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第4部 内容理解（中文）・意見文, topic ダジャレ (homophone pun). Tip: 問1 is the question who (だれか) → find the omitted subject of the passive voice 「見られる」; 問2 only choose the AFFIRMATION article as beneficial; 問3 main ideas are in the concluding sentence of the form 「〜ではないだろうか」. ※ The source says 小学校, it should be 小学生.
「スキーが好きです。」「この肉、食べにくい。」のように、同じ音、同じような音を使う言葉の遊びをダジャレと言う。日本語には似た発音でも意味が違う言葉が多いので、ダジャレを作りやすい。小学生や中高年のおじさんたちなどはダジャレが大好きだ。ただ、おじさんが言うと、たいてい①冷たい目で見られる。つまらなかったり、同じダジャレを何度も言ったりするからだ。
それでも、ダジャレは役に立つこともある。だれにでも作れ、うまいダジャレなら人を笑わせて気持ちを明るくすることができる。
また、ある脳の研究者によると、普段から面白いダジャレを作ろうとしていれば、脳を鍛える（注1）ことにもなり、ボケ防止（注2）にも役立つらしい。
簡単な言葉遊びで緊張がとけたり、笑い合って明るい気持ちになったり、脳のトレーニングにもなるなら、それは素晴らしいことではないだろうか。
（注1）鍛える：練習などを繰り返して、体や頭や技術をしっかりさせる。
（注2）ボケ防止：頭の働きが悪くなるのを防ぐこと。
Explanation: Abridged subject of the passive voice: 「おじさんが言うと、たいてい冷たい目で見られる」→ the person WHO IS looked at coldly is the middle-aged uncle → ②. ① is the one who looks, not the one who is looked at. ③ The article only talks about uncles, not elementary school students.
①Who is looked at with cold eyes?
① The person who hears the pun (dajare) · ② The middle-aged man said the pun · ③ The elementary school student said the pun · ④ The person who wrote this article
Explanation: 「普段から面白いダジャレを作ろうとしていれば、脳を鍛えることにもなり」→ ①. ③ is a trap: the benefit belongs to the person CREATING the dajare, not the listener. ②④ is not in the article.
According to this article, what is the good point of dajare (pun)?
① Trying to think of dajare becomes an exercise for the brain. · ② To think of dajare, you have to look up many things. · ③ Listening to dajare and laughing makes the brain function better. · ④ Listening to dajare, you can learn many words that have similar sounds.
Explanation: Conclusion: 「簡単な言葉遊びで緊張がとけたり…素晴らしいことではないだろうか」→ ④. ① and ② contradict paragraph 1 (your dajare is usually light). ③ completely opposite to the author's positive attitude.
What does the writer of this article want to say most?
① Middle-aged and elderly men speak dajare well but people around them do not understand. · ② Many middle-aged men often say dajare and often make people happy. · ③ Everyone can think of dajare, but talking about it with people around is not good. · ④ Dajare is easy to think of, can dispel stress and brighten the mood.
Word games that use the same or similar sounds — like 「スキーが好きです」(ski / suki) or 「この肉、食べにくい」(niku / nikui) — are called dajare. Japanese has many words that sound the same but have different meanings, so it's easy to create dajare. Elementary school students and middle-aged people love dajare. However, when uncles speak, they are often looked at with cold eyes, because they are either bland or saying the same sentence over and over again.
Even so, dajare can be useful at times. Anyone can create it, and a good dajare can make others laugh and brighten the mood.
In addition, according to a brain researcher, if you regularly try to think of interesting dajare sentences, it also exercises the brain (note 1), and seems to help prevent confusion (note 2).
If a simple word game can relieve stress, make everyone laugh and have fun, and also exercise the brain, wouldn't that be great?
(note 1) 鍛える: repeated practice to make the body, mind or technique stable. (note 2) ボケ防止: prevents mental activity from deteriorating.
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