Tokyo will host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 for the second time, 56 years after the quadrennial sports festival exalting human diversity was first held in the Japanese capital. The forthcoming Games will be completely d…

Fifteen people died and more than a dozen were injured when a bus carrying the Humboldt junior team collided with a semi-trailer 124 miles north-east of Saskatoon. Police said 29 people were on the bus. Ten players, the driver, two coaches…

気になる単語を見つけました。A ban on creating human organs inside the bodies of animals will likely be lifted as early as this autumn, following a planned review of the current guidelines prohibiting such research.An expert panel of the Ed…

昨日の裏ゼミ内で触れられたcurtain /ˈkəːt(ə)n/ を取り上げます。curtainの持つ意味の幅広さを再確認することができたのですが、以下で意義や由来等を紹介していきたいと思います。 『スーパーアンカー英和辞典』（第五版、学研プラス）によると、第二義に…

田邉先生お久しぶりです。教員生活が無事、2年目に突入したことを報告させていただきます。今年度から1年生の担任を持たせていただいています。分掌も引き続き初年度と同じグループです。3月から春休み中はすべて時間割作成に時間を取られ、何も準備が出来な…

顔に同じような八割れ（はちわれ）の模様があり、まるで仲良し兄弟のように見える犬と猫が話題を呼んでいます。Peas-in-a-pod pics see cat and dog ‘twins’ go viral on TwitterA dog and cat with strikingly similar black-and-white features became two…

Amber Rudd could clearly picture the briefing document that had been left on her desk in February. Perhaps she ought to have taken a quick peek at it after all. But back then the home secretary hadn’t been entirely sure she had the necessa…

大谷選手が大活躍です。ANAHEIM, Calif.--Shohei Ohtani retired the Oakland Athletics' first 19 batters and yielded one hit over seven shutout innings in his home pitching debut, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory Sunday. Marcus …

国連安全保障理事会は、シリアでの化学兵器使用疑惑を受けて、緊急会合を開くことを決定しました。The United Nations Security Council is preparing to hold an emergency meeting on Monday over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. Many peo…

エンゼルスの大谷翔平投手は本拠地アナハイムでのアスレチックス戦に先発し、7回1安打無失点、12三振1四球で2連勝を飾りました。Shotime!: Ohtani hurls 7 superb innings, Angels beat A's 6-1ANAHEIM, Calif.--Shohei Ohtani retired the Oakland Athletic…