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Lesson 1
No.
Date
When Words Won't Work
Pictograms are often used in public places.
Why do people use pictograms instead of words such as
公共の場
その代わりに
~の代わりに
・・・のような~
"6
escalator
?
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emergency exit," restroom"
» "
or
Aren't words better than pictograms?
のために、~の理由で
Pictograms are used for at least two reasons.
を推測する
少なくとも
First, you can usually guess their meanings Just by
であっても
looking at them. However, you can't understand words
If you don't know the language.
For this reason, pictograms are used at international airports.
認識する
TE
V
Second,
you can quickly recognize pictograms eren
たとえ~だとしても

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Date
No.
(離れて
If they are far away because of their simple design
遠方
明る
~のおかげで、へのために
and bright colors. For this reason, they are used on roads.
(このような理由で)
標識
Take a look at these road signs
These are not used in Japan,
but
you can easily guess
their meaning.
フリ
前
前
カンガルー
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Drawbridge ahead” “Watch out for kangaroos”
and
交通整理の
ための円形 ロータリー
(~に気をつけろ
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3 Roundabout ahead."
(内容)
ピクトグラムは主に公共の場で使われている。
その理由は、言語がわからなくても1日で意味を推測できるので、
空港のような場所では有効であること。
またシンプルなデザインと明るい色使いなので道路では
遠くからでも認識しやすいからである。

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No.
Date
Lesson 1
When Words Won't Work ☺
People from different cultures can usually understand
紛らわしい
pictograms easily. But sometimes they find pictograms confusing.
Look at this pictogram.
It tells different people different things.
除去
くずれた土砂
Maybe this man is clearing a landslide.
• fold an umbrella
○平を畳む
• put up an
傘をさす
umbrella
•hold an umbrella
傘をさしている
• dose an umbrelle
閉じる
Maybe he is opening an umbrella on
an umbrella on a windy day.
(実際は
傘を開く
Actually, this man is working on a road.
道路工事
This is a pictogram for "Roadworks ahead"
You can usually get
as
soon
~するとすぐに
~するやいなや
as you see it.
The
message
from a pictogram

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But sometimes you have to learn the meaning of a pictogram,
ちょうどへのように
Just like
you
learn the words of a foreign language.
○へかもしれない
Pictograms may never take the place of words, but they
決して~ないかもしれない
へに取って代わる
already an important means of communication.
完全な
Ne
Some people are making full sentences and even telling sories
なかには心な人々もいる
物語を語る
with pictograms. A famous Chinese artist wrote the following
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A sentence !!
Can you read it?
ゆくゆく
Will pictograms eventually take the place of words マ
Will they be the language of the future?
(内容)
What do you think?
ピクトグラムが表す意味は紛らわしいこともあるので、
外国語のようにその意味を学ぶことも必要である。
ピクトグラムだけて文章や物語を書いた人もいるが、
ピクトグラムが言語に取って代わることはあるだろうか。

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色が明るくキレイ!!
太い線と細い線の両方がひける!!
●かわいい
DLAY COLOR Dot