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増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

US OPEN TENNIS,アルカラス初優勝!etc.

US OPEN TENNIS 2022

男子シングルス決勝,第3シードのアルカラス選手が
第5シードのルード選手を3-1のスコアで下して,
初優勝とともに,ランキングナンバーワンに。

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国枝慎吾選手,残念ながら,準優勝で,年間グランドスラムならず。

本日の将棋棋戦

順位戦A級1組,藤井聡太竜王五冠vs糸谷哲郎八段戦,
先手番藤井竜王横歩取り
本日はABEMAに加えて,Youtubeで,朝日新聞毎日新聞が中継ですね。
毎日新聞高田馬場の「COBIN」からの中継で,先崎学九段が登場。
途中,藤井竜王の緩手が出て,紛れましたが,
最後は危なげなく指し切り,藤井竜王が勝ちました。
藤井竜王は2勝1敗,糸谷八段は1勝2敗となりました。

棋王戦本戦トーナメント,増田康宏六段vs伊藤匠五段戦,
伊藤五段が先手番で相掛かり,得意の戦型で,有利を拡大して,
勝ち切りました。伊藤五段は準決勝進出です。
次局は羽生善治九段vs広瀬章人八段戦の勝者とですが,
振り駒で先手番をとり,相掛かりならかなりいけるはず。

英検1級を申し込む

千葉県松戸市周辺で申し込みました。

CNN 10

いよいよ秋学期,再開です。

The Next Mission To The Moon | September 12, 2022

CNN 10 is kicking off its first show of the 2022 fall season! Today, we’re looking back at the life and legacy of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, we’re observing remembrances of the lives lost on September 11th, 2001, and we’re featuring an update on NASA’s next mission to the moon.

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MCはCoy Wire氏でした。

A Look Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum

On the 21st anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we're going inside the museum that chronicles the lives lost and the heroes that emerged on that significant day.

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US OPEN TENNISのコートでは,"09/11/01"の文字が描かれていましたね。

NHKラジオ講座

エンジョイ・シンプル・イングリッシュ

Short Stories
Foolish Question 「愚問」

めんどくさい父親だなあ(笑)。

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ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

ロシアのウクライナ侵攻から半年
WEDNESDAY MARKS 6 MONTHS OF WAR IN UKRAINE

in the air idiom
If something is in the air, you feel that it is happening or about to happen:
With these elections, it feels like change is in the air.
The sun was shining and spring was in the air.
Love is in the air.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

fall on
To occur at some particular point in time:
My birthday falls on a Thursday this year.
Their anniversary falls upon a Saturday this year.
(from American Heritage Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs)

clench verb [T]
UK /klentʃ/ US /klentʃ/
to close or hold something very tightly, often in a determined or angry way:
The old man clenched his fist and waved it angrily at us.
With a knife clenched in/between his teeth, he climbed up the tree to cut some coconuts.
"Get out of here," she said through clenched teeth.

munitions noun [plural]
UK /mjuːˈnɪʃ.ənz/ US /mjuːˈnɪʃ.ənz/
military weapons such as guns and bombs:
The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.
a munitions depot
a munitions factory

morale noun [U]
UK /məˈrɑːl/ US /məˈrɑːl/
C2 the amount of confidence felt by a person or group of people, especially when in a dangerous or difficult situation:
A couple of victories would improve the team's morale enormously.
There have been a lot of job losses recently so morale is fairly low.
moral noun
UK /ˈmɒr.əl/ US /ˈmɔːr.əl/
moral noun (STANDARDS)
morals C2 [plural]
standards for good or bad character and behaviour:
public/private morals
old-fashioned disapproving a person of loose morals (= whose character or sexual behaviour is considered unacceptable)
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

ゼレンスキー大統領のスピーチの英訳部分,
一回では理解できない部分がありました。orz

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