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叡王戦段位予選が開幕!etc.

本日の棋戦

叡王戦,先日,番勝負が終わったと思ったら,もう段位予選が始まりました。   Youtubeで2局が配信されていました。
そして,叡王戦,序列が4番目になっていますね。
棋戦の広告宣伝効果があったということだろうなあ。

王将戦二次予選は,山﨑隆之八段,稲葉陽八段が勝ち上がりました。
今泉健司五段と稲葉八段が初手合とは少し意外でした。
次局,山﨑八段は佐藤天彦九段,稲葉八段は佐藤康光九段との対局。

NHKラジオ講座

エンジョイ・シンプル・イングリッシュ

Marie the Scientist
"What is space debris, and how can we collect it?"

www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

犬や猫にマイクロチップの装着義務
JAPAN MAKES ID CHIPS COMPULSORY FOR PET DOGS AND CATS

microchip verb [T]
US /ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.tʃɪp/ UK /ˈmaɪ.krəʊ.tʃɪp/
to put a microchip with information on it under the skin of an animal so that it can be identified (= recognized), and, for example, returned to its owner:
More animals have been reclaimed because more owners are microchipping their pets.
So much heartache could have been avoided after Hurricane Katrina if people had had their dogs microchipped.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

take in
To offer someone or an animal shelter or care. A noun or pronoun can be used between "take" and "in."
My wife has a bad habit of taking in stray dogs.
We're already taking in more guests than we're supposed to, so I don't know where you think we'll fit 10 more!
(from farlex Dictionary of Idioms)

abandon verb [T]
US /əˈbæn.dən/ UK /əˈbæn.dən/
abandon verb [T] (LEAVE)
B2 to leave a place, thing, or person, usually forever:
We had to abandon the car.
By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned.
As a baby he was abandoned by his mother.
We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship.
If disturbed, the bird may abandon the nest, leaving the chicks to die.
It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
According to an eyewitness account, the thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery and then ran off.
The police are trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned outside a hospital.
The house had been abandoned for several years before they decided to demolish it.

tag verb [T]
US /tæɡ/ UK /tæɡ/ -gg-
tag verb [T] (COMPUTING) COMPUTING specialized
to mark computer information to be processed in a particular way
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

最後の"abandoning them"のthemが全然ちがう単語に聞こえてしまいます。orz

そのうち,新生児にもマイクロチップを埋め込む世界が。。。

ウィンブルドン2022

シード選手が発表されました。男子シングルスは,
ジョコビッチ選手が第1シード,ナダル選手が第2シード。
期待のアルカラス選手は第5シードということで,準々決勝で,
ジョコビッチ選手やナダル選手と激突する可能性がありますね。
ドロー発表が楽しみですね。

クローズアップ現代

いま音楽にできること 桑田佳祐66歳 “同級生”と平和を歌う

普段は7時半から近所のスーパーや薬局を回って,買い物をするのですが,
本日は雨模様だったので,地上波での視聴となりました。
追加の配信もあるので,うれしいですね。
ボブ・ディランの「風に吹かれて」に新訳をつけての披露は
桑子真帆アナのハモリつきで,なかなか良かったです。

STOP INVASION!