センター試験54日前[2012年度入試版]

＊センター試験まで毎日更新・・の予定。第１回(主に理系向け)

21 November 2011

センター試験まで54日

54は・・・
6×9=2×3³

今日の元素

54Xe キセノン : Xenon(ギリシア語「奇妙な」)
原子番号54 18族（希ガス）5周期 原子量=131
m.p. -119.9℃ / b.p. -108.1℃
イオン化エネルギー 第一:1170.4kJ/mol / 第二:2046.4kJ/mol / 第三:3099.4kJ/mol

今日の言葉

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

George Edward Woodberry (1855-1930)

今日の世界史

1806年11月21日 ナポレオン戦争：大陸封鎖令が発せられる

今日の単語

参照:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15739403

succeed

Japan is a very fashion-conscious place. And for the young who want the latest trends, this is where they come, Harajuku. There are lots of little shops selling all the latest outfits. And when you look at what the people are actually wearing, most of them choose western style clothes. But what you don't see is a single person wearing a kimono. (BBC-"Kimono culture - a dying art?より")

(中略)01:24〜

However, the craftman who does this very special job dying out, and they don't have a successor. That makes the problem.

*succeed
v.i. to achieve what you planned/wanted
v.t./v.i. to take an official job or position after someone else; to come after another person or thing (Cambridge Online Dictionary)
語源 succeder(Fr. 14c.) < sub(next to, after)+cedere(to move)
元々は「後に続く」と言った意味であったようだが、「成功する」という意味は15世紀に入ってから登場したとのこと(Online Etymology Dictionary)
派生
success (n.)成功
->successful (adj.); successfully (adv.)
succession (n.) 後継
successor (n.)後継者
successive (adj.) 続けて
c.f. consecutive 連続的に(中断などが入らず本当に連続的・規則的に)