英文速読 中級-29
People may decide to study foreign languages for various reasons. They may do so for the immediate purpose of satisfying the requirements of some public examination or of getting greater fun and enjoyment out of a holiday abroad. Business people may have to deal directly or indirectly with various kind of information from abroad. Research workers may realize the importance of being able to read the latest reports of advances made in their studies as soon as they are published in foreign journals, without waiting for a translator, who may or may not have the ability to make an exact translation with one hundred percent accuracy. People may be keenly interested in the activities of a foreign nation for political reasons. They may need information about current affairs that foreign newspapers and journals alone can deliver. Student literature must surely be able to read great works first hand.
Learning a new language implies entering a new world, and it inevitably leads to a widening of intellectual experience. Learning a new language well enough to be able to understand it when heard, to speak, it, read it, and write it, is such hard training that we certainly need some strong urge to drive us on. The four distinct and separable activities just mention-listening, speaking, reading, and writing-call for constant, preferably daily, exercise. These activities are concerned in varying degrees with four aspects of language study- pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and idiom. It is useful to keep these four activities and four aspects clearly in mind.
Learning for a new language calls for no great originality of mind or critical talent, but it does demand an eager intellectual curiosity and a constant and lively interest in the endless ways in which human ideas may be expressed. It demands quick observation first of all, reasonable ability to *mimic and imitate, good powers of association and generalization, and a good memory.
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People may decide to study foreign languages /for various reasons. They may do so /for the immediate purpose of satisfying the requirements of some public examination or of getting greater fun and enjoyment /out of a holiday abroad. Business people may have to deal directly or indirectly /with various kind of information from abroad. Research workers may realize the importance /of being able to read the latest reports /of advances made in their studies /as soon as they are published in foreign journals, without waiting for a translator, who may or may not have the ability ／to make an exact translation /with one hundred percent accuracy. People may be keenly interested /in the activities of a foreign nation /for political reasons. They may need information about current affairs /that foreign newspapers and journals alone can deliver. Student literature must surely be able to read great works /first hand.
人々は外国語を学ぼうと決心するのかもしれない、様々な理由で。人々は、差し迫った目的のためにそうするのかもしれない、何か公的な試験の必要条件を満たすという、あるいは海外での休暇からより大きな喜びや楽しみを得るという。実業家は直接的にあるいは間接的に扱わなければならないかもしれない、海外からの様々な種類の情報を。研究者たちは認識するかもしれない、最新の研究報告を読むことができることの重要性を、彼らの研究分野でなされた進歩についての、外国の専門誌に発表されてすぐに、翻訳者を待つことなく、その翻訳者は能力を持っているかもしれないし持っていないかもしれない、正確な翻訳をする、
１００％の正確性を持って。人々は熱心に関心を持つかもしれない、外国の活動に、政治的な理由で。彼らは時事問題についての情報を必要とするかもしれない、それを外国の新聞や雑誌だけが伝えられる。文学の研究者は当然名作を読むことができなければならない、原文で。
Learning a new language implies entering a new world, and it inevitably leads to a widening of intellectual experience. Learning a new language well enough /to be able to understand it /when heard, to speak, it, read it, and write it, is such hard training /that we certainly need some strong urge /to drive us on. The four distinct and separable activities just mention-listening, speaking, reading, and writing-call for constant, preferably daily, exercise. These activities are concerned /in varying degrees with four aspects of language study- pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and idiom. It is useful /to keep these four activities and four aspects clearly in mind.
新しい言語を学ぶことは新しい世界に入ることを意味する、そしてそれは必然的に知的経験の拡大に繋がる。新しい言語を良く充分に学ぶことは、それを話したり、読んだり書いたりすることが理解できるほど、とても厳しい訓練なので私たちは確実に強い欲求が必要だ、私たちを駆り立てる。たった今述べた４つの異なった区別できる活動、すなわち聞くこと、話すこと、読むこと、書くことは継続的な、できれば毎日の訓練を必要とする。これらの活動は関連している、異なる度合いで、言語学習の４つの側面と、つまり発音、文法、語彙そして熟語という。それは役立つ、これら4つの活動と4つの側面を明確に意識しておくことは。
Learning for a new language calls for no great originality of mind or critical talent, but it does demand an eager intellectual curiosity and a constant and lively interest /in the endless ways /in which human ideas may be expressed. It demands quick observation first of all, reasonable ability to mimic and imitate, good powers of association and generalization, and a good memory.
新しい言語を学ぶことは必要としない、精神の卓越した創意や決定的な才能を、しかしそれは熱心な知的好奇心や不変で強い好奇心を必要とする、無限の方法において、そこでは人間の考えが表現される。それは第一に鋭い観察力を必要とする、さらに、まねしたり模倣したりほど良い能力、連想したり一般化したりする優れた能力、そして優れた記憶力を(必要とする)。