Monthly Archive: May 2017
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2017年5月18日
Pre-reading questions: Do you like eating shrimp? How do you like the shrimp to be cooked? Do you know someone who has high cholesterol levels? Doctors believed that eating shrimp causes heart diseases. One serving of shrimp has 189 milligrams of cholesterol or 60 percent of the recommended amount of cholesterol per day. But after years of research, they finally discovered that eating shrimp can increase the levels of good cholesterol, making it safer for people with high cholesterol to eat shrimp. Vocabulary: diseases [noun] – illness; sickness cholesterol [noun] – a fatty substance that is found in the body tissue and blood recommend [verb] – advise; suggest research [noun]…
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2017年5月12日
Pre-reading questions: How long do you think can a person work in a company? Why? At what age do you want to retire? Why? What do you plan to do with your time after retirement? Seniors in Japan usually still work after they retire. A program has been set in place to help seniors land jobs. Economists say that if Japan wants to alleviate its worsening labor shortage, it needs a whole lot more people, like retiring seniors. It is unconventional for seniors to work after retirement. Japan does an inadequate job of employing healthy seniors. People in their senior years can still work. There are still so many things…
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2017年5月9日
Pre-reading questions: Is internet connection important? Please explain your answer. How often do you use the internet? The US House of Representatives voted to replace some internet privacy rules. The old rules started when Obama was the president of the United States. The new rules will allow internet companies to sell their customers’ browsing history without their approval. Browsing history shows the websites an internet user visits, and his other personal data. If President Trump approves the rules, it will become a law. Vocabulary: vote [verb] – choose; decide allow [verb] – to give permission approval [noun] – to agree law [noun] – rules in a certain country website [noun]…
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2017年5月5日
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2017年5月5日
Shareholders of the parent company of CNN, HBO, TNT, and others namely as Time Warner casted their votes to approve merging with AT&T amounting to $84.5 billion. Although support from shareholders were highly expected, it would be more challenging to receive a green light from the government since US President Donald Trump criticized the deal when he was still running for the office. He believed that CNN distributes fake news. Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, welcomed the criticism. He also stated that since they are a large company, they handle controversies from time to time as well as hundreds of consumers daily. He also believed that by combining Time…
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2017年5月5日
Pre-reading questions: Do you watch television news like CNN? Do you believe in fake news? Please explain your answer. Do you often use your smartphone? The Time Warner Company and AT&T will merge after the approval of $85.4 billion proposal. Time Warner is the parent company of CNN, HBO, TNT, and others. According to Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner, 78% of their shareholders voted in the favor of the merger and 99% of the voters were in favor of the proposal. Although approval from the shareholders are expected; getting the government’s approval would be more challenging. It is stated that the US federal government will review the…
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2017年5月5日
Pre-reading questions: Do you watch television every day? Do you own a smartphone? If yes, what is your mobile provider? The Time Warner company will merge with AT&T after the approval of $85.4 billion proposal. According to Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner, 78% of their shareholders are in favor of the merger and 99% of the shares voted were in favor of the proposal. Vocabulary: merge [verb] – combine or cause to combine to form a single entity proposal [noun] – the act of presenting a plan or suggestion shareholder [noun] – an owner of shares in a company share [noun] – units of ownership interest in a corporation…
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2017年5月4日
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2017年5月4日
North Korea’s economy is one of the most closed economies in the world but they find ways to get money out of their people. North Korea’s source of foreign banknotes come from selling tons of coal to China every year, exporting other merchandise and basic goods, hacking financial organizations in 18 countries and sending North Koreans to work abroad under force labor. They are believed to work in industries like mining, logging, textiles, and construction. John Park, director of the Korea Working Group at the Harvard Kennedy School, believes Pyeongyang kept a lot of money in China that the government can use to fund its weapons programs. By keeping the…
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2017年5月4日
Pre-reading questions: How does your country make money? Do you believe that a country can earn much money by trading goods? Please explain your answer. North Korea is one of the most closed economies in the world but they find ways to earn money out of their people. According to CNN, North Korea’s main source of foreign currency comes from selling tons of coal to China every year. Not only does North Korea export other commodities and basic goods, but the profit they get from selling coal to China can finance their weapons programs as well. Moreover, news reports involving North Korea in hacking financial institutions in 18 countries was…
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