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Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home reopens to public

2017年1月23日

Lifestyle

  Pre-reading questions: Do you know Martin Luther King Jr.? Do you know any historic site?   Atlanta, Georgia – After series of repairs, Martin Luther King’s home re-opened on a holiday dedicated to him. Their home became a museum after his assassination in 1968. People can now get a peek inside the first floor of the historical house. It’s second floor still needs repairs. It has been closed for 5 months for renovation.   Vocabulary: series – [noun] a group or number of related events etc. dedicated – [adjective] wholly committed to something museum – [noun] a building or a place where works of art, scientific specimen, and other…
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Miyagi school opens to public after the great 2011 tsunami attack

2017年1月20日

  The Great East Japan Earthquake caused the 2011 tsunami attack that engulfed a school in Miyagi prefecture. The school recently opened to the public for the very first time. On the grounds of Miyagi Kesennuma Koyo High School remains all the vehicles swept in the 14-meter waves of tsunami. Visitors from within and outside the prefecture were allowed in to see the structures before clean-up and perpetuation work begins. One of 135 visitors, Tanaka Satoshi said that seeing a car situated on the third floor taught him how rugged the tsunami was. Kanagawa prefectural government dispatched officials to the Kesennuma civil engineering office to help build the four-storey south…
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Miyagi school opens to public after the great 2011 tsunami attack

2017年1月19日

  Pre-reading questions: Do you know what a tsunami is? Do you know someone who has been affected by a tsunami? Can a tsunami be prevented? How?   A school in Miyagi prefecture was hit by the 2011 tsunami attack. The school opened to the public for the very first time. Vehicles swept in the 14-meter waves remain on the grounds of Miyagi Kesennuma Koyo High School. Debris are scattered all around the building. I thought I had known what the disaster was like from news, but seeing a car sitting on the third floor taught me how powerful the tsunami was, said Satoshi Tanaka, a Kanagawa prefectural government official….
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Miyagi school opens to public after the great 2011 tsunami attack

2017年1月19日

World News - Beginner

  Pre-reading questions: Do you know other countries aside from Japan that got struck by a tsunami? Which part of Japan was hit by a tsunami back in 2011?   A school in Miyagi prefecture opened to the public for the first time after the tsunami attack in 2011. 135 people visited the old buildings last Dec.03. It was the last time people could see the buildings before clean-up work begins. All damaged buildings will be removed. But the four-story south building will open as a disaster monument in 2018.   Vocabulary: public – [noun] ordinary people; the community clean-up – [phrasal verb] make things or an area clean damage…
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Paris Climate Change Agreement gains approval

2017年1月18日

  The Paris Agreement finally takes effect after a continuous effort to fend off the disastrous climate change. Reaching about 195 countries, the agreement endorses the goal to address the planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gases. It aims to limit the increase of global temperatures to 2°C, and if possible, to 1.5°C. Presenting the specific details to successfully eradicate the problems, however, remains a struggle. According to the Paris-based executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, even if the countries that signed the agreement fully achieves their initial vows, the increase will still be closer to 2.7°C. A number of companies is still yet to implement financial changes to…
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Paris Climate Change Agreement gains approval

2017年1月18日

  Pre-reading questions: What is climate change? What do you think causes climate change? How does climate change affect our way of living?   The Paris Agreement gains approval to prevent climate change. It aims to limit the global temperatures to 2°C or possibly to 1.5°C. However, the steps to accomplish the agreement are yet to be figured out. Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, said that temperatures will still be up to 2.7°C even if the countries that signed the agreement fully achieve their primary promises. Some companies are still thinking of ways to address climate change. The agreement also made the market…
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Paris Climate Change Agreement gains approval

2017年1月18日

World News - Beginner

  Pre-reading questions: What are the effects of climate change? Do you think climate change is really happening?   The Paris Climate Change Agreement was finally approved last November 2016. It was created to battle climate change. The agreement aims to restrict the worldwide temperature that causes global warming. 109 countries promised to control carbon production to fight climate change. Participating countries are expected to implement the agreement on 2017.   Vocabulary: agreement – [noun] an act of agreeing or act of mutual accord approve – [verb] to accept or to agree to restrict – [verb] to confine or to use with limits production – [noun] act of producing implement…
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