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北九州銀行杯小中学生イングリッシュコンテスト、Yちゃんおめでとう！

２０１８年　北九州銀行杯 小中学生イングリッシュコンテスト
Yちゃんおめでとう！頑張って！

昨年度は、イーマックから3名予選通過、
Kちゃんが優勝、加えて審査員特別賞も獲得しました！
今年もアカデミークラスからYちゃん小６が予選通過、15日の本選に参加します。半数以上が英語だけで授業を行う私立校生が多い中、健闘しています。素晴らしいです。
本選は一般の見学も可です。とても参考になりますから、是非見に行ってみませんか？

評価機関による世界大学ランキング

主な世界大学評価機関（ランキングサイト）
THE (Times Higher Education)イギリス大学評価機関
QS(Quacquarelli Symonds)イギリス大学評価機関
ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities)上海交通大学の世界一流大学センター
CWUR(The Center for World University Rankings)
USNEWS Best Global Universities Rank (TheU.S. News）

The three longest established and most influential global rankings are those produced by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy (the Academic Ranking of World Universities; ARWU), Times Higher Education (THE), and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). 

THE世界大学ランキング2019発表

日本からは東京大学と京都大学が引き続きトップ100入りし、東京大学は順位を4つ上げて42位、京都大学は9つ上げて65位でした。日本からは前回より14校多い103校がランクイン、その数で初めてイギリスを抜き、アメリカに次いで２位に。THEは「日本は数年にわたる衰退と停滞を乗り越え、確かな進歩を遂げた」と称賛しました。

「日本は堅実に改善」するも「大学の大半は衰退、静止」と指摘

　日本のランクイン校の増加数「14」は今回、アメリカに次ぐ2位で、東京大学と京都大学がそろって順位を上げたことと合わせてTHEから賞賛されました。THE編集長のフィル・ベイティ氏は「日本は長期的な下落の後、主要大学と有望な新規参入大学、両方の堅実な改善によって強固な結果を残した」とコメント。

　一方で「競争が激化する中で、日本の大学の大半は依然として衰退、あるいは静止状態を維持しています。人口減、高齢化、留学生獲得の地域的・国際的競争激化などの課題が今後、日本の大学の存続を脅かす可能性がある」と懸念を示し、「日本の大学が真の意味で競争力を強化するには、はるかに大きな投資と国際化の努力が必要」と述べています。

（THE世界大学ランキング日本版サイトより）

 

イーマックイングリッシュ青葉校3月30日オープン！

平成30年3月30日午後3時

イーマックイングリッシュ青葉校

グランドオープン！

3/30〜4/1はゲームやプレゼントをご用意しています！

福岡市東区青葉7-6-3 イーストコート青葉内

幼児から大人まで、体験会・ご相談会　開催！

３月30日（金）〜４月８日（日）

◯無料体験レッスン　外国人講師との、おしゃべり体験（※先着順）

火曜〜金曜：午後３時〜午後９時　土曜、日曜：午前10時〜午後３時

◯英語学習のご相談会開催

火曜〜金曜：午後１時〜午後９時　土曜、日曜：午前10時〜午後６時

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！

◯４月からの受講お申込み受け付けます：受付デスク 午後４時〜午後７時​

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英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題038

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)

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題037

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...

Happy New year 2018

Dear EMAC friends✨✨

wishing that the new year brings new hopes and new opportunities.🎉

Learn from your mistakes, and accomplish your goals for future🐶 

It’s going to be the best year ever🎉Happy New Year‼️

第1位優勝おめでとう！北九州銀行杯イングリッシュコンテスト

北九州銀行杯イングリッシュコンテスト、イーマックからは✨３名✨も予選通過しました‼️グループA、B、Cそれぞれ10名のうちの1人に選ばれた、Aちゃん、Yちゃん、Kちゃん、オメデトウございます　グループCは、エッセーを作ったスピーチです。素晴らしいです！

続報です、

Kちゃん第1位　さらに、総合で審査員特別賞も獲得しました　おめでとう🎉

北九州銀行杯、イングリッシュコンテストで応援中！動画はグループCの自作エッセイで発表するKちゃん(中1、アカデミークラス)

子ども達はみな、よどみなく感情タップリに暗唱しています。審査員はどこで評価点をつけるのでしょうか？見学は関係者以外も入れます。英語指導者の皆さん、保護者の皆さんも見に行かれると、とても参考になりますね。

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題036

メンバーは課題を金曜までに読み、ノートに写して日本のお正月について紹介したいことを1つ考えてきて下さい。

今週は「日本のお正月を英語で紹介するには？」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）

cuisine  料理

sieve  裏ごし器

unique to ... ～に特有の

bamboo stem  竹の筒状になっている部分

two-tiered  二段重ねの

 

Beth: How do you celebrate the New Year in Japan?

Aiko: We make the first visit to a shrine or a temple, and enjoy zoni and osechi dishes.

B: Are they special cuisine?

A: Zoni is a soup with mochi rice cakes, meat, vegetables and others. Osechi is our traditional New Year dishes arranged in jubako, or multilayered boxes. It’s prepared so that we don’t have to cook for at least the first three days. Most of the ingredients of osechi have auspicious meanings.

B: Like what?

A: For example, kinton is cooked sweet potatoes that have been put through a sieve and mixed with chestnuts. It’s considered a lucky dish because its yellow color reminds us of money. And kelp is called “kobu” in Japanese. We associate it with another Japanese word, “yorokobu,” which means “to become happy.”

B: That’s interesting. Do you have any New Year decorations unique to Japan?

A: Yes, we display kadomatsu and shimekazari at the entrance. Kadomatsu consists of three bamboo stems, pine branches and other decorations. They symbolize longevity and prosperity. Shimekazari is a twisted straw rope with fern leaves and other lucky items. These are arranged to welcome a deity of good harvest called Toshigami. Also, we offer kagamimochi, two-tiered round mochi rice cakes, to the deity.

B: Rice cakes are not only for eating. What do they represent?

(The Yomiuri Shinbunより）

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題035

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。

議題  Should Grades Be Eliminated?

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）

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題034

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)

TOEFL単語、エッセイ学習スタート

アカデミー１クラス（金曜7:10〜8:40）に、TOEFL・海外高校・大学試験対策の学習が追加されました。

重要単語とトピックについてのエッセイライティングの積み重ねていく練習です。一緒に学習をスタートされたい方、わずかですが空席がございますので、どうぞお問い合わせ下さい。[email protected]

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題033

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「日本の将棋とは英語で？」から。

質問：Which do you think is more difficult, shogi（将棋） or go（碁）?

（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）

 

日本の将棋について、外国の人と話すとき、下記の会話を参考にしてみるといいですね。

consecutive wins: 連勝

complicated: 複雑な

prisoner abuse: 捕虜虐待

protest: 抗議する

make good use of: 利用・活用する

Beth: I hear Japanese chess is so popular now.

Aiko: Yes. A young professional shogi, or Japanese chess, player broke the record of 28 consecutive wins this June for the first time in 30 years. He was only 14, a junior high school student. I think today’s boom started then.

B: Are junior high school shogi pros common?

A: Not really, but there are five who became professional when they were in junior high.

B: Is shogi similar to chess?

A: Both originate from an Indian board game called “chaturanga.” Their goal is the same—to checkmate the opponent’s king. But there are some differences. For example, the number of grids on the board is 64 in chess and 81 in shogi. Each player has 16 pieces in chess, but 20 in shogi. The shapes and some movements of the pieces are different, too. The most unique difference is that we can use captured pieces as our own in shogi.

B: It’s interesting, but I think that makes shogi more difficult and complicated.

A: I agree. And because of this rule, The General Headquarters of the Allied Forces (GHQ) tried to ban shogi after World War II, saying it was like prisoner abuse to use captured pieces. But a famous shogi player protested that shogi is democratic because we give the pieces new chances to make good use of their abilities.

B: By the way, how many titles are there in shogi?

（Japan Newsより）

第24回シャロンカップコンテスト入賞おめでとう

Congratulations on the English Speech Contest✨

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

 

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題032

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.

Quickly detecting signs of bullying can prevent the problem from getting worse

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)

 

英検/TOEFLスタディグループ 課題031

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!