September 22d, 2018

総研ビル　第１６会議室





◎　Oral Class

compound nouns 複合語　(合成語)

wheel, high, arm ----chair　　high chair (子供用食事いす)

green, light, ware, town ----house　　town house (壁を隣家と共有する長屋)

gold, star, cat, shell ----fish　　shellfish ( 貝；甲殻類エビ、カニ等)

sky, day, flash, flood ----light　　skylight(天窓),　floodlight（投光照明, 競技場、飛行場等の広域照明)

arrow, trail, skin, egg, air ----head　　arrowhead　(矢じり）, trailhead ( 道の始まり）, egghead　(知識人）airhead　(愚か者, ピーマン)

trade, book, land, birth, post ----mark birthmark(あざ, ほくろ）postmark(消印)

bottle, turtle, rubber, red ----neck　bottleneck　(　渋滞、工事等で狭くなっている道)　　rubberneck　(もの珍しそうに見る人、観光客)　　redneck　(南部の無学で貧しい白人農園労働者)

TEXT　　　15 Keys to Living a Long and Happy Life

Top 5 Places Where People Live the Longest

1. Okinawa, Japan

2. Sardinia, Italy

3. Loma Linda, California

4. Nicoya, Costa Rica

5. Ikaria, Greece

Relatively isolated and scattered around the globe, here’s where The Top 5 Zones have in common, according to the New York Times:

1. A cultural environment that reinforces healthy lifestyle habits like diet and exercise in the warm weather

2. Healthy social relationships and psychological well-being ( a cooperative spirit, Seniors are valued. ）

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