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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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それでは英字新聞 読解スタートです!
Willy workout! Fitness fanatic becomes an online sensation by creating routes in VERY rude shapes on her running app while out jogging
・Claire Pisano, 33 from New Jersey, took up running at 28 and jogs dails
・She is known as ‘D***-Run-Claire’ on Instagram and runs on a daily basis
・The mother mapped out her first ‘d*** run’ picture by accident in November 2015
fanatic (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” someone who likes a sport or activity very much “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
Ask George, he’s a film fanatic.
a fitness/film fanatic
a fitness/exercise fanatic
take up (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to start doing something regularly as a habit, job, or interest “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
I took up smoking when I was at school.
Chris has taken up jogging.
I’m not very good at golf – I only took it up recently.
To map (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to make a map of an area “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
Archaeologists have mapped the old Roman city using aerial photography.
map out (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to plan in detail how something will happen “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
Her own future had been mapped out for her by her parents.
She’s mapped out her entire college career before she even started her first year.
A woman has gained almost 50,000 social media followers by creating penis-shaped routes whilst out running.
Claire Pisano, 33, from New Jersey, also known as ‘D***-Run-Claire’ on Instagram, jogs on a daily basis and creates the penis shape routes on a running tracking app.
The 33-year-old mother, who has become an Instagram sensation, mapped out her first ‘d*** run’ picture by accident in November 2015.
It happened when she went out for a jog whilst visiting a relative in Kansas and took a wrong turn.
She posted her creation online and the Instagram page D***-Run-Claire was born.
whilst (conjunction)
Cambrdige Dictionaryによると ” while “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
He became involved in student politics whilst studying at Nottingham University.
Whilst I agree that boxing is dangerous, I also believe that it would be wrong to ban it.
‘The first d*** run was a total accident at first. My brother had moved and I was visiting him. I went for a run and took a wrong turn.
‘When I got back, I realised what I had accidentally drawn. From what I hear, most d***runners start out this way. Obviously, my friends thought it was funny so I kept it up.’
From what I hear, で、私の聞いたところではです。
Claire, who starting running at 28, has taken part in two marathons and a dozen half marathons since, and is already training for her third marathon in autumn this year.
If training for a marathon isn’t hard enough, Claire’s running routine includes the added challenge of trying to map out a penis.
from what I hear/from what I’ve heard (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” used for giving information based on what people have told you rather than on what you know is true “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
She’s not going to be around much longer, from what I hear.
Clare’s new hobby has seen her draw penises small and large on the streets across America.
Three-and-a-half years after ‘d***run’ was born, Claire says it can be tricky to make each drawing different from the one before.
She said: ‘I got into running because it was “me time”, although I always love running with friends. There’s nothing like a run to clear your mind and help you reset.’
“me time” 自分だけの時間、好きに使える時間◆特に女性が◆家事と仕事の両立で多忙化している21世紀の女性たちが自分に優先順位を置き、バスタイムなどリラックスのために時間を割くようになったことから生まれた言葉。強調しているのでmyではなくme でOKなのです。
me time (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” time that you spend relaxing and doing things that you enjoy rather than time spent doing things for other people “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
Like most parents with young children, I don’t get much me time.
All mothers of young children should try to find some me time.
‘The d***runs are funny but there are some super talented people doing “Strava art” – which are really impressive and detailed drawings as you run or cycle.’
Stravaとはスウェーデン語で、英語では “strive” つまり「(何かを達成するために)努力する、または競う」という意味です。GPSを利用してサイクリングやランニングの距離を記録しそれを世界中のユーザーと共有することを可能にしたアプリです。
‘It depends on the setting. I like the challenge in more rural areas, because you don’t have a lot of roads to work with, so I love finding a random “road d***”.
‘Sometimes they’re super obvious, and I am pretty sure there’s a league of town planners and transportation engineers who are all in on some inside joke making road d***s in their towns.’
setting (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the place where someone or something is, and all the things, people, or emotions that are part of that place “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
The house has a beautiful setting overlooking the river.
The setting of the novel is Paris in the 1920s.
a hotel in a charming mountain setting
Whilst some d***runs come naturally, others take a while to map out: ‘I do spend an inordinate amount of time mapping out d***runs.
‘I travel for work and for fun, so I map them out anywhere I travel, I have so many mapped that I haven’t run yet.’
Now Claire has 48,000 followers on Instagram through sharing her penis runs of all shapes and sizes – and has kickstarted a rude running trend.
inordinate (adjecitve)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” much more than you would usually expect: used for emphasizing how large something is or how much of something there is “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
It all took an inordinate amount of time.
Margot has always spent an inordinate amount of time on her appearance.
To kickstart (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to start a motorcycle by pressing your foot down on a pedal “と、” to make something improve or become more active after it has stopped or slowed down “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
The government hopes to kick-start the economy by dropping interest rates.
Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy.
Searching for #d***run on Instagram reveals how thousands of people are getting in on the act to map out a willy on their workout.
Claire, a corporate sector worker, said: ‘ I encourage anyone and everyone to try a d***run or two.
‘Someone once sent me their map of a d***swim, that was pretty impressive actually. I can’t swim in a straight line, let alone draw something.
get in on the act (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to take part in an activity that someone else is doing, in order to gain some of the advantages for yourself “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
We designed the Web page, and now everyone else in our class wants to get in on the act.
First it was politicians; now a novelist has decided to get in on the act.
willy (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to eat food with enthusiasm because you like it or because you are hungry “という風に記載されていますね。
例文:
a penis
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)
これをしないと全然伸びていきません!
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