Reading（２６８７）

＜２０１６年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算２７００本以上。

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intimate party　：私的な［少人数のくつろいだ］パーティー
listen for　：～に聞き耳を立てる、～を聞こうと耳を澄ます
hearts and minds of young people　：若者の心
infamous　：〔人などが〕悪名高い、ひどく評判が悪い
progressive relaxation　：《精神医学》漸進的弛緩法、段階的リラクセーション
cortisol level　：《生化学》コルチゾール値［レベル］

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１６ times
Walking：a total of ９５ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

It has been five years and 119 days in a row since I quit smoking.
I was able to keep over 13-time push-ups for the fourth straight day
including the most recent two days of 16 times of them.

It's sunny and still I can enjoy cherry blossoms while riding my bike to the workplace.
Now I'm considering what I should do to improve my English speaking skills.
As for listening, "reproduction" practice is the best.
This practice is only to reproduce or repeat English that you have just heard.
The way is very simple but actually it's a kind of tough training.
When I first tried this, I felt some part of my brain which had not been used
began working.
And now I really want an effective way for speaking.