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📅 On This Day in History
2013年
At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
1995年
Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
1994年
Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
1975年
Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
🇬🇧 English Corner - Story of the Day
📖 A Coffee Shop Conversation
Sarah nervously walked into her first English conversation club. The room buzzed with chatter. She approached a group and hesitated. Then she remembered: "Hi, I'm Sarah. Mind if I join you?" The others smiled warmly. "Of course! We were just talking about our weekend plans." That simple moment taught her that starting conversations in English wasn't about perfect grammar—it was about courage.
📝 Vocabulary:
• nervously - 緊張して
• buzz - ざわめく
• hesitate - ためらう
• nervously - 緊張して
• buzz - ざわめく
• hesitate - ためらう
💡 Key Phrase: "Mind if I...?" = 「〜してもいいですか？」（丁寧な依頼）
🤔 Reflection: 完璧な文法より、話しかける勇気が大切。実際の会話では少しの間違いは気にされない。
🇨🇳 Chinese Corner - Grammar Pattern
📚 是...的 構文
是 + [強調したい部分] + 的
説明： 過去の出来事の時間・場所・方法などを強調する構文。「〜だったのは...だ」
📝 例文：
我是昨天来的。
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
→ 来たのは昨日です。
※ 「昨天」を強調
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
→ 来たのは昨日です。
※ 「昨天」を強調
他是坐飞机去的。
Tā shì zuò fēijī qù de.
→ 彼は飛行機で行きました。
※ 「飛行機で」を強調
Tā shì zuò fēijī qù de.
→ 彼は飛行機で行きました。
※ 「飛行機で」を強調
✍️ 練習： 「私は北京で生まれました」を是...的で表現してみよう → 我是在北京出生的。
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