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数学は3日間、問題を提示しました。

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では、今日の英語の課題です！

 

高校英語課題⑨4月23日　←印刷の方はこちらから

 

高校生英語　休講期間中の課題⑨～4月23日用～

 

●次の英文を読んで、あとの問いに答えなさい。

 

“Can you ^※guess my ^※blood ^※type?”

“Well, you’re a very ^※serious person, so I think your blood type is A.”

“Wow! Good guess!!”

This is a ^※common ^※conversation in Japan.  Talking about a person’s blood type is very popular among many Japanese people.  They like ^※judging a person’s ^※personality by his or her blood type.  Many books about this ^※topic become ^※best-sellers every year.  People often find ^※articles about it in magazines.  Many Japanese people think that blood type ^※has something to do with their personality.  However in most other countries, blood type is not a common topic.  A lot of people think it is ^※nonsense to judge personality by blood type.

Why do Japanese people like judging personality by blood type?  There are two ^※possible reasons for this.  One reason is the ^※distribution of blood types in Japan.  Japan has a more ^※even distribution of blood types than other countries.  ^※Take a look at the ^※data ^※below.  Each blood type is found in a ^※range of 9-38% (percent) of the ^※population.

So it is easy to ^※group personalities into four groups by blood type.  ^※On the other hand,in other countries, the distribution of blood types are not very even.  The ^※rates for some blood　types are very high or very low.  For example, in ^※Bolivia, 93% of people have type O blood.  In such countries, it is difficult to judge personality by blood type.

 

 

In Japan, most people know their blood types, so it is easy for them to talk about them.  This is the other reason.  In other countries, many people do not know their blood types.  ^※In fact, they first ^※learn about them when they need a blood ^※transfusion.  If you ask a person from the United States or Europe, “What’s your blood type?” he or she may say, “Why do you want to know?  Are you a doctor?  Only doctors want to know that.”  If people do not know their blood types, they will not use blood type to judge personality.

For these two reasons, blood type is a popular way to judge personality in Japan.  ^※Interestingly, we also see this in South Korea.　 There is an even distribution of blood types there, and most people know their blood types.  Also, people there are very interested in judging personality by blood type.

 

 

What do scientists think?  Most scientists believe that there is no ^※relationship between blood type and personality.  Some scientists ^※researched the relationship, but they could not find any ^※scientific ^※evidence.  ^※Yet some Japanese people still think that blood type is an interesting topic.  Do you think that blood type can tell you something about your personality?

 

 

※  guess ～を推測する　　　blood 血、血液　　　type　型　　　serious　真面目な　　　

common　よくある、共通の、一般的な　　　conversation 会話　　　be popular among ～の間で人気がある

judge ～を判断する　　　personality 性格、個性　　　topic 話題　　　

best seller ベストセラー（よく売れた商品のこと）　　　article 記事　　　

have something to do with ～ ～と関係がある　　　nonsense 意味をなさないこと、ナンセンス

possible ありそうな、可能な　　　distribution 分布　　　even 均等な　　　take a look at A  Aを見る、一覧する

data データ、資料　　　below 以下の　　　range 範囲、広がり　　　population 人口

group A into B AをBに分ける　　　on the other handその一方で　　　rate　割合　　　Bolivia ボリビア

in fact 実際は　　　learn about ～のことを知る　　　transfusion 輸血　　　Europe ヨーロッパ  

interestingly 興味深いことに　　　relationship 関係　　　research 調査する　　　scientific 科学的な

evidence 証拠　　　yet けれども、しかし

 

Q1 What is very popular among many Japanese people?

 

Q2 Why do Japanese people like judging personality by blood type?

 

Q3 What are people in South Korea interested in?

 

Q4 Do most scientists believe there is a relationship between blood type and personality?

 

Q5 Fill in the blanks with the words below.

Judging (1  ) by blood type is very popular in Japan.  However, it is not in other countries.  Why?  For one reason, Japan has a more even (2  ) of blood types.  For other reason, most Japanese people know their blood types. However, scientists believe that there is no (3  ) between blood type and personality. They could not find any (4  ) evidence of such a relationship.

Words

［ scientific  /  distribution  /  personality  / relationship ］

 

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