2009年6月18日木曜日

MOMOTAROU

It was very easy and it was legible.
The day nursery was recalled.
The impression that changed again when writing in English was received.
Especially, there was no word that did not understand.

2009年6月11日木曜日

Study Offers Clues to Why People Overeat(NYtimes)

It is a problem that we live that cannot be overlooked even in Japan.
It circulates like seem being natural the gastronomic culture in the United States,
too in Japan today. Recently,
it often hears of the sickness called a metabolic syndrome.
When living in the future,
it thinks the review of the lifestyle to be a thing necessary for maintaining our health.



obese/肥満体
A new study suggests that obese people have a different physiological response to food: they continue to salivate longer in response to a new taste than do people of normal weight.


decline/衰退
Saliva production tends to decline in most people once they’ve gotten used to the taste of a certain food and had enough of it.


author/作者
a study author and assistant professor of research at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I.


bariatric /肥満学の
all of whom were candidates for bariatric surgery, the decline in saliva in response to a stimulus — in this case


habituation /常用癖
It suggests that this habituation process is impaired in people who are obese.


sensitive /敏感
They’re not as sensitive to those feelings of fullness, and as a result, they continue to eat longer," he added.


comparison/比較
researchers recruited 34 obese patients who were candidates for bariatric surgery and 18 people of normal weight for comparison.


measuring /測定
Then, after measuring the baseline levels of saliva by placing a small amount of water on the volunteers’ tongues

stimulus/ 刺激
Although the groups did not differ in their baseline responses to the water stimulus or in their initial responses to the lemon juice


response/応答
But he noted it is not clear whether the slower habituation response is a cause of obesity or a feature of it.




参考サイト:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/health/10eating.html?hpw

2009年6月3日水曜日

North Korean Leader Is Said to Pick a Son as Heir (NYtimes)

I am interested in the recent news.
Therefore, it made it to this article.
As for a provocative action of North Korea, I feel regrettable very much.
Japan is a range distance in which the attack of North Korea is received.
Especially, in Kumamoto, there is a military station of the Self Defense Forces, too and I cannot overlook this problem. As for this problem, I want you to solve it even at once.
Eyes cannot be removed to the movement of North Korea of the future by the heir problem.


dictator/独裁者
American and South Korean officials say that Kim Jong-il, the North Korean dictator recovering from a stroke

secretly /秘かに
beyond reports that he was secretly schooled in Switzerland under an assumed name

plotting/企み
But his path to power is hardly assured: some intelligence officials believe that everyone from the North Korean military to Kim Jong-il’s eldest son may be plotting behind the scenes to derail the succession plans

acknowledge/承認してもらう
analysts acknowledge that they are extrapolating from indicators, rather than hard evidence

homage /尊敬
North Korean diplomats abroad have been told to begin to pay homage to Kim Jong-un and some schoolchildren have reportedly been including his name in their songs.

administration /管理
While Obama administration officials say they want to draw North Korea back into disarmament talks begun by President George W. Bush

struggle / 戦い
it is unclear who is running the country and when all players in a succession struggle will avoid any perception of concessions to the United States.

reliable/信頼できる
until the Disneyland episode added to rumors that his judgment was less than reliable.

allegiance /忠誠
They said that this message instructed the diplomats to pledge their allegiance to Kim Jong-un


lawmaker/議員
Another lawmaker, Moon Kook-hyun, said he could not comment on a secret briefing

day-to-day /その日その日
who is believed to run many day-to-day state affairs on behalf of the ailing leader.





参考サイト:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/world/asia/03korea.html?hpw