(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
1. Eating cereal increases the chances of having a girl.
2. Drinking more milk increases the chances of having a boy.
3. Eating foods with potassium increases the chances of having a boy.
4. Skipping breakfast increases the chances of having a girl.
解説
第1パラグラフ 6行目
Eating a
nutritious, higher-calorie diet, including potassium-rich foods such as
bananas, increasing one’s intake of sodium, and not skipping breakfast, seemed
to increase the chances of having a boy.
The link has not been proven completely yet, ~
バナナのようにカリウムの豊富な食物を含む栄養分の多くカロリーの高い食事を食べ、ナトリウムの摂取量を増やし、朝食を抜かないと男児を生む可能性が高くなるようだ。この関連性はまだ十分には立証されていない。
第3パラグラフ7行目
Women who ate at least one bowl of cereal for breakfast per day were 87
percent more likely to have boys than those who ate no more than one
bowl per week.
毎日朝食にシリアルを少なくとも1杯食べる女性は、週にたった1杯しか食べない女性より男児を生む可能性は87%以上高かった。
1. Eating cereal increases the chances of having a girl. シリアルを食べるほど女子を生む可能性がます。 NOT true
第3パラグラフ9行目
Eating cereal is common at breakfast time in
Britain and, in the study, eating very little cereal was considered a possible
sign of skipping breakfast.
イギリスでは朝食にシリアルを食べることは一般的であり、研究によるとシリアルをほとんど食べないのは朝食を抜く潜在的徴候であると考えられた。
1. Skipping breakfast increases the chances of having a girl. 7行目~11行目より (true)
第3パラグラフ12行目
Furthermore, the women who had boys consumed a daily average of 300 milligrams
more potassium, a chemical found commonly in bananas, than the women who had girls.
さらに男子のいる女性は女子のいる女性より日に平均300ミリグラム以上 バナナに含まれる化学物質カリウムを摂取している。」より 1( true
)
3. Eating foods
with potassium increases the chances of
having a girl. ( true )
第3パラグラフ16行目
Contrary to the
common belief that pregnant women who drink a lot of milk are more likely to
have girls, the study found that such women were actually more likely to have
boys, because of their increased intake of calcium.
多量のミルクを飲む妊婦は女子をより生みやすいと一般に考えられていることとは逆に、研究では多量にミルクを飲む妊婦は実際は男子を生みやすい。これはカルシウムの摂取量の増加によるからだ。
2. Drinking more
milk increases the chances of having a boy. ( true )
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