2025-08-31 ***** 2018/1 リスニング問題をやりました。復習は明日の予定。 Should developed nations accept more immigrants to address labor shortages? Many developed nations are grappling with acute labor shortages, resulting in rising labor c…

August 31. Value. What is held precious by one may be slighted as paltry by another. In valuing things no two persons are quite in harmony. One holds money all in all and is out to acquire it. Another views pleasure as the prize of life an…

2025-08-30 ***** 2018/2 リスニング問題の復習完。 Should humanity continue investing in space exploration despite the many problems we face on Earth? There is no doubt that humanity faces a wide range of urgent problems, yet the greatest da…

August 30. Self-knowledge. Man is so constituted that he is able to study the external world, but not himself. He has to reconstitute himself to study the self. Self-knowledge is superior to world-knowledge. The body and mind are the peris…

2025-08-29 ***** Should governments regulate the use of AI more strictly? Debates about regulating AI often focus on how governments should impose restrictions. However, I believe that strict regulation is not the most effective solution. …

August 29. Preparedness. Preparedness is a virtue characteristic of the prudent man. Exemplary life is a series of preparedness. Preparedness is the opposite of slothfulness. What is to be done today should not be postponed for tomorrow. T…

2025-08-28 ***** 2018/2のリスニング問題の復習開始。 Should governments regulate the use of AI more strictly? というAIの作った予想問題を検討。 更に、以下も検討、 Should humanity continue investing in space exploration despite the many probl…

August 28. Distraction. Attraction and distraction are the two forces of nature evident almost everywhere. The former is positive and the latter semi-negative. Without distraction man is able to turn out more work than he usually does. Dis…

2025-08-27 ***** 2019年度版の2年分のCDが到着し、PCに入れ、リスニングの復習開始準備。 Should governments regulate the use of AI more strictly? というAIの作った予想問題を検討。 更に、以下も検討開始、 Should humanity continue investing in spa…

August 27. The supreme purifier. Earth, water, fire and air are the elements come from God. And they are all great agents for purifying things and beings. The Original Stuff is Divinity. It is the blessed privilege of man to link himself a…

2025-08-26 ***** 旺文社の3訂版英検1級総合対策教本のリスニングを終えました。 思ったより、難しかった。単語、イディオムで気になるものは、 小さいノートに手書きすることにしました。 AIを使って一覧表を作っても、結局は、頭に入りません。 昔の基本に…

August 26. Worship. When appreciation takes a practical shape it is called worship. Man’s worth is known by the object to which he directs his worship. Many things in Nature compel man to be drawn to them. There are beautiful spots on eart…

2025-08-25 ***** 旺文社の3訂版英検1級総合対策教本のリスニングの残りに入りました。 それと、Gemini, Copilot, ChatGPTに秋の作文の予想問題を10題出させました。 GeminiはOCR機能なし、他は、手書き写真のアップでもOKです。 ***** Japan Times の記事 S…

August 25. Co-operation. As the limbs in the body co-operate among themselves man is obliged to hold himself a limb of society and discharge his duty. The limbs in the body cannot isolate and function exclusively for themselves. What one l…

2025-08-24 ***** 今日は旺文社の3訂版英検1級総合対策教本のリスニングの半分をやりました。 以下はDay1として、そこからピックアップしたイディオムです。 イディオムDay1 No.1 I'm beat. へとへとに疲れている After working all day, I’m beat.（一日中…

August 24. Effort. The ant seems insignificant. But it is all effort all day long. Man ought to be like unto the ant in his efforts. The cosmos knows no rest. It is constantly in motion. Because of its effort it retains its grandeur. Man c…

2025-08-23 ***** 過去問は10年分、5冊あります。筆記問題の作文課題と二次試験の課題各回10個、合計、1回につき11文を分析用にまとめつつあります。5冊、10年分完了。同じような課題が良くわかる。相当苦労しました。特別サービスで以下。 https://docs.goo…

SAPをやる4人 August 23. Fidelity. Be devoted to the Ideal with all your heart, with all your might. Swerve not from It for any cause whatever. A man rears up a pop. It grows in fidelity. Later on the master neglects the dog and even ill-tr…

2025-08-22 ***** 過去問は10年分、5冊あります。筆記問題の作文課題と二次試験の課題各回10個、合計、1回につき11文を分析用にまとめつつあります。3冊、6年分完了。同じような課題が、やはり、ありますね。 それと、一日10ワードづつ試験にで出そうで、間…

August 22. The great book. Man is the replica of the world. The study of man therefore is equivalent to the study of the world. So man is a great book to be studied. The plan of Nature is the same everywhere. In it the ever available mater…

2025-08-21 ***** 2014/3 10年分過去問の全ての語彙、長文、リスニング問題にあたりました。 勿論、頭には、ほんの一部しか残っていませんが（笑い）。 以下、検索した語彙リストです。 No. 1 -----> Google ドキュメントを読み込んでいます No. 2 -----> Go…

August 21. The fickle-minded. As is the mind so is the man. When the mind is erratically changing the owner of that mind becomes undependable. To make the mind constant is the purpose of life. The man of unsettled mind makes many experimen…

2025-08-20 ***** 2014/3 復習は、長文問題の途中までです。 一覧の作成で、もめましたが、GPT5-Fastにして、落ち着きました。 明日で、最後の回の復習が終わり、今後の方針を決められる予定。 以下、検索した語彙リストです。 No. 1 -----> Google ドキュメ…

August 20. Defeat. Life oscillates between victory and defeat. It is defeat that adds value to victory. It further tones the mind. He who is always victorious in his undertakings becomes shallow and conceited. Defeat makes him reflective a…

2025-08-19 ***** 2014/3 復習は、語彙問題の途中までです。 現在、ChatGPT5を使っています。あなたは誰だと聞くと、私は以下との返事。 GPT-5 Thinking 一覧の作成で、もめました。 ChatGPT5は、単純労働だけでなく弁護士等の知的労働者の仕事も奪う。 そう…

August 19. Hard to control. It is hard to control and tame a wild animal. It is harder to control the mind. Still it has to be done. The nature of the mind can be changed through nurture. Practice is the means to this end. To wean the mind…

2025-08-18 ***** 2014/3 復習は、語彙問題の途中までです。 現在、ChatGPT5を使っています。 やらせることによるのでしょうが、調べた、語彙の一覧は、なかなか思うようになりません。今日も、すったもんだしました。 入力した語彙に対して、いろいろ情報を…

August 18. The wish-fulfilling tree. Mythology speaks of kalpataru, the wish-fulfilling tree in heaven. Man gets whatever he desires sitting under this tree. Providence is the wish-fulfilling tree. All beings are getting their requirements…

2025-08-17 ***** 2014/3 過去問（語彙、長文、リスニング）を10年分遡り、いよいよ最後の回です。 リスニングの7年前から10年前については、CDがなく、transcriptionの通読でやっています。 復習は、昨日の残りと、語彙問題の途中までです。 以下、検索した…

August 17. The society of saints. The company of the holy is a rare gift. Fortunate is the aspirant who obtains it. He is bound to evolve in holiness. Environment is a great factor in chiseling the career of man. A baby brought up by the w…