I love the amazing convenience of Japanese sweets and snacks, but I am always shocked by the amount of plastic packaging! You see a wrapper around each individual cookie, which sits in a plastic tray, which is inside yet another plastic bag. It seems like so much waste! This excessive wrapping is also common with fruits and vegetables. Did you know that Japan stands as one of the highest generators of plastic packaging waste per person, second only to the United States?
(日本のスイーツやお菓子の素晴らしい便利さは大好きですが、プラスチック包装の量にはいつも驚かされます！個々のクッキーの周りにラッパーがあり、それがプラスチックのトレイに収められ、さらに別のビニール袋に入っているのを見かけます。本当に多くの無駄に感じます！実は、日本は一人当たりのプラスチック包装廃棄物発生量で、アメリカに次いで世界で最も多い国の一つなのです。)
Key Vocabulary
(重要な単語)
* convenience: the quality of being easy to use.
(便利さ)
* plastic packaging: materials made of plastic used to wrap or protect goods.
(プラスチック包装)
* shocked: surprised and upset.
(ショックを受けた)
* waste: an unnecessary or wrong use of money, time, effort, etc.
(無駄、浪費)
Key English Phrase
(重要な英語フレーズ)
The phrase is "to be shocked by." (トゥ・ビー・ショックト・バイ)
This means to be greatly surprised and often upset by something. It is a good phrase to use when describing a strong reaction to something you find surprising or upsetting.
(これは、何かに非常に驚き、しばしば動揺させられることを意味します。驚くべきことや不快なことに対する強い反応を説明するときに使うのに適したフレーズです。)
How to Use It in Conversation
(会話での使い方)
* "I was shocked by the price of the apples at the supermarket."
(「スーパーのリンゴの値段にショックを受けた。」)
* "She was shocked by the amount of work she had to do."
(「彼女はしなければならない仕事の量にショックを受けた。」)
* "He was shocked by the news of the election."
(「彼は選挙のニュースにショックを受けた。」)
* "We were shocked by the amount of plastic packaging used for one cookie."
(「クッキー一つに使われているプラスチック包装の量にショックを受けた。」)
* "The teacher was shocked by how quickly the students learned the new phrase."
(「先生は生徒たちが新しいフレーズを覚える速さにショックを受けた。」)
Quiz Time!
1. What is the English word for「無駄」?
a) convenience
b) shocked
c) waste
2. The phrase "to be shocked by" means to be...
a) very happy.
b) greatly surprised and upset.
c) relaxed and calm.
3. Fill in the blank: "I was __ __ the high cost of the product."
a) shocked / at
b) surprised / by
c) shocked / by
4. Which word means "materials made of plastic used to protect goods"?
a) plastic packaging
b) convenience
c) waste
5. Fill in the blank: "Japan is the second-highest __ of plastic packaging __."
a) consumer / waste
b) generator / waste
c) user / packaging
Ask your teacher if you are not sure of the correct answers!
What do you think? What is the most wasteful item you have been shocked by recently? I look forward to hearing your comments!
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Quiz Answers
1. c) waste
理由：「waste」は「無駄、浪費」という意味です。
2. b) greatly surprised and upset.
理由：「to be shocked by」は、何かに「非常に驚き、動揺する」ことを意味します。
3. c) shocked / by
理由：shockedは前置詞by（またはat）を伴い、強い驚きや不満の感情を表すため、「shocked by」が最も適切です。（※「surprised by」も文法的には正しいですが、本文の文脈がより強い感情を表すため「shocked by」が適切です。）
4. a) plastic packaging
理由：「plastic packaging」は「プラスチック包装」を意味します。
5. b) generator / waste
理由：本文で「generator of plastic packaging waste」（プラスチック包装廃棄物の発生国）と述べていることに基づいています。
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