Notes:
thermos 魔法瓶;
tumbler 大コップ;

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One of my students gave a presentation in class. She tried to answer the question, “What is really ‘environmentally-friendly’?” She made a good point. Sometimes we do things because we think they are good for the environment, but are they really environmentally-friendly? For example, when she was a child, she collected the caps of plastic bottles and took them to school. However, the caps come from plastic bottles. It would be more environmentally-friendly not to buy drinks in plastic bottles. It’s better to bring drinks from home in a thermos or tumbler. (by Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
erupt 噴火する;
rumble (低く)ゴロゴロ[ガラガラ，グーグー]鳴る;
roar〈ライオンなど猛獣が〉ほえる:
dinosaur 恐竜;
T-Rex 一つ種類の肉食恐竜;

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We hear a lot of news about eruptions these days. Mt. Ontake erupted last year. Nishinoshima, part of Tokyo, had an underwater volcanic eruption two years ago, and the island has grown 13 times bigger since then. Now they say that the Hakone area is dangerous. I remember the time I visited Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture. It wasn’t erupting at that time, but I heard strange noises like the rumbling of the ground or the roaring of a dinosaur. I would not have been surprised if T-Rex were there. Anyway, Japan is a volcanic country, but for this reason, we can enjoy hot springs. (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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