CBS NewsBreak 3
CBSニュースブレイク 3

Nobuhiro Kumai

Stephen Timsonはじ め にこのテキストはアメリカの３大ネットワークのひとつ、CBSの看板ニュース報道番組“CBS Evening News”と、朝の情報番組“CBS This Morning”の中で取り上げられたニュースを収録したものです。これらの番組では時々刻々と変化する社会情勢や様々な事件などが報道されますが、本テキストではそうした生々しいニュースというよりも、最新のトレンド、健康やライフスタイル、ハイテク、経済、ポップカルチャー、エンターテインメントなどの日常的な話題を取り上げ、今アメリカで実際に何が起こっているのか、何が問題になっているのか、人々の興味関心は何かなどについて紹介します。個性豊かなアンカーやレポーターたちが様々な話題について紹介しているため、その内容は英語を外国語として学んでいる学習者にとっても、たいへん興味深いものがあります。本書はその中から特に日本人英語学習者にとって身近で親しみやすく、アメリカ人の生活や文化を直接反映しているニュースで、できるだけ放映時間の短いコンパクトなニュースを厳選しました。その中には日本の事象や食文化などが扱われている素材も含まれており、日本や日本文化が現在のアメリカ人にどのように受け止められているかを垣間見ることができます。
このテキストからニュース素材はネットを通してスマートフォンやコンピュータ上で視聴できるようになりました。ストリーミング形式での配信ですので、手元の機器には保存することはできませんが、ネットにつながっていればいつでもどこからでも、ニュースを視聴することができます。学習する際には映像をヒントにしながらナチュラルスピードの英語を聞いてその内容を理解することが第１の目標となりますが、その内容を十分理解したあとでニュースの音声（またはスピードを少し遅くした音声）に合せて「シャドーイング」を行うことによって、英語の音声面の強化をはかることもめざしています。アンカーやレポーターたちは限られた時間内にできるだけ多くの情報を盛り込もうとしているため、１分間に150語から200語程度の速さで話しています。スピードが速いため、英語を外国語として学んでいる学習者がそれと同じように真似てシャドーイングするのにはかなり無理があります
が、本テキストでは最新の話速変換技術を用いて、生の素材を生かしながらそのスピードを少し遅くした音声や動画も併せて提供しています。ニュースに登場する人々の英語には生の感情がそのまま込められていますので、それをくりかえし練習することによって、英語のリスニングの能力を高めるとともに、英語特有の強弱のリズムやイントネーションをぜひ体感してください。また、各ユニットの最後には理解したニュースについて、「あなたならどう思いますか、どうしますか？」というよ
うに、話題を自分の立場に置き換えて考える活動が用意されています。多量のインプットに加えていくらかのアウトプットをすることによって、学習した言語項目を使いながら身につけることができるようになっています。ニュースを理解するだけにとどまらず、様々な話題について自ら考え、それを英語で発表できる力をつけていただければ幸いです。
Nobuhiro Kumai & Stephen Timson
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CONTENTS
UNIT 1

はじめに

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What’s for Lunch? In Japanese Schools It’s
Always Healthy

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海外から見た日本の給食

UNIT 2

BYOB: California Bans Single-Use Plastic Bagsカリフォルニアは BYOB

UNIT 330

Lifestyle/HealthMedia/Entertainment

Can Drinking Soda Make You Age Faster?
炭酸飲料と老化の関係

UNIT 8Social Activism

The Evolution of Comic Books in the Digital Age 36
デジタルコミックの隆盛

UNIT 7Health“Cat Library” Offers Purrfect Solution to Stress
ネコで職場のストレス解消

UNIT 618

The Shoe That Grows: Expandable Shoes Aim to24
Keep Up with Kids’ Growing Feet
成長に合わせて大きくなる靴をアフリカの子どもたちに

UNIT 5

12Environment

How a Dog Can Improve Your Health
犬を飼うと健康になる？

UNIT 4

Lifestyle/Education

HealthWhat You Like on Facebook Could Affect Your
Job Search
就活では Like ボタンに気をつけて

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Social Media/Job Search48

UNIT 9Is Sitting the New Smoking?
座りっぱなしは体に毒？

UNIT 10

その理由は？

Social Activism/Community

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Food/Trend

Peddling Pedaling: Bikes Become the Latest
Peer-to-Peer Success Story
個人間で自転車の貸し借りを仲介する
ネットビジネス

UNIT 15

Gender/Lifestyle

Slurping to Success: A Look into the Growing
American Ramen Culture
アメリカでラーメン人気上昇中

UNIT 1468

One Man’s Long Journey to Help a Stranger Walk
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Again
神からの啓示で見知らぬ友を助ける

UNIT 13

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Food/Trend

Daddy Duty: Stay-at-Home Dads Putting Kids
Before Careers
アメリカのイクメン事情

UNIT 12

Health/Work
Environment

Matcha Madness Sparks New Tea Craze抹茶が大人気

UNIT 1154

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Business/Trend

How Companies Are Keeping Handwriting Alive97
in the Digital Age
デジタル時代における手書きのパワー

TechnologyUNIT

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What’s for Lunch?

In Japanese Schools It’s Always Healthy
1. Before You Watch
Look at the title and photos, and then answer the questions.
1. What does the title mean? Do you agree?
2. Do you think eating together as a class is agood way to have lunch?

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What’s for Lunch? In Japanese Schools It’s Always Healthy

UNIT 1

What’s for Lunch? In Japanese Schools It’s Always Healthy

2. Word Match
Match each word or phrase with the right definition below.
()		 1. Wearing seat belts while driving is required by law.

() 3. A famous iron chef gave us information about how to read and 		()		 2. Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease and other illnesses.		understand the nutrition labels on food products.

()		 4. My friends dined with me at my favorite restaurant on my birthday.

()		 6. He became more conscious about the environment after reading((()		 5. My father is staying fit by exercising daily and avoiding sweets.		several books about global warming.

)		 7. She is very picky about her clothes and only buys the top brands.

)		 8. Having a lot of money and material things won’t guarantee happiness.

a. to eat dinner or the main meal of the day
b. to keep in good physical conditionc. very careful or too careful about choosing or accepting things; hard to pleased. the process of eating the right kind of food for health and growthe. to make it necessary for someone to do something
f. to promise that something will happen or be doneg. being very fat in a way that is not healthyh. aware of something; noticing something

3. Getting the Gist

-First Viewing- [Time: 02:11]

WEB動画

Watch the news and then choose the right word in each statement.
1. The Japanese style of serving school lunches is a good way for students to( learn / talk /teach ) about nutrition.

2. After coming to Japan, the American teacher became more ( aware /confused / excited ) about what he should eat to stay healthy.

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4. Getting into Details

WEB動画-Second Viewing-

1-03~05

Watch or listen to the news again. Fill in the blanks and answer the questions.
[1-03]

Tracy Smith: At

school, American

kids often reject healthy

healthyalternatives 代わりpizza and junk food.

in favor of~ 〜の方

alternatives in favor ofBut 1(5		となる健康的な食べ物を好んで). As

Lucy Craft reports, healthful lunches 2() for Japanese kids. They’re required.		

Lucy Craft:

At Tokyo’s Higashi-Kanamachi Elementary, it’s a(310

swirling.

Everything). Chopping, steaming, andis

madefromscratch,from the locally sourced greens to the rice
salad, to the seaweed jello.

Childhood obesity is almost unknown in Japan.

swirling

かき混ぜることfrom scratch

最初から、はじめから

seaweed jello

寒天から作ったゼリー

And part of the reason is the school lunch. It’s not

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just a 4(nutrition. It’s a lesson), but a lesson inJapanese schools takevery

seriously.

So

seriously kids do the20

serving. Dressed likeslingjunior cooks, they sling

皿によそう、盛り付ける

sushi rice with gusto.

with gusto

楽しげに、嬉々として

Comprehension Check

1. [ T / F ] American kids often prefer healthy foods to junk food for school		lunch.
2. [ T / F ] One reason why there are fewer obese children in Japan is because of		 healthy school lunches.
[1-04]
Craft:

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Teacher and students dine together right at theirdesks. The message is 5()

UNIT 1

What’s for Lunch? In Japanese Schools It’s Always Healthytogether.
Craft:“We Japanese call it, ‘eating from the same bowl,’”says principal Kimiko Koyasu. “No matter how old
you are, you never 6()

back in school.”30

back in school

昔学校に行っていた頃にFor about two dollars
and fifty cents, kids get

a veggie-stuffed feast,low on (35veggie-stuﬀedfeast

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野菜が詰まったごちそう) and fat,and balanced down tothe last calorie. This sixth grader says, “It’s tasty,

down to the lastcalorie

最後の１カロリーまでand if I eat it all, it gives me energy.”
Comprehension Check

3. [ T / F ] Eating the same food together with their classmates and teacher		 gives Japanese kids a sense of unity.
4. [ T / F ] Japanese school lunches are very expensive, but well-balanced in		 nutrition and calories.
[1-05]
Craft:

Minnesota native Karl Hoeschen came to HigashiChichibu Junior High School outside Tokyo to teach40

English. He 8(fit.

) on staying

Karl Hoeschen: Since coming to Japan two and a half years ago,

I’ve lost about 10 kilograms, or 22 pounds. Uh… and45

I’ve become much more conscious about my portion
sizes and just (9Craft:

ポンド（約 0.45kg）

portion sizes
一人前の分量Thanks to clever recipesthat make vegetables

go down easy, even50).

pound

make vegetables
go down easy

野菜を食べやすくする

picky eaters clean theirplates.

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They’re told from a very early age that they needto eat 10() for them and, thatwhat’s good for them can be good tasting, too.
Craft:

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Hitting the right notes at lunchtime doesn’t

guarantee straight A’s, but to the Japanese, it’s one
way to keep young minds in tune.

For CBS This Morning Saturday, Lucy Craft,
Tokyo.

Hitting the rightnotes〔音楽などで〕正しい音を出す（ここでは比喩的な表現）

keep ~ in tune〜の調子を合わせる

Comprehension Check

5. [ T / F ] Before he came to Japan, the American teacher did not think so much		 about healthy eating.
6. [ T / F ] The school lunch is made in such a clever way that the kids eat		 vegetables they don’t like.
7. [ T / F ] Healthy Japanese school lunches help kids get good grades.

5. Summary

1-06

Fill in the blanks. The first two letters of each word are already given.
At lunchtime American school kids often prefer pizza and junk food, and reject
healthy 1( al). But it’s different in Japanese schools, because

eating a healthful lunch is ( re2). For Japanese kids, lunchtime

is not only about having a meal. It’s also a good chance to learn about3( nueat is made from ( sc4meals. They ( di5). At an elementary school in Tokyo, everything they5). Kids are dressed like chefs and serve the) together at their desks with teachers. This style ofeating the same food together is called “eating from the same 6( bo).”

Sharing the experience of eating together creates a bond and a senseof harmony among them. The food is inexpensive, stuffed with a lot ofvegetables and ( lo( pi810) on sugar and fat. It gives kids energy and even7) eaters eat everything on their plates. After coming to Japan,

an American teacher became more 9( consciousious) about his portionsizes and what he eats. The reporter found that Japanese school lunches help
kids stay 10( fi10).

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What’s for Lunch? In Japanese Schools It’s Always Healthy

6. Conversation in Action

1-07

Put the Japanese statements into English. Then listen to check your answers.
Yuka:
Mr. Smith:Thanks for visiting my school, Mr. Smith. What do you think?
Well, it’s a lot like American schools, but 1 lunchtime is differen t .					Yuka:Mr. Smith:(昼食時が違ってるね)

Really? How?
Well, the kids dress up 2 like chefs and do the se rving.

(シェフのような格好をして給仕をしているよね)

And the meals look really good and nutritious!
Yuka:

Yes, it’s a 3

good chance for kids to learn about what to eathealthy.
Mr. Smith:to stay

(何を食べるべきかについて子どもたちが学ぶいい機会)

Looks yummy. Even for 4 a picky eater likeme !       (私みたいに好き嫌いのある人)

7. Critical Thinking
Discuss the following questions with your partner or group. Givereasons to support your opinions.
1. What are some differences between Japanese and American elementary		school lunches?

2. Why are the meals served at this school nutritious?
3. What does the phrase “eating from the same bowl” mean?
What would you do?
1. You are hosting a non-Japanese visitor to your elementary school. Explain		your school’s lunchtime routine to your guest.

2. You are in charge of preparing the menu at an elementary school. What		 kind of menu would you make? Why?

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