2022年3月17日「モバイル英語学習」第733号 (英語エッセイ): Things I Didn’t Know about Okinawa

Notes
turtle カメ;
tuna マグロ;

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1. Kerama is a national park.
2. There are sea snakes and sea turtles around Kerama, and they have to come up to the surface of the water to breathe.
3. Tuna is one of the most popular dishes in Naha. The tuna is caught in nearby waters.
4. Many of the houses in Naha have flat roofs.
5. Children who live on small islands have to go to Naha for high school. Schools usually have special dormitories for them, but sometimes they live with a relative who moves to the main island with them.
6. Driving around Naha is difficult because of the narrow streets, but having a GPS in your car makes it much easier. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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2021年12月30日「モバイル英語学習」第723号 (英語エッセイ): Canada’s Tallest Tree

Notes
logger 伐採者;
awe 畏敬;
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A man called Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island, Canada. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree.
But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger. Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it. Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tall tree. The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with awe. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park.
Canada’s tallest tree is still there. (from BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Reader 1 by Shantel Ivits)
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