CLトレーニング L.47 解答例


- One thing for sure is that they couldn’t beat the law of survival of the fittest. At some point in history, they found it impossible to adapt to abrupt environmental changes.

CLトレーニング L.47 出題　次の質問にCLに答えなさい。



- Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?



解答：_____________________________________________.



《CL思考》

「絶滅種はそれぞれ理由があったけど、共通の理由もあったはずよ」

- I presume that the dinosaurs died out from the same cause or causes that other animal species perished from.

「専門家でないわれわれが推測できる域で、その共通の原因は、あったとしたら何だろう？」

「外敵の出現、疫病、気候の変化などがあるけど、説得力があるのは突然の環境変化よ」

「間違いなく言えるのは彼らがlaw of survival the fittestのチャンピオンじゃなかったことだ」

CLトレーニング L.46 解答例


- You can’t say one is cleverer than the other. It was just as stupid for the hare to fall asleep during the race as it was for the tortoise to go along with such an outrageous race which he wouldn’t have had a chance of winning if the hare hadn’t slept.

CLトレーニング L.46 出題　次の質問にCLに答えなさい。



- Which racer was cleverer, the hare or the tortoise?



解答：____________________________________________.


《CL思考》

「カメだろう。レースの勝者なんだから」

- The tortoise, of course. He won the race, didn’t he?

「レースに勝つのは頭じゃないわ。筋肉と運動神経でしょう」

- What makes you win a race is muscles and reflexes, not brain.

「そうだけど、これだけハンデのあるレースでは、頭を使わなきゃ」
- That can be said for most races, but this was not an ordinary race. It takes more than just muscles and reflexes to win race against such incredible odds.

CLトレーニング L.45 解答例


- Should he have? Falling asleep during the race isn’t such a good idea if you want to win the race. Besides, tortoises don’t sleep on their backs because they’ll have a hard time getting themselves back on their feet if they do.

CLトレーニング L.45 出題　次の質問にCLに答えなさい。



- Why didn’t the tortoise lie on his back and take a nap like the hare did?



解答：____________________________________________________.



《CL思考》

「きっと眠くなかったので、考えもしなかったんじゃない」

- Maybe the idea never occurred to him. Maybe he wan’t sleepy.

「カメも同じことをしなければ、フェアじゃないとでも」

- What do you want? Turn it into a new kind of triathlon or something?

あお向けに寝て（lie on his back）が引っかかる人。
「そうしなかったのは、二度と起き上がれないからでしょう」

CLトレーニング L.44 解答例


- I have to disagree. How about a hundred meter breaststroke.