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📅 On This Day in History
2012年
Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
2007年
The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
2006年
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
2006年
Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
🇬🇧 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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