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"What time do you go to bed, Steve?"
"I go to bed at 11:00."
-- Question: What time does Steve go to bed? ...レベル１ [英検５級]
----- Mike is visiting his friend, Fred. They are in Fred's room now.
Mike: What's this, Fred?
Fred: It's my new computer game. .... レベル２ [英検５級]
A Day at the Beach
Last year, Bob and his sister Jean went to Florida for their summer vacation with their parents. They visited Florida for one week. The weather was very nice. So everyone was really happy. ... レベル３ [英検４級]
What do you know about the sea? Most of you have played in it. You know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. You also know that it is dangerous when the weather is very bad. What else do you know about it?――レベル５
A "good Samaritan" is a person who helps others when they are in trouble. (The expression comes from a Bible story.) You often hear that there are few good Samaritans in America these days. Most people, when they see others in trouble, look the other way. They don't want to get hurt themselves.. ...レベル６[明治学院高]
Automobiles, television and telephones are so much a part of American life today that most Americans under the age of forty or fifty cannot remember or imagine what――レベル７[灘高]
Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming. or, in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind and it may be mountaineering. ...レベル８
The Four-Day School Week
Most students in the United States attend school five days a week. Some schools, however, have decreased the number of days that students have to attend classes to create a four-day school week. ...レベル９[英検準２級]
Many little episodes we hear make us realize that people are people regardless of time and place. One such instance might be the story of King Canute, who lived in the 11th century. It is said that he was so arrogant that he ordered the advancing tide to recede. However, the truth was the exact opposite. Canute was a well-meaning king who was fed up with the flatteries of his courtiers, who even went so far as to say that he could stop the waves of the sea. So he took them to the seaside to show them they were wrong....レベル10 [英検１級リスニング]
Invitations to dinner are issued by written notes, printed cards or by telephone. If the invitation is by telephone, it is often wise to send a reminder by post. Printed invitations usually imply a relatively formal occasion but if 'black tie' is required it will be stated on the card. ...レベル11 [京産大]
Already developed in a rudimentary form, "virtual reality" moves technology beyond sights and sounds to touch and even smell. Wearing special goggles that project images onto users' eyes, gloves and even body suits embedded with computer chips that sense users' motions and ...レベル15 [早稲田大・人間工学]
The Survival of the Monarch Butterfly
Each February, large numbers of monarch butterflies come to California. They come to mate and to escape the winter cold. Recently, however, environmental changes have severely reduced the population of these beautiful orange-and-black butterflies. ... レベル13 [英検２級]
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Albert Einstein was by nature a rebel who enjoyed being unconventional. Whenever possible he dressed for comfort, not for looks. Externals meant little to him. In everything he sought simplicity. Science was his passion, and next...レベル14
At the University of Kansas Art Museum, University researchers tested the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was...レベル15 [英検１級リスニング]
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain test, or even the ability to do well in school; these are at best only indicators of something larger, deeper, and far more important. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations, and particularly in new, strange and perplexing situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. ...レベル16 [関西大学]
The Morse Highway
Appropriate for a technology associated with radio operators on sinking ships, the idea of Morse code is said to have occurred to Samuel Morse while on board a ship crossing the Atlantic. The year was 1832. At the time, Morse was a painter and occasional inventor. But when another of the ship's passengers informed him of recent advances in electrical theory, Morse was suddenly taken with the idea of building an electric telegraph. ...レベル17 [英検準１級]
American thinking tends to move from the specific and small to the general and large. American progress from personal and local issues to the state and finally to the nation -- not the other way around. ...レベル18 [英検１級リスニング]
It has been estimated that 80 percent of all the information transmitted over the Internet comes from English-speaking countries. Much the largest English-speaking nation is the United States, which is home to some 64 percent of all the computers linked to the Internet. Other nations belonging to the English language's global empire, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and, of course, Britain, the mother country, account for a further 12.7 percent....レベル15 [早稲田大]
Fundamentally, there are just two major food illnesses in our society: eating too much and eating too little. The former is more prevalent, but both have steadily increased over the past few decades, and both are important because, when pushed to their extremes, they are killers. People who are very overweight may have various health problems, the most deadly of which begins...レベル20 [東京大学]
The degree to which males and females are socially unequal has varied, both cross-culturally and historically, from near equality to radical female disadvantage. Such variation is linked to the type of technology and economy (e.g., industrial, agrarian, horticultural, foraging) and to women's role in the economy. Women's status relative ...レベル20 [慶応義塾大学 環境情報学部]
