2017年3月2日「モバイル英語学習」第405号(小学校英語教育):A Lucky Australian

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There was a story about a very lucky man on the Australian TV news yesterday. He was cleaning out his car the other day, and he was looking at his shopping bags. He was surprised to find a lottery ticket that was more than one year old in one of the bags. He was going to throw it away, but he decided to check the number online. Was he surprised! He had a winning number. The ticket was worth more than one million Australian dollars. That’s about 90 million yen! He is very happy that he didn’t throw the ticket away. Isn’t cleaning wonderful when you find money!
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2016年12月28日「モバイル英語学習」第396号(英語のエッセイ ): A Heart of Soy Milk

Notes:
soy milk 豆乳;

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How should a man propose to his sweetheart? One man in China had a very unusual way of asking his girlfriend to marry him. He arranged to meet her in the street, and while he was waiting for her, he and his friends made a big heart using 520 bottles of soy milk. I’m not sure why he chose soy milk. Maybe it is her favorite drink. Or maybe he just wanted to make a heart with white bottles. In any case, when his girlfriend arrived, he gave her flowers, and she accepted his proposal. They didn’t drink the soy milk though. They gave it to the crowd of people who were watching. (by Prof.Douglas Jarrell)
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