英字新聞を読むには各単語の形式を知ることが大事！
英語を勉強し始めたばかりの段階だと、教材と違って英字新聞を読むのはかなり難しいと思います。それぞれの新聞が独自の書き方をもっていたりもするので。なので、僕が補足をつけながら、英字新聞を読むのお手伝いしようと思います。教材の文法には慣れたけど英字新聞はまだ苦手という、初級ー中級あたりの人用の解説です。
何回も言いますが、新聞を読むためには各々の単語が名詞（noun）なのか、形容詞（adjective）なのか、副詞（adverb）なのかがめちゃくちゃ大事になってきます！文法はほんっっっっっっとうに大事です！！！一緒に一つずつやっていきましょう！僕の勉強がわりにもなっているので、僕が知っていることは飛ばしていたりします。なので、何かわからないことがあれば気軽にコメントください。できるだけ答えます！よろしくお願いします 😉
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まずはざっと読んでみてください。
難易度は★☆☆☆☆です！
読み終わったら、下の単語の解説と照らし合わせながら読んでいってみてください！よろしくです 😉
それでは英字新聞 読解スタートです！
Schools go HANDS FREE! Staff replace traditional analogue clocks with digital ones in exam halls… because pupils can’t tell the time
・Digital clocks will be used after students complained they couldn’t tell the time
・Teachers argue that students need to be relaxed and not worried about the time
・The news sparked a debate on Twitter with some users shocked that teenagers couldn’t read an analogue clock
To spark (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
The protests were sparked by the firing of two restaurant employees.
This proposal will almost certainly spark another countrywide debate about immigration
The recent interest-rate rises have sparked new problems for small businesses.
Analogue clocks will be removed from exam halls and replaced with digital ones because teenagers are unable to tell the time, claim head teachers.
Digital devices will be installed into exam halls because GCSE and A-level students complained that they were unable to read the correct time.
イングランドとウェールズ、北アイルランドでは、義務教育（5歳～16歳）を修了するときにGCSE（General Certificate of Secondary Education）を受験します。
GCSEのあと、さらにシックスフォームと呼ばれる課程で、2年間の高等教育を受けます。これがAレベルです。
Students need to be as relaxed as possible in an exam and it adds to their stress if they cannot tell the time, Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said.
He told the Telegraph: ‘The current generation aren’t as good at reading the traditional clock face as older generation.
head (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” the leader or most important person in a group “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
The ceremony was attended by heads of government from eleven countries.
the head of the History department the head chef
‘They are used to seeing a digital representation of time on their phone, on their computer. Nearly everything they’ve got is digital so youngsters are just exposed to time being given digitally everywhere.’
He added that it is assumed by the time that students reach secondary school age they are able to tell the time on an analogue clock.
ここのby は 〜まで、です。
The news sparked a debate on Twitter with many taken a back that children of GCSE age were unable to read a clock face.
representation (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a sign, symbol, or picture of something “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
The dove in the picture is a representation of peace.
This statue is a representation of Hercules.
To assume (verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると” to accept something to be true without question or proof:: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.
I’m assuming everyone here has an email address.
Nicola Towie tweeted that her school had replace the analogue clock with a digital one because pupils couldn’t tell the time.
Paul Weatherall commented: ‘If they can’t read an analogue clock, then they shouldn’t be entered for exams.’
However another user argue that digital clocks are far easier to read so therefore it makes sense to use them.
Many teachers are now finding that students aren’t able to read analogue clocks at GCSE and A level age.
Although they want to encourage children to read clocks they can also see the benefit of digital ones when it comes to exams.
This is because they want to make to make things ‘as easy and straightforward as possible’ for pupils in exam time.
It has been proposed in a bid to stop people putting their hands up to ask what the time is during the exam.
straightforward (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” not complicated or difficult to understand “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
It’s a fairly straightforward operation.
The instructions are fairly straightforward.
The doctor explained the operation in straightforward English.
It’s a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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また、英字新聞を読むメリットを僕なりにまとめましたので、時間がある方はこちらもみてみてくださいね！↓