Lionel Messi's mesmerizing performances for Barcelona outweighed a disappointing World Cup, ensuring the Argentina forward was named the world's best player of 2010. Messi won the FIFA award for a second straight year Jan. 10, finishing ahead of Barcelona teammates Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. "It's a very special day for me," Messi said through a translator on receiving the award at a gala ceremony in Zurich, FIFA's home city. (AP)
バルセロナに所属するメッシが年間最優秀選手に選ばれた。去年にもメッシは受賞している。
感想
今年は違う選手が選ばれると思っていたので正直驚きだった。
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Ｈａｐｐｙ ｎｅｗｓ
The Liverpool skipper, who turns 31 in May, admits he has been lifted by Kenny Dalglish's return as manager in the last fortnight.
But while he wants to carry on playing for as long as possible, he has not considered taking his coaching badges like team-mate Jamie Carragher.
He said: "It's not my main priority or focus at the moment, I still think that's a long way off.
"I believe I can play football for another four or five years but I do sometimes think about what I'm going to do when I finish playing.
"I would like to stay involved in some capacity, whether that's on the media side or in the dugout we'll have to wait and see.
"I will certainly try to get my coaching qualifications at some point."
リバプールのキャプテンでありイングランド代表でもあるジェラードがあと5年はプレーしたいと願っている。しかしこれはベストパフォーマンスができればの話であることも同時に強調していった。
感想
僕の大好きなジェラードがあと5年でも10年でもプレーしてくれればとても喜ばしいことだと思う。
But while he wants to carry on playing for as long as possible, he has not considered taking his coaching badges like team-mate Jamie Carragher.
He said: "It's not my main priority or focus at the moment, I still think that's a long way off.
"I believe I can play football for another four or five years but I do sometimes think about what I'm going to do when I finish playing.
"I would like to stay involved in some capacity, whether that's on the media side or in the dugout we'll have to wait and see.
"I will certainly try to get my coaching qualifications at some point."
リバプールのキャプテンでありイングランド代表でもあるジェラードがあと5年はプレーしたいと願っている。しかしこれはベストパフォーマンスができればの話であることも同時に強調していった。
感想
僕の大好きなジェラードがあと5年でも10年でもプレーしてくれればとても喜ばしいことだと思う。
U.S. President Barack Obama fullfilled a campaign promise and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services. The signing ceremony Dec. 22 was a breakthrough moment for gays in the United States, for the military and for Obama himself. The president vowed during his 2008 campaign to repeal the law and had faced pressure from liberals, a significant base within his Democratic party, who complained he was not acting swiftly enough.
アメリカの大統領オバマが同性愛者が軍に入れないとされることを撤廃する法案に署名した。
感想
みな平等であるべきなので素晴らしい一歩になったと思う。
アメリカの大統領オバマが同性愛者が軍に入れないとされることを撤廃する法案に署名した。
感想
みな平等であるべきなので素晴らしい一歩になったと思う。
Ｏｈ ｍｙ ｇｏｄ
Apocalyptic thought has a tradition that dates to the Persian prophet Zoroaster in the 14th century BC. Recently, anxiety has grown over the prediction of the end of the world in the Mayan calendar.
It's true that the Mayan odometer will hit zeros on 21 December 2012, as it reaches the end of a 394-year cycle called a baktun. But this baktun is part of a larger 8,000-year cycle called a pictun, and there's no evidence that anything astronomically untoward will happen as the current baktun slides into the next. However, that hasn't stopped the feverish speculating that sells books and cinema tickets.
What kind of catastrophe would it take to end the world? Astronomical intruders provide a potentially serious threat. Impacts can be caused by stray rubble from the Asteroid Belt and the rocky snowballs that travel in highly elliptical orbits in the comet cloud. There are many fewer large bits of debris than small bits, so the interval between large impacts is much longer than the interval between small impacts
2012年の12月21日がこの世の終わりとされる説が出てきている。その原因は周りの小惑星などからによる衝撃とされている。
感想
ただただ恐怖です。
It's true that the Mayan odometer will hit zeros on 21 December 2012, as it reaches the end of a 394-year cycle called a baktun. But this baktun is part of a larger 8,000-year cycle called a pictun, and there's no evidence that anything astronomically untoward will happen as the current baktun slides into the next. However, that hasn't stopped the feverish speculating that sells books and cinema tickets.
What kind of catastrophe would it take to end the world? Astronomical intruders provide a potentially serious threat. Impacts can be caused by stray rubble from the Asteroid Belt and the rocky snowballs that travel in highly elliptical orbits in the comet cloud. There are many fewer large bits of debris than small bits, so the interval between large impacts is much longer than the interval between small impacts
2012年の12月21日がこの世の終わりとされる説が出てきている。その原因は周りの小惑星などからによる衝撃とされている。
感想
ただただ恐怖です。
ＥＭＡ
Nearly four in five voted the book and movie character played by EMMA WATSON, 20, as their top role model.
She easily beat TV beauty Cheryl and singer KATY PERRY.
A huge 87 per cent of 18,000 youngsters aged 12 to 20 said they would rather be known for their brains than looks.
Asda, which ran the survey, said a "sensible" blazer similar to Hermione's is "flying off the shelves".
A spokesman for the supermarket giant said: "Our customers love Hermione's style. We have had to order in more blazers."
Brainy Emma is set on university despite her huge screen earnings.
ハリーポッターシリーズでも知られるエマ・ワトソンは9割近い10代に知られている。彼女は莫大な収益があるにもかかわらず大学にもしっかり通っている。
despite かかわらず
感想
僕もエマの大ファンです。大学に通っていると聞いてますます好きになりました。
She easily beat TV beauty Cheryl and singer KATY PERRY.
A huge 87 per cent of 18,000 youngsters aged 12 to 20 said they would rather be known for their brains than looks.
Asda, which ran the survey, said a "sensible" blazer similar to Hermione's is "flying off the shelves".
A spokesman for the supermarket giant said: "Our customers love Hermione's style. We have had to order in more blazers."
Brainy Emma is set on university despite her huge screen earnings.
ハリーポッターシリーズでも知られるエマ・ワトソンは9割近い10代に知られている。彼女は莫大な収益があるにもかかわらず大学にもしっかり通っている。
despite かかわらず
感想
僕もエマの大ファンです。大学に通っていると聞いてますます好きになりました。
Ｇｙｏｇｙｏｇｙｏ
A fish believed to be extinct for 70 years has been found in a lake in Yamanashi Prefecture by an eccentric TV personality who calls himself "Mr. Fish."
The "kunimasu" salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae) was thought to have fallen victim to Japan's hydro-electric power development program in 1940.
It was only found in Lake Tazawako in Akita Prefecture and, when acidic water was drawn into the lake to drive the hydro-electric turbines, the kunimasu disappeared. It has been listed as extinct by the Environment Ministry.
The freshwater fish, which grows to about 30 centimeters, seems, however, to have found a hideaway in Lake Saiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, far to the south of its previous stronghold.
A group of Kyoto University researchers led by fisheries science professor Tetsuji Nakabo found that what local fishermen have been calling "kuromasu," or black salmon, was in fact kunimasu.
The group caught nine kuromasu between March and April. DNA analysis found that they were different from "himemasu," a landlocked form of sockeye salmon abundant in Lake Saiko.
Records show that 100,000 kunimasu eggs were sent from Tazawako to Saiko in 1935 to stock the Yamanashi lake. Nakabo believes Saiko's kuromasu are descendants of kunimasu released at that time.
"Saiko's water temperature is comparatively low, good for kunimasu's survival," Nakabo said.
The discovery is thanks to TV personality and illustrator Sakana-kun (Mr. Fish), known for his trademark fish-shaped hat.
A self-taught fish expert, he now serves as a visiting associate professor at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
In March, Sakana-kun showed Nakabo, a long-time collaborator and adviser, chilled fish identified by Saiko fishermen as himemasu. The fish had been sent to him to help him draw illustrations of kunimasu for Nakabo.
Only formaldehyde-preserved specimens of kunimasu were available to him, and he felt that recently caught specimens of other landlocked salmon would help his work.
When the fish arrived, however, he began to suspect he might actually be looking at kunimasu from beyond the grave.
Nakabo was flabbergasted. One was carrying eggs, a sure sign that it was not a himemasu because that fish lays its eggs in autumn. He shouted: "These are kunimasu!"
東京海洋大学の準教授も務めるタレントのさかなくんにより70年間絶滅されていたとされる魚を確認することに成功した。
hydro-electric/水力発電
self-taught/独学の
flabbergasted/びっくりする
感想
さかなくんはテレビでふざけているだけではないと知った。正直ギョギョッとした。
The "kunimasu" salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae) was thought to have fallen victim to Japan's hydro-electric power development program in 1940.
It was only found in Lake Tazawako in Akita Prefecture and, when acidic water was drawn into the lake to drive the hydro-electric turbines, the kunimasu disappeared. It has been listed as extinct by the Environment Ministry.
The freshwater fish, which grows to about 30 centimeters, seems, however, to have found a hideaway in Lake Saiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, far to the south of its previous stronghold.
A group of Kyoto University researchers led by fisheries science professor Tetsuji Nakabo found that what local fishermen have been calling "kuromasu," or black salmon, was in fact kunimasu.
The group caught nine kuromasu between March and April. DNA analysis found that they were different from "himemasu," a landlocked form of sockeye salmon abundant in Lake Saiko.
Records show that 100,000 kunimasu eggs were sent from Tazawako to Saiko in 1935 to stock the Yamanashi lake. Nakabo believes Saiko's kuromasu are descendants of kunimasu released at that time.
"Saiko's water temperature is comparatively low, good for kunimasu's survival," Nakabo said.
The discovery is thanks to TV personality and illustrator Sakana-kun (Mr. Fish), known for his trademark fish-shaped hat.
A self-taught fish expert, he now serves as a visiting associate professor at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
In March, Sakana-kun showed Nakabo, a long-time collaborator and adviser, chilled fish identified by Saiko fishermen as himemasu. The fish had been sent to him to help him draw illustrations of kunimasu for Nakabo.
Only formaldehyde-preserved specimens of kunimasu were available to him, and he felt that recently caught specimens of other landlocked salmon would help his work.
When the fish arrived, however, he began to suspect he might actually be looking at kunimasu from beyond the grave.
Nakabo was flabbergasted. One was carrying eggs, a sure sign that it was not a himemasu because that fish lays its eggs in autumn. He shouted: "These are kunimasu!"
東京海洋大学の準教授も務めるタレントのさかなくんにより70年間絶滅されていたとされる魚を確認することに成功した。
hydro-electric/水力発電
self-taught/独学の
flabbergasted/びっくりする
感想
さかなくんはテレビでふざけているだけではないと知った。正直ギョギョッとした。
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Ｎob18th
最後の人の意見＞これらの学校は、地元の納税者や全体としての教育の予算のせいで自由にはならないだろう。教育の予算が削減されたとき、これらの学校を設立する権利を問われるにちがいない。
政府は、「少数の授業の小さな学校を設立したい」と言っている。しかしながら、規模の不経済はより小さい学校の大半は、より多くの授業があるという意味である。彼らは学校をなくすことよりも、より高額なお金を費やすはめになってしまうかもしれない。
多くの学校の校長たちは、提案されたフリースクールが他の地元の学校よりも資金が必要であることを心配している。
州の秘書は次のようなことを引用して言っている。私たちは先進国の中で学校システムにおいて、最も差別された階層の中の一国である。遺憾ながら、これらのフリースクールは他の階層をつくりだしうる。
これらの新しい学校の数は、少なくなっていくようだ。そして、この精神は、現在の法律は高等教育の状態を転向するための学校を維持するためのものであることよりも、教育システムに与える影響力は小さいだろうstratum/階級taxpayer/納税者provision/供給quote/引用するadopt/採用するdiminish/減るmunicipal/市営のbureaucratic/官僚政治opt/選ぶchaos/無秩序
政府は、「少数の授業の小さな学校を設立したい」と言っている。しかしながら、規模の不経済はより小さい学校の大半は、より多くの授業があるという意味である。彼らは学校をなくすことよりも、より高額なお金を費やすはめになってしまうかもしれない。
多くの学校の校長たちは、提案されたフリースクールが他の地元の学校よりも資金が必要であることを心配している。
州の秘書は次のようなことを引用して言っている。私たちは先進国の中で学校システムにおいて、最も差別された階層の中の一国である。遺憾ながら、これらのフリースクールは他の階層をつくりだしうる。
これらの新しい学校の数は、少なくなっていくようだ。そして、この精神は、現在の法律は高等教育の状態を転向するための学校を維持するためのものであることよりも、教育システムに与える影響力は小さいだろうstratum/階級taxpayer/納税者provision/供給quote/引用するadopt/採用するdiminish/減るmunicipal/市営のbureaucratic/官僚政治opt/選ぶchaos/無秩序
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