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Po Young Athletes in the Rio Olympics 〕
Young female athletes will be the stars of the Rio Olympics...
女性の
Some of the Swimmers for Jopar's team will be middle school
~の一部
and high school students.
中学校
Rikako Ikee is an amazing Swimmer who is now
in her first year of high school.
1年生
関係代名詞
She was chosen to compete in four erents at the 2016 Olympics.
種目
受動態
In an
~で
争う、競争する
interview Lafter the Japan Swimming Championships,
she cried and said, I'm so.
泣きながら言った
happy I could die.
At that moment, she looked like an
ふつうの 10代の若者
その時
ordinary teenager.
Mary other amazing girls will Swim for Japan's Team.
~のために
Suzuka Hasegawa will compete in the 200m butterfly..
She is
a second-year student at the same high school as Ikee.
2年生
~と
Sachi Mochida [was chosen for the 4×200m freestyle relay.
受動態
She is the same age as
同い年
Hasegawa.
自由形
ソレー

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Runa Imai will swim in the 200m Individual meclley.
個人メドレー
She is in her first year of high school.
And Natsumi Sakai was chosen
受動態
the 4×100m medley rclay.
osa
team member for
~として
She is only 14 years old, and the youngest Swimmer in this Olpt」
たった
最も若い
These girls have been rivals for
a
long time,
ライバル
現
but they are also friends.
さらに
For them, Competing in this year's Olympics is a
競争すること
They are stil young, and they will keep growing.
まだ
成長しつづける
big
thrill
わくわくする感じ
We look forward to their performance at the 2020 Tokyo
楽しみだ、 待ち遠しい
Olympics, Too
~もまた

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pica
P8
(Nobel Prize)
In 2015, Professor Emeritus Satoshi Omura of
名誉教授
Kitosato University was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physiology
生理学
or Medicine.
授与する
医学、薬
He won this prize with his partner William Compbell
~と一緒に
薬
because they discovered, a new drug called ivermectin.
Ivermectin can
cure river blindness.
治す
イベルメクチン
This is a disease that affects tens of millions of people
病気 関係代名詞 冒す、感染させる
every year in Africa.
Professor Omura was bor Intega
生まれた
family of farmers
~の中に
農場経営者
[in] Yamanashi.
After he graduated from university, he taught right dasses
at a
卒業した
high school.
But he wanted to study again, so he began to
しかし
名詞的
だから
His Studies were very successful.
名勉強
do research.
研究
He earned the money for his study from his research achievement.
~をかせぐ
業績

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Omura did research with Merck & Co., an American
drug company.
His partner Campbell as working there.
Company
進
He was trying to make a
drug for parasitic diseases in farm animals
寄生虫病
家畜
One day, Omura found new microorganisms that live in soil
ある日
and sent them To Campbell.
微生物
KA
He succeeded in making the drug ivermectin from them
成功する
It became a
big hit around the world.
大成功
土
After doing more research, they found that the drug could help
目的語(名詞節)
people in Africa who suffer from parasitic diseases.
関伐
~に苦しむ
Through the World Health Organization, this drug [has been giver
を通して世界保健機関
To people there for free.
無料で
完了形・受動態
It has been given to hundreds of millions of people each year.
When the professor first visited Ghana, many children ran up to hi
7752
駆け寄る
They were happy because they knew he discovered the drug.
(that)
"I hope river blindness is a thing of the past when they
(that)
he said.
are adults,

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P10 【My Number〕
Rota
The My Number system/started/in January 2016...
マイナンバーシステム
I got my 12-digit number,
12桁の数字
But what can I do with it?
Akiko My Number will manage your income, social benefits, and other
管理する
personal information with one number.
~で(予約)
収入 社会給付金
個人情報
You can also
get
official documents are easily and without mistakes.
公文書
~なしで
And it will stop people from avoiding taxes and receiving benefits
they shouldn't get,
I think is going to be very useful.
(that)
避ける 税金
給付金
Ryota
That's interesting.
Akiko
But what will it do for students like us ?
~のような
You'll need your number [if you want to get a part time job
副詞節
or apply for a scholarship.
学金
アルバイト
a lot more places will be using it soon.
~を申請する
And
You
may
近いうちに
need it for going to the hospital or
~かもしれない
Your bank account
銀行口座
using

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I think it will be convenient eventually.
便利な
ゆくゆくは、いつかは
Ryota Maybe it will help me when I start living on my own.
副詞節
~かもしれない
1人で
But aren't there risks if we have to give our number to
でも
危険
SD mony places?
~なければならない
Akiko
Yes, that is true..
We must be very careful with our numbers...
~なければならない
And anyone who receives our numbers must also be very careful
だれでも関・代
~もまた

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P12
(Five Years Later]
A public hospital in Minamisanriku town was body.
公共の
ひどく
damgged in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
損害を受ける
Temporary clinics were
一時的な 診療所
東日本大震災
used to help people after the disaster-
副詞的
In 2015, four years ond nine months later, the hospital
finally reopened as Minamisanriku Hospital..
ついに
再び開く として
Rebuilding the hospital cost a lot of
再建する
~がかかる
money.
About 40% of this money was given to Minamisouriku
by the Taiwan Red Cross.
赤十字
態
Wang. Ching-feng is the chairperson of the Taiwan Red Cross.
議長
He said that Japan and Taiwan have a Very long friendship.
友好関係
In front of the hospital, there is a store with a messoge
□~の前に
to the people of Taiwan..
It says
17
石 付きの
" Our Heartfelt Tanks to Taiwan.
書いてある 心から感謝します
In February 2016, there was a major earthquake
In Southern Taiwan,
南の
主要な

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Japan had a chance to show its heartfelt thanks.
機会を得た
Mikamisanriku towon gave one million yen to the Toiman Red Cross
100万円
It also placed collection boxes in many parts
置く
募金箱
of the city.
People put money in these boxes [to] give to Taiwan.
副詞的
Five years have passed since the March 11 earthquake and tsunam
現完
Japon has learned
However,
しかしながら
a
lot about. pain and sadness.
苦痛
悲しみ
parts
他の
of the world have disasters too.
災害
many other
We must never forget to be kind and caring to everyone in the ve
固決して忘れてはならない
思いやりのある

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ÉMILE
info.box 2016-17
for ELEMENTARY English Learners
SPORTS
Ayumu Goromaru
DISASTER
Five years Later
Young Athletes
in the Rio Olympics
PROBLEM
Labor Force and Refugees
WORLD HERITAGE
Iguazu Falls