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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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！
First ‘slow lanes’ for pedestrians glued to their phones open in the UK in a bid to stop screen-obsessed walkers from bumping into each other
・Two adjacent mobile safe lanes have been introduced in Manchester city centre
・The 247ft long lanes are in an area full of offices, bars and restaurants in the city
・Research suggests that 75 per cent of Brits walk and use phones simultaneously
To glue (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to stick things to each other with glue “という風に記載されています。
例文：
You can glue sequins onto the card.
Do you think you can glue this vase back together?
be glued to something (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to be looking at something and not paying attention to anything else “という風に記載されています。
例文：
dealers with their eyes glued to computer screens
adjacent (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” very near, next to, or touching: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
They work in adjacent buildings.
They lived in a house adjacent to the railway.
The site of the new building is adjacent to the park.
simultaneously (adverb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” at the same time as something else “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
At that exact moment, two things happened simultaneously.
The film opened simultaneously in the US and in Europe.
The show is being broadcast simultaneously in the US and Europe.
Slow lanes for pedestrians who can’t prize their eyes away from their screens have opened in the UK in order to stop obsessed walkers from bumping into each other.
Two adjacent 247ft long ‘mobile safe lanes’ have been introduced in Manchester city centre in a bid to accommodate those who are tech-obsessed.
The designated pathway for pedestrians is located in the Spinningfields district of the area, which is full of offices, bars and restaurants.
The area is used by tens of thousands of people every week and the development comes as new research has revealed that 75 per cent of Brits are guilty of walking and using their phones at the same time.
To prize (verb)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point; to separate things using force: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
I prized the lid off with a spoon.
ただ、ネイティブスピーカーの友人たちに聞いたところ、prizeはフォーマル過ぎて、その代わりにpryという動詞を使うのが今は一般的だと言っていました。 can’t prize/pry their eyes away from XXXXXXX 「〜から目を話すことができない」という意味になります。
To accommodate (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” to provide enough space for something or someone “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The new office will easily accommodate 50 desks.
There wasn’t enough space to accommodate the files.
guilty (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong “と、” someone who is guilty has committed a crime “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Patrick knew that he was guilty of lying.
I feel so guilty about forgetting your birthday.
According to The Mirror, 38 per cent of people have had an awkward encounter when they have bumped into someone.
This is while 27 per cent of people have bumped into someone who had been looking at their phone – only for them not to apologise.
Managing director of AO-Mobile, Richard Baxendale said society is changing and we have to be ‘realistic’ and respond to the changing climate.
‘Our research found Brits being distracted by technology when walking is becoming an issue people want tackled.
‘Our trial slow lane is an important first step that may well be adopted by other cities in the future.’
The lanes are currently being set up on a trial basis and it has not yet been confirmed if the move will be tested in the rest of the country.
In September 2014 a ‘smart phone only’ lane was opened in the Chinese city of Chongqing.
It followed a social experiment in Washington DC which was painted on 18th Street in July 2014 in order to garner information on crowd behaviour.
information on (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” knowledge or facts about someone or something “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Do you have any information about/on train times?
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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