Notes:
The Guinness Book of Records ギネスの記録の本, ギネスブック 《ギネスの醸造会社が毎年刊行する, あらゆる分野の世界記録を記載した本》;
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The Guinness Book of Records tells you about the world’s biggest dog, the world’s longest bridge, the world’s tallest building, etc. This year, the book celebrated its 60th anniversary. It first came out on August 27, 1955. The idea for the book came from the head of Guinness, a company in Ireland that makes beer. He had an argument with some hunters about the fastest game bird (a bird that is hunted for sport). He couldn’t find the answer anywhere, so he asked two sports writers to write a book to answer this kind of question. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
actually 実は;
storekeeper 店主;
working pant 作業用ズボン;
metal stud 金属スタッド;
patent 特許権を取る;
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When gold was found in California in 1949, people all over the U.S. left their homes, their jobs, and even their families, and they went to California to look for gold. Everyone wanted to get rich. Actually, the people who got rich were usually the storekeepers. One of those storekeepers was Levi Strauss. Together with Jacob Davis, he made the first jeans. They designed working pants with metal studs at the pockets and patented them on May 20, 1873. Those were the first blue jeans. They had Strauss’s first name on them: Levi’s. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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