増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習+α

増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

東レ,園部八奏選手,惜敗!etc.

本日の将棋棋戦

叡王戦九段予選,山﨑隆之九段が木村一基九段に勝利。

王位戦予選,増田康宏八段が佐藤康光九段に逆転勝ちで,
広瀬章人九段が待つ予選準決勝へ。
同じく王位戦予選,大橋貴洸七段が池永天志六段に勝ち, 予選準決勝へ。

Youtubeで配信された順位戦C級2組,石田直裕六段(19)が遠山雄亮六段(50)相手に,
残念ながら,負けてしまいました。勝った遠山六段が4勝1敗,負けた石田六段が3勝2敗。

WTA tour

WTA500 Tokyo, 園部八奏選手,第10シードのケニン選手相手に第1セットをとり,
最終セット,タイブレークまで縺れるも2-7で落として,勝利ならず。
第2シードのリバキナ選手がフェルナンデス選手にストレート勝ちで,準々決勝へ。
準々決勝は第9シードのムボコ選手相手,勝てば,WTA Finals出場が決まります。
シングルス準々決勝の組み合わせは

[ベンチッチ(5)vsムホバ(8)]vs[アレクサンドロワ(3)vsケニン(10)] vs
[カリンスカヤvsノスコバ(6)]vs[ムボコ(9)vsリバキナ(2)]

東レパン・パシフィック,観客席空席が目立ち,悲しいなあ。
WTA500として,そこまで寂しい顔ぶれではないのですが。。。

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英語5分間トレーニン

2009年4月23日分 Let's Role-Play!

Enjoy Simple English

Marie the Scientist
Can I go in a Black Hole?

ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

ノーベル生理学・医学賞に坂口志文さんら
JAPANESE SCIENTIST WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE

laureate noun [C]
uk /ˈlɒr.i.ət/ us /ˈlɔːr.i.ət/
a person who has been given an important job or a prize because of an achievement in a particular subject:
a Nobel laureate

in check idiom
being controlled within reasonable limits:
We’ve got to find ways of keeping our expenses in check.

back and forth idiom
C2 moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one:
She swayed gently back and forth to the music.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

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English News

CNN 10

How a groundbreaking study led to an allergy breakthrough | October 23, 2025
Today on CNN10: We learn how a landmark study has helped drastically reduce the occurrence of peanut allergies in children. Then, we'll get an update on NASA's race to return to the moon with the historic Artemis missions. Plus, we'll dig into the archives to see how the iPod -- which was announced 24 years ago today -- changed the tech world forever. All this and more on today's CNN10!

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:10 Trivia
What does the term "étude" mean in piano music?

Slow lyrical work
Study or exercise piece
Fast dance piece
Improvised solo

エチュード」といえば,やはりこの曲。

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日本ではショパン国際ピアノコンクールの報道,基本的に日本人ネタしか流れないから,
優勝者が誰なのかはわざわざ調べなくてはならない。所謂「中華系」が席巻したようだ。
CNN 10もアメリカ人が優勝しているから報道しているところがある。

  1. Eric Lu (USA)
  2. Kevin Chen (Canada)
  3. Zitong Wang (China)
  4. Tianyao Lyu (China), 桑原志織 (Japan)
  5. Piotr Alexewicz (Poland), Vincent Ong (Malaysia)
  6. William Yang (USA)
    David Khrikuli (Georgia), Tianyou Li (China), 進藤実優 (Japan)

The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz

What's Behind the White House Renovation?
Today's coverage features an objective discussion of a major White House renovation: what it will look like, what it will cost, and what supporters and critics say. Another construction-related headline centers on a milestone for a new wildlife crossing in California. We're bringing you international headlines from Peru, Japan and France. We're explaining why a famous lake is shrinking in the Middle East. And we're giving you a jockey's-eye-view of the Cow Grand Prix in Switzerland!

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A World of Knowledge! What U.S. President determined that the Executive Mansion would officially be called the White House?

George Washington
John Adams
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Though was occasionally referred to as the White House beforehand, that name was placed on all official documents by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901.

昨日のCNN 10の":10 Trivia"と同じ問題ですね。

PBS NewsHour

AI content supercharges confusion and spreads misleading information, critics warn
In the last few years, video and other content created with artificial intelligence have begun to flood almost every part of the internet. It has appeared everywhere from Spotify to the Kindle Store. But on social media, it is almost unavoidable. William Brangham takes a deep dive into the world of "AI slop."

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