音楽で血圧低下効果 ： 2006年3月8日
Music lowers blood pressure
A Hokkaido hospital announced the results of a unique survey.
It said the blood pressure of the patients who listened to their
favorite music during catheter tests was lower than those who didn’t
listen to any music.
＜重要単語と語句＞
blood pressure：血圧
catheter（名詞）：カテーテル（医療用の管）
＜区切り読みしてみよう＞ ← 英文を文頭から理解
A Hokkaido hospital announced
the results of a unique survey.
It said
the blood pressure of the patients
who listened to their favorite music
during catheter tests
was lower
than those who didn’t listen to any music.
＜頭ごなし訳で理解しよう＞ ← 和文と合わせて意味を確認
A Hokkaido hospital announced
ある北海道の病院が公表した、
the results of a unique survey.
おもしろい調査結果を。
It said
病院によると、
the blood pressure of the patients
ある患者たちの血圧は、
who listened to their favorite music
これらは好きな音楽を聴いた人たちだが、
during catheter tests
カテーテル検査の間、
was lower
（血圧は）低かったという、
than those who didn’t listen to any music.
音楽を全く聴かなかった患者たちと比較して。
＜ミニ解説＞
「カテーテル検査」をもう少し詳しく説明すると・・・
「cardiac catheter tests in which medical tubes are inserted into
arteries＝医療用の管を動脈に挿入する心臓カテーテル検査」
〜なにやら大変そうな検査ですね。
２つめの文は主部が長いですが、骨格だけ取り出すと、
「The blood pressure was lower.」 となります。
＜仕上げ読み＞ ← 確認用にどうぞ！
A Hokkaido hospital announced the results of a unique survey.
It said the blood pressure of the patients who listened to their
favorite music during catheter tests was lower than those who didn’t
listen to any music.
