英会話コミュ＠京都コミュの 8月25日英会話レッスンで使用する教材です

8月25日の英会話レッスンで使用する予定のプリントを配布いたします。ワードやエクセル等にコピーペーストしてプリントアウトできる方は持ってきてくださーいヽ(^。^)ノ

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Asashoryu depressed, wants to go home
Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu, who has been diagnosed with a mild case of depression after being suspended from the next two grand sumo tournaments, is still in limbo as to whether he will be granted permission to travel back to his homeland to avoid any further emotional breakdown.
Stable master Takasago, who met with Asashoryu for the first time since he received the punishment Aug. 1, suggested Aug. 6 that the Japan Sumo Association is carefully considering the yokozuna's mental condition.
"He appeared totally wiped out," Takasago said after holding a 20-minute meeting with Asashoryu at the grand champion's Tokyo home. "He was just staring off into space and would mainly just nod without saying much."
The Japan Times Weekly: Aug. 11, 2007

key words:
grand champion　横綱
depression　　うつ病
be diagnosed with　　～と診断される
sumo tournaments　相撲の場所
in limbo　　　　　中ぶらりんになっている【中途半端な状態】
emotional breakdown　　ノイローゼ、神経衰弱
stable master　　親方
punishment　　　処罰
the Japan Sumo Association　　日本相撲協会
mental condition　　　精神状態
wiped out　　　　　　　くたくたになる、ひどく弱らせる
hold a meeting　　　　会合をひらく
start off into space ぼんやりしはじめる

Today’s topic
1. What do you do when you feel depressed?
2. What do you do when you see your friend is wiped out?
3. Do you like old traditions? (Why?)