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次の英文を読んで問いに答えなさい。
Listening Convenience and Sound Quality:
Is There Another Priority?
In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, a new device
that could record and play back sound. For the first time, people could
西鉄育する
初めて>
enjoy the musical performance of a full orchestra in the convenience of
<演奏>
<都合の良いときに>
their own homes. A few years later, Bell Laboratories developed a new
<提供する>
phonograph that offered better sound quality; voices and instruments
sounded clearer and more true-to-life. These early products represent
<本物そっくりの>
大きな
<表す>
two major focuses in the development of audio technology-making
listening easier and improving the sound quality of the music we hear.
The advances over the years have been significant in both areas, but it
is important not to let the music itself get lost in all the technology.
<向上させる>
Although the phonograph made listening to music much more
convenient, it was just the beginning. The introduction of the car radio
in the 1920s meant that music could be enjoyed on the road as well..
Interest in portable audio really started to take off in the 1980s with
the development of personal music players that allowed listeners to
enjoy music through headphones while walking outside. These days, we
are able to carry around hundreds of albums on small digital players,
and listen to them with tiny earphones.
Another factor affecting our enjoyment of music is its sound
quality. In the 1950s, the term high "fidelity," or "hi-fi" for short, was
commonly used by companies to advertise recordings and audio
equipment providing the highest possible quality of sound reproduction.
Fidelity, meaning truthfulness, refers to recording and reproducing
music that is as close as possible to the original performance. Ideally, if
we listen to a recorded symphony with our eyes closed, we feel as if we
were in a concert hall. Technological advances since the 1950s have

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①②1877年、トーマス・エジソンは、音を録音し、再生する
ことのできる新しい装置、蓄音機を発明した。
はじめ、人々は(彼らの)自宅の利器で豊かなオーケ
自分の都合がいいときにフル
ストラの音楽的性能を楽しむことができた。
演奏
数年
研究所
182~3年後、ベルの実験室が、より良い音質を依頼
提供
する新しい蓄音機を開発した。すなわち、声と楽器
がより鮮明にかつまり本物そっくりに聞こえたと
いうことだ。
初期製品
④これらのより早い生産は
聴くことをより容易に
させて、かつ、私達が聴く音楽の音質を証明
向上
させることによって、音の技術の開発において2つ
の大きな焦点を表現するのである。
主な
18年を越えた応用は相方の領域において重大で
長年に渡る進歩が、
あり続けてきたが、しかし、音楽自体)を全ての技
そのもの
あらゆる
術において(失くさせないことは、重要であった。
埋没させないこと
ある。

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than ever. It's up to us to stop and truly listen.
(650 words)
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問題 次の問い (問1~5)の1~5に入れるのに最も適当なものを, それぞれ
下の①~④のうちから1つずつ選べ。
1 According to paragraph 0, Bell Laboratories' phonograph could
than Thomas Edison's.
be built more quickly and cheaply
2be operated with less difficulty
3 play more musical instruments
④reproduce sound more realistically
<より忠実に>
2 In paragraph, the author suggests that today's best audic
equipment
2.
①almost recreates the sound quality of a live concert
is used to play live music in the best concert halls
3 makes recordings sound better than original performances
reproduces great performances from the 1950s
3 According to paragraph, audiophiles are people who |
care deeply about the quality of music reproduction
perform in symphonies in good concert halls
3.
3 prefer live concerts to recorded performances
work at shops that sell the best audio equipment
Br
bri

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次の英文を読んで問いに答えなさい。
70
Listening Convenience and Sound Quality:
Is There Another Priority?
In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, a new device
that could record and play back sound For the first time, people could
<初めて>
enjoy the musical performance of a full orchestra in the convenience of
<演奏>
<都合の良いときに
their own homes. A few years later, Bell Laboratories developed a new
phonograph that offered better sound quality; voices and instruments
<提供する>
sounded clearer and more true-to-life. These early products represent
本物そっくりの>
大きな
<表す>
two major focuses in the development of audio technology making
listening easier and improving the sound quality of the music we hear.
<向上させる>
The advances over the years have been significant in both areas, but it
is important not to let the music itself get lost in all the technology.
<はるかに>
Although the phonograph made listening to music much more
convenient, it was just the beginning. The introduction of the car radio
導入
in the 1920s meant that music could be enjoyed on the road as well.
<始まる>
Interest in portable audio (really) started to take off in the 1980s (with
the development of personal music players that allowed listeners to
<個人の>
聴きゆだ
enjoy music(through headphones while walking outside. These days, we
く~しながら>
<最近>
are able to carry around hundreds of albums on small digital players
持ち歩く〉〈く何百もの>
and listen to them with tiny earphones.
Another factor affecting our enjoyment of music is its sound.
quality. In the 1950s, the term high "fidelity," or "hi-fi" for short, was
commonly used by companies to advertise recordings and audio
equipment providing the highest possible quality of sound reproduction.
Fidelity, meaning truthfulness, refers to recording and reproducing
music that is as close as possible to the original performance. Ideally, if
we listen to a recorded symphony with our eyes closed, we feel as if we
were in a concert hall. Technological advances since the 1950s have

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② 蓄音機は、音楽を聴くことをより
便利にしたけれども、
はるかに
それはただ始まりに過ぎなかった。
1920年代のカーラジオの導入は、道中での音楽もまた、
楽しむことができるという意味を持った。
ことを表していた。
16 持ち運びのできる音楽に興味を持つことは、本当に
携帯用 オーディオへの関心が、
本格的に
外出している間、ヘッドホンを通して聴き手に音楽を楽しま
せるというパーソナル音楽プレイヤーの開発(そ似って)
個人用
発達と共に
1980年代に、持ち帰ることを始めた。
10 今日、私達は、小さなデジタルプレイヤーにおける
アルバムの約100個を持ち運ぶことができるし、小さ
・何百という
なイヤホンを用いて、それらを聴くことができる。
⑧ 携帯用オーディオへの関心が本格的になり始めたのは、
1980年代で、それは音楽のリスナー達が外を歩きなから
イヤフォンを通して音楽を楽しめる個人用音楽プレイヤーの
発達と共に生じたのである。