- Musical Lightning There are many types of music,/ and many instruments/ around the world.//

たくさんの種類の音楽があり / たくさんの楽器がある / 世界中に//

People differ greatly in taste,/ but similar instruments are used/ in surprisingly similar

人の好みは千差万別だが / 似たような楽器は使われている / 驚くほど同じような使われways/ by people in many countries.// One musician says/ that this is because of the

方で / 多くの国の人々に// あるミュージシャンによると、/ それは楽器そのものに理由がinstruments themselves.//ある//Electric guitars make sound from electricity:/ they sound like lightning.// It is

エレクトリック・ギターは電気から音を出す / それは雷のような音がする//

the sound of power,/ and so it makes us feel powerful emotions,/ both happy and sad.//

力強い音であり / そして私たちに力強い感情を抱かせる / 喜びでも悲しみでも//Horns, now made from brass,/ were once made from the horns/ taken from

ホルンは現在、真鍮で作られているが / かつては角から作られていた / 動物から採取

animals.// To play a horn/ is to make a new voice/ from an inanimate object.// This isされた//

why movies use brass instruments/ in spectacular scenes about death or rebirth.//ない物から//

Drums are the sound of touch.// Walking, clapping, or dancing are all ways /ホルンを演奏するということは / 新しい声を生み出すことなのだ / 生きていそのため映画で金管楽器が使われる / 死や復活の壮大なシーンに//

ドラムは触覚の音である//

to make a beat.// It is natural that people will want to dance/ when they hear the soundだ / ビートを刻むための//of dancing.//

聞いた時//

There is meaning in the sound of each instrument/ because there is meaning

それは歩いたり、手を叩いたり、踊ったりすることはすべて手段

人々が踊りたくなるのは自然なことだ / 人々が踊りの音をそれぞれの楽器の音に意味がある / なぜならそれぞれの楽器の形に意味があるから//in the shape of each instrument.//

Total Number of words used

Vocabulary and Phrases
instrument

楽器hornホルン (角笛)：to differ

異なるbrass

金管Time for 100 wpm

taste

趣味horn角electric guitar

エレキギター

inanimate object

無生物lightning

雷rebirth

再生

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Time for 120 wpm
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There are many types of music, and many instruments around【Q&A / A&Q】

Question 1: Why is it surprising that instruments are used similarly bymany different people?

the world. People ______________ greatly in taste, but ______________
instruments are used in surprisingly similar ways by people in many

Question 2: What were horns made of in the past?

countries. One musician says that this is because of the instruments__________________.
Electric guitars make sound from ____________________: they

Question 3: What is your favourite instrument?

sound like __________________. It is the sound of power, and so it
makes us feel powerful ___________________, both happy and sad.

Ask 1: 答えが「Drums」である質問を英語で書いてください

Horns, now made from brass, were _____________ made fromthe horns taken from animals. To play a horn is to make a new voicefrom an ________________ object. This is why movies use brass

Ask 2: Electric guitars についての質問を英語で書いてください

instruments in _____________________ scenes about death or rebirth.
Drums are the sound of touch. Walking, clapping, or dancing
Ask 3: この記事について知りたいことを英語で１つ書いてください

are all ways to make a beat. It is ________________ that people will wantto dance when they hear the sound of dancing.

Sample Answer 1: Because people have different tastes and different
cultures.

Sample Answer 2: Horns. The horns of animals.

Sample Answer 3: Trombone/Electric guitar/jug/etc…

Sample Question 1: What instrument is fundamentally the sound of touch?/
What instrument is the sound of dancing? /etc…

Sample Question 2: Why are electric guitars awesome? / Why are electricguitars electric?/ What is your favourite type of electric guitar?/ How far
can Shaq throw an electric guitar on a windy day?/ etc…

Sample Question 3: Why did people start making instruments in the firstplace? / What is the fundamental meaning of the piano?/ How many
instruments are there in the world?/ etc…