Reading（２３１４）

＜２０１４年７月３１日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOA・ＷＰなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３５０本以上。

OTHERS：

deep-seated belief　：根深い信念
unforeseen contingency　：《an ～》不測の事態
proceed with　：～を進める、～を始める、～に移る、〔中断していたことを〕再開する
locked in　：《be ～》～にくぎ付けになる
within the confines of the law　：法律の範囲内で
quasi-　：類似、疑似、擬～、準～、～に準じる、半～

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１５ times
Walking: a total of ８０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

It has been three years and 167 days in a row since I gave up smoking.
I resumed push-ups from one set of fifteen times yesterday and I hope to continute them
as long as possible.
After I did a 4-hour walking three days ago, I took a break and then I tried a little walking.
The pain in my left knee has completely gone now.
Anyway I'm planning to do a middle-distance walking in the near future before another long-
distance walking.

Daily Routine

Push-ups：０ times
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

I'm afraid I don't have enough time to be here today.

Reading（２３１３）

＜２０１４年７月３１日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOA・ＷＰなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３５０本以上。

OTHERS：

come to the aid of　：～を助けに来る
stranded passengers　：足止めを食らった乗客たち
illustrated　：図解入りの、写真付きの
tantamount to　：《be ～》～と等しい、～と同じことだ、～も同然だ
borderline case　：際どい事例、五分五分の例、どちらとも決めにくい場合、どっちつかずの場合
entail　：～を伴う、必要とする、引き起こす、課す◆【類】require

Daily Routine

Push-ups：０ times
Walking: ４ hours ＋２０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

Three years and 165 days in a row have passed since I kicked smoking.
Yesterday for the first time in about one year, I did a over 4-hour walking with some
break of a total of 90 minutes from Nagoya City-run Subway Iwatsuka Station to JR Kuwana
Station through Kintetsu Fuseya and Toda Station as well as along Route NO.1.
I've got a little pain in my left knee and the back of my toes, which has made me think
I should have got prepared for a long-distance walking, taking more time.
Anyway now I have a feeling of accomplishment, which will make me challenge again.

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１８＋１８ times
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

I wish I had enough time to be here today.

Reading（２３１２）

＜２０１４年７月３１日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOA・ＷＰなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３５０本以上。

VOA：

level　：〔非難などを人に〕向ける、突きつける
categorically　：断定的に、断固として、きっぱり、頭から
Enough is enough.　：もうたくさんだ。
ulterior motive　：隠れた動機、下心、思惑、魂胆、本当の狙い
open question　：《be an ～》議論の余地がある、疑問である、どうなるかは保証されていない
pit　：～を戦わせる、競争させる、対抗させる

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１８＋１８ times
Walking: ４２＋４２ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

It has been three years and 163 days in a row since I quit smoking.
I kept over 16-time push-ups for the fifteenth successive day and two sets of 18-time push-ups for
the seventh straight day.
Weather forecasts say it will rain late in the evening and will stop around noon tomorrow.
I may be able to do a long-distance walking after it stops raining tomorrow, so I will have to be
mentally prepared for it.

Reading（２３１１）

＜２０１４年７月３１日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOA・ＷＰなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３５０本以上。

VOA：

pockmarked　：あばたのある、あばたのようになって
spate of　：《a ～》相次ぐ、続発する、多発する、多数の、大量の
spring into action　：素早く行動に移る、急に［素早く］動きだす
eye　：～をじっと［じろじろ・注意深く］見る［見詰める］、～に注目する、注視する、視野に入れる、観察する
come under scrutiny　：監視下に置かれる、厳しい視線が注がれる、詳細な調査の対象となる
absolve　：（人）に無罪を言い渡す、（人）が無実であると認める

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１８＋１８ times
Walking: ５５＋１５ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

Three years and 162 days in a row have passed since I gave up smoking.
I was able to keep two sets of 18-time push-ups for six days straight and over one set of
16-time push-ups for the fourteenth consecutive day.
It's sunny but today I feel a little humid maybe because rain clouds are coming nearer and nearer.
Come to think of it, I saw a few contrails in the sky yesterday, which must have been a sign of
rainy days.