Scientists have announced the breathtaking news that there is water on the Moon. They said the Moon may hold water in more places and in larger amounts than they previously thought. The scientists are from NASA in the USA. Based on a detailed analysis of two separate studies, they confirmed the presence of water molecules on the side of the Moon we can see. Ice was thought to exist on the dark side of the Moon, which is permanently blocked from sunlight. However, NASA said it found water on the sunlit parts of the lunar surface. The space agency says it identified a third of a litre of water in one area. This was not enough to form ice as the molecules were trapped in a cubic metre of rock.
I used to be a workout buff, but my work life got busier. My schedule needed to change, still, I go to the gym regularly. I’m into CrossFit nowadays. I have done it for over a year now. It’s not often, but not less than thrice. It helps me physically. I think I focus better.
I’m fond of kids. In our family, we have a lot of young people. I have four 3 year old, one 6 year old and one 7 year old nephews, and, his twin, one 7 year old niece, the only flower among the thorns. Playtime is all the time. Whenever I go to my sister’s house on Wednesday, I play with them while my sister is preparing dinner. Then, it doesn’t end there. After dinner, we play simple games like eye spy while their mom is doing the dishes. I love playing with them because there’s no pressure it’s all fun and laughter. It encourages me to use my imagination and use sound effects. We’d play make believe. It’s just so much fun. It takes away the stresses and strains of the day.
About 90% of my job is in front of the computer, so I use it to note everything down. It’s also very easy for me to categorize information, reports, and personal thoughts and feelings with the use of my colored sticky notes app. But few years back, I used to handwrite everything, I classified information using colored pens or colored memo pads. Though I extensively use my computer or smartphone to jot my ideas down, I still keep my pen and paper handy, in case I run out of battery.
Do you have a lot of things to do in your hometown?
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Yes, we do Our hometown is a metropolitan city. There are many popular places and many recreational areas My personal favorite is the hunted mansion that just opened last week It’s so scary and fun all at once
While movie theatres around the world are struggling to survive, cinemagoers in Japan are helping to smash box office records. Despite COVID-19 social distancing rules, an animated film has just seen (by far) the biggest box office weekend in the history of Japan’s cinemas. The movie ‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ not only broke records in Japan, it also had the biggest opening weekend for any movie anywhere in the world. The movie only debuted domestically in Japan but it more than doubled the previous record. Ticket sales last weekend were greater than those of all other countries combined. Japanese cinemas saw over 3.4 million patrons forking out a whopping $44 million on tickets
I heard you help me defend this project to our boss. I fully appreciate that.
☑ Greatly admire
Nelson Mandela is the man that I greatly admire.
☑ Thoroughly enjoy
If you do some selfless act, I think you will thoroughly enjoy it too.
試験で使える！Collocation / Phrasal Verb 「 BIRTHDAY 」
▮質問 1
Do you celebrate your birthday?
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In my family, we have a big celebration. My family, uncles, aunts, and cousins have dinner with us. Sometimes, some of our family members bring along our friends. I heard from my friends in other countries that they only bring home cake for the people at home. Not in my family, we have at least 4 different dishes, rice, cake, ice cream, and drinks to dig in It’s part of our culture and tradition that we celebrate the birth of a family member as part of thanking our creator of the life given. We also pray together, give gifts to the celebrant, and wish him or her well. Adults are pretty simple, but kids have more, like games, prizes, and all those It’s a day to celebrate, and I fully appreciate that my family and friends usually come to my birthday
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▮質問 2
Describe a birthday celebration that
you like. You should say:
where it is
what they did in the celebration
who the people were
And what you like about the celebration.
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I like how one of my friends celebrated their mom’s birthday. She shared with me that in February, she, her mom and her brother have the same birth month. It usual for them to celebrate it with their birthdays but not their mom’s. This year, they’ve decided to surprise her. She gathered all her siblings to prepare the surprise Then, they kept it simple. They placed a cake on the table, but then, the other dishes were held by her and her siblings. As they enter the dining room, they greeted her and said something genuine and beautiful to their mom. They brought it off Their mom was very happy, she cried with joy. I like it because it’s simple and genuine, When I looked at their pictures, that they were very happy. I greatly admire that they take time to do all those for their mom.
In today’s world, many things are getting shorter and shorter. Scientists have just measured something incredibly short. They recorded the shortest unit of time ever measured. It is called a zeptosecond. This is a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of one second. It is a trillionth of a billionth of a second. This is a decimal point followed by 20 zeros and then a 1. The scientists study atomic physics at the Goethe University in Germany. They used special high-tech equipment to measure how long it takes a photon to cross a hydrogen molecule. The scientists said it took 247 zeptoseconds for this to happen. This is too small for the human eye to see, and the time it takes is too fast for humans to sense.
