以下はStrength of Handshake Reflects Disease Risk, Study Contends というVOA記事から作成した練習問題です。青字の英英式ヒントを参考に、文脈に合った単語を完成してください。
Strength of Handshake Reflects Disease Risk, Study Contends
by VOA News
The strength of your grip could be a doctor's first clue about your long-term health.
In a new study from Canada's McMaster University, researchers found that a handshake is a better (1)in…【a sign that shows what a situation is like】of your health than your blood pressure. Writing in the journal The Lancet, they reported that reduced grip strength was consistently linked with early death, disability and illness.
Researchers measured muscle strength in nearly 140,000 adults over four years in 17 countries. Using a handgrip dynamometer, they found that for every 5-kilogram (2)de…【a reduction in the amount, importance, quality, or strength】in grip strength, there was a 17 percent increased risk of death from any cause.
That level of risk was not affected by any identifiable differences among the participants, including age, gender, education, physical activity or their countries' (3)we…【a large amount of money or property that a person or country owns】.
The researchers did take into account the probability that a healthy grip for a young man is likely to be stronger than the healthy grip of an old woman. They also noted that ethnicity appeared to make a difference. Further study is needed to set a benchmark for different countries, they said.
Principal investigator Dr. Darryl Leong suggested, "Grip strength could be an easy and inexpensive test to (4)as…【to make a judgment about something after thinking carefully about it】an individual's risk of death and cardiovascular disease."
What's not clear is whether working to strengthen your grip also (5)imp…【to make something better】 your health, Leong said more research was needed to answer that question.
解答(1)indicator(指標) (2)decline (低下) (3)wealth(富) (4)assess(査定する) (5)improves(改善する)
以下はThe Nose Knows: Simple Scents Increase Sales, PerformanceというVOA記事から作成した練習問題です。青字の英英式ヒントを参考に、文脈に合った単語を完成してください。
The Nose Knows: Simple Scents Increase Sales, Performance
Smells can evoke memories. The scent of a certain perfume can prompt visions of a first love, perhaps. Smells can provide comfort, as any practitioner of aromatherapy will tell you. And smells can (1)en…【to give someone the courage or support to do something 】 you to buy something – which is why clever retailers often bake cookies in homes they're trying to sell.
Marketing experts at Washington State University (WSU) and Switzerland's University of St. Gallen wanted to find out which scents are most (2)ef…【successful, and producing a result that is wanted 】 at getting consumers into a “shopping state of mind.” In the Journal of Retailing, they report that simple scents are better.
They exposed hundreds of Swiss shoppers to a simple orange scent and to the more complex aroma of orange-basil and green tea. A look at the cash register receipts (3)re…【to make known something that was previously unknown 】 a bump in sales when it was just the scent of orange in the air.
An uncomplicated scent is also a benefit for doing cognitive tasks. WSU researchers exposed students to different scent conditions as they worked on word problems. The students (4)so…【to find a way to deal with a problem 】 more problems in less time when the simple scent was in the air, than they did when there was just the complex scent or none at all.
Eric Spangenberg, dean of WSU's College of Business, says a simple scent is easier for the brain to process, so the mind can better focus on thinking, working…or shopping.
※解答(1)encourage(促す) (2)effective(効果的な) (3)revealed(明かす) (4)solved(解決する)
以下はSome Airlines Ban Shipment of Big Game Hunting TrophiesというVOA記事から作成した練習問題です。青字の英英式ヒントを参考に、文脈に合った単語を完成してください。
Three U.S. airlines banned the (1)sh…【the act of sending goods from one place to another】of hunting trophies this week after the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe last month.
Delta Air Lines was the first to announce the ban on Monday. It was soon followed by American Airlines and United Airlines. The decisions come after similar (2)me…s【an action that is intended to achieve a particular aim】 were taken by Emirates and South African Airways.
It is not clear how many, if any, hunting trophies the U.S. airlines have transported in recent years.
The ban prevents carrying lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies on the (3)fl…s【a journey on an airplane】 of the U.S. airlines.
The measure came after an American dentist, Walter James Palmer, killed the well-known lion Cecil outside Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe in an allegedly illegal hunt.
Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of Palmer from Minnesota, a major hub for Delta, who killed Cecil the lion in early July.
It is reported that Zimbabwe is also seeking the extradition of a doctor from Pennsylvania, Jan Casimir Seski, (4)su…【to think that something is probably true without having definite proof】 of killing a lion in April.
There is an extradition treaty between Zimbabwe and the United States.
The killing of Cecil drew worldwide condemnation and drew further global (5)at…【interest that people show in someone or something】 when the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution last week aimed at combating illegal wildlife trafficking and poaching. It was the culmination of a two-year campaign led by Gabon and Germany.
解答(1)shipment(輸送) (2)measures(措置) (3)flights(フライト) (4)suspected(疑う) (5)attention(注目)
Strength of Handshake Reflects Disease Risk, Study Contends
by VOA News
The strength of your grip could be a doctor's first clue about your long-term health.
In a new study from Canada's McMaster University, researchers found that a handshake is a better (1)in…【a sign that shows what a situation is like】of your health than your blood pressure. Writing in the journal The Lancet, they reported that reduced grip strength was consistently linked with early death, disability and illness.
Researchers measured muscle strength in nearly 140,000 adults over four years in 17 countries. Using a handgrip dynamometer, they found that for every 5-kilogram (2)de…【a reduction in the amount, importance, quality, or strength】in grip strength, there was a 17 percent increased risk of death from any cause.
That level of risk was not affected by any identifiable differences among the participants, including age, gender, education, physical activity or their countries' (3)we…【a large amount of money or property that a person or country owns】.
The researchers did take into account the probability that a healthy grip for a young man is likely to be stronger than the healthy grip of an old woman. They also noted that ethnicity appeared to make a difference. Further study is needed to set a benchmark for different countries, they said.
Principal investigator Dr. Darryl Leong suggested, "Grip strength could be an easy and inexpensive test to (4)as…【to make a judgment about something after thinking carefully about it】an individual's risk of death and cardiovascular disease."
What's not clear is whether working to strengthen your grip also (5)imp…【to make something better】 your health, Leong said more research was needed to answer that question.
解答(1)indicator(指標) (2)decline (低下) (3)wealth(富) (4)assess(査定する) (5)improves(改善する)
以下はThe Nose Knows: Simple Scents Increase Sales, PerformanceというVOA記事から作成した練習問題です。青字の英英式ヒントを参考に、文脈に合った単語を完成してください。
The Nose Knows: Simple Scents Increase Sales, Performance
Smells can evoke memories. The scent of a certain perfume can prompt visions of a first love, perhaps. Smells can provide comfort, as any practitioner of aromatherapy will tell you. And smells can (1)en…【to give someone the courage or support to do something 】 you to buy something – which is why clever retailers often bake cookies in homes they're trying to sell.
Marketing experts at Washington State University (WSU) and Switzerland's University of St. Gallen wanted to find out which scents are most (2)ef…【successful, and producing a result that is wanted 】 at getting consumers into a “shopping state of mind.” In the Journal of Retailing, they report that simple scents are better.
They exposed hundreds of Swiss shoppers to a simple orange scent and to the more complex aroma of orange-basil and green tea. A look at the cash register receipts (3)re…【to make known something that was previously unknown 】 a bump in sales when it was just the scent of orange in the air.
An uncomplicated scent is also a benefit for doing cognitive tasks. WSU researchers exposed students to different scent conditions as they worked on word problems. The students (4)so…【to find a way to deal with a problem 】 more problems in less time when the simple scent was in the air, than they did when there was just the complex scent or none at all.
Eric Spangenberg, dean of WSU's College of Business, says a simple scent is easier for the brain to process, so the mind can better focus on thinking, working…or shopping.
※解答(1)encourage(促す) (2)effective(効果的な) (3)revealed(明かす) (4)solved(解決する)
以下はSome Airlines Ban Shipment of Big Game Hunting TrophiesというVOA記事から作成した練習問題です。青字の英英式ヒントを参考に、文脈に合った単語を完成してください。
Three U.S. airlines banned the (1)sh…【the act of sending goods from one place to another】of hunting trophies this week after the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe last month.
Delta Air Lines was the first to announce the ban on Monday. It was soon followed by American Airlines and United Airlines. The decisions come after similar (2)me…s【an action that is intended to achieve a particular aim】 were taken by Emirates and South African Airways.
It is not clear how many, if any, hunting trophies the U.S. airlines have transported in recent years.
The ban prevents carrying lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies on the (3)fl…s【a journey on an airplane】 of the U.S. airlines.
The measure came after an American dentist, Walter James Palmer, killed the well-known lion Cecil outside Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe in an allegedly illegal hunt.
Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of Palmer from Minnesota, a major hub for Delta, who killed Cecil the lion in early July.
It is reported that Zimbabwe is also seeking the extradition of a doctor from Pennsylvania, Jan Casimir Seski, (4)su…【to think that something is probably true without having definite proof】 of killing a lion in April.
There is an extradition treaty between Zimbabwe and the United States.
The killing of Cecil drew worldwide condemnation and drew further global (5)at…【interest that people show in someone or something】 when the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution last week aimed at combating illegal wildlife trafficking and poaching. It was the culmination of a two-year campaign led by Gabon and Germany.
解答(1)shipment(輸送) (2)measures(措置) (3)flights(フライト) (4)suspected(疑う) (5)attention(注目)
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