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U N I T 1 Hello Kitty Is Not a Cat 知られざるキティちゃんの生き様 1974 年にデビューしたキティちゃんその無表情な顔 (expressionless mug) を今では世界中のあらゆる場所 --- 自動車のエンジンオイル (motor oil) や生理ナプキン (sanitary

culture) を牽引してきた彼女だがまだまだ謎がいっぱいだこの記事では知られざる彼女の姿を明かしてくれる Matching Words & Phrases 1 10 までの単語の語義を a ~ j のなかから選んで線で結びなさい 1. feature on a 描写する 2.

1 U N I T 1 Hello Kitty Is Not a Cat 知られざるキティちゃんの生き様 1974 年にデビューしたキティちゃんその無表情な顔 (expressionless mug) を今では世界中のあらゆる場所 --- 自動車のエンジンオイル (motor oil) や生理ナプキン (sanitary napkins) 男性用下着 (men s underwear) など --- で目にするキティちゃん 40 周年にあたる 2014 年米国ロサンジェルスでは本格的な回顧展 (a full-blown retrospective) が開かれるなどキティちゃん旋風が巻き起こっていたグローバルな大衆文化 (global popular culture) を牽引してきた彼女だがまだまだ謎がいっぱいだこの記事では知られざる彼女の姿を明かしてくれる Matching Words & Phrases 1 10 までの単語の語義を a ~ j のなかから選んで線で結びなさい 1. feature on a 描写する 2. not to mention b 議論の的になる 3. inspire c 純粋な 4. controversial d 大体的に扱う 5. cultivate e ( 作品などに ) 着想を与える 6. corrected f 訂正された 7. depict g は言うまでもなく 8. emerge h 商品 9. quintessential i 増殖させる 10. commodity j 現れる 1

2 Reading Passages Track Her expressionless mug has been featured on countless toys, not to mention bowling balls, motor oil, a Fender Strat, a pricey Judith Leiber clutch, sanitary napkins and men s underwear. She s inspired a controversial song by Avril Lavigne, works of sculpture by Tom Sachs and a pretty spectacular dress worn by Lady Gaga. 2 I am talking about Hello Kitty, the adorable cultural force that began life as a character on a coin purse in Japan Produced by Sanrio, she arrived in the United States two years later. And she s been a part of global popular culture ever since. 3 This fall, she is set to take L.A. by storm, with a fullblown retrospective of Kitty art, merch and fashion at the Japanese American National Museum. Two weeks later, the first ever Hello Kitty Con, will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art. 4 Christine R. Yano is the author of the book Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty s Trek Across the Pacific. She says that Kitty s unreadable features (she usually doesn t have a mouth), along with clever merchandising, has helped cultivate the character s following. 5 Hello Kitty works and is successful partly because of the blankness of her design, Yano says. People see the possibility of a range of expressions. You can give her a guitar, you can put her on stage, you can portray her as is. That blankness gives her an appeal to so many types of people. 6 That also makes her more than just another fabrication of Japan s culture of cute, known as kawaii. 7 This year, Kitty turns 40 and her power as icon and brand shows no sign of abating. 8 But there s a lot we don t know about Hello Kitty. And, Yano, who is currently wading through hundreds of objects for the exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum gives us the lowdown: 9 Hello Kitty is not a cat. When Yano was preparing her written texts for the exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum, she says she Fender Strat pricey Judith Leiber clutch Avril Lavigne sculpture Tom Sachs Lady Gaga spectacular adorable cultural force ever since be set take by storm merch =merchandise the Japanese American National Museum first ever Hello Kitty Con trek across the Pacific unreadable following blankness a range of as is fabrication abate currently wade through exhibition lowdown 2

3 Unit 1: Hello Kitty Is Not a Cat described Hello Kitty as a cat. I was corrected very firmly, she says. That s one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it s called Charmmy Kitty. Hello Kitty is British. Kitty is actually named Kitty White and she has a full back story. She is a Scorpio. She loves apple pie. And she is the daughter of George and Mary White. She has a twin sister, adds Yano. She s a perpetual third-grader. She lives outside of London. I could go on. A lot of people don t know the story and a lot don t care. But it s interesting because Hello Kitty emerged in the 1970s, when the Japanese and Japanese women were into Britain. They loved the idea of Britain. It represented the quintessential idealized childhood, almost like a white picket fence. So the biography was created exactly for the tastes of that time. Hello Kitty has special significance to Asian Americans. Yes, she s worldwide. But Hello Kitty has had special resonance with Asians who grew up in the United States. When Hello Kitty arrived in the U.S. in the mid-1970s, it was a commodity mainly in Asian enclaves: Chinatowns, Japantowns, etc., explains Yano. In talking to Japanese Americans who grew up in the 1970s, they say, That figure means so much to us because she was ours. It s something they saw as an identity marker. This is why the exhibition is being held at the Japanese American National Museum. It s about reconnecting her to this community. It gives the whole thing a certain poignancy and power. firmly correction script =text cartoon on all fours of one s own back story Scorpio perpetual third-grader I could go on (be) into Britain idealized white picket fence resonance mid- Asian enclaves identity marker poignancy 3

4 The Keys to Reading Passages l. 2 Fender StratStrat=Stratcastor l. 3 Judith Leiber l. 4-5 Avril Lavigne1984- Hello Kitty 2013 controversial l. 5 Tom Sachs1966- a contemporary artist 2008 Crying Hello Kitty l. 6 Lady Gaga1986- l the Japanese American National Museum Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty l. 15 Hello Kitty ConCon=Convention the Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA 40 l perpetual third-grader l. 56 white picket fence 4

5 Unit 1: Hello Kitty Is Not a Cat Checking Your Understanding: True or False 本文の内容に照らして合っているものには T を間違えているものには F を書きなさい 1. Hello Kitty made her U.S. debut in Christine R. Yano is the creator of Hello Kitty. 3. Hello Kitty is a 40-year-old grown-up. 4. Charmmy Kitty is Hello Kitty s cat pet. How to Read a Paragraph 以下の問いに答えなさいなお ( ) 内はヒントとなる段落番号です 1. Paragraph 5 においてヤノはキティちゃんの世界的な成功の理由をどのように説明していますか 2. キティちゃんがイギリス人だという背景には 1970 年代の日本人のどのような気持ちがあったとヤノは述べていますか (Paragraph 11) 年代に子供時代を過ごしたアジア系アメリカ人の中で自分たちにとってキティちゃんが特別な意味があると述べる人々がいるのはどうしてですか (Paragraph 13) 5

6 Unit 1: Hello Kitty Is Not a Cat Translating into English Reading Passeges を見ずに日本語に合うように ( う冒頭に来る語でも頭文字を小文字にしてあります ) 内の語句を並び替えて英文を完成させましょ 1. 彼女はアヴリルラヴィーンの物議をかもす歌にインスピレーションを与えてきた (controversial, inspired, song, a, has, Hello Kitty, Avril Lavigne. by,). 2. ハローキティが 1970 年代日本人特に日本の女性たちがイギリス好きであった (1970s, the, Hello Kitty, in, emerged), (the, women, Britain, Japanese, when, into, were). 3. ハローキティはアメリカで育ったアジア人と特別に共鳴する存在として現在まで至る (in, Hello Kitty, had, has, grew up, special, with, who, the United States, Asians, resonance). Listening Summary Track 3 下記の単語から正しいものを選んで空欄を埋めなさいまた音声を聴いて答えを確認しましょう We can find 1 ( ) 2 ( ) of Hello Kitty all over the world. According to Yano, it is 3 ( ) because people feel the 4 ( ) of a range of expressions in the design of her 5 ( ) face. She also points out that some Asian Americans who spent their childhood in mid-1970s, when Hello Kitty 6 ( ) had a special 7 ( ) with her because she made them realize their roots. emerged commodities connection expressionless partly countless possibilities 6

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