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Part 1)
Lesson1 What Can Blood Type Tell Us ?
“Can you guess my ②_blood type?"
わかる
血液型
“Well, you're a very ③ serious person, so I think your blood type is A."
“Wow! ④Good guess!!"
まじめなん
よくわかったね
This is a⑤ common conversation in Japan.
ふつうの会話
⑥Talking about a person's blood type is very popular among many Japanese people.
~の中で人気がある
話すこと
⑧They⑨ like judging ad person's personality by his or her blood type.
Japanese 判断する
人の性格
ことが好き
Many books about this topic
become best-sellers every year.
← ベストセラーになる
People often find articles about it in magazines.
記事を見つける
Many Japanese people think that blood type_has something to do with their personality.
~と関係がある
However, in most other countries, blood type is not a common topic.
しかし
ふつうの話題じゃない
⑩ A lot of people think abit is nonsense to judge personality Why blood type.
many
血液型 意味がない
[血液型によって
tyco
の話

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Lesson1 What Can Blood Type Tell Us?
(Part 2)
Why do Japanese people like judging personality by blood type?
There are two possible reasons for this.
~がある
一行目のこと
血液型で
④ One reason is the⑤ distribution of blood types in Japan.
1つ目の理由は
血液型の分布
Japan has a⑥_more even distribution of blood types ⑦ than other countries.
比較級
more~
than A:Aより~だ
Take a look at the data ⑧ below.
下
(みつけられる)
Each blood type⑨ is found in a range of 9-38% (percent) of the population.
受け身形 (passive style )
be + 過去分詞 (past particle)
So it is easy to group personalities into four groups by blood type.
group Ainto B
divide も同じ!
AをBに分ける
On the other hand, in other countries, the distribution of blood types is not very even.
一方では
The rates for some blood types are very high or very low.
割合
® For example, in Bolivia, 93% of people have type O blood.
例えば
In such countries, Is it is difficult to judge personality by blood type.
判断することが難しい
It is to 原形
原形することは~だ
均等じゃない