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3.極端に言うなら、アメリカにおいて、現実とはアメリカの半分でしかない。あとの半分は夢でできた
固なのだ。「ここは自由の国だ」とアメリカ人が言うとき、僕はそれは事実の表明には聞こえない
• To exaggerate, reality in America is only half of what makes up America
"This is
truthful statement to me
The other half of the country is made up of dreams. When Americans say,
a free country", it doesn't sound like a
To wverstate it, the American reality seems to be true for only half of
The other half of the country is made up of ideals.
America
When Americans say, "This is a free country."
to me
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that it is a true opinion
it doesn't seem
1.ある研究者がかって、「犬は人間の最良の友かもしれないが、歴史は馬によって書かれたのだ」と言った。
A historian once said. "A dog may be wan's best friend but history
was written by a horse:
A researchers once
said. "Degs might be our best friends though horses
played an important role in our history
2.旅行のガイドブックは実に楽しい読み物である。ちょっと想像力を働かせれば、それをよんでいるだけで
旅行気分を味わえる
Guidebooks for travel are very entertaining. If you are a litle imaginative,
you can feel as if you were traveling only by reading them.
A travel guide is a really intersting book for reading. When you use your
imagination a little, just reading it makes you feel like you are traveling.
3. 中国で発明された「紙と筆」が、言葉に対して的な意味を持っていたと気づいたのは、ごく最近のことである。
Only recently have the Chresse found that the "paper and brushes" invented
in China greatly influenced the language
A recent discovery proved that the "paper and brushes" made in China
had Crucial influence on the Chinese language
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1.メコン川を見ていると感動する。川が生きているのだ
The way the Mekong River flows will impress you, because it seems
like the river is alive.
Seeing the Mekong makes me feel excited. The river seems to
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2. 日本人は水と安全はタダで手に入ると思い込んでいるらしい
Japanese people seem to think they can get water and safety for free
It
seems that people in Japan think water and safety are
tree
3. 世の中にはさまざまな動物がいて、それぞれに異なったものを食い異なった生活をしている
There are many different kinds of animals in the world, which all eat
different things and live different lives.
There are different animals in the world Each of them eats different
feeds and lives in its own way.
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科学的なものの見方を理解しておくことは、きっとこれからの人生に大いに役立ちます
Understanding things from a viewpoint of logic will certainly help you
in
the future.
It will be very beneficial to you later in life to understand things from
a logic point of view.
2.クローン技術のおかげで、科学者たちは近い将来、恐さえ復活させることができるだろう。
Cloning technology may allow scientists to reproduce even dinosaurs in the near future.
Researchers, with the help of doning technology, may soon be able to clone even dinosaurs.
想像力はやがて、創造力へ発展します。科学的発展も、芸術的創生もすべてこれがもとになります
また、日常生活においても、この想像力が豊かなほどうまくいくようです。
Imagination can soon lead to creativity. It can be the foundation of
Scientific development and artistic creation. Even in your daily life, the richer
Your imagination becomes, the better your life will become
Imagination soon will develop into creativity. Imagination can be the
basis for the development of science and creation of art. In your daily
life, things
will
go
better if
you
have
a richer imagination.

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1.よいビジョンは、言葉がよく整理されていて、何が書いてあるのかすぐにわかります。
If the author's ideas are clear, we can readily realize what they write
in their books because the words are well organized.
I think that you can easily understand what is written in the books if
the writers have a clear vision, because they use the words well.
2. ドキュメンタリーは、こういった社会の現状や、そこに関わっている人たちの考えや気持ちを伝える方法の
.
Documentaries are
one way to
一つです。
show the current state of our society and
the thoughts and feelings of thoes who are involved with these issues.
Documentaries are a
mears of communicating with society in recent
times and shaving the thoughts and feelings of the people facing
these problems.
3. 最近の親は、自分たちが子供時代にコンピュータゲームをやっていたせいもあって、ゲームを
受け入れやすいようです
Nowadays parents seem to readily accept Computer games since they
used to play with computer games when they were children.
• Recently parents have easily allowed their children to play with computer games
because they would often play with them in their own childhood.