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📅 On This Day in History
2018年
Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
2006年
Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006年
Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
1996年
The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
🇬🇧 English Corner - Story of the Day
📖 Lost in Translation
Maria was ordering at a New York deli. "Can I get a bacon, egg, and cheese?" she asked carefully. The cashier replied rapidly: "Toasted? Salt, pepper, ketchup?" Maria froze. She hadn't practiced this part! Seeing her confusion, the person behind her gently said, "First time? Just say 'toasted, no ketchup.' You'll be fine." That kindness reminded her: native speakers know learning is hard.
📝 Vocabulary:
• deli - デリカテッセン（軽食店）
• rapidly - 素早く
• freeze - 固まる、動けなくなる
• deli - デリカテッセン（軽食店）
• rapidly - 素早く
• freeze - 固まる、動けなくなる
💡 Key Phrase: "Can I get...?" = 「〜をください」（カジュアルな注文）
🤔 Reflection: ネイティブスピーカーの速さに圧倒されても、多くの人は学習者に親切。助けを求めてOK。
🇨🇳 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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