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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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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！
Woman finds long-lost diamond ring on carrot in garden
long-lost (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” used to refer to a relation, friend, or object that you have not seen for a long time: “ 記載されていますね。
例文：
my long-lost cousin
She greeted him like a long-lost brother.
A Canadian woman got an extra carrot with her diamond ring when it was found in her vegetable patch 13 years after she lost it.
patch (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a piece of ground, especially one where you grow fruit or vegetables, or where a particular plant grows “ 記載されていますね。
例文：
We have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetables).
the vegetable patch
Mary Grams, 84, was devastated when she lost the ring while weeding on the family farm in Alberta in 2004.
But she had kept the ring’s loss a secret from all but her son for more than a decade.
On Monday, her daughter-in-law discovered the secret – and the ring – when she pulled up a lumpy carrot.
ここのpullはpull upというphrasal verbではないです。
devastated (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” feeling very shocked and upset ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
She was utterly devastated when her husband died.
To weed (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to remove wild plants from a place where they are not wanted ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
I’ve been weeding (the vegetable garden).
I weeded all afternoon.
Keep a secret
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to not tell anyone a secret that you know ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
Can you promise to keep a secret?
but (preposition, conjunction)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” except ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
I’ve received replies from everybody but Jane.
Eventually, all but one of them promised to come to his birthday party.
He’s anything but violent (= not violent in any way).
Poor farmers have little option but to try to grow food on these infertile soils.
To pull (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to use force to remove something that is fixed into or onto something else “ 記載されていますね。
例文：
She was pulling up the weeds.
Wash the mushrooms and pull off the stalks.
I’m going to the dentist to get a tooth pulled.
lump (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a solid piece of something that does not have a regular shape ” と記載されていますね。
かたまりという意味です。
例文：
a lump of cheese/butter/meat
Stir the sauce to get rid of any lumps.
a lump of coal a sugar lump
My clay pot ended up as just a shapeless lump.
She found a lump under her arm.
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lumpy (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” full of lump ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
lumpy paint/sauce
a lumpy pillow/bed
The carrot had grown straight through the ring, enabling it to be plucked out after many years hiding in the soil.
She had decided not to tell her husband when she lost it, out of embarrassment, but she told her son.
She went out and bought a slightly cheaper replacement ring, and carried on as if nothing had happened.
“Maybe I did the wrong thing, but you get so worked up,” she said.
No one was the wiser, until this week when her daughter-in-law Colleen Daley decided she wanted some carrots for supper.
straight (adverb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” without a bend or curve “という意味があります。
例文：
Sue always looks you straight in the eye when she’s talking to you.
He stared straight ahead.
The car was coming straight at me.
To enable (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
This will enable users to conduct live video conversations.
Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.
Some tests enable you to find out the sex of your baby before it’s born.
I’m looking for a job which will enable me to develop my skills.
Saving enough money now will enable you to retire comfortably.
To pluck (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to pull a piece of fruit from a tree, or a flower or leaf from a plant ” と記載されていますね。
out of
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” used to show the reason why someone does something ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
I took the job out of necessity because we had no money left.
We didn’t publish the details, out of consideration for the victim’s family.
She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity.
Just out of interest, how old is your wife?
worked up (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” upset or very excited about something ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
It’s easy to get worked up when you’re tired and everything seems to be against you.
He was very worked up about seeing his family again after so many years.
none the wiser
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” To not understand something” もしくは “To be none the wiser also means to not be aware of something ” と記載されているフォーマルな表現です。
例文：
I read the computer manual, but I’m still none the wiser.
The health department gave the restaurant a warning, but the customers were none the wiser.
Ms Daley, who now lives on the farm where Mrs Grams used to live, went to harvest vegetables in the garden. Lo and behold, she spotted the ring while washing a rather lumpy carrot.
Her son instantly knew who the ring must belong to, and called his mother.
Looking back, Mrs Grams said she wishes she had told her husband, who died five years ago.
He was a joker, she said, and probably would have found this whole situation pretty funny.
Now that she has it back, she said she will be more careful.
“If I am going outside or anything I am going to put it in a safe space. That is what I should have done,” she said.
This is not the first time someone has found a diamond ring on a carrot. In 2011, a Swedish woman found her wedding ring 16 years after she lost it.
To harvest (verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to pick and collect crops, or to collect plants, animals, or fish to eat ” と記載されているフォーマルな表現です。
例文：
In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer.
Lo and behold (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” used for introducing something surprising that you are about to tell or show someone ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
I was in Vienna sitting quietly in a café when, lo and behold, my cousin walked in.
To wish (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” used for saying that you feel sorry or disappointed about something that you did or did not do ” と記載されていますね。
例文：
I wish I’d never come!
I wish (that) I hadn’t eaten so much.
Now he wished that he had listened more carefully.
I almost wish I hadn’t invited him.
He wished he was more muscular.
joker (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” someone who likes to tell jokes or to do things to make people laugh “と記載されていますね。
例文：
He’s a real joker.
He’s always been a joker and can’t resist playing tricks on people.
now (that) (conjunction)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” You use now that to give an explanation of a new situation: “と記載されていますね。
例文：
Now that I live only a few blocks from work, I walk to work and enjoy it.
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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