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はい、こんにちは洋平先生です。
今日はちょっとみなさんに、ウェブで見つけた、ある記事（きじ）の1つの文章を聞いてほしいんですね、はい。じゃあいいですか、早速（さっそく）ですけど、言いますね。
「横浜（よこはま）の公衆（こうしゅう）トイレに絵が描かれました。とてもかわいい絵で、この絵を利用した人たちは親しみやすいと言っています」

はい、どうですか。 とてもびっくりした人と、あまりおどろかなかった人がいるんじゃないでしょうか。 
えーっとですね、このトイレというのは、アメリカのトイレはですね、ま、便器（べんき）のことですよね。で、イギリス英語だとトイレその部屋のこと全て言いますよね。で、日本もトイレと言うと、まあ、一般的（いっぱんてき）に部屋全てのことを言うんですよね。
ですから、公衆トイレに絵が描かれましたというと、ま、日本人はすぐにえ、トイレの壁に絵が描かれているというのを想像（そうぞう）するんですね。 おそらくこれを聞いて、トイレの便器（べんき）に絵が描かれているのかと思った人も、たくさんいると思うんですね。ちょっと変ですよね。
はい、じゃ、ちょっと今日はその外来語（がいらいご）、カタカナの言葉ですよね。英語から来た、主（おも）に英語から来た言葉で、日本で使われている外来語をちょっと紹介（しょうかい）したいと思います。

はい、『ビタミン』これイギリス英語ですよね。『ビタミン』えー、アメリカだと『vitamin・バイタミン』ですよね。で、あと『トマト』。これもイギリス英語の発音で言われています。アメリカドと『tomato・トメイト』ですよね。
はい。で、じゃあ『アパート』、これはアメリカ英語の方使われてるんですね。イギリスだと『フラット・flat』 ですね。『フラット』と最近、言う人もいるんですが、アパートの方がとても多く使われています
と、あと、『エレベーター』、これもアメリカ英語の方が使われています。えー、イギリスだと『lift・リフト』ですね。”リフト”という外来語（がいらいご）もあるんですが、これはちょっと違う使われ方をしていますね。
はい、あとですねえー薬屋さん、『ドラッグストア』、これ、アメリカ英語ですよね。 
えー、イギリスだと『pharmacy・ファーマシー』ですか？だと思うんですけど...で、このドラッグストアですけども、10年前にお会いしたオーストラリア人が、日本でこのドラッグストアというのを見て、びっくりしていたんですね。
えー彼曰（いわ）く、彼が言うには”ドラッグ”はイリーガルドラッグ（illegal drug）のことを言うと言ってたんですけども、 ちょっとこれ、他のオーストラリ人に言っても、そんなことはないよっていう人もいて、ちょっとわかんないんですけども、もし、このポットキャストオーストラリアの人も聞いていたら、ちょっと教えてください。どう思いましたか。

はい、じゃあ、今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございます。はい、じゃあ、皆さん日本語の勉強頑張ってね、バイバイ👋


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＃16　トイレに絵がかいてあります...？

Lily:  Lucy,我每次看见我的男朋友和别的女生聊天聊得很开心，我就很吃醋。
Lucy：醋是很酸的东西呀，为什么你不开心要喝醋？
Lily:  不是，我说的吃醋是那个意思。
Lucy:  哪个意思？
Lily:  就是除了吃真的醋以外，吃醋还比喻嫉妒，多指男女关系方面。有时也称醋意、醋劲儿、醋坛子。比如说：
1：看到你对别的女生好，我就不想理你了。这一次我真的吃醋了。
2：我女朋友醋意大发，我要好好哄哄她。
3：我男朋友吃起醋来，醋劲儿挺大的。
4：我看到你们聊得那么好，我的醋坛子都被打翻了。

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Lily:  Lucy, wǒ měi cì kànjiàn wǒ de nán péngyǒu hé bié de nǚshēng liáotiān liáo de hěn kāixīn, wǒ jiù hěn chīcù.
Lucy: Cù shì hěn suān de dōngxī ya, wèishéme nǐ bù kāixīn yào hē cù?
Lily:  Búshì, wǒ shuō de chīcù shì nàgè yìsi.
Lucy:  Nǎge yìsi?
Lily:  Jiùshì chúle chī zhēn de cù yǐwài, chīcù hái bǐyù jídù, duō zhǐ nánnǚ guānxì fāngmiàn. Yǒushí yě chēng cùyì, cùjìn er, cùtánzi. Bǐrú shuō:
1: Kàn dào nǐ duì bié de nǚshēng hǎo, wǒ jiù bùxiǎng lǐ nǐle. Zhè yí cì wǒ zhēn de chīcùle. 
2: Wǒ nǚ péngyǒu cùyì dà fā, wǒ yào hǎohǎo hǒng hǒng tā.
3: Wǒ nán péngyǒu chī qǐ cù lái, cùjìn er tǐng dà de.
4: Wǒ kàn dào nǐmen liáo de nàme hǎo, wǒ de cùtánzi dōu bèi dǎ fānle.

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Lily: Lucy, I get jealous every time I see my boyfriend chatting happily with other girls.
Lucy: Vinegar is very sour, why are you unhappy to drink vinegar?
Lily: No, that's what I meant when I said jealous.
Lucy: What do you mean?
Lily: In addition to being really jealous, jealousy is also a metaphor for jealousy, mostly referring to the relationship between men and women. Sometimes it is also called醋意, 醋劲儿, and 醋坛子. For example:
1: Seeing that you are nice to other girls, I don't want to care about you anymore. This time I was really jealous. 
2: My girlfriend is jealous, I have to pamper her.
3: My boyfriend is jealous, and he is very jealous.
4: I saw that you guys were chatting so well, my vinegar jar was knocked over.【very jealous】

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Each fast food meal we eat in a week could increase our risk of developing depression by as much as 4%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Iran also found that eating more than two fast food meals per week could increase the risk by almost a quarter.

They wanted to look at the effect of eating fast food on both obesity and depression.

Previous studies have found that eating a lot of heavily processed foods could lead to depression.

The research team thought that eating a lot of fast food was likely to cause obesity and that this could lead to depression.

However, they found obesity was not as much of an important factor as they thought it would be, and perhaps it was fast food consumption — and not obesity — that increased the risk of depression.

The researchers looked at data from more than 31,000 people in the US, taken between 2008 and 2018.

The participants were asked how many fast food meals they ate in a typical week, and they answered a survey that asked them about symptoms of depression.

During the study period, 11% of women and 7% of men showed signs of depression, although those with higher levels of education were less likely to be depressed.

Those who ate more than two fast food meals a week had a 24% higher risk of depression compared to those who ate fewer than two fast food meals per week.

However, the researchers say they can't prove that the cause of the participants' depression was eating fast food.