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火曜〜金曜：午後３時〜午後９時 土曜、日曜：午前10時〜午後３時
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発音チェック、英文読み方、流暢な話し方、エッセイや学習のアドバイスなど 初めて取り組むお子様から留学する方、お仕事で必要性を感じている方まで 何でもご相談ください。他校生徒さん、塾生さんもお気軽に！
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読み、ノートに写してきて下さい。
今週は日本語翻訳課題「アメリカ大リーグの大谷選手争奪戦」から。
二刀流のスター選手、大谷翔平さん。今後の野球界がとっても楽しみですね！
（日本語訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまでお知らせください。）
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has decided he's on the side of the Angels.
The Japanese two-way star announced Friday he will sign with the Los Angeles Angels, ending the sweepstakes surrounding his move to the majors in a surprising destination.
Ohtani, who intends to be both a starting pitcher and an everyday power hitter, turned down interest from every other big-league club to join two-time MVP Mike Trout and slugger Albert Pujols with the Angels, who are coming off their second consecutive losing season and haven't won a playoff game since 2009.
The Angels' combination of a promising core and a beautiful West Coast location clearly appealed to the 23-year-old Otani, who has confounded baseball experts at almost every step of his move to North America as one of the most coveted free agents in years.
(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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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 Ninth Life of Louis Drax」（ルイの9番目の人生）から。
リズ・ジェンセン『ルイの九番目の命』が原作。 日本語版字幕：牧野琴子
なぜこの少年は“9年間で9度も死にかけた”のか？極上のドンデン返しがあるサスペンス映画。
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
in some way 何とかして
find a way through to 〜に通じる道
track him down 見つけ出す（捜し回ってようやく見つける）
coax 〜を説得する（丸め込んで）
sensitive subject 繊細な問題（話しにくい問題、タブーという意味ではない）
（触れてはいけない微妙な問題の時は、It's a touchy subject）
we have in common 趣味や性格に共通点があること
got into this argument 言い争いになる
Natalie: I spoke to Dr. Janek this morning about your awareness accretion theory. He said that your methods are radical, that you believe in your patients when others don't.
Pascal: Well I don't know how radical my methods are. I just believe that Louis can still sense things. Though he may appear to be far away, he's still with us in some way.
Natalie: Do you think that the brain is the same as the soul? I mean, if Louis' brain is damaged, is he still Louis?
Pascal: He's still Louis. We just need to find a way through to him, track him down, coax him out.
Luis(voice-over): Seeing and thinking are the same thing when your eyes are closed, like a dream, but you choose what happens. You remember bright lights and grown-ups yelling, and everything feels cold inside. So you think of the sun... how warm it feels...
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Dear EMAC friends
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wishing that the new year brings new hopes and new opportunities.
🎉
Learn from your mistakes, and accomplish your goals for future
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It’s going to be the best year ever🎉Happy New Year
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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YesまたはNoの意見を考えてきて下さい。
今週は「成績評価制はなくすべきか？」について討論します。
Some schools are giving letter grades an F. In their place, students will get detailed descriptions of their progress.
Critics argue that grades don’t say much about which skills a student has mastered. After all, grades cover a combination of tests, homework, extra credit, and behavior. That C in math could mean you’re struggling with division, or it could mean you don’t turn in your homework on time.
The answer? Read the teacher’s comments. They can provide more information about the skills a student needs to work on and those at which he or she excels.
But not everyone is sold on grade-free report cards. Some parents don’t like the change. They recognize that an A is good and an F is bad. Teacher comments are not so simple. Plus, some parents and educators worry about students who apply for a scholarship or for entry into a selective school. How will they show proof of their academic achievements?
TFK Kid Reporters weigh in on which system makes sense.
YES
Benje Choucroun, 12
Corte Madera, California
Grades are outdated and cause needless stress for students. As long as grades are around, students will compete for them. But the letters and numbers on report cards send the wrong message. They turn school into a game. The goal becomes getting As and Bs when it should be understanding difficult concepts. What’s more, a bad grade can hurt your confidence. And it doesn’t help you figure out how to improve. Rather than focus on grades, students should pay attention to the teacher’s comments, which will help them do better. Consider this: Grades have been around since the end of the 19th century. Isn’t it time to try something new?
NO
Gabrielle Hurd, 10
St. Louis, Missouri
Grades allow parents to track their kid’s progress in school subjects over the course of a year. A parent can see the improvement from a C in math on an early report card to a B on the last one. A grade of C lets parents know their child needs extra support. An A, on the other hand, shows skill. Without letter or number grades, parents would have to rely on teacher comments to determine how their child is doing. The comments might not be as clear-cut as a grade. There’s another problem, too. Let’s say your child wants to apply to a middle school or high school that requires top grades. Teacher comments may help. But the school may still want to see grades on a report card for added assurance.
（Time for Kidsより）
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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読み、ノートに写して次の質問の答えを考えてきて下さい。
今週は「宿題はアインシュタインのところで」から。
（日本語全訳が欲しい方、またはクラス参加希望の方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
academic research 学術研究
physicist 物理学者
humble life 質素な生活
beyond the framework of... 〜の域を超えた
Albert Einstein アルベルト・アインシュタイン
There was a girl in Princeton, a town in the United States, who was not good at mathematics. Her mother noticed that the girl sometimes took her homework out of the house.
The girl said, without the slightest hint of concealment: “I was having trouble doing my math homework, and I heard there was a great mathematics teacher living in our neighborhood who is a very good person. So I visited his house and asked him to help with my assignments, and he was very glad to help me.” This person was Albert Einstein.
The late mathematician Kentaro Yano, who studied at a local academic research institution in the town, introduced this story in an essay. It seems that Einstein, regarded as the greatest physicist in history, had a knack for spreading happiness to the people whom he encountered.
In 1922, while staying at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Einstein handed a hotel employee a note that said: “A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.” The note, written on two sheets of hotel stationery, recently sold for about ¥200 million at an auction in Jerusalem.
How did his brain, which elucidated the origin of the universe with mathematical formulas, also accommodate such mindful concern for others? Einstein marvelously gave warm consideration to the space close to him. Einstein’s warmhearted quotations that go beyond the framework of science are still popular throughout the world. The words he left in Japan now join those quotations.
(Japan Newsより)
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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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メンバーは課題を金曜までに読んで、ノートにも写してきて下さい。
今週は現地校小学5年生の、5パラグラフエッセイから。
Five Paragraph Essayとは、自分の意見を読み手に伝える文章を、Introduction（序論)＞Main Body（本論さらに3段落に分ける）＞Conclusion（結論）からなる「5段落エッセイ」のことです。
Student Model Print
Fifth-grader Melissa clearly states her opinion in the first paragraph. She shares supporting ideas, with details, in the middle paragraphs. In her conclusion, she restates her opinion in a fresh way.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to you about the Teacher-Who-Made-a-Difference contest. Ms. Wells made a difference to me! I think she should be the winner of your contest. Ms. Wells has done so much for me and for all of her students; this is the least I can do for her.
First of all, Ms. Wells is helpful. She’s willing to help anyone in the classroom who needs help. My teacher always helps us with worksheets. On Friday, she showed me how to do something in math. If you ask her for help, she’ll help you.
In addition, Ms. Wells is a kind person. She always lets her students stay in from recess. On February 26, she let our class have a Colonial Day. We got to dress up like colonists; it was a blast! Not only is she kind to kids, but she’s also kind to other teachers and parents. She is always thoughtful and considerate.
Lastly, Ms. Wells donates her time to kids. She donates her lunch recess for Student Council, which meets in her room. Last fall, Ms. Wells promised me that she would come to one of my soccer games. Guess what? She did, even though she had a lot of school stuff to correct and had to leave for Chicago.
In conclusion, I think Ms. Wells should be the winner of your contest. She is helpful and kind and gives her free time to students. I know you will agree with me that Ms. Wells is a Teacher Who Made a Difference. She’s the best!
Sincerely,
Melissa
（引用：K１２.thoughtfullearning.com）
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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。
今週は映画「Hidden Figures（隠された立役者）」（邦題：ドリーム）からセリフをご紹介します。
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
ケネディ政権下、バスの座席やトイレが白人と有色人種に分けられていた時代に、NASAの研究所で優秀な頭脳を持つ黒人女性たちが計算手として働いていた。アメリカ宇宙開発の知られざるヒロインたちを初めて世に紹介したのが本作。
Scene
ある朝、NASAに通勤中のキャサリンたちは、乗っていた車のトラブルで道路の真ん中で立ち往生していました。そこへ白人警官がパトカーで通りかかります。
White Cop: Not a great place for three of y’all be having car trouble.
Mary Jackson: We didn’t pick the place, Officer. It picked us.
White Cop: Are you being disrespectful?
Mary Jackson: No, sir.
White Cop: You have identification on you?
Mary Jackson: Yes, sir.
Katherine Johnson: Yes, sir. We’re just on our way to work at Langley. NASA, sir.
[all three show him their ID’s]
Dorothy Vaughan: We do a great deal of the calculating, getting our rockets into space.
White Cop: All three of you?
Katherine Johnson: Yes, sir.
Mary Jackson: Yes, Officer.
[he takes Mary’s ID and looks at it]
White Cop: NASA, now that’s something. I had no idea they hired…
Dorothy Vaughan: There are quite a few women working in the space program.
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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「NIKE 勝利」から。
（日本語全訳が欲しい方は [email protected]、Kazueまで）
excavate 発掘する
goddess of victory 勝利の女神
capricious 移り気
whimsical 気まぐれな
draw a bow 弓をひく
cross oneself 十字切り（する）
Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, has magnificent wings. You may have seen the “Nike of Samothrace” statue, excavated on the Greek island of Samothrace, at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Even without its head, the statue suggests Nike’s beauty as a goddess.
Nike is said to have had two tough-looking sisters: Bia (force) and Kratos (strength). But they have no match for Nike in popularity. Besides a global sports brand, Nike has left her mark on names such as Nicholas and Nicole.
Speaking of the goddess of victory, such characters are commonly known to be capricious, whimsical and mischievous. This calls to mind a man who has been loved for an unusually long time.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, 30, has retired from competition. He has won eight Olympic gold medals and 11 medals of the same color at the world championships. Clocking 9.58 seconds in the 100 meters, Bolt must continue to shine as “the fastest man on the planet” in people’s memories, along with his signature pose of drawing a bow toward the sky.
Sometime just after the Rio de Janeiro Games ended, I clipped a verse published in The Yomiuri Shimbun’s weekly column of poetry sent by readers.
When Usain Bolt crosses himself
and looks up to the sky,
I feel a god exists in this world
(created by Yoshiko Yamashita of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture)
That could just be Nike.
(The Yomiuri Shimbun)
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