ストーリを英語のまま味わえ、幅広い世代に支持されている「ちょっといい話」シリーズ。本書では、大ヒット商品の誕生秘話から発展途上国の子どもたちへの支援事業まで、数多くの仕事から、「やる気の出る話」17編を厳選しました。

■さまざまな国・時代・業種の話を厳選
さまざまな国・時代・業種の仕事の話の中から、前向きな気持ちになる話を厳選しました。「努力」「信念」「工夫」「思いやり」…。本書では、成功よりも、それを支えた人に焦点を合わせて紹介します。

■初級レベルの英単語と基本的な構文がベース
初級3000語レベルの英単語（＊）と基本的な構文をベースにリライトしています。やさしい英文なので、英語そのままで理解できます。＊アルクの「標準語彙水準12000」（SVL[Standard Vocabulary List]12000）のレベル1～3を指します。

●対象レベル：英検準2級／TOEIC(R)テスト470点程度
●特典音声つき（MP3）
（1）「このストーリーのポイント」の音声全17ファイル
（2）書籍未収録の物語３編「Revolutionary Mompreneurs（業界を変えた起業家ママ）」「Apollo Hospitals（アポロ病院）」「The World of...

Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.

Data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.

アルクの月刊誌『English Journal』2015～2020年に掲載されたインタビューから、大物ミュージシャンのインタビューを選りすぐってオーディオブック化。

Start speaking English in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Ultimate Getting Started with English Box Set, a completely new way to learn English with ease! Ultimate Getting Started with English Box Set will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your American friends.

With all of the pluck and charm of its eponymous young hero, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight, Midnight in Paris) delivers a spectacular reading of Montgomery's beloved bildungsroman. In moments both funny and bittersweet, McAdams' voice is imbued with the spark that has made Anne a much-loved symbol of individualism and cheer for over a century.

There are many events and festivals throughout Japan all over the year. It is introducing its charm and history.

The Japanese people have always seen themselves as a nation uniquely apart. Their exquisite art forms and elegant culture, military prowess and technological precision, have long been the envy of friend and foe alike. Today, even as Japan adapts to a rapidly changing world, its traditional culture and consensus-based philosophy have proved remarkably resilient. Culture Smart! Japan will broaden your perception and understanding of this complex, rich, and dynamic society.

Fans of L. M. Montgomery's Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are six of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside. Published between 1908 and 1921, these heartwarming tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams will enchant fans and new listeners alike.

「お弁当」から「宇宙開発」まで、世界10カ国のスピーカーによる台本なしのトークを20本収録。世界各国の人たちの硬軟織り交ぜた雑談が聞き取れれば、グローバル時代に必要な真のリスニング力が身に付きます...

4-in-oneとは4 skills in one book（４つの技能を１冊の本で）という意味。英語の「読む・聞く・書く・話す」をバランスよく身に付け、本物の英語力と論理的思考力を手にする

生命科学に関する英単語を「聞いて」覚える！

日本文学の名作10編を、アメリカ生まれの日本文学研究者が英語に翻訳。

Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom and Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, turns his attention to his "friend" President Donald J. Trump and provides the most intriguing and significant analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to listen to this year.

In this simple, fast-paced audiobook, you will be learning what it takes to create the life you want. 30 Days is for people who are struggling, wanting to change their lives, but they feel powerless and think change comes from the outside. They also keep doing the same things over and over expecting a different result, which Albert Einstein considered to be the purest form of insanity.

Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.

本書はシリーズ中の『英語で泣ける ちょっといい話』『英語で泣ける ちょっといい話2』『英語で心いやされる ちょっといい話』『英語で元気が出る ちょっといい話』『英語でやる気が出る仕事の話』

使用語彙1500語、通常の3分の2のスピードなので、はじめてのリスニング素材に最適です！ VOAスペシャルイングリッシュは非英語圏の人向けに、使用語彙約1500(日本の高校1～2年生くらいまでに学習するレベルで使用頻度の高いもの)、話すスピード1分間に100語程度(ひとつのフレーズを読むスピードはほぼネイティブスピーカーと変わらずに、フレーズ間にポーズを置く読み方)としてあるので、初心者にはこの上ない素材です。そこから1999年前半の主要ニュースをピックアップしました。 CONTENTS●VOAとSpecial English●ニュース英語の聞き方のコツ●Special English Newsを理解するための英文法●国際・政治:ハビビ大統領、祖国の宗教支配阻止を表明朝鮮半島和平を目指す「4者会談」開催/米大統領、一般教書演説の中で新政策を表明ほか●経済・ビジネス:グリーンスパン議長、米経済のバブル化を懸念/IMFとブラジル政府が金融支援策で合意ほか●社会・文化:断食月の終わりを祝うイスラムの祭り/多数の犠牲者を出したコロンビア大地震ほか●科学・環境:酒井最悪の大気汚染都市は中国に集中/アフリカで最初のエイズ予防薬試験が開始/障害者の意思伝達に脳波が有効との研究結果/米科学者、HIVは体内に60年間潜伏可能と発表/WHO、天然痘ウイルスの保存を決定...

アルクの月刊誌『ENGLISH JOURNAL』に2016～2019年に掲載されたハリウッドスターのインタビューから、9本を選び収録。

In Survival of the Richest, Rushkoff traces the origins of The Mindset in science and technology through its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, AI futurism, and the metaverse. In a dozen urgent, electrifying chapters, he confronts tech utopianism, the datafication of all human interaction, and the exploitation of that data by corporations. Through fascinating characters, Rushkoff explains why those with the most power to change our current trajectory have no interest in doing so.