Nico's phrase that sounds like "ディビディエンドッ" is actually a shout when she performs a hold technique, and the accurate phrase is "Divide and conquer!" This phrase represents breaking the opponent's power and weakening them to seize victory.
Nico has an intellectual and calm fighting style, and aims for victory by analyzing her opponent's techniques and utilizing her own skills. A hold technique is a move to intercept the opponent's attack and gain an advantage by disrupting their posture. By shout
But since then, / the trend has reversed, / and divorce rates / in the West have slowed.
しかしその後、/ 傾向は逆転し、/ 離婚率が / 西洋で鈍化しました。
Meanwhile, however, / the number of couples / divorcing in other parts of the world / is on the rise.
一方で、しかしながら、/ カップルの数が / 世界の他の地域で離婚する / 増加しています。
In this programme, / we'll be hearing / how divorce is talked about / in different countries, / and as usual, / we'll be learning / some useful new vocabulary.
Marina married / an older man, / and although / their relationship started well, / over time, / they developed different ideas / about what they wanted from life.
Marina and her husband / changed their minds - / they changed an earlier decision / they had made.
マリナと彼女の夫は / 考えを変えました - / 以前の決定を変えました / 彼らが下した。
Growing apart / is one of the most frequently given reasons / for divorce, / and eventually / Marina and her husband's problems / became unresolvable, / not able to be fixed / or satisfactorily ended.
Marina's experience / is typical / of someone / who finds themself / trapped in a marriage / that no longer works, / yet, unfortunately / due to economic or emotional reasons, / many people / stay trapped.
Now, / some countries are looking / to the authorities / rather than the couple themselves / for a solution.
現在、/ 一部の国は期待しています / 当局に / カップル自身よりも / 解決策を。
Here, / Lucy Hockings, / presenter of BBC World Service's The Global Story, / and divorce counsellor Joanna Gosling / discuss a new strategy / being used in China.
If nothing changes / in the dynamic / between two people, / being told / that they've got to cool off / and wait a bit longer, / I don't think / is going to make them / suddenly realise / that they want to be together.
It might be an idea / for states to invest / in communication programmes / for these couples, / because that's invariably / why relationships fall apart.
Good guess Georgie, / because that's the correct answer.
良い推測です、ジョージー、/ なぜならそれが正解だからです。
'Divorce day' / is the first Monday of the year.
「離婚の日」は / 年の最初の月曜日です。
OK, / let's recap / the vocabulary we've learnt / in this programme, / starting with 'stay-at-home mum', / a phrase for a woman / who stays home / to care for her children / and manage the household.
(2) Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUeDdaVoWo
Transcript:
(00:00) Sleep is so important. We need it to live. And when we can't sleep, we're desperate for help. [Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter] But lately, our fascination with sleep feels as if it's taken on an urgency. Do a quick internet search for sleep and you'll find a slew of articles about how to make your sleep perfect.
(00:23) New gadgets, fancy alarm clocks, stay away from blue light. There are lots of services, products and advice columns that tell us we're sleeping wrong. Not enough, not quality sleep, wrong position. Even worse, you might find scary messaging claiming that if you're not sleeping right your life is going to be shorter, you're going to get all kinds of diseases.
(00:45) One of the biggest worries we have about our sleep is that we're not getting enough and that anything less than seven hours a night means that we’re doomed to bad health, everything from high blood pressure to Alzheimer’s disease. But there are two flaws with this kind of messaging. The first flaw is that it's not completely accurate.
(01:07) Seven to eight hours of sleep, while recommended for adults, is just an average. And while messages have to be simplified for health communication to the public, sometimes important nuances get lost. So yes, it's true that not getting enough sleep in the long term is associated with health problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression.
(01:30) But fixating solely on seven to eight hours ignores the fact that there's a range of sleep that people need. The duration of a good night's sleep can be different for different people. Some adults need eight, but some are just fine on six. The second flaw with this kind of doomsday messaging is that it can be counterproductive, especially for people who do have trouble sleeping.
(01:53) For instance, in 2019, it was estimated that 21 percent of adults in the US were wearing sleep tracking devices. And that number is probably growing. And I get it. It's fascinating to see how much sleep you've gotten each night and to know what part of your night was spent in deep sleep or dreaming.
(02:11) But having all of that sleep data is causing some people to become obsessed with it, so much so that it’s leading to a condition some call orthosomnia: a preoccupation with the constant need to achieve perfect sleep. And this condition, ironically, is causing more sleep problems. Now orthosomnia might be an extreme example, but the anxiety of not getting enough sleep is keeping some of us up at night.
(02:39) So here's what some experts are saying. Stop fixating on the number because that can lead to unrealistic expectations of sleep. According to Dr. Colleen Carney, a psychologist and the head of the Ryerson University Sleep Lab, the basic questions you should ask yourself are: Do I feel reasonably well-rested during the day? Do I generally sleep through the night without disturbances? Or, if I wake, do I fall back asleep easily? Can I stay awake through the day without involuntarily falling asleep? If your answers are yes to all three,
(03:15) you probably don't need to worry about your sleep. And if you're struggling with your sleep, instead of buying expensive blue light filters or fancy sleep trackers, try talking with your doctor to make sure there aren't any medical conditions that need to be explored first. Then try evidence-based recommendations laid out by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
(03:37) What's really cool is that there's a highly effective therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or CBT-I, It doesn’t have any medications involved. And it has a really low failure rate.
Today I decided to start writing my diary in English to improve my English skills. However, writing in English is difficult for me. For this reason, I translate sentences written in Japanese into English at DeepL. I find that I can write in English using phrases that I know. I think this method will help me learn to write English naturally.
The theme of the diary is a record of the English study you have done that day. This is because I think it will help me to keep track of my English learning progress and help me to improve my English.
I can't remember whether to or -ing is used immediately after the verb, depending on the verb. There seems to be some rule, but my impression is that it is better to get used to it than to learn it.
今日行った内容その2．
多読
Black Beauty（Step 3. Read)
～P45
読み始めたページは記録を取っていないため不明。読書時間は約50分。
The page that I started reading is unknown as I did not keep a record of it. Reading time is approximately 50 minutes.
It has already been 10 months since I started reading a lot, and I have over a million words on Headword. However, I was troubled by the fact that I often did not understand what I was writing. Recently, however, my comprehension has greatly improved compared to before. I think it is probably due to the effect of solving Grammar exercises. I feel that this is the biggest progress I have made in learning English. By the way, my current reading level is STAGE 4 and Headwords is 1400.
