日々是不穏　like a rolling stone

2026年3月20日金曜日

[その他] ３月２０日（金曜日・祝日）孫のH君、N君の誕生日会（戸坂）

戸坂に嫁いだ次女の息子二人の誕生日会（二人とも３月なので）。

両親が卓球クラブを運営されており、自宅に卓球場があります。

[晴れときどき英語のお勉強] TOEIC　穴埋めエクササイズ

2026年3月19日木曜日

[晴れときどき英語のお勉強] 『英語で話す力』（長尾和夫＋アンディ・バーガー著、三修社、２０２５年）

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Unit 10 EVは環境危機を解決する助けとなるでしょうか？

Are EVs Going to Help Solve the Environmental Crisis?

主張A　賛成　燃料機関の車でなく、EV車を選ぶべき

I am greatly in favor of EVs. Fossil fuels don't

have much of a future, as they will run out in the latter half of

this century. Furthermore, the burning of fossil fuels has direct

consequences for the future of the human rece. Therefore, they

should be considered a dead end. Cars that run on electricity

still require energy, but the amount of Co2 that would be released

if everybody drove them would be far less than at present.

In the earryly days of the autobile industry, electric cars were just

as popular as combusion engine cars tha used gasoline and

other fuels. Can you imagine how much progress we would have

made interms of their efficiency if wd had kept on using them?

Unfortunately, that is lost time we can't get back, but we CAN work

on innovating EVs now, and phasing out fuel burners.

fossil fuel:化石燃料

consequence:結果

combustion engine:内燃機関

phase out:段階的に廃止する

fuel burner:燃料バーナー

主張B　反対　EVの製造過程には大きな問題を抱えている

EVs are pme pf tje biggest scams out there. People

think they are 'green', but they are bad for the environment. True,

when in operation, they don't emit CO2. But the life cycle of a car

is much more than just driving time. EVs actually burn more

fuel than gas powered cars during the manufcturing process!

The result? You have to own and drive EV for at least five years

to achieve carbon neutrality, emitting less Co2 than if you had

purchased a gas car. Then there are the precious matals needed

to make the batteries. Even at present usage, they are a very limited

resouce that are often extracted using child labor or foced labor.

If everybody switche to EVs, those problems would grow worse.

So, who benefits? In my view, only the billionaires who make them

to appear like they are saving the planet.

scam:詐欺

green:環境にやさしい

emit:放つ

carbon neutrality:二酸化炭素の排出が釣り合うこと

precious metal:貴金属

extract:採取する

主張C　別視点　都市構想や代替技術で未来を拓こう

We need to widen the discussion beyond simply

contrasting EVs and fuel burning cars.

Let's think outdie the box. For one thing,

how about NO cars? What if we gear

our societies toward using personal motor vehicles as little

as possible? Walkable cities, improved public transpotation,

car sharing, more bike lanes and the re-greeing of city streets

are all things that I want to here more about.We have bbecome

too dependent on personal vehicles, despite the damege they

cause. the there are many promising alternative technologies.

Fuel cell cars that run on hydroge, biofuels made from vegetables,

and so on. Testing is already being done on cars that are powered

by air, or by water! Leonardo DaVinci designed, but never built, a

spring-operated car. Some, or all, of these imaginative ideas can

become the future story of the automobile.

think outside the box:既存の考えの枠に囚われずに考える

gear:変える

promising:有望な

fuel cell car:燃料電池車

[その他] ３月１８日（水曜日）隣家の孫のT君を神楽団まで送迎

隣家の孫のT君（小学校５年生）従前は「あおぞら子供神楽団」に所属しており、毎週金曜日に練習しておりましたが、諸事情あって解散し、現在は、毎週水曜日に練習のある大人の神楽団「上中調子神楽団」で練習しております。〒731-0102 広島県広島市安佐南区川内４丁目１。

本日は、私立中学で英語教師をしている母親が提携校とのイベントで生徒を引率してアメリカ・イリノイ州に出張のため、代わりに当方が送迎しました。

川内は結構遠い。

2026年3月17日火曜日

[晴れときどき英語のお勉強] 『英語で話す力』（長尾和夫＋アンディ・バーガー著、三修社、２０２５年）

Unit 9

ペーパーレス社会へ歩を進めていくべきでしょうか？

Should we be moving to a paperless society?

主張A 賛成　出版物の電子化をさらに進めるべき

A paperless society is well past due. We've been hearing about it since the late 80s,when email became widespread, and then with the arrival of digital book platforms like Kindle. But we still cut down too many trees. In 300 years, the world has lost 35% of its forests, and deforestation continues to accelerate. Putting it simply, we are running out of trees. The publishing industry is not the biggest culprit, which is agriculture. Nevertheless, publishing has no excuse. Obviously, we need land to grow food on. However, we have shown that there is a perfect alternative to paper for printing, so we don't need it. Technology has made it unnecessary the same way that Gutenberg's printing press made hand-scribed books unnecessary. The printing press changed the world, and now it is time for a second revolution in publishing, that saves trees while we still have a chance.

deforestation:森林破壊

culprit:犯人、容疑者

主張B　反対　紙の読書には利点も多く、こだわり続けたい

The fact that we still have a preference for paper in a time when a digital alternative is easily available should tell us something. People in general prefer paper as a medium for the written language. Count me among them. There are advantages to reading print on paper. First of all, it is easier on the eyes. Staring at the backlit screens of devices is a strain on the eyes. Then there is the pleasant tactile sensation of turning pages. Even the scent of the paper engages us. Altogether, it is a more natural and sensual experience. Interestingly, that translates into how well we retain information. Research shows that people have higher levels of comprehension and retention (memory) when reading o paper compared to digital media. It seems that by turning pages, our minds record the progress of information better than by scrolling. I'm sticking with print!

interestingly:興味深いことに

tactile sensation:触覚

strain:負担

主張C 電子化は徐々に生じ、紙媒体は次第に減るだろう

I do think that eventually printed materials will be

phased out, just as handwritten books were pahased out by the

printing process and black and white photographes were phased

out by color alternatives. I think it will happen over generations,

and there will still be some fondness for them, in the way we

value antiques and hand-crafted goods. Obviously, children

today will grow up feeling less need for printed materials. And this

trend will continue, such that their children will probably have no