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下記の英文を読んで設問に答えなさい。*の付いている語句に関しては本文の後にまとめて注
があります。
Jason paced the corridor* outside the boardroom* before his presentation. He could heat his pulse
(イ) his ears, and his mouth was dry. (1)The last time he felt like this. he told himself to relax. but it
didn't work. So this time, he tried something different: "I feel excited." Suddenly, his
symptoms* the racing pulse, the twisting stomach, the sweaty palms-started to energize him. The
boardroom door opened. He performed brilliantly.
This story might be fiction, butat its core lies a very real truth. (2)The science of emotion tells us
that our bodies respond( similarly to many different emotions, including anger, excitement and
anxiety, And recent research has, shown that if we verbally* put those symptoms into a different
context-by saying "I feel excited" when feeling stressed, for example-we can trick ourselves into
following suit*. The key to all this is the neurotransmitter*| and hormone norepinephrine*. When
you're too stressed or scared, your norepinephrine levels surge* well(ロ)their sweet spot*;/when you
tell yourself you're excited,they sometimes fall back.
Of course, (3)this trick won't work (ハ) every emotion: it's a lot harder to reframe stress )(ニ)
relaxation, because those two conditions have entirely different physical symptoms. Nonetheless, in
the right context, stress can become a source of positive energy-not just a by-product* of anxiety.
(出典)Ian Robertson, “How Stressing Out Can Help You Succeed", Time, 189 巻,4号,p.15,
Jan. 23, 2017.
(注)
corridor:廊下
boardroom:重役会議室
symptom:症状
verbally: 言葉で
neurotransmitter : 神経伝達物質
フリン(興奮を伝達する脳内ホルモンの一種で、ノルアドレナリンとも呼ぶ)
surge: 急上昇する、 わき立つ sweet spot : 最適なレベル
follow suit:それに従う
hormone norepinephrine : ホルモン·ノルエピネ
by-product:副産物
彼生が最後にこのように感じたとき、彼失はソラックスするように
[設問1]
[設問2]
【設問3)
[設問4]
下線部(1)を和訳しなさい。 自分に言い開かセたが、 それはりまくいがながった。
下線部(2)を和訳しなさい。
下線部(3)this trickの事例を本文に即して具体的に日本語で説明しなさい。
文中の空欄(イ)~ (=) に入る最も適切な語をそれぞれ次の1から6の中か
ら選び番号で答えなさい。
1. after
)2(ロ)6. (1)4()ゲ
6. beyond
2. for
3. as
4.
* to
5. in
(2)情の科学は和たちの体がが怒りや興香,不要すなど、多くの果なる感情に対して、
同じょうに反応することを私たらに伝えている。.
(3)身に楽しいいと感じるウに言間けせなと、 1レアドレオリンの分泌量が減ることにより、
ストレスが軽非するということ。
