abdicate　捨てる，退くレベル12

毎日、新聞読む感覚で・・シャドウイング・・メモのような、単語帳のようなものです。

「Ｔ」数えて、前頭葉封鎖?? 音を耳の後ろの後頭部に送り込んで言語野を活性化??
１.【Tを指折り数える】←音聞きながらＴを指折り数えます。残りは耳の後ろのあたりで無意識に聞いている感じ。
２.【シャドウイングをする】←Ｔを数えた記事のスクリプト見ながらシャドウイング（音読）。
　　　←慣れてきたらシャドーを２重３重にすると生英語の記憶（音のまま記憶して後で考える）領域
　　　　が広がって行く・・

母音は捨てて「Ｔ」を意識したシャドウイングをする。
　　米語→舌を奥ののどちんこに向かって反って「うーうー」とうなるような感じ。
　　英語→「えｱ」と言って、口の形をキープしたまま、閉じずに、喉の奥の方まで「えｱ」にする感じ。

abdicate 　捨てる，退くレベル12

rout　敗走，潰走(かいそう).
enough is enough　もういいかげんにしよう, もうたくさんだ.
rebuke　非難する

シャドウイングを連続で数個続ける・・・

hearken　耳を傾ける　レベル23
wreak　浴びせる
havoc　破壊，大荒れ; 大混乱
flick　 映画　ピシッ[パチッ](という音)
For the older crowd, Hollywood also invests heavily in productions that hearken back to older film franchises.
http://www.voanews.com/content/hollywood-studios-roll-out-big-budget-flicks/2817375.html

quarantine　隔離する　レベル11
The number of people in quarantine has also gone down for the first time, to 3,680.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/12/south-korea-two-hospitals-sealed-off-amid-mers-outbreak/

shun　避ける レベル9
Earlier, diplomatic sources suggested the Greek leader had been shunned by his EU counterparts attending the summit with Latin American leaders.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/10/greece-s-tsipras-flies-to-brussels-for-crunch-default-talks/

impartiality　不偏　公明正大.　レベル16
brazen　真ちゅう色の.　耳障りな，騒々しい.
The constitution stresses impartiality. The oath that the president takes also stresses impartiality.
Therefore, some of the voters reacted against the president's brazen support for one party and rhetoric against other parties,
http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-pm-resigns-will-try-to-form-coalition/2815421.html

lynchpin　くさび 楔　レベル24
span 及ぶ，広がる
The United States is the lynchpin of proposed trade pacts spanning the Atlantic and the Pacific, but Washington is far from unified on authorizing simple yes-or-no congressional votes to approve them.
http://www.voanews.com/content/uncertainty-persists-on-trade-vote-in-us-house-of-representatives/2811126.html

spearhead　一番槍を務める レベル11
The Japanese Prime Minister arrived fresh from a visit to Ukraine where he spearheaded the global efforts to find a peaceful solution to the problem.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/07/world-leaders-set-out-agenda-for-g7/

geostrategic　戦略地政学の レベル28
this summit is an opportunity for foreign leaders to have their candid conversations privately and out forward a unity message of their approach on an incredible range of issues
http://www.voanews.com/content/president-barack-obama-to-rally-allies-at-group-of-seven-meeting-over-ukraine/2810114.html

buoy ブイをつける　支える　レベル12
aberration 正道[常軌]をはずれること
Buoyed by a steady improvement in the labor market, the central bank had signaled a modest rate hike by the middle of the year, its first in nearly nine years.
http://www.voanews.com/content/imf-urges-to-postpone-interest-rate-hike-until-2016/2808441.html

murky　濁っている，よごれた 　レベル11
From the murky depths of the Yangtze River, a woman appears surrounded by a team of professional divers.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/rescue-teams-race-find-chinese-cruise-ship-survivors/

helm　舵(かじ）　 レベル10
embroil　巻き込む
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has said that he is to step down just four days after being re-elected for a fifth term at the helm of football’s world governing body, which is embroiled in a corruption scandal.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/02/watch-live-fifa-press-conference-amid-corruption-allegations/

scour　ごしごし洗う　レベル11
“There is not a food fish available, so they are scouring the environment to find any type of food that they can,” Schmitt said.　　　
http://www.voanews.com/content/rescuers-work-save-wildlife-california-oil-spill/2800930.html

tangible　触れて感知できる レベル9
"They seem to have the philosophy that they – they don't want to change us, they want to help us change ourselves," he said of Purple Door's staff.
"It has been so helpful just to have structure and to have, like, a purpose and a goal that is, like, tangible," he also said.
http://www.voanews.com/content/purple-door-coffeeshop-changing-lives-one-cup-at-a-time/2798380.html

uphill 上る，上りの，上り坂の レベル8
Although it is likely to begin with a spring cleaning of the FIFA house followed by an uphill struggle to regain the organization’s credibility across the footballing globe.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/29/blatter-re-elected-for-fifth-term-as-fifa-president/

configuration　形状，地形，輪郭; 外形　レベル8
Gradually, their robot evolved into motorized modules, each with its own processor, that can be assembled in various configurations, such as a six-legged insect-like machine they call the Snake Monster.
http://www.voanews.com/content/modular-robot-getting-closer-reality/2798741.html

meager 貧弱な，乏しい レベル9
She manages the family’s meager resources, takes care of a sick mother, and tends to a younger brother who gets beaten at work.
http://www.voanews.com/content/afghanistan-returning-refugees-pakistan/2795211.html

racketeer 不正な金もうけをする　 レベル26
The US Department of Justice said 14 people had been charged with money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud to the tune of $150m.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/27/six-fifa-executives-arrested-on-corruption-charges/

inhale　吸入する　レベル10
According to the World Health Organization, one hookah session typically lasts 20 to 80 minutes, and a hookah user may inhale as much smoke during one session as a cigarette smoker would from 100 or more cigarettes.
http://www.voanews.com/content/kenya-capital-nairobi-sees-rise-in-shisha-parlors/2791132.html

waive　放棄[撤回]する レベル11
wave 波
It follows an earlier decision by the government to waive restrictions and grant people entry on condition that each family has a sponsor.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/25/exodus-from-ramadi-to-baghdad-continues-after-bridge-re-opened/

influx 流入　レベル10
But with a nearby shopping mall and an influx of condos and townhouses continuing to be built within walking distance of Del Ray, resident Craig Gomez fears it may be just a matter of time before the charming Main Street changes.
http://www.voanews.com/content/virginia-neighborhood-draws-people-to-nostalgic-main-street/2787483.html

knot　結び　きずな　こぶ　ノット 《時速約 1852 m》　レベル4
Celebrations began in Dublin and elsewhere as it was announced that more than 62 percent had voted in favour of changing the constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/23/irish-referendum-result-62-percent-say-yes-to-same-sex-marriage/

destitute　貧困な　欠乏して　レベル11
“So when I set up this organization, I wanted it to
take on his commitment to rescuing people on a large basis, and that’s why I started with those children who were so destitute and the people living in poverty,” she said.
http://www.voanews.com/content/one-womans-vision-to-eradicate-poverty-a-family-at-a-time/2780564.html

underage 未成年の.レベル13
Russian law bans forced, underage and polygamous marriages. But
http://www.voanews.com/content/poverty-ignorance-fear-force-underage-girls-into-marriage/2780568.html

turnout　出席者 生産高. レベル11
The ‘Yes’ campaign knows it needs a large turnout, especially for the youth vote and in Dublin to outweigh the expected higher ‘No’ vote in more conservative small towns and rural areas.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/21/ireland-votes-in-same-sex-marriage-referendum/

demolish　取り壊す. レベル10
Palymra is home to two-thousand-year-old monuments, which were put on UNESCO’s World Heritage in danger list two years ago. The fear is that ISIL militants will move in and demolish them.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/20/isil-militants-reportedly-seize-syrian-city-of-palmyra/

enormity　極悪さ　レベル14　an act of extreme wickedness
"This is a clear indication of the enormity of changes that are taking place in the Antarctic Peninsula and elsewhere in Antarctica," he said.
http://www.voanews.com/content/nasa-says-big-antarctica-ice-shelf-is-disintegrating/2777733.html

inflatable　ふくらますことのできる.　レベル16
inflate　ふくらませる
Robotics professor Chris Atkeson says a robot’s rigid structure could be covered with inflatable segments that could change shape as needed.
http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-say-we-need-softer-robots/2776272.html

“Data is king, so to have a lot of data is very important. We have a lot of infrastructure data. What crowd-sourcing and apps like Waze allow us to do is to fill in the gaps," said Fogel.
http://www.voanews.com/content/social-media-apps-helpt-public-agencies-but-raise-questions/2776477.html

Visiting Camden on the heels of the unrest in Baltimore, President Obama again emphasized the importance of creating opportunity for all of America’s youth… whether through early childhood education or a reformed criminal justice system.
http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-moves-to-halt-us-police-militarization/2775700.html

purport　称する，主張する レベル10
An unverified video has emerged purporting to show ISIL militants raising the group’s flag over a government building in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/17/syria-reports-of-isil-advance-on-palmyra-raise-fears-for-the-ancient-site/

lethal 致命的な.レベル9
"One of the reasons why we're seeing such lethal epidemics," he said, "is that they are occurring in countries that have incurred decades of civil war and have had total breakdown of public health infrastructures."
http://www.voanews.com/content/doctors-look-prevent-another-ebola-outbreak/2768428.html

sustenance　生計，暮らし.
forage　〔食べ物などを〕探し回る，あさる 〔for〕.
Brill said the point of the tours is education and enjoyment, not sustenance from New York City earth. But if it came to that, he said, “I’m not a wilderness survivalist, but if I had to, I certainly know enough plants that you can eat, that I wouldn’t starve.”
http://www.voanews.com/content/an-urban-forager-in-the-wilds-of-new-york-city/2768479.html

rooftop　屋上 レベル12
Alkalay says even though American homes are not set up for rooftop deliveries, it is possible that future homes will have special platforms for air deliveries of small merchandise.
http://www.voanews.com/content/amazon-gets-patent-for-drone-deliveries/2767778.html

ballistic　弾道(学)の レベル13
rattle ガタガタと動かす レベル4
Earlier this week, U.S. officials said the Pentagon was considering sending military ships and planes to the South China Sea to assert freedom of navigation. That prompted a quick response from China’s foreign ministry, which said the move would be considered provocative.
http://www.voanews.com/content/diplomatic-challenges-kerry-china-south-korea/2768415.html

holistic　全体論の. レベル12
We want to check the train’s signal system to see what it might have been indicating. So we’re taking a holistic approach. We want to look at everything and try to understand just the very question that you asked. Why was the train going that speed?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/speed-control-system-installed-site-train-disaster/

covet 切望する.むさぼる long レベル11
covenant 契約
While the price of oil has fallen over the last year, the Arctic is coveted by energy companies for its long term potential. The Arctic is estimated to contain about 20 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas.
http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/13/arctic-oil-prospecting-imminent-as-shell-given-go-ahead/

impair 減じる 害する weaken　レベル8
imperative　 必須で
But you have to look at each state’s, you know, special circumstances. Illinois’ constitution is pretty ironclad.It says that, you know, public workers have a contractual right and their pension benefits cannot be impaired or diminished.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/effect-illinois-ruling-2013-pension-fix-states/

aggrieved　 心が傷つけられて　レベル？
Intelligence officials say IS has done more than any other militant group to capitalize on the power of social media – attracting young people who feel isolated, aggrieved or are simply seeking adventure.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-lawmakers-worry-over-is-social-media-success/2759661.html

confrontation 対立
And, the longer we have this confrontation between Russia and the West,” he said, “the more significant the relationship between Russia and China will get.
http://www.voanews.com/content/russias-turn-to-the-east-more-economic-than-ideological/2752514.html

ornately　飾り立てて　華麗に　レベル25
hearse　霊柩車
crepe 黒いクレープの喪章.
The replicated coffin and hearse that traveled through Springfield's downtown streets drew thousands of onlookers young and old, many who dressed in ornately-designed period military uniforms and costumes, like Diane and Charles Sanders.
http://www.voanews.com/content/abraham-lincoln-funeral-recreated-for-150th-civil-war-anniversary/2749484.html

rampant　激しい; 自由奔放な.　レベル11
vomit　吐く
In response to rampant corruption, desperate civilians have formed militia patrols to drive the traffickers away from their villages - often just kilometers away from tourist beaches.
http://www.voanews.com/content/mass-grave-exposes-entrenched-trafficking-in-thailand/2749705.html

incarcerate　監禁する　 レベル18
retaliatory　報復的な，仕返しの.
Courtney Radsch, the advocacy director for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said most of those named on the bracelets were incarcerated on anti-state or retaliatory charges.
http://www.voanews.com/content/campaign-raises-money-to-free-jailed-journalists/2745845.html

squander　浪費する　レベル11
grievance　不平不満
President Barack Obama says the chance to verifiably limit Iran's nuclear ambitions must not be squandered by airing the United States' many grievances with Tehran.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-senate-at-crossroads-on-iran-nuclear-bill/2746817.html

endemic　一地方特有の，風土性の　レベル10
The small land masses play a role, places with lots of endemic species like Australia and South America," he said. "These are species that are already constrained to small ranges, and so even a small shift in those ranges could endanger them.”

But Duke, and other health specialists, are concerned that those policies may be too late -- that e-cigarettes have introduced a new generation of teenagers to nicotine addiction.
http://www.voanews.com/content/report-e-cigarettes-can-cause-permanent-brain-damage-for-teens/2744206.html

dissipate　散らす　レベル11
http://www.voanews.com/content/data-servers-could-heat-private-homes/2733514.html

electrocute　感電死させる
Clichy-sous-Bois still mourns Zyed Benna and Bouna Traore, the two boys electrocuted 10 years ago. Two police officers are on trial on charges of failing to prevent their deaths.
http://www.voanews.com/content/france-riots-anniversary/2736233.html

preferable　むしろ望ましい　レベル7
Davenport said that while some may view it as preferable for Iran to give up its entire nuclear program, that is not realistic and not a pledge that can be used to launch negotiations.
http://www.voanews.com/content/iran-nuclear-framework-praised-tough-negotiations-ahead/2706545.html

naysayer　強く否定的な態度を取る人

Despite a cease-fire signed in February, these men said they expected the fighting to start again soon. And the longer the fighting continues, they said, the further apart the two sides will get.
http://www.voanews.com/content/civilian-casualties-recruits-rebels-eastern-ukraine/2697267.html

garner 獲得する.レベル11
skirmish　小競り合い.
U.S. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman was recently criticized by officials in Seoul for supposedly taking Japan’s side when she suggested these issues were being exploited by all sides to garner political support.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-wants-feuding-asian-powers-to-unite-against-north-korea/2683325.html

Sometimes we have some things left unsaid; sometimes we just keep silent
http://www.voanews.com/content/in-crimea-adjusting-to-new-citizenship-new-political-realities/2688009.html

intrusion　侵入 押しつけ レベル8
reconnaissance 偵察;
Lakhani said humans in any organization will make mistakes that allow cyber intrusions. He said companies need to accept that reality and develop methods of identifying and counteracting threats.
http://www.voanews.com/content/cybersecurity-firms-struggle-keep-up-threats/2676499.html

tuberculosis 結核
Diseases like cancer, tuberculosis and Ebola kill millions of people each year. By combining computer technology with biochemistry, 17-year-old Anvita Gupta identified new medicines
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-students-unveil-cutting-edge-research-at-top-science-competition/2679877.html

The project is expected to take more than two years total to complete. It is scheduled to be ready for the inauguration of a new president in January of 2017.
http://www.voanews.com/content/capitol-dome-being-restored/2675429.html

tinderbox 火口(ほくち)箱.危険な場所[人]. レベル20
insignia しるし.

But they are all aware the sectarian tinderbox could ignite at any moment.
http://www.voanews.com/content/tikrit-offensive-draws-caution-of-iranian-takeover-sectarian-splintering/2669819.html

Economists say a low inflation rate could be a signal of weak consumer demand.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-jobless-rate-falls-to-lowest-level-in-nearly-7-years/2670146.html

abyss　深いふち
precarious　不安定な
And as the war continues to send the local economy deeper into the abyss, it seems the government's position here may only get more precarious.
http://www.voanews.com/content/ukrainian-authorities-struggle-to-secure-a-divided-mariupol/2668416.html

carcinogen 発癌(がん)物質 レベル11
churn かき回す.

All of this material, and particularly the carcinogens, which get broken down by the animals into the constituent parts that are really bad, that gets concentrated in the fatty tissues of the fish.
http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-says-pacific-trash-patch-is-sea-of-chemical-sludge/2660881.html

gastronomic 美食(法)の; 料理法の.
The restaurants close down not only because of a high rent or low purchase power of the population, but because of our gastronomic culture," he said, "as people come to restaurants not just to dine, but they come for leisure time.
http://www.voanews.com/content/moscow-restaurants-suffer-economy/2662635.html

grisly　ぞっとさせる
decipher　解読する　レベル10
Enigma　なぞ
inadvertently　うっかり
hail　歓呼して迎える.
tout 押し売りする
ramp up 強めるか、強化する ramp 傾斜路
nascent　発生しようとする; 初期の.
strident かん高い，耳障りな.　レベル11
retrench　節減する.削除する，省く.レベル26
enamored 夢中になって ほれて enamor 魅惑する
scourge　天罰
faze　口もきけないほどびっくりさせる
tarnish　曇らせる，さびさせる，変色させる. Salt tarnishes silver
eerily 不自然で不気味な方法で

Ｕ２

モーニングジョー・・
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・母音を意識すると、日本語のあいうえおが勝ってしまう上、英語、米語、方言によって
微妙に違うので対応が難しい。しかし、「Ｔ」なら、方言の影響をほとんど受けない。

・これは、はやりの脳トレに近い。脳の前頭葉？で「Ｔ」を含む単語を集中して聞き分けて数えるのと、脳の違うところ言語野?で何となく意味をとる脳のマルチタスクトレーニングでちょっと頭がしびれてくるような感覚だ！

・集中切れても、すぐ復活できる。途中でわからなくなっても、「Ｔ」を捜して、すぐに復活できる

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