Level B1 General English
Lesson 81
Behavior
ふるまい・行動

1
TOPIC QUESTION
今日のトピック

What is good behavior? What is bad behavior?
良い振る舞いとは何ですか?悪い振る舞いとは何ですか?

2
ARTICLE
記事

Directions: Read the following article aloud.
課題: 以下の記事をはっきりとした声で音読しましょう。
Is It Right Or Wrong?

What is behavior? It pertains to a person's actions and how we perceive them. We evaluate a person’s behavior based on our own understanding of what is right or wrong. However, this evaluation is not perfect since a lot of it depends so much on our own upbringing.

The decision on whether behavior is acceptable or not is also based on how our society develops. Some people have a tendency to say that today’s youth has far more behavioral problems than 20 or 30 years ago. But it can also be said that we are just more likely to label something these days than to really deal with it. It is like a label makes it better.

The amount of children on behavioral modification medicine these days astounds me. When I was young, a child that misbehaved was simply punished until they learned better. As a teacher, I feel that we as a society are making excuses for bad behavior instead of trying to stop it. Maybe things do have to get worse before they get better.

3
VOCABULARY
語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.
課題: 先生の後に続いてくり返した後、今度はひとりで発音してみましょう。

pertains
属する
perceive
気づく、認める
upbringing
養育、しつけ
tendency
傾向
astounds
びっくり仰天する
modification
変更、修正

4
Questions
質問

Directions: Read the questions aloud and answer them.
課題: 質問を声に出して読んだ後、答えてみましょう。

1. What is behavior?
2. What are the two opinions of recent behavior trends?
3. What is the writer surprised by?
4. Do you think society is doing enough to show what is proper behavior?