日本将棋連盟
女流最高位タイトル「白玲」を通算5期獲得した女流棋士へ棋士になる権利を与える案,
無事,過半数の賛成で可決されたようです。
Roland Garros 2025
昨日は女子シングルス準決勝2試合が行われました。
第1シードのサバレンカ選手は第3シードのシフィオンテク選手相手に
フルセットの末,決勝へ。第3セット,シフィオンテク選手はまさかの
ベーグルを焼かれてしまいました。
第2シードのガウフ選手はノーシードのシンデレラ選手ボイソン選手に
ストレート勝ちで,決勝は第1シードvs第2シードの対決となりました。
女子ダブルス準決勝,穂積絵莉・エイケリ組はフルセットの末,
逆転負けで,決勝進出ならず。
女子車椅子シングルス準決勝,上地結衣選手がフルセットの末,勝ち,
決勝へ。
本日の白眉は,男子シングルス準決勝,シナーvsジョコビッチ戦ですね。
準決勝第1試合は第1セットはムゼッティ選手,第2セットはアルカラス選手がとり,
1-1で第3セットへ。
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Enjoy Simple English
Stories Lafcadio Hearn Collected around Japan
A Dead Secret
適当なabridged versionを見つけられず。
「葬られた秘密」Youtubeで公開されている朗読が今までのエピソードと比べて,
段違いに多くて,びっくりしました。
ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」
Friday Speaking Circle
battle verb [I]
uk /ˈbæt.əl/ us /ˈbæt̬.əl/
to fight:
Police battled with residents in this part of the city for three days.
For years the two nations battled over territory.
C2 to try hard to achieve something in a difficult situation:
He had to battle against prejudice to get a job.
Her parents battled for the right to be involved in the decision-making.
We battled with the elements to get the roof fixed.
patch noun [C]
uk /pætʃ/ us /pætʃ/
patch noun [C] (AREA)
C2 a small area that is different in some way from the area that surrounds it:
Our dog has a black patch on his back.
The hotel walls were covered in damp patches.
There were lots of icy patches on the road this morning.
This story is good in patches (= some parts are good), but I wouldn't really recommend it.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
a bad/difficult/sticky/rough patch
informal a period of time when you are having a lot of difficulty
Gemma’s going through a bad patch right now.
(from Longman)
English News
CNN 10
How fish skin saved this child’s life | June 6, 2025
This week on CNN 10: Coy takes a field trip to Asheville, NC and explores some of the amazing ways locals and small businesses have rebuilt and recovered since Hurricane Helene nine months ago. Then, we learn about an innovative medical procedure that uses fish skin to heal a child's severe wound, before sharing some amazing videos of a volcano eruption in Italy. All of this and more on this Summer Friday edition of CNN 10!
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