(Mag2) 感動しながら学ぶ英語・英会話
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感動を感じたことがありますか、最近？私は、このメルマガに記載する英文
の物語を読む度に感動を感じます。
感動を簡単に感じる心とセンサーを持ちたいと心がけています。
HAPPINESS
You will be happier if you will give people a bit of your heart
rather than a piece of your mind.
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感動しながら学ぶ英語・英語会話
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● 英語／英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信 ●
● http://eigo.undo.jp ●
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● チリも積もれば山となる英語力のヨシダです。 ●
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■ おすすめ英語学習書
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● コウビルド英英辞典
http://tinyurl.com/2c243c
他の英英辞典とは表現方法がかなり違います。私の英語は、コウビルド英英辞典
のおかげと言って良いでしょう。難しい単語も易しい英語表現で説明して
あります。英語を英語で考える上でこの辞書を使えば自然と英語で考える
習慣が身につきます。
ぜひ、これを座右の辞書としてください。英語がわかる人は、この辞書を
必ず持っています。
● ロングマン現代英英辞典 4訂増補版 CD-ROM2枚付 <上製版>
http://tinyurl.com/2u83ae
すでにコウビルド英英辞典をもっている方は、Second Opinionの英英辞書
としてロングマン現代英英辞典がお勧めです。特にパソコンでお仕事をし
ている方には、CD-ROM付がお役に立ちます。
● Hopes, love and dreams in New York
−NHK CD Book―NHKラジオ英会話ストーリーブック
大杉 正明 (著)
http://tinyurl.com/68ppk
この教材は、一度ＮＨＫラジオ英会話で放送された物を学習参考書として
まとめた物です。私は、この教材を今も時々聞いています。登場する人物
と内容が心に響き、声優の声に恋をしてしまったのです。
物語に喜怒哀楽があり、最後には感激して涙が出てきてしまうほどの
ドラマが演出されています。英語学習書を越えた名作英語会話学習書
です。
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□ 心温まる物語 （自分の意見を英語で表現する訓練）
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HOW TO BECOME RICH AND RETIRE YOUNG
by Robert Kiyosaki
The following is the story of how my wife Kim, my best friend Larry
Clark and I, began our journey from broke, to rich, to retired in
less than 10 years. When Kim and I started, we were nearly out of
money and filled with doubt. We all have doubts. The difference is
what we do with those doubts.
In December 1984, Kim, Larry and I were on a skiing holiday. At night
we would discuss our plans for the future. Kim and I were on our last
few dollars and Larry was in the process of building another business.
On New Years Day, we tried to set some goals. Larry wanted to do more
than just set goals for the coming year; he wanted us to set goals
that changed our lives.
"Why don't we write a plan on how we can all become financially
free?" he urged.
I had talked about it and dreamt about it. But the idea of being
financially free was always in the future, not today.
"Let's write it down," Larry said. "Once we write it down, we have to
do it, and we'll support each other on the journey."
Kim and I looked at each other doubtfully. "It's a good idea but I
think I would rather just focus on surviving for the next year."
"Come on," said Larry. "Let's go for freedom. I don't want to spend
my life working just to pay bills. I want to live. I want to be rich.
I want to travel the world while I'm young enough to enjoy it."
I recalled the words of my rich dad: "The biggest challenge you have
is your own self-doubt and your laziness. It is your self-doubt and
your laziness that define and limit who you are. It is your
self-doubt and laziness that deny you the life you want."
It was time to choose. "OK, let's set the goal to be financially
free." That was New Year's Day 1985. In 1994 Kim and I were free.
Larry went on to build his company, which became one of Inc.
Magazine's fastest growing companies of the year in 1996. Larry
retired in 1998 at the age of 46 after selling his company.
How did we do it?
It's not about how we did it. It's about why we did it. From 1985 to
1994, Kim, Larry, and I focused on rich dad's three paths to great
wealth:
・Increasing business skills
・Increasing money management skills
・Increasing investment skills
The why is because I wanted to challenge my own self-doubts, my
laziness and my past. It was the why that gave us the power to do the
how.
My arguments against Larry's idea were things like: "But we don't
have any money"; "I can't do that"; "I'll think about it next year,
or once Kim and I get settled".
Rich dad had told me: "Whenever someone says something like 'I can't
afford it', or 'I can't do it' to something they want, they have a
big problem. Why in the world would someone say 'I can't afford it'
or 'I can't do it' to something they want? Why would someone deny
themselves the things they want? It makes no logical sense."
My own whys
・I was fed up with being broke and always struggling for money.
・I was tired of being average.
・My parents had struggled under a mountain of bills.
Most painful of all, my beautiful wife Kim was in this financial mess
because she loved me.
Things got worse for us before they got better. Kim and I lived in a
car for about three weeks after our money ran out. So things did not
get better just because we made the decision to retire rich, but it
was the reasons why that kept us going.
Rich dad used to say: "If you want something, be passionate. Passion
gives energy to your life." Passion is a combination of love and hate.
"If you want something you do not have, find out why you love what
you want and why you hate not having what you want. When you combine
those two thoughts, you will find the energy to go get anything you
want."
For example, I would create the following list:
LOVE
・Being rich
・Being free
・Buying anything I want
・Expensive things
Having other people do what I don't want to do
HATE
・Being poor
・Being required to work
・Not having what I want
・Cheap things
・Doing things I don't want to do
So sit quietly to find and define your loves and hates.
Then write down your whys.
Write down your dreams, goals and plans on becoming financially free,
retiring early and retiring as young as possible.
Once it is in writing, you may want to show it to a friend who will
support you in achieving your dreams.
Take a look at this paper with your dreams, goals and plans on a
regular basis.
Talk about it often, ask for support, be willing to continually learn,
and before you know it, things will begin to happen.
I have heard many people say: "Money doesn't buy happiness." That
statement has some truth to it. But what money does do is buy me the
time to do what I love and pay other people to do what I hate doing.
私の回答はこちら！
http://eigo.undo.jp/content/view/67/28/
Q1: Do you believe what he said here?
Q2: Do you have something passionate to pursue in your life now?
Q3: Please write down your self-doubts.
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□ 不安と自信は相対的！
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私は、人の前で講演をする機会を多く持てた。そのため「人前で話すと言う
事」に不安を感じない。人前で話す事に自信を持っているからだ。
これは、多くの場を経験した結果だ。
今、私は起業家として不安を感じている。会社経営者としてビジネスの場を
あまり経験していないからだ。そのため、いつも不安で心が揺れ動いている。
まだ、ビジネスの場数（創業年数）が少ないためだろう。創業2年目だ。最低、
3年から5年経営経験がないと自分のビジネスに自信がついて来ないのではな
いかと思っている。
どうだろうか。
未知の世界を目指して自分に挑戦している。自分への挑戦は、喜怒哀楽の感
情の渦で渦巻いている。人生を味わうと言うことは、こんなことなのだろう。
Hanji
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●Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process
(ペーパーバック)
http://tinyurl.com/27vnoc
Peter Elbow (著)
この本は最近見つけた本だ。Emailで米国の企業とやり取りをする時に
Writing Skillが求められる。Amazonでこの本の中身の閲覧してほしい。
なぜ、私がこの本を薦めている理由がわかる。
●Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (ペーパーバック)
Karen Lourie Blanchard (著)
http://tinyurl.com/2s94db
米国の大学で初めて英語の授業を受けた。まず、習った事は、
パラグラフの書き方だ。その次が、A4１ページのエッセーの書き方だ。
毎回授業がある度に宿題でエッセーを提出させられた。そして、添削
された宿題が点数（A, A-, B+, B, B-など）と共に戻ってきた。
日本で学んだ方法とは、１８０度違っていた。それが新鮮だった。
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電子出版： 英語/英会話を自分の物にしたい人のための情報発信
発行者： Norito H.Yoshida
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