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the Suez Canal 地中海と紅海とを結ぶスエズ運河;
the Mediterranean Sea 地中海
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What happened on this day 160 years ago? Work began on the Suez Canal. This canal goes from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Red Sea in the south. It is 193.3 km long. Ships don’t use locks to go up and down like the Panama Canal because the Suez Canal is at sea level all the way. Actually, the idea of a canal is very old. The first canal that connected the two seas probably goes back 4,000 years. However, the old canals were not kept up. When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it changed the world. Asia was 7,000 kilometers closer, so trade between Europe and Asia boomed.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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be featured 特集された;
pick up 回復する;
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The Ohsho chain was featured on TV the other night. According to the show, business was slow a few years ago. Then business picked up, and it is even better than before. How did this happen? The company decided to do two things. First, it created a place called “chori dojo” where shop managers from all over Japan come and learn how to cook better. Secondly, it started a new type of Ohsho called “Gyoza Oshsho” which has a different atmosphere and tries to attract female customers. I just checked their website and found a Gyoza Ohsho at a shopping mall near Nagoya. (by a reader)
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