作者別: masago

マイケル先生はクリスマスにカツカレーを作ったそうで。すごく美味しかったそうだ。^^　なんか嬉しい。

今年の英語はこれで終了。See you next year. でした。

1)   Japan Coast Guard officials say they have observed no lava flows or eruptions from a remote Pacific island volcano in Japan for the first time in two years.

Until recently, explosive eruptions had been taking place from a crater in the island’s center after an underwater eruption two years ago.

2)   Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga told reporters on Friday that the prefecture had to file the lawsuit to protect the pride and dignity of Okinawa residents.

He said the lawsuit is an effective way to stop the landfill work. He noted it’s a significant move showing his determination to block the construction of the airfield in Henoko.

3)   Japan’s top government spokesman says 3 Japanese nationals have been arrested and another detained by the Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage.

Suga said the Chinese government has informed Japan that the authorities arrested 2 men in September after detaining them separately in the provinces of Zhejiang and Liaoning in May.

4)   The health ministry has decided to order a Japanese drug maker to suspend its operations as early as next month. The company was found to have used unauthorized methods to produce blood products and systematically covered up its misconduct.

Kaketsuken, or the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, based in the western prefecture of Kumamoto, is accused of being engaged in the illicit acts for around 40 years.

The company will be banned from selling all products during this period, except for certain types of blood products and vaccines for which no alternatives are available on the market.

5)   A Japanese freelance journalist is reportedly being held by an armed group in Syria.

Jumpei Yasuda reportedly entered Syria from southern Turkey in late June this year to cover the country’s civil war. He was accompanied by a guide.

Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based NGO, said on its website on Tuesday that Yasuda had been kidnapped by an armed group in an area controlled by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front.

6)   A former law professor has been found guilty of leaking questions on this year’s bar exam to one of his former students.

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed a one-year sentence, suspended for 5 years, to Koichi Aoyagi, a 67-year-old former professor at Meiji University’s law school in Tokyo.

Aoyagi was one of the experts who prepared questions for this year’s bar exam.

7)  Japan’s Financial Services Agency has imposed a record-high penalty of 7.37 billion yen, or about 61 million dollars, on electronics firm Toshiba for falsifying financial statements.

クリスマスなので「クリスマスキャロル」の教材も作ったよ！というので、じゃあそれで。ということで。すっかりストーリーを忘れていた。この本の出版の後にアメリカのクリスマスが家族のクリスマスになったのだそう。

A mean-spirited man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his bank on a cold Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the room because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for money for their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with anger saying an angry “Bah! Humbug!” in response to his nephew’s “Merry Christmas!”

Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a scary visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, tells his sad story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit wanders the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. After the ghost disappears, Scrooge falls into a deep sleep.

He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike ghost. The spirit takes Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from Scrooges earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his job with a happy merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his greed for money is greater than his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved, cries tears of regret before the ghost returns him to his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present, a giant in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through London to show how Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large Cratchit family prepare a small feast in its poor home. He discovers Bob Cratchit’s crippled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge’s heart. The ghost then takes Scrooge to his nephew’s to see the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the happy gathering delightful. The ghost vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming toward him.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a series of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man’s recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man’s riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately asks the spirit to change his fate, promising to honor Christmas with all his heart. He suddenly finds himself safely in his bed.

Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred’s party, to the surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides wonderful gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.