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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それでは英字新聞 読解スタートです！
‘Don’t work yourself up or you are going to pass out!’: Hilarious video shows girl warning her friend not to faint on a slingshot ride – just before SHE passes out
・Two friends, who have not been named, decided to go on a slingshot ride
・The Indiana native – wearing a white graphic t-shirt – had warned her friend: ‘Don’t work yourself up or you are going to pass out’
・But as the friend screams for her life, it’s actually the first the teen who passes out before quickly coming to and passing out again
・And as the two make their way back to the ground, they share their disappointment at paying $75 for the few seconds
work yourself up (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to make yourself feel upset, excited, or nervous “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The kids had worked themselves up to a fever pitch of excitement.
You’ve worked yourself up over nothing.
for your life (phrase)
Google Dictionaryによると ” as if or in order to escape death. “という風に記載されていますね。
come to (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to become conscious again after an accident or operation: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Has he come to yet?
After the blow, he didn’t come to for several moments.
A hilarious video shows a girl passing out after she warned her friend not to faint during a slingshot ride.
In the brief clip, the two friends speculate about the intense ride they are about to embark on.
‘We are really doing this there is no backing out now,’ the girl’s friend states.
To speculate (verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
We can only speculate on the reasons for his sudden resignation.
I don’t know why she did it – I’m just speculating.
Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut.
I’m just speculating about what happened.
back out (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” to decide not to do something that you had said you would do: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
You agreed to come. You can’t back out now!
I promised to help and I’m not backing out now.
We’re hoping that no one will back out of the deal.
‘Bro my heart is about to fall out of my a*****e, I’m going to f*****g pass out,’ the girl says as if she is aware of what’s about to happen.
Her friend retorts: ‘I’m so scared that my t*****s are going to fall out.’
‘Don’t work yourself up or you are going to pass out,’ the brave girl says in an attempt to gain a handle on her nerves.
To retort (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to reply immediately in an angry or humorous way to something that someone has said “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
‘Mind your own business!’ she retorted.
get on someone’s nerves (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” if someone or something gets on your nerves, they make you feel annoyed or nervous “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
We really got on each other’s nerves when we were living together.
Please stop making that noise! It really gets on my nerves.
His constant humming is really beginning to get on my nerves.
But soon the pair shoot up into the air and immediately scream.
As the friend screams for her life, the teen passes out before quickly coming to and passing out again.
Soon the rush of excitement dies down as the bulk of the ride takes place and the conductors starts bringing the pair down.
die down (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” if something dies down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The wind died down during the night.
It was several minutes before the applause died down.
A storm is expected tonight, but the wind and rain should die down by morning.
the bulk of something (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the majority or largest part of something “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Women still do the bulk of domestic work in the home.
In fact, the bulk of the book is taken up with criticizing other works.
The friend appreciates that her ‘t*****s didn’t pop out’ while both declare that they don’t plan on doing that type of ride again.
As the friends continue talking about the wild ride, they share their disappointment at paying $75 for the few seconds.
The once-unconscious teen speculates that she got a concussion from when her head banged around the ride.
‘I think I just died,’ she declares.
To bang (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to hit something hard, making a loud noise “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
I banged my head against/on the shelf as I stood up.
I banged on the window to get her attention.
We could hear them banging their drums in the next street.
She banged her fists on the back of his seat.
Don’t bang the door!
He could hear someone banging at the door.
The Indiana native – wearing a white graphic t-shirt – spoke her own fainting into existence as she and her pal waited for the ride conductor to launch them into the air
existence (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the state of being a real or living thing, or of being present in a particular place, time, or situation “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The company came into existence at the end of the 1980s.
The theatre company that they started is still in existence today.
the only copy of the book that is still in existence
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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