第９９回　WORKSHOP報告（２月２１日） / 参加者７７名

第９９回　WORKSHOP報告（２月２１日） / 参加者７７名

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（１：前半のマテリアル紹介です）

 

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（２：今回は７７名の方々が参加されました）

 

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（３：会議室はほぼ満員となりました）

 

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《　今回のworkshop　》

 

○workshop参加人数：７７名（うち新人の方：１１名）

 

○【前半】：”Changing your career”というテーマでディスカッション

 

○【後半】：” Marital Problems Lead To Heart Troubles, Particularly In Older Women: The True Broken Heart “という記事に関するディスカッション

 

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＜英語サークル　E’s club　第９９回workshopのご案内＞

 

こんにちは、E’s club幹事のKです。

２月２１日（土）開催の第９９回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

 

前半のマテリアルはIさんにご作成いただきました。

テーマは”Changing your career”です。

転職のご経験がある方、無い方、学生の方それぞれに向けての設問が用意されていますので、みなさま積極的にディスカッションにご参加ください。

 

[今週のマテリアル]

＜FIRST HALF＞

Changing your career

 

I belong to E’s club from last summer, and an unexpected thing for me was that many people changed their career or think about changing career.

They say that lifetime employment system has been changed and working style is diversified, so I think sharing experiences of different job career each other would be interesting.

 

I would like you to share how it is like to change your career, and how does it affect your life.

Basically, I prepared 2 or 3 questions for each category so that both those who have changed their career and who haven’t can answer questions.

If you are student, please answer questions, assuming that you are doing job hunting.

 

Hope to enjoy this topic!

 

Q1 Please introduce your job and study career. (It can be included in self-introduction)

 

Q2 ・What made you change your career? (For those who have changed your career)

・What would make you change your career? (For those who haven’t changed your career)

・Have you ever thought of changing career? Why didn’t you quit your job then? (For those who haven’t)

 

Q3 ・The new job was the same business field or different business field? (For those who have)

・Do you want to find the same business field jobs, or  different business field jobs? (For those who haven’t)

・Do you want to find a job that is related to your study field or that isn’t related to it? (For students)

 

Q4 ・What were appealing points in job interviews when you applied for new job? (For those who have)

・Assuming that you are planning to change your career, What would be the advantages of you in job interviews to get a new job? (For those who haven’t)

・Assuming that you are doing job hunting, what would be the advantages of you in job interviews to get a  job? (For students)

 

Q5 ・How long did it take for job hunting? (For those who have)

・How much time could you spend for job hunting? (For those who haven’t)

 

Q6 Did changing your career affect your life positively or negatively? (For those who have)

 

Q7 Tell us both good and bad points of changing careers, respectively. (For both)

 

Q8 Share your career plans for the future, if possible. (For both)

 

 

＜LATTER HALF＞

Marital Problems Lead To Heart Troubles, Particularly In Older Women: The True Broken Heart

Nov 19, 2014 06:00 PM  By Susan Scutti

http://www.medicaldaily.com/marital-problems-lead-heart-troubles-particularly-older-women-true-broken-heart-311398

 

Commonly we are told that marriage is good for our health, and naturally this leads many people to assume that “any marriage is better than no marriage.” However, this blind trust in the positive effects of marriage may be far from the truth for women who are unhappily wed. Compared to good marriages, a new study finds, unhappy unions raise the risks of heart disease, especially among older women.

 

“Our results suggest that the stress process operating within marriage may be more important than the supportive aspect of marriage in shaping individuals’ cardiovascular health,” wrote Dr. Hui Lui, lead author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at Michigan State University.

 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, with nearly 600,000 Americans dying of it each year – that’s a quarter of all deaths! As we age, our risk of developing some form of heart disease increases. While 40 percent of men and one third of all women suffer from CVD between the ages of 40 and 59, these numbers spike to nearly 70 percent and 71 percent during the next two decades.

 

Identifying A Good Marriage

 

Since many personal, social, and behavioral factors influence cardiovascular health, many researchers are trying to identify precise ways to prevent this disease. Such is the case with the current study. Liu and her colleague began by analyzing five years of data from participants in the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project. Respondents, including 459 married women and 739 married men, began the study when they were between the ages of 57 and 85. The researchers performed lab tests to measure hypertension, heart rate, and levels of C-reactive protein in the blood, while also recording past medical history, including strokes and heart attacks.

 

The project quizzed participants on their marital quality with these and other questions: Do you and spouse spend free time together or apart? How often can you rely on spouse? How often does spouse make too many demands on you? How close do you feel is your relationship with spouse? How often does spouse criticize you? How often does spouse get on your nerves?

 

After analyzing all the data, Liu drew two important conclusions. First, the results suggest that changes in marital quality and cardiovascular risk are more closely related for older married people than for younger. Second, the link between marital quality and cardiovascular risk appeared to be more pronounced among women than among men at older ages.

 

Notably, Liu and her co-researcher found heart health and marriage health to be a two-way street – at least for women. Heart disease led to a decline in marital quality for women, though not for men; the researchers suggest this may be due to the fact that wives are more likely to provide care and support to sick husbands, while husbands are less likely to do the same for their sick wives.

 

On a positive note, the researchers discovered a good marriage can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Final take-away message? Look before you leap.

 

Source Lui H, Waite L. Bad marriage, broken heart? Age and gender differences in the link between marital quality and cardiovascular risks among older adults. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 2014.

 

<Questions>

1. What did you think of this article?

Do you agree with the results? Was it surprising or not surprising? This survey was conducted in America, do you think the results of the survey would be the same in Japan?

 

2. How do you think marriage has changed over the years?

How has it changed since your grandparents or parents generation? How has it changed since you were a kid? How has it changed recently?

Do you think marriage is more difficult now? Are there any changes you would like to make to the concept and laws of marriage?

 

3. Are wives more caring than husbands?

Why do you think, according to the article, women are more affected by bad marriages? Do you think this is true?

 

4. What is required for people to stay happy in marriage?

How much time should married couples spend together? What do you think should be the roles of husband and wife? Do you think you are or would be a good husband or wife?

 

5. What makes a marriage fail?

What are the most common things married couples argue about? How can we repair a bad marriage? Is marriage counseling a good idea? Do you think marriage counseling is more common in other countries?

 

6. What would you do if your marriage gave you health problems?

 

7. In America, particularly for wealthy couples, a pre-nuptial agreement is commonly used.

A Prenuptial agreement (or ‘prenup’) is a contract which stipulates the division of finances and property in the event of a divorce. Is this uncommon in Japan? Do you think this is a good idea?

 

8.  What advice would you give to a married couple?

 

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