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2024年05月11日
英語 長文読解に挑戦しよう【第５回】
では、前回の続きから始めたいと思います。
↓ 以下の長文は分かりやすくするため、つながっている部分は１文ごとに改行、段落は２個分改行を行います。
問
Native American and Canadian Indian tribes have passed down stories going back thousands of years about giant ape-men, or Bigfoot, living in the forest of the western United States and Canada.
They called these creature Sasquatch, Yerin, or Mountain Devils.
Regardless of the name, the descriptions of these animals are usually the same.
The Bigfoot is usually described as being very tall, well over two meters.
It is covered in thick, dark hair and usually gives off a bad odor.
The Bigfoot's body is usually very muscular and ape-like, yet it walks upright and has a face more similar to that of humans than of apes.
For the most part, these creatures appear not to be violent or aggressive.
Big foot sightings are usually of lone, or single, creatures, but there have been reports of people seeing groups, or families, of Bigfoot.
People in other countries also tell stories of similar ape-men.
In the Himalayas, a mountain range in Nepal, people call these creatures Yeti, or Abominable Snowmen.
The Africans call them Ngoloko, and the Chinese tell stories of Gin-sung, or Bearman.
Though sightings have been reported for centuries, is there any scientific evidence for the existence of these creatures?
Some say yes, and others say no.
Dr. Grover Krantz, a physical anthropologist at the University of Oregon, believes that Bigfoot may be a type of creature known as a Gigantopithecus.
A Gigantopithecus is an animal that lived in Asia over 300,000 years ago and looked like a mix between an ape and a very large man.
Dr. Krantz believes that these animals, which lived long before humans, may have migrated from Asia and decided to settle in the heavily wooded area of the Pacific Northwest, where food was plentiful.
Is it possible that creatures like these could have survived for so many years unknown to humans?
Cryptozoologists compare the case of Bigfoot to that of the coelacanth.
The coelacanth is a type of fish that was believed to have gone extinct over 70 million years ago, but this fish has been discovered to be still living off the coast of South Africa.
Cryptozoologists believe that the animals that we now call Bigfoot have been able to survive by living in an area that people, until recently, have seldom gone.
There are, however, some questions that science has been unable to answer.
For example, why have no dead Bigfoot bodies ever been discovered?
And where is the physical proof of their existence?
Bigfoot researchers point out that it is unusual to find the dead remains of any animal in the forest.
Most of the time, they say, other animals eat the remains soon after death; this may be the case for Bigfoot, too.
Many skeptics, people who do not believe in Bigfoot, say that the videos and photographs of Bigfoot are really pictures of people wearing ape costumes.
They also believe that the Bigfoot footprints are really the footprints of bears, or footprints made by tricksters trying to fool scientists.
It is possible that we may never know the truth about these animals.
If they have avoided being seen for the last several thousand years, then maybe they will stay hidden for another several thousand.
Or it may be that as we humans go deeper and deeper into the forest of Northwest America and Canada, we may finally come face to face with the elusive Bigfoot.
続きの問題から解いていきましょう
［３］ The Bigfoot has been compared to the coelacanth because
①they are both believed to have gone extinct because humans invaded their habitats.
②the coelacanth is an animal that has survived in areas populated by humans and other animals.
③the coelacanth is an exemple of a creature that has survived for a long time without being discovered by humans.
④the Bigfoot was to some recently spotted off the coast of South Africa where the coelacanth was first discovered.
Bigfoot と coelacanth の比較については、絶滅したと思われていた種でありながらも、長期間の生存が確認されたという部分でしょう。
そのため、答えは③です。
［４］According to some researchers, one possible reason why we have no physical proof of Bigfoot's existence is because
①other animals could have consumed dead Bigfoot bodies, making them disappear.
②the dead remains of animals are usually found in places where humans don’t explore.
③the people who have found physical proof have kept it to themselves for their own benefit.
④the bodies and footprints of Bigfoot have been often mistaken for those of bears.
Bigfootが存在する証拠についての文章ですが、この中では、「Most of the time, they say, other animals eat） the remains soon after death; this may be the case for Bigfoot, too」の部分あたりですね。
答えは①となります。
［５］ The author implies that
①the Bigfoot should remain a mystery as it has been for the past several thousand years.
②we should not try to find out the truth about the Bigfoot as it would only result in conflict.
③we cannot say if the Bigfoot is real or not because there is not enough evidence to support either side.
④seeking the truth about the Bigfoot will lead us to take better care of our environment.
最後の設問は、この文章は何が言いたい文章だったのかというものですが、
「It is possible that we may never know the truth about these animals.」
が総括していっている部分になりますね。
というわけで、答えは③です。
今回は、新しい長文読解もやるため、1度に2度更新いたします。
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
↓ おすすめの参考書は載せておきますが、まずは自分のレベルに合った参考書を選びましょう。参考書の選び方はまた別の機会（サブブログ）でやろうと思います
↓ 以下の長文は分かりやすくするため、つながっている部分は１文ごとに改行、段落は２個分改行を行います。
問
Native American and Canadian Indian tribes have passed down stories going back thousands of years about giant ape-men, or Bigfoot, living in the forest of the western United States and Canada.
They called these creature Sasquatch, Yerin, or Mountain Devils.
Regardless of the name, the descriptions of these animals are usually the same.
The Bigfoot is usually described as being very tall, well over two meters.
It is covered in thick, dark hair and usually gives off a bad odor.
The Bigfoot's body is usually very muscular and ape-like, yet it walks upright and has a face more similar to that of humans than of apes.
For the most part, these creatures appear not to be violent or aggressive.
Big foot sightings are usually of lone, or single, creatures, but there have been reports of people seeing groups, or families, of Bigfoot.
People in other countries also tell stories of similar ape-men.
In the Himalayas, a mountain range in Nepal, people call these creatures Yeti, or Abominable Snowmen.
The Africans call them Ngoloko, and the Chinese tell stories of Gin-sung, or Bearman.
Though sightings have been reported for centuries, is there any scientific evidence for the existence of these creatures?
Some say yes, and others say no.
Dr. Grover Krantz, a physical anthropologist at the University of Oregon, believes that Bigfoot may be a type of creature known as a Gigantopithecus.
A Gigantopithecus is an animal that lived in Asia over 300,000 years ago and looked like a mix between an ape and a very large man.
Dr. Krantz believes that these animals, which lived long before humans, may have migrated from Asia and decided to settle in the heavily wooded area of the Pacific Northwest, where food was plentiful.
Is it possible that creatures like these could have survived for so many years unknown to humans?
Cryptozoologists compare the case of Bigfoot to that of the coelacanth.
The coelacanth is a type of fish that was believed to have gone extinct over 70 million years ago, but this fish has been discovered to be still living off the coast of South Africa.
Cryptozoologists believe that the animals that we now call Bigfoot have been able to survive by living in an area that people, until recently, have seldom gone.
There are, however, some questions that science has been unable to answer.
For example, why have no dead Bigfoot bodies ever been discovered?
And where is the physical proof of their existence?
Bigfoot researchers point out that it is unusual to find the dead remains of any animal in the forest.
Most of the time, they say, other animals eat the remains soon after death; this may be the case for Bigfoot, too.
Many skeptics, people who do not believe in Bigfoot, say that the videos and photographs of Bigfoot are really pictures of people wearing ape costumes.
They also believe that the Bigfoot footprints are really the footprints of bears, or footprints made by tricksters trying to fool scientists.
It is possible that we may never know the truth about these animals.
If they have avoided being seen for the last several thousand years, then maybe they will stay hidden for another several thousand.
Or it may be that as we humans go deeper and deeper into the forest of Northwest America and Canada, we may finally come face to face with the elusive Bigfoot.
続きの問題から解いていきましょう
［３］ The Bigfoot has been compared to the coelacanth because
①they are both believed to have gone extinct because humans invaded their habitats.
②the coelacanth is an animal that has survived in areas populated by humans and other animals.
③the coelacanth is an exemple of a creature that has survived for a long time without being discovered by humans.
④the Bigfoot was to some recently spotted off the coast of South Africa where the coelacanth was first discovered.
Bigfoot と coelacanth の比較については、絶滅したと思われていた種でありながらも、長期間の生存が確認されたという部分でしょう。
そのため、答えは③です。
［４］According to some researchers, one possible reason why we have no physical proof of Bigfoot's existence is because
①other animals could have consumed dead Bigfoot bodies, making them disappear.
②the dead remains of animals are usually found in places where humans don’t explore.
③the people who have found physical proof have kept it to themselves for their own benefit.
④the bodies and footprints of Bigfoot have been often mistaken for those of bears.
Bigfootが存在する証拠についての文章ですが、この中では、「Most of the time, they say, other animals eat） the remains soon after death; this may be the case for Bigfoot, too」の部分あたりですね。
答えは①となります。
［５］ The author implies that
①the Bigfoot should remain a mystery as it has been for the past several thousand years.
②we should not try to find out the truth about the Bigfoot as it would only result in conflict.
③we cannot say if the Bigfoot is real or not because there is not enough evidence to support either side.
④seeking the truth about the Bigfoot will lead us to take better care of our environment.
最後の設問は、この文章は何が言いたい文章だったのかというものですが、
「It is possible that we may never know the truth about these animals.」
が総括していっている部分になりますね。
というわけで、答えは③です。
今回は、新しい長文読解もやるため、1度に2度更新いたします。
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
↓ おすすめの参考書は載せておきますが、まずは自分のレベルに合った参考書を選びましょう。参考書の選び方はまた別の機会（サブブログ）でやろうと思います
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