Notes:
occasion:　状況、時、場合;
hurdle:ハードル、障害;
overcome:克服する;
revise:復習する、見直す;
intense：激しい;
pre-exam:テスト前の;
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Do you have a song for different occasions? The reason why I ask such a question is because we are now entering the exam season where many hurdles must be overcome so that we can advance to the next level. As I reflect on last year’s study I remember that I had specific songs for each subject that I revised. When I revised linguistic related subjects, for example, I listened to Yo-Yo Ma, and when I studied math I listened to more intense and vivid songs by singers such as Avril Lavigne. On the very day of one exam, I repeatedly listened to Taylor Swift’s album to motivate myself and to remove some pre-exam anxiety. I recently came across that very song, and it brought back vividly all those same feelings that I went through last year. What songs are you listening to this year?　(Written by medical student T, edited  by Prof. Simon Smith)
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Notes :
OECD 経済協力開発機構;
‘Society at a Glance’『図表でみる社会』（OECDの報告書);
rate ～を評価する，見積もる;
unpaid 無給の，無報酬の;
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publication ‘Society at a Glance’ shows who works the longest among the 26 OECD members. They rated work according to 2 types: unpaid and paid. According to the study Mexicans work the longest, at 595 minutes or 9 hours 55 minutes per day, but a lot of that is unpaid work such as cooking at home, cleaning, shopping, etc.　If you look at who does the most paid work then it is the Japanese! (by Prof. Simon Smith)
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