2008.01.21
(Mag2) 感動しながら学ぶ英語･英会話 2008年1月21日号
＿＿＿私の読者さんへのﾒｯｾｰｼﾞ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
世の中には､ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰを与えてくれる言葉がたくさんあります｡次の言葉
もそれにあたります｡
"When one door closes, another one always opens;
but you'll only find it if you get up and start looking."
ﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽや会社内での昇進､大学受験､就職試験､色々な試みで上手く行か
ない時があります｡失敗してもそこには必ず別の機会が生まれています｡そ
れをつかむには､失敗にめげないで追い求めるのです｡
そうすると､目の前に別の機会が見えてきます｡今日の感動の英文は､そん
な内容です｡
あなたに新しい力を与えます！！
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感動しながら学ぶ英語･英語会話
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● 英語／英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信 ●
● http://eigo.undo.jp ●
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● ﾁﾘも積もれば山となる英語力のﾖｼﾀﾞです｡ ●
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●登録の変更･解除
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ﾒﾙﾏ http://www.melma.com/backnumber_152182/
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■ おすすめ英語学習書
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● ｺｳﾋﾞﾙﾄﾞ英英辞典
http://tinyurl.com/2c243c
他の英英辞典とは表現方法がかなり違います｡私の英語は､ｺｳﾋﾞﾙﾄﾞ英英辞典
のおかげと言って良いでしょう｡難しい単語も易しい英語表現で説明して
あります｡英語を英語で考える上でこの辞書を使えば自然と英語で考える
習慣が身につきます｡
ぜひ､これを座右の辞書としてください｡英語がわかる人は､この辞書を
必ず持っています｡
● ﾛﾝｸﾞﾏﾝ現代英英辞典 4訂増補版 CD-ROM2枚付 <上製版>
http://tinyurl.com/2u83ae
すでにｺｳﾋﾞﾙﾄﾞ英英辞典をもっている方は､Second Opinionの英英辞書
としてﾛﾝｸﾞﾏﾝ現代英英辞典がお勧めです｡特にﾊﾟｿｺﾝでお仕事をし
ている方には､CD-ROM付がお役に立ちます｡
● Hopes, love and dreams in New York
－NHK CD Book―NHKﾗｼﾞｵ英会話ｽﾄｰﾘｰﾌﾞｯｸ
大杉 正明 (著)
http://tinyurl.com/68ppk
この教材は､一度ＮＨＫﾗｼﾞｵ英会話で放送された物を学習参考書として
まとめた物です｡私は､この教材を今も時々聞いています｡登場する人物
と内容が心に響き､声優の声に恋をしてしまったのです｡
物語に喜怒哀楽があり､最後には感激して涙が出てきてしまうほどの
ﾄﾞﾗﾏが演出されています｡英語学習書を越えた名作英語会話学習書
です｡
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□ 心温まる物語 （自分の意見を英語で表現する訓練）
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The Truth About Setbacks ?
By Leslie Householder
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Have any of your recent decisions flopped? I've had a few of my own,
and just before giving up on my dreams, I learned the truth about
setbacks.
It all started back in May when my 5-year-old ran inside the house
yelling, "Mom, Bethany's lips are blue!!!"
I heard the intense panic in his voice all the way upstairs in my
office, and I went numb. I'm not sure my feet even touched the floor
as I flew down the stairs and out to the backyard with one intention:
to see my 3-year-old well.
My now 8-year-old was by the side of the pool with her, having
discovered her floating face-down in the deep end. He had already
pulled her out all by himself and was waiting for me, hoping I could
make everything all better.
She laid there, lips blue, no heartbeat, and not breathing. My older
daughter was crying, and I yelled at her to call 911. She froze,
feeling the weight of the situation. "Call 911!" I yelled until she
ran inside.
I had failed to keep my 3-year-old safe. Even though I had already
taught her how to swim, on that day I failed to be watchful enough.
Subconscious programming took over. My first instinct was to pick her
up and lay her over my knee, as I patted her back. That's what I've
done for 15 years whenever my babies had trouble breathing... but of
course it didn't work because she wasn't choking. There again, I
failed. I had one intention in mind: to see her well, and I made a
mistake. I did the wrong thing. I failed.
Immediately I turned her over, letting her head hit the deck too hard
in my frantic effort to try something else. I blundered again,
hurting her in an effort to help her. If she were awake, she may have
complained, but there was no response.
Get oxygen to her brain; that's what I had to do. But my CPR training
was back in 1991. All those detailed, systematic instructions of what
to do were forgotten in this moment. All I knew is that she needed
oxygen until the paramedics showed up. I put my mouth over hers and
gave her a breath. But it only came rushing out of her nose. Again, I
failed.
So I plugged her nose, gave her a breath, and it filled her chest.
Common sense told me her brain needed the oxygen... and since her
silent heart was designed to do the job, I gave a few chest
compressions, and another breath. Another round of compressions, and
she began to revive.
Gratefully, she completely recovered. There were, of course, lessons
to be learned from this horrific experience. Be more watchful... as
if I didn't already know that. A deeper lesson was to comprehend on a
whole new level how nothing material matters, so long as our family
is intact.
But later, as I finished up the creation of our home study course, I
had an even deeper epiphany, which has led me to conclude that I was
meant to experience our business setbacks as well as this incident to
learn a universal truth that I had never really grasped before. I
thought back to our flopped investments, and then I thought about my
daughter. Then I realized this:
We make mistakes. With good intentions, we sometimes fail. Nobody
achieves success at remarkable levels without experiencing some
failure along the way. How we respond to failure is really what
determines whether or not we deserve to enjoy success.
We must press on.
With my daughter, in a matter of minutes, I failed four times. What
if I had stopped even for a second to bemoan it? There was NO TIME to
whine. Her life was on the line, and each failure provided valuable
feedback to help me get it right. If I had stopped after any one of
my failures, I could have missed the window of time that decides
whether she lives or dies, is handicapped or well.
Financial mistakes are no different. If you've experienced a few and
are having trouble picking yourself up again, remember that your
financial life is on the line.
Take too long to bemoan your setbacks, and it could literally mean
financial death or long-term handicap for you. It's time to take a
deep breath, take personal responsibility for where you're at, learn
from the experience, and get busy creating again. When one door
closes, another one always opens; but you'll only find it if you get
up and start looking.
About the Author:
Leslie Householder is the award-winning two-time best-selling author
of "The Jackrabbit Factor" and "Hidden Treasures."
Q1: What did you feel after reading the story?
Q2: "Never give up" is the magic words. Do you agree?
Q3: Tell me about this phrase,
"When one door closes, another one always opens;
but you'll only find it if you get up and start looking."
この質問に対する私の答えはこちらで読めます｡
http://eigo.undo.jp/content/view/29/25/
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□ 編集後記
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相鉄線星川駅の近くにあるﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽﾊﾟｰｸのｽﾀｰﾊﾞｯｸｽでこのﾒﾙﾏｶﾞ
を書いている｡愛用のMy Cupを忘れたので紙ｶｯﾌﾟでｺｰﾋｰを飲んでいる｡
ThinkPad X60のNotePCをﾘｭｯｸに入れて執筆ができる場所でﾒﾙﾏｶﾞ原稿
を書くのが習慣だ｡
2008年1月もあと1週間｡Joomla CMSでのｻｲﾄ構築の営業でもがいている｡
今日のｽﾄｰﾘｰのように思うように営業出来ない月が最近多い｡Setbacks?
なんだろう｡
ここであきらめると別の機会との出会いが無くなる｡強い想いで追い求め､
ｱｸｼｮﾝを起こさなければ｡
うれしい事は､ｲﾝﾀｰﾈｯﾄﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽの支援立ち上げｺﾝｻﾙﾃｨﾝｸﾞを
求めるｸﾗｲｱﾝﾄが増えてきている事だ｡これで何とか今月と来月は生き
て行けそうだ｡
Hanji
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●Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process
(ﾍﾟｰﾊﾟｰﾊﾞｯｸ)
http://tinyurl.com/27vnoc
Peter Elbow (著)
この本は最近見つけた本だ｡Emailで米国の企業とやり取りをする時に
Writing Skillが求められる｡Amazonでこの本の中身の閲覧してほしい｡
なぜ､私がこの本を薦めている理由がわかる｡
●Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (ﾍﾟｰﾊﾟｰﾊﾞｯｸ)
Karen Lourie Blanchard (著)
http://tinyurl.com/2s94db
米国の大学で初めて英語の授業を受けた｡まず､習った事は､
ﾊﾟﾗｸﾞﾗﾌの書き方だ｡その次が､A4１ﾍﾟｰｼﾞのｴｯｾｰの書き方だ｡
毎回授業がある度に宿題でｴｯｾｰを提出させられた｡そして､添削
された宿題が点数（A, A-, B+, B, B-など）と共に戻ってきた｡
日本で学んだ方法とは､１８０度違っていた｡それが新鮮だった｡
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電子出版： 英語/英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信
発行者： Norito H.Yoshida
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