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2023年2月24日「モバイル英語学習」第773号 ( 英語ストーリー ): The Oak and the Woodcutter

wedge くさび;
trunk 樹幹;
grieve (…で)深く悲しむ;
spring 〈原因する〉・根差す、起こる;
bear 抱く、もつ；

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The Woodcutter cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces, making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk. The Oak said with a sigh, “I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from my own branches.”
Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear. (From Aesop’s Fables)

日本語訳:
木こりは山のオークの木を切り倒し、その木を小さな塊に分割し、幹を分けるために自分自身の枝からくさびを作りました。オークはため息をつきながら言いました。「私は自分の根元に向けられた斧の一撃を気にしませんが、私の枝から作られたくさびによって自分自身が切り刻まれることには悲しみを感じます。」

自分自身から生じた不運は、最も耐え難いものです。
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2023年2月5日「モバイル英語学習」第770号 ( 英語エッセイ ): Do you have stress?

Notes
overwhelme (精神的に)圧倒する;
anxiety 心配;
snap (…を)パチンと鳴らす、パンと撃つ;

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University can be a mixture of fun and stress. You might feel overwhelmed with taking exams, finishing coursework on time, living with people you don’t get along with, and thinking about your future. Moving away from home for college can also bring on stress, such as living in a new place, meeting new people, and managing your finances. Stress is a normal feeling that helps us handle tough situations. A little stress can be helpful, especially during exams, as it makes us work harder. But if you have too much stress, it can cause mental health issues like depression and anxiety and affect your schoolwork.

If you feel irritable, anxious, worried all the time, have trouble sleeping, concentration problems, biting your nails, snapping at people, or having trouble breathing, you may be experiencing stress.
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