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Hello friends, this is Teacher JB.
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Today we are studying English with World News.
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And the title of the news is,
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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First, listen to the audio.
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel
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assert that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans,
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who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals
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and early Homo sapiens around 160,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more and more information
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until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw and then their bones thrown into the fire,
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or whether it had been cooked first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two-meter-long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Now let us practice vocabulary.
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The first one, to do something to show that you have power.
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To do something to show that you have power, the word is assert.
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Assert.
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Assert is a verb and it has two syllables,
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A, S, S, E, R,
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T, and the second syllable, assert.
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Assert means to do something to show that you have power.
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The next one, a problem that is difficult to deal with.
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A problem that is difficult to deal with, the word is conundrum.
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Conundrum.
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Conundrum is a noun it has three syllables,
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C-O-N-U-N-D-R-U-M as in the second syllable, conundrum.
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Conundrum means a problem that is difficult to deal with.
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The next one, a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard.
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A decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard,
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the word is enamel.
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Enamel is a noun.
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It has three syllables, E N A M E L,
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in the second syllable, enamel.
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Enamel is a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard.
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The next one, a period of 1000 years or the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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A period of 1000 years or the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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The word is millennium.
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Millennium is a noun.
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It has four syllables.
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M, I, L, L, E,
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N, N, I, U, M.
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It's in the second syllable.
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Millennium.
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Millennium is a period of 1000 years by the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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The next one describing the period before there were written records.
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Describing the period before there were written records.
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The word is prehistoric.
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Prehistoric is an adjective it has four syllables P R E
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H I S T O R I C action
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the third syllable store prehistoric means describing the period before there were written records.
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And the last one, a plant such as a cactus in
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which the leaves and stem are thick and can store a lot of water.
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And as an adjective, pleasantly juicy.
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A plant such as a cactus in which the leaves
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and stem are thick and can store a lot of water or as an adjective,
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pleasantly juicy, the word is succulent.
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Succulent is a noun, an adjective.
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It has three syllables as U C C U L E N T as in the first syllable.
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Succulent.
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Succulent means a plant such as a cactus in which the leaves
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and stem are thick and can store a lot of water.
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And as an adjective, pleasantly juicy.
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So if you say succulent of food,
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it means the food is pleasantly juicy.
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Absurd, conundrum, enamel, millennium, prehistoric, succulent.
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Now let us read the news.
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Cooking began 600,000 years earlier than we thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel assert
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that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens,
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around 170,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more
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and more information until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw
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and then their bones thrown into the fire or whether it had been cooked first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two meter long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Okay, now let us listen to the whole audio just one more time.
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Cooking began 600,000 years earlier than we thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel
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assert that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans,
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who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens,
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around 160,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more
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and more information until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw and then their bones thrown into the fire,
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or whether it had been cooked for a while.
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first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two meter long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Okay friends, this is the conclusion of today's study.
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I will come back to you with another news as much as possible.
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Until then keep studying English and and have a great day.
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Bye.
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このレッスンでは、最近のニュースを通じて英語の練習を行います。特に、料理の起源に関する調査研究について学び、関連する語彙やフレーズを身につけていきます。ニュース記事から得た情報を基に、英語のリスニングと発音のスキルを向上させるための手法を探求します。この内容は、アイエルツ（IELTS）のスピーキング対策にも役立ちますので、しっかりとマスターしていきましょう。
重要な語彙とフレーズ
- assert：力を示すために何かをする。
- conundrum：取り扱いが難しい問題。
- enamel：粘土、金属、またはガラスの物体に溶かされて硬化される装飾的なガラス質の物質。
- archaeologists：考古学者。
- prehistoric：先史時代の。
- evidence：証拠。
- cook：料理する。
- research：研究。
練習のコツ
この動画では、速さとトーンに注意を払いながら発音練習を行うことが重要です。シャドーイングの手法を活用して、ビデオの音声を模倣しましょう。例えば、まずは音声を静かに聞き取り、次に自分の声で繰り返すことで、リズムやイントネーションを身につけることができます。特に伝えたいポイントを意識して、shadowspeaksやshadowspeakを活用し、発音の精度を向上させましょう。自分の声を録音し、後で聞き返すことで、改善の余地がある部分を見つけることができます。
また、速いスピードでのシャドーイングは難しいかもしれませんが、何回も繰り返すことで徐々に慣れていくことができます。この練習は、shadowing siteを利用して、自宅でも行うことができるので、自分のペースで進めてみてください。アイエルツ（IELTS）のスピーキング対策にも非常に役立つので、ぜひ挑戦してみてください。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。