F1 2026
第2戦中国GP，フリー走行とスプリント予選。
メルセデスがやはり強いですね。
スプリント予選，ラッセル，アントネッリの1-2でした。
WTA & ATP tour
WTA, ATPともに一気に準々決勝を消化しました。
明日から交互にシングルスを消化していきます。
WTA1000 Indian Wells, スビトリーナ選手がフルセットの末，
シフィオンテク選手に勝利。
(サバレンカvsノスコワ)vs(リバキナvsスビトリーナ)
ATP1000 Indian Wells, メドベージェフ選手，好調維持。
(アルカラスvsメドベージェフ)vs(ズベレフvsシナー)
本日の将棋棋戦
女流王位戦挑戦者決定戦，大島綾華女流二段が磯谷祐維女流初段に勝ち，
福間香奈女流五冠に挑戦します。叔母弟子vs姪弟子の対局でしたが，
叔母が貫禄を見せました。
NHKラジオ講座
Enjoy Simple English
Japanese Classics
Narrow Road to the Far North
Episode 2 Nikko
ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」
Friday Speaking Circle
practical adjective
uk /ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/ us /ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
practical adjective (ACTUAL/REAL)
relating to actual experience or to the use of knowledge in activities rather than to knowledge only or ideas:
I know you’ve been trained as a teacher, but do you have any practical teaching experience?
If you say that a person is practical, you mean the person behaves in ways that relate more to the realities of the world than to ideas or desires:
You’ve got to learn to be practical and save your money.
practical adjective (EFFECTIVE)
fitting the needs of a particular situation in a helpful way; helping to solve a problem or difficulty; effective or suitable:
We didn’t want to spend the night at a motel, but it just wasn’t practical to do the trip in one day.
In some cities, it isn’t practical to keep the subways operating all night because there aren’t enough passengers.
When used of objects such as clothes, practical can mean directed only to the goal of doing their intended work, and often plain in style or character:
I wear clothes that are practical rather than fashionable.
false adjective
uk /fɒls/ us /fɑːls/
false adjective (NOT REAL)
B2 not real, but made to look or seem real:
false eyelashes She was wearing false eyelashes for the photo shoot.
false teeth A pair of false teeth were soaking in a glass.
false floor mainly UK Modern office buildings have false floors, under which computer and phone wires can be laid.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
made by humans
artificial Her bouquet was made of artificial flowers.
synthetic The tyres are made with synthetic rubber.
man-made Nylon is a man-made fibre.
fake He was selling fake fur jackets.
echo chamber noun [C]
uk /ˈek.əʊ ˌtʃeɪm.bər/ us /ˈek.oʊ ˌtʃeɪm.bɚ/
echo chamber noun [C] (SITUATION)
a situation in which people only hear opinions of one type, or opinions that are similar to their own:
We don't always agree on everything; we're not mutual echo chambers for each other's policies.
(from Caambridge Dictionary)
大島希巳江先生は本日が最後の出演。お疲れ様でした。
来週は過去の放送のセレクション週間です。
最終週は特別編成なのかどうか，楽しみではあります。
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CNN 10
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Today on CNN10: We'll dive into the history behind Friday the 13th, before getting an update on the situation in Iran and how it's impacting the global oil supply chain. Plus, we'll see how a team of innovative students is working to build a tool that allows house plants to "talk" to you using artificial intelligence. All this and more on today's CNN10!
:10 Trivia
Which of these in NOT a primary ingredient in house plant fertilizer?
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Fluoride
Potassium
The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz
A Secret of the Declaration of Independence
Along with our friends at iCivics, we're wrapping up Civic Learning Week with a trivia question about a national treasure: What's on the back of it? Another one of today's subjects is an international effort to stabilize oil prices. And we're reporting on new findings concerning caterpillar larvae, ants, and rhythm. Plus: a notable patent of Chester Greenwood, an owl literally caught napping in an antique store, an Australian mechanic who's helping his community, and National K9 Veterans Day!
A World of Knowledge
American inventor Chester Greenwood became famous for patenting what device in 1877?
Escalator
Earmuffs
Barbed Wire
Tin Can
On this date in 1877, Greenwood (who was a resident of Maine) earned a patent and significant sucess for his improvements to Earmuffs?
Civic Learning Week
What is written on the back of the original Declaration of Independence?
"In Freedom we're born"
"Original Declaration of Independence"
The Outline of a Map
Nothing
NHK WORLD ASIAN VIEW
History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into words, to describe directly the life of humanity or even of a single nation, appears impossible.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
