2008.02.26
(Mag2) 感動しながら学ぶ英語･英会話
＿＿＿私の読者さんへのﾒｯｾｰｼﾞ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
先日､人間ﾄﾞｯｸで引っかかりました｡初めて内視鏡を体験しました｡自分
の体内を見ながらお医者さんがいろいろ説明してくれました｡20分ぐらいの
検査でしたが､見る限り異常が無かったのでここで書いています｡
でも､人間ﾄﾞｯｸを受けるたびにこの検査をするようにはなりたくないです
ね｡やはり､それなりに負担があります｡肉体的にも精神的にも｡
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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
まぐまぐ http://eigo.undo.jp
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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It's Your Little Red Wagon
6 Core Strengths for Navigating Your Path to the Good Life
By Sharon S. Esonis, Ph.D.
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"It's your little red wagon. You can push it, pull it, or just stand
and look at it!"
That's the deal as I see it. As a psychologist and life coach, I've
seen thousands of clients over the past 25 years who've faced a
variety of challenges.
What the "little red wagon" represents to me and the many clients
I've had the privilege and honor to assist, is a special, shiny,
vibrant vehicle that transports our hopes, dreams, promise, and
passion.
And in order to embark on a fulfilling journey, stay on course, and
ultimately reach our goals and dreams, each of us must take and
maintain control of our little red wagon.
That's actually the good news. The fate of your little red wagon --
your life as you would wish it to be -- is in your hands! To
transform the symbol into reality, however, requires not only
acceptance of the responsibilities of being in charge of your own
happiness and well-being, but also a commitment to acquire the help,
information, and tools that can lead to individually-defined success.
According to a Swedish proverb, "God gives every bird a worm, but He
doesn't throw it in the nest."
If your little red wagon is not going where you want it to go, here's
the good news: Psychology has taken a right turn! It's now in the
business of identifying and teaching the skills that foster
well-being, in addition to its longtime goal of understanding and
treating psychological problems.
At last, the field is paying very special attention to the strengths
that help us design and achieve a life filled with joy and purpose, a
life characterized by the ability to weather storms valiantly, and in
so doing, restore hope, energy, and self-confidence for the ongoing
adventure. The movement is called Positive Psychology, and it's about
the good life.
Six core strengths -- Optimism, Courage, Enthusiasm, Persistence,
Living in the Present, and Resilience -- are the critical elements
that can help each of us discover our path to the "good life."
And I believe that tapping into and fortifying these strengths is not
a difficult undertaking, as long as you're equipped with the right
information and a mound of motivation, both of which I hope to
provide for you here!
This book is all about attitude, beliefs, expectations, thinking, and
behavior. It's about having a choice regarding all these factors. And
it's about developing the necessary tools that will help you take
control of your life and discover your own personal path.
As Carlos Castaneda tells us, "We either make ourselves happy or
miserable. The amount of work is the same."
COURAGE
Face Your Fears, Take Risks
Courage is a towering strength, one that has earned the revered
status of a virtue over the ages. To many it may represent something
quite daunting, but in reality, it's not nearly as elusive as many
people might believe.
Courage propels a person from powerless to robust and increases
exponentially the ability to transform an impossible dream into a
mission accomplished. Walt Disney, the great dream-maker, believed
that "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue
them."
I love watching the 150-watt light bulb go on during their journey
forward, the epiphany that facing your fears and refusing to be
helpless makes you a mighty force for enacting your vision and
ensuring the quest to become the best you can be.
The process of learning to take risks and act boldly is truly an
awesome experience, the gift that keeps on giving.
This is the gift you give to yourself and the one you offer to others
by your example. Children reap enormous benefits when parents and
other adults express the belief that courage is profoundly important
and then act in accordance with that belief again and again.
TYPES OF COURAGE
Courage manifests in a number of ways.
Physical courage is the type that generally comes to mind first:
Putting oneself in harm's way to save another or to fight for a
beloved cause.
The man who does not know how to swim yet jumps in the river to save
a child is a model of physical courage.
Then there is moral courage, which involves standing up for beliefs
when doing so may well lead to aversive personal consequences such as
decreased security, comfort, or popularity. Whistle-blowers in
corporations and government exemplify moral courage.
Psychological courage, the focus of this book, is about being hale
and hardy in your internal world, making choices for yourself and
converting them into behavioral expression.
It's exemplified by dealing proactively with situations such as
facing psychological, emotional, and medical problems; making
difficult and bold choices; ending unhealthy interpersonal situations,
making important habit changes; welcoming and using change as an ally
instead of an adversary; and becoming the person you want to be by
pursuing your goals and dreams.
私の回答は､こちらです｡
http://eigo.undo.jp/content/view/46/28/
Q1: What is the keyword message?
Q2: What did you learn from the story?
Q3: What does it mean by "It's Your Little Red Wagon"?
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□ 編集後記
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前向きな姿勢と考え方････これは何事においても良い結果をもたらす｡
実際にその姿勢で上手くﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽを立ち上げた人を私は知っている｡彼は､
立ち上げたﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽの専門家ではないのだが､不思議に彼が取り扱ったﾋﾞｼﾞ
ﾈｽは全て上手く行っていると言う｡
もう､70歳に近いご老人だが5つの会社の会長､社長になっている｡今だに
現役だ｡
その人に｢秘密は何？｣と聞いてみたら､
｢前向きに考えてそれを実行すること！｣それだけだと昔を振り返って話し
てくれた｡
どれだけ自分の精神状態､動機付けを前向きに持ち続けられるかが鍵ではな
いだろうか｡
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
ご意見･ご感想等： pubzine@gmail.com
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