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（6）の模範解答が⭕️なのですが、問題文にはwhen Nightingale was young とあり、文中の黄色マーク🟡で引いた該当する文は、彼女が30歳になった時のことを言っているのから❌ではないのですか？教えてください🙏😭

次の英文を読んで、(1)~00までの文がその内容とあっていれば〇をそうでなければ×を解答
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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1920, into a wealthy family in England, and received the most
luxurious education from an early age, learning not only foreign languages like French, Greek, and Italian,
farmers she visited for charity work, she gradually began to think that she wanted to work in a job that
but also mathematics, astronomy, psychology, and literature. However, after seeing the lives of poor
served people. When she turned 30, she decided to become a nurse and started working at a hospital in
London. Nightingale, who eventually became a director of a women's hospital, began to advocate the need
for nurses with specialized training. At that time, nurses had a low status and were considered nothing
more than servants who cared for the sick.
A major turning point occurred in 1854. War began in Crimea*, present-day Ukraine, and Nightingale
was sent there with 24 Catholic sisters and 14 nurses. Nightingale's efforts improved the hospital
environment during the war. The Nightingale School of Nursing was established with the Nightingale Fund
created during the war. Although Henri Dunant, a founding member of the International Committee of the
Red Cross, highly praised her work, Nightingale was not involved in the International Committee of the
Red Cross. This was because she believed that aid activities based on self-sacrifice by participants would
not last long. Her famous quote, "Devotion without sacrifice is true service," expresses this well. It is said
that this was due to the idea that "we rely on the spirit of service of our members, but without financial
support, we are powerless."
Nightingale only served wounded soldiers as a nurse for only two years during the Crimean War*, and
became famous for her symbolic image of dedication and for her use of statistics to reform health care. The
statistical methods she used at this time were highly praised, and she was considered a pioneer of statistics
in England.
Nightingale suffered from poor health from a young age, and is said to have spent most of her time in
bed after returning from Crimea. Nightingale passed away peacefully at the age of 90 at her home in
London on August 13, 1910.
advocate* 主張する
Crimea* クリミア半島
Crimean War* クリミア戦争
(1) Florence Nightingale was born in a wealthy family and she learned many foreign languages.
(2) Nightingale wanted to be a nurse when she was small.
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(3) It was when she was 30 years old that Nightingale wanted to be a nurse and started working at
a hospital.
(4) Nightingale's work in Crimea improved the environment of the hospital there.
(5) Nightingale did great work to found the International Committee of the Red Cross.
(6) When Nightingale was young, nurses were thought to be like servants.
(7) Nightingale's famous words, "Devotion without sacrifice is true service," means self-sacrifice of
the participants is always necessary rather than financial support.
(8) Nightingale was not blessed with good health since young and spent much of her time in bed.
(9) Nightingale is considered a pioneer of statistics in the world as she used statistics to reform
health care.
(10) Nightingale worked as a nurse all her life.

Answer 1

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taka

彼女が30歳になった時のことを言っているのから❌ではないのですか？教えてください🙏😭
→　young(若い)は「相対的な形容詞」(＝全員共通の認識がない)なので、「30歳は若い」と考える人もいれば、「30歳はもう中年(?)」と感じる人もいます。従って、高校生であるあさんのように、「30歳はもう若くない」と感じても全然不思議はありません。

では、問題文の中では、年齢に関してはどのような表現が使われているのでしょうか？
第1段落2行目：an early age(若年齢)
第1段落5行目：When she turned 30(彼女が30歳になった時)
第4段落1行目：a young age(幼齢)/2行目：at the age of 90(90歳の時)
本文中に「30歳は若い」、あるいは「30歳はもう中年(?)」と判断する基準は見つかりましたか？
何もないですよね。では、どうすればいいのでしょうか？

世代(generation)という言葉があり、約30年で世代が変わるとよく言われます。
大雑把に言えば、0歳～30歳位：若年、30歳位～60歳位：中高年、60歳位以上：高齢　となります。
従って、30歳の時にnurses were thought to be like servants ＝ jurses had a low status and were considered nothing more than servants ということから判断して、「30歳は若い」とみなして(6)〇 と言われても、文句はないのではないのかな～？　という気がします。
このような文章を書く筆者は、0歳～30歳よりも30歳～60歳が圧倒的に多いと考えられます。
従って、上記のような、一般的な世代別分類が念頭にあるのではないでしょうか？
あさんが60歳になれば、「30歳は若い❣」と感じると思います。楽しみにしていてください。

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あ

なるほど。generation のその考えは知りませんでした! 分かりやすくありがとうございます😊💖

taka

You're welcome!😊