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Tokyo brewer innovates sake production with music and compact methods

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Pre-reading questions: I will read each question. Then, please answer them. 講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。 Have you ever visited a brewery? Is sake the most popular alcoholic drink in your country? Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. 単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。 explain /ik-SPLEYN/ [verb] – to make something clear or easy to understand by describing it in more detail She explains the rules of the game before we start playing. narrow /NAR-oh/ [adjective] – having a small width in relation to length or height; not wide The narrow path through the forest was lined with wildflowers. equipment /ih-KWIP-muhnt/ [noun] – the necessary items for a particular purpose or…
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Labor Thanksgiving Day

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Pre-reading questions: I will read each question. Then, please answer them. 講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。 Do you celebrate Labor Thanksgiving Day? How do you celebrate it? Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. 単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。 celebrate /SEL-uh-breyt / [verb] – to take part in special enjoyable activities in order to show that a particular occasion is important How do people celebrate the New Year in your country? perform /per-FAWRM/ [verb] – to do an action or piece of work Computers can perform a variety of tasks. ceremony /SER-uh-moh-nee/ [noun] – (a set of) formal acts, often fixed and traditional, performed on important social or religious occasions The…
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Japan’s Prime Minister starts the aim of zero emissions, a carbon-neutral nation by 2050

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Pre-reading questions: I will read each question. Then, please answer them. 講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。 Do you know what carbon-neutral means? Do you support environmental organizations? Vocabulary: I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me. 単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。 intend /in-TEND [verb] – to have as a plan or purpose How do you intend to handle this problem? organization/awr-guh-nuh-ZEY-shuhn/ [noun] – a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose The company has changed over the years into a charitable organization. pronounce /pruh-NOUNS / [verb] – to say something officially or certainly The jury pronounced him guilty. recycling/ree-SAHY-kuhling / [noun] – the process of collecting…
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Japanese university group extends helping hand to stray “campus cats”

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Pre-reading questions: Do you have a pet? Do you want to be a veterinary student? Vocabulary: group /groop/ [noun] a number of people or things that are put together or considered as a unit The students will have a group project. collect /kuh-LEKT/ [verb] to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby He wants to collect books for his brother. information /in-fer-MEY-shuhn/ [noun] facts about a situation, person, event, etc. Kindly collect more information about our seminar next week. disease /dih-ZEEZ/ [noun] illness of people, animals, plants, caused by infection She can’t go to school because she has a disease. service /SUR-vis/…
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