Rationality and Intuition

Rationality and Intuition
実践編
後期- 6
合理性と直感
難易度 ★★★
次の英文を読んで、あとの問いに答えなさい。
Many a man complains bitterly that his wife will not attempt
苦々しく
不満を言う
~しようと努める
to reason things out. Many a wife feels that her husband is all
推論する
reason, able to argue about anything under the sun, but never able
理性、道理
論じる
ありとあらゆる
to go straight to the truth as she feels she can. The truth is that,
~に直行する
真実
generally speaking, men are rational, and women intuitive.
Needless to say,
言うまでもないが
理性的な
直感的な
women are no more guided exclusively by
①
ただ~のみ(=only)
intuition than men are by reason. There are women whose make-up
体質、性質
直感
includes an almost masculine approach to life. There are men ——
男っぽい
姿勢、取り組み
especially those with artistic gifts —— who possess marked intuitive
芸術の
tendencies.
gift 天賦の才
tendency 傾向
If the husband will keep
際だった
所有する
this fact in mind, it will help him
②
心、精神
avoid one basic error which causes an immense amount of
避ける
基本的な
誤り
莫大な
disagreement and friction. It is a mistake for him to use cold
摩擦
意見の相違
reasoning to overcome anything which he cannot understand in his
推論
克服する
wife.
The wife who feels deeply about something or other may well
~するのももっともだ
feel like screaming, and indeed may do so, if she is confronted with a
scream 金切り声を上げる
confront 直面する
実に、本当に
series of arguments, however logical they may be. Indeed, the more
argument 議論
一連の
persuasive the arguments, the more irritating
説得力のある
③
they are bound to
いらいらさせる
be.
be bound to ~する運命にある
The wise husband realizes that a woman’s intuition is part of
気がつく
her basic make-up, and must therefore be respected.
respect 尊敬する
④
He will
accept the undeniable fact that it is a quality which often yields
受け入れる
否定できない
生み出す
本質、資質
flashes of genius and reaches areas of truth that mere reasoning can
flash ひらめき
天才
reach 達する
単なる
never find. He will seek to understand his wife, not try to make her
reason as he
~しようとする
⑤does. The greater the understanding, the deeper the
~1~
admiration. There will grow a feeling of wonder that this gift of
驚き
称賛
intuition can so often solve problems which a reasoning brain can
解く
problem 問題
work on for hours and still not answer.
~に取り組む
(出題)東北大
<設問>
(1) 下線部①を日本語にせよ。
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(2) 下線部②の this fact とは何か。文中の英語(7語)で答えよ。
(3) 下線部③がさすものを英語(2語)で答えよ。
(4) 下線部④を日本語にせよ。
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(5) 下線部⑤の does とは何か。文中の英語(1語)で答えよ。
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