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[出典]
TURNING POINT
Boomers’ Little Secret
We say 60 is the new 40, but we lie—and the truth becomes all too clear when early Alzheimer's hits.
By Terry Pratchett | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Apr 21, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/131711
[英文省略]
【語注】
baby boomer: ベビーブーム世代
buoyantly: 朗らかに
coherently: 首尾一貫して
dementia: 痴呆
diagnosis: 診断
edgy: いらいらした
furtive: 人目を忍んだ
ghastly: 不快な
lair: ねぐら
lapse: 過失
Morpheus: 眠りの神
onset: 発症
reluctance: 不本意、不承不承
rewire: 新しく電線を張る
subconscious: ぼんやりとした意識で
tenet: 見解
usurp: 強奪する
visual acuity:視力
wage: (闘争などを)行う
[設問]
問 1 State the meaning of the sentence "We say 60 is the new 40. but we lie." in English within 60 words.
問 2 Why does the author state "So there's a stroke of luck.”? Explain it in Japanese within !20 characters.
問 3 Why does the author have given up his driver's license? Explain it in Japanese within 150 characters.
問 4 What did they think about cancer when the author was young? And what do they think about cancer now? Describe these in Japanese within 170 characters.
問 5 The author stated that the struggle against Alzheimer's remains a furtive kind of thing. Describe the meaning of the phrase "a furtive kind of thing" in Japanese within 150 characters.
問 6 Describe the meaning of the sentence "If they don't get their asses in gear, that is what will await them." in English within 60 words.