2016年3 月28日「モバイル英語学習」第365 号(エッセイ ): An Unusual Country


Notes:
incredible: 信じられない;

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When you live in Japan for a long time, you sometimes forget that life is different here. This is what someone wrote on Facebook. “Japan is one of the most incredible countries in the world!! I want to share what happened. My friend lost her wallet and we looked for it at all the places we had gone through, but we couldn’t find it. We went to a police station as the last hope…and someone had picked it up on the street and had taken the wallet to the police!! Of course the money and cards were NOT taken out or used!” (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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2016年 2月 18日「モバイル英語学習」第 361 号( エッセイ ): Guys Search for Tacos


Notes:
security camera 監視カメラ;
subtitle 字幕;
homeboy 地元の仲間;
frantically 必死に;

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In Las Vegas, U.S.A., three robbers broke a door and went into a tacos restaurant. They appeared on several security cameras in the shop. After getting the film, the owner made it into a commercial (CM) with some funny subtitles such as “Guy wants a tacos,” “So does his homeboy,” and “Guys frantically search for tacos.” At the end of the video, the owner added the name of his shop and a picture of delicious-looking tacos. Many people saw the video on YouTube and visited the shop. Because of the new customers, the damage to his restaurant didn’t bother the owner so much.  (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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