英検1級道場－囲碁が大好きな受講者と、英語で囲碁を説明する勉強をしました

囲碁が大好きな受講者と、英語で囲碁を説明する勉強をしました

下記に示すように、世界には、碁の愛好者が4000万人いるそうです
そうであれば、碁ができる人が英語も堪能であれば、世界規模で活躍できるチャンスがあるというわけです！
つまり、囲碁の愛好者であることが、英語を学ぶmotivationになります

使った教材は、NHKが出している「トラッドジャパン」の3分間放送です
格調高く、美しい英文は、アメリカで生まれ育った日系アメリカ人が書いたと理解しています
ナレーションは、イギリス人のアトキンスさん
英検リスニング問題や、講談社インターナショナルの英文ナレーションでも彼の声を聞くことがあります

受講生と私自身が、音声を聞いて、ディクテーションしたものを紹介します

Black and white stones are placed on a grid with a click.
This is Go, a game that is familiar to virtually everyone in Japan.

Currently, there are an estimated three million Go enthusiasts in Japan.
The board on which Go is played is called a “Go-ban”, and these black and white stones are placed on the Go-ban.

The rules are simple.
The game is played by two players and the object is to gain more territory than your opponent.

The board consists of a grid of nineteen vertical and nineteen horizontal lines.
The players place their stones on the intersections of these lines in turn.

Once you put down your stone, you cannot move it.
The size of your territory is calculated by the number of unoccupied intersections surrounded by your stones.
So the aim is to have more of these than your opponent.

Go is said to have originated in China some 4,000 years ago.
On a grid of 19 lines in each direction, the total number of intersections is 361.
Because this is close to the number of days in a year, it is thought that Go once had a close link with astronomy and astrology.

Go was popular with Samurai warriors in the feudal days.
The game is all about strategically expanding your territory.
So, it was seen as a valuable pastime for generals aiming to expand their conquests through war.

The seventeenth century saw the emergence of professional Go-players.
They vied with each other to demonstrate their prowess at the annual competition held in Edo Castle.

Around the same time, special Go-houses where common people could play against each other were set up one after another.
This was how the level of play in Japan took a giant leap forward.

Today, with the spread of the Internet, you can play Go online against all kinds of people.
And there are Go enthusiasts all around the world.
Right now, Go is played in about seventy countries and regions by more than 40 million people.

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■動画
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDCt1MoDEo←アメリカのスタジオでトレーナーが動きを丁寧に説明：英語の勉強になります
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOhbeSKwQk8&list=PLzBffnngawuUUYeMtRVl-GvnuKbv4zW7V 習っている気功の一つです 天符神功