム・ハンクス、ジョン・ボイエガ、SNS社会の光と闇をスリリングに描いたサスペンス映画！
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
real company 企業の中の企業、素晴らしいという意味でrealが使われる
might as well 〜したほうがいい
kill 口頭で「完勝する」の意、winよりも強い表現
Know the circle inside out inside outは「徹底的に」、know...inside out で「〜を知り尽くす」
own it （恥じることなく）堂々とするの意味もある
[Annie] I got you an interview tomorrow. Yes, I did.
[Mae] Really? No.
[Annie]I did, tomorrow.
[Mae] Holy s..., Annie, I love you.
[Annie] Remember, it's just customer experience. So answer phones, help people, what you're already doing but now a real company.
[Mae]I know, it's perfect.
[Annie]Tons of people started there.
[Mae] I know, I know. Thank you.
[Annie]Stop saying that. We're hiring a hundred people this month. One of them may as well be you.
[Mae]Right, good.
[Annie]This doesn't mean you're in. You have to kill the interview. Know the Circle inside out. I'm back next week. By then, you'll be hired if you kill the interview.
[Mae] Okay, I will.
[Annie] You can do it, Mae. Own it!
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読んで、ノートにも写して「質問を１つ」考えてきて下さい。
今週は「森鴎外先生の睡眠時間」から。
「はばかりながら」って英語で何でしょう？
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
夜遅くに時刻を聞かれ、お手伝いさんが言った。「もう、12時でございます」。森鴎外はよほど気に食わなかったのか。。。。。。。。
The maid was asked late at night what time it was and said, “It’s already 12 midnight, sir.” The response must have really upset literary giant Ogai Mori (1862-1922), because he yelled at her, saying: “What do you mean by ‘already’? Why can’t you just say ‘It’s still 12 o’clock’?”
Literary critic Roan Uchida (1868-1929) wrote about what he had witnessed at Mori’s home in an essay in “Omoidasu Hitobito” (People I remember; Iwanami Bunko pocket edition). Mori did not mind losing sleep to indulge himself in his literary work and would often say, “A two-hour sleep should be enough for anyone.”
With all due respect, however, I would like to tell master Mori he is unreasonable, due to the medical knowledge shared by many people today — that is, of the “biological clock” [circadian rhythm]. They say defying this clock by leading an irregular life is what invites various illnesses.
The mechanism was unraveled some three decades ago. Three American scholars, who found that the secretion of hormones and other bodily functions are regulated by the clock, will be awarded the Nobel prize [in physiology or medicine]. The clock is at work, say, when people go to sleep. When the maid said, “already,” she was correct to a tee. What’s more, you could tell she was concerned [about Mori’s well-being].
There are people other than Mori who charged ahead by cutting down on their sleep. Bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928) and Napoleon Bonaparte come to mind. In today’s entertainment world, Akashiya Sanma is rumored to be one of those people. Make sure you’re not influenced by these people the next time you read their success stories.
はばかりながら with all due respect
理不尽 unreasonable
体内時計 biological clock
分泌 secretion
睡眠を削るcut down on one's sleep
立志伝 success story
(The Japan News）
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読んで、ノートにも写して「質問を１つ」考えてきて下さい。
今週は「突然の解散総選挙」から。
政治用語はテレビなどで聞いて育ちますが、英語になると聞く機会も少ないですね。
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
call an election 選挙の実施を決める
stem from... 〜から生じる
mandate 命令、権限、有権者の意思
accord 合意、協定、一致
stipulate 規定する、明記する
pension 年金
decisively 決定的に、断固として
social security 社会保障
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday announced he will dissolve the House of Representatives at the beginning of the extraordinary Diet session to be convened on Sept. 28.
The general election will be held on Oct. 22, with official campaigning starting on Oct. 10.
“I will dissolve the House of Representatives on Sept. 28,” Abe said at a press conference on Monday evening at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Abe said he is calling the snap election because he intends to change the allocation of the increased revenues stemming from a planned hike in the consumption tax rate from 8 percent to 10 percent in October 2019.
“As long as I am changing[the government’s] promise to the people and making a significant decision regarding their lives, I determined to swiftly seek the public’s mandate,” Abe noted.
The 2012 accord among the then ruling Democratic Party of Japan (now the Democratic Party), the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito stipulates that about 20 percent of the increased revenues from the consumption tax hike will be used for social security services, while the rest will be for debt repayment and contribution to the state pension program.
Abe wants to “decisively change” the system so that the increased portion will be appropriated for investment in helping child-rearing generations and the stabilization of social security programs, he stressed.
（JAPAN NEWSより）
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読んで、ノートにも写して「質問を１つ」考えてきて下さい。
今週は「やせすぎモデルには頼みません」から。
フランスでは「痩せすぎモデル」の起用を禁止する法律が施行されていましたが、その後2017年9月にはルイ・ヴィトン、ジバンシー、グッチ、サンローランなどの有名ブランドの会社では最低BMI指数のチェックなど新基準を発表しました。
やっと「痩せている＝美しい」というのが古いという時代になりそうですね！
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
ruin one's health 体をこわす
underweight, excessively thin やせすぎの
anorexia 摂食症
social norm 社会の見方
Are you interested in dieting? If so, you should never lose so much weight that you ruin your health.
Two French luxury fashion powerhouses recently announced they would stop using underweight models for their catwalk shows and campaigns.
The group that makes the Louis Vuitton brand, as well as another that manages the Gucci brand — two leading international fashion companies — said they will ask models they plan to hire to submit documents attesting to their well-being to prove they are not excessively thin.
More and more people in France are suffering from the eating disorder anorexia, creating a serious problem. The social norm of “thinner is better” is believed to be behind the situation.
The French government is speeding up efforts to cope with the problem. In May, Paris passed a law that bans using excessively thin models.
(The Japan newsから)
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