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下記の長文問題の中に、[Yet it also has an opposite effect]とありますが、「an opposite effectとは何か具体例に即してのべよ」という質問があるのですが、「具体例に即して」というのは、何か具体例をあげて答えろと言うことなのでしょうか？？どのように答えるべきなのかがわかりません。答えがわかる方、いらっしゃったら教えてください！ Globalization thus is a complex set of processes, not a single one. And these operate in a contradictory or oppositional fashion. Most people think of globalization as simply ‘pulling away’ power or influence from local communities and nations into the global arena. And indeed this is one of its consequences. Nations do lose some of the economic power they once had. [Yet it also has an opposite effect.] Globalization not only pulls upwards, but also pushes downwards, creating new pressures for local autonomy. The American sociologist Bell describes this very well when he say that the nation becomes not only too small to solve the big problems, but also too large to solve small ones.
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まず、希望の大学の大学入試レベルより、偏差値が５～１０上のレベルの、長文問題集（大学入試対策、これなら書店に沢山置いてありますね）を徹底的にやるといいと思います。それで読解に必要な「文法力」はまず問題ないはずです。 それと、語彙力を徹底的に鍛えましょう。corocorocoro さんの現在の語彙力がどれぐらいなのかにもよりますが、本屋で準１級レベルの単語集を見て意味が解らないのが多ければそれから始めましょう。 あとは英文の記事を読みまくり、日本語訳しまくることですね。アサヒ・コム（http://www.asahi.com/english/）や、ジャパンタイムス（http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/st-news.htm）を読めば十分だと思います。（ＪＴの社説のコーナーでは、日本語訳もしっかりついています。） これが自力でキツイようでしたら、予備校などに通ったほうがいいかも知れません。
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- dony_darco
- ベストアンサー率50% (3/6)
あの・・・何対策かわかりませんが（入試とかですか？？？それとも、宿題とかでしょうか？だったら答えも何もついてませんけどね・・・）、もし何らかの試験対策なのであれば、ちゃんと（出来るだけ詳しい）答えがついている別の問題集を買ったほうがいいかも知れませんよ。答えが無いままだと、例えこの問題がわかったとしても、今後ちょっとヤリにくさが生じて上手くないと思います。
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スレありがとうございます。実はこれ、編入目指してるとこの過去問なんです。 大学編入のこういった英語長文の特訓に良い勉強方法や、問題集をご存知でしたらまた教えて下さいね。
- taichi_kun
- ベストアンサー率32% (49/150)
何か具体例を挙げて、"an opposite effect" とはどういうことかを説明せよというように捉えたらよいと思います。 一番最初のところで、グローバル化は相反する効果をもたらすと書いてあり、前半部分はグローバル化が "pulling away" する力なり影響について述べています。 そして、一方、グローバル化は反対の効果を持っている。前半部分で述べられている "pulls upwards" する効果だけでなく、"pushes downwards" する効果を併せ持っていて、それは地方自治に対して新しいプレッシャーを生み出すと述べています。 そのことに関して、アメリカの社会学者ダニエル・ベルが小さな問題を解決するには、国家という単位は大き過ぎると表現しているということですね。 従って、グローバル化が地方自治にインパクトを与えるような事例を、もっと長い長文が与えられていて、その中に記載されているのであれば、それを見つけて回答すれば良いと思いますし、記載されていないのであれば、corocorocoroさんがご存知の範囲で回答するなりされればよいのではないかと思います。
- dony_darco
- ベストアンサー率50% (3/6)
Ｎｏ６と２の者です（何回もすみませんが） っていうか、その一問に（しかもその「答え方」に）拘るよりは、他の問題にどんどん突き進んだ方がいいかも知れませんよ。やっぱり、その問題の日本語、読めば読むほどなんだか変な感じがします。（第一、答え方で惑うような問題なんて、悪問ですよ、そんなの殆ど出ませんよ。多分・・・。）
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何度もすみませんだなんて、何度もありがとうございますって感じですよ（＾＾）本気で考えていただいている方がいらっしゃるのは大変うれしいです。 ちなみにこの問題は、5つの出題問題のうちのひとつなのです。。つまりかなり大きい割合を占めるので、無視したくてもできないのです。。。
- dony_darco
- ベストアンサー率50% (3/6)
No3の方と、質問者の方へ すみません、勝手に「具体例」＝「an opposite effect とは何かを（文中で）具体的に示している部分」という風に勘違いしてました。（しかも英文もざっと適当に読んだだけでした。） でも、「具体例に即して答える」って、言い換えれば「具体例*に*当てはめて答える」って事ですから、「具体例*を*挙げて答える」のとはなんだか違う気がするんですが・・・。もし、「具体例を挙げる」んだったら、「具体例を即して述べよ」ってなりません？？？ まぁ、国語力ゼロなんで、言葉のちゃんとした使い方は解りませんが・・・。
- ekuni
- ベストアンサー率30% (3/10)
No.4です。 ごめんなさい。 an opposite effectは、下記の部分ですね。 違うところをコピペしてしまいました。 Globalization not only pulls upwards, but also pushes downwards, creating new pressures for local autonomy.
- ekuni
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an opposite effectは、下記の部分になると思います。 Nations do lose some of the economic power they once had. 具体例は、ユーロのこととかを上げればよいのでしょうかねぇ。
- elmclose
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No.1です。 No.2の方は、 >長文の本文からその「具体例を述べている部分を」 >抜き出せって事 と書いておられますが、具体例は、文中に書かれていないのではないですか。 あるいは、質問者の方は「長文問題」と書かれていますので、質問文に書かれている英文は、より長い問題文から抜粋したものなのでしょうか。
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emcloseさん、何度もありがとうございます。はい、おっしゃる通り、この問題はもうすこし長いです。以下のように続きます。最後のパラグラフは、[Globalization also squeezes sideways.]を分かりやすく日本語で説明せよ。という質問があります。こちらのほうも答えがイマイチわかりません。(><)（もしわかったら教えてください！） どうでしょう？下記の文に答えはありそうでしょうか？ Globalization is the reason for the revival of local cultural identities in different parts of the world. If one asks, for example, why the Scots want more independence in the UK, or why there is a strong separatist movement in Quebec, the answer is not to be found only in their cultural history. Local nationalisms spring up as a response to globalizing tendencies, as the hold of older nation-states weakens. [Globalization also squeezes sideways.] It creates new economic and cultural zones within and across nations. Examples are Hong Kong region, northern Italy, and Silicon Valley in California. Or consider the Barcelona region. The area around Barcelona in northern Spein extends into France. Catalonia, where Barcelona is located, is closely integrated into European Union. It is part of Spain, yet also look outwards.
- dony_darco
- ベストアンサー率50% (3/6)
つまり、長文の本文からその「具体例を述べている部分を」 抜き出せって事じゃないですか？ 単純に言えば、その文章の前半では、グローバル化というのは「外」へ向かう動きだと多くの人が考える。 という感じの内容なんですから、その an opposite effect,逆の効果について述べてる部分を抜き出せばいいと思います。（それは自分で考えましょう） 入試かなんか解りませんが、その文章を読んで an opposite effect の（本文に載っている以外の）具体例を揚げよなんて、 高度すぎる問題です。っていうか、それは「英語」というより 小論文の領域になってしまいます。 というか、その問題の答えは手元にないんですか？？？ （ないからココで質問してるんでしょうが・・・。）
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そうなんですよねぇ。答えがあればいいんですけどね。。。はぁ。(;ｍ;) とりあえず返答有難うございました～
- elmclose
- ベストアンサー率31% (353/1104)
まさしく、具体例を挙げながら an opposite effect を説明せよと言う題意だと思われます。
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