2013年8月10日「モバイル英語学習」第194号(エッセイ):The First City in Japan to Have 4D Movies

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Nagoya is the birthplace of pachinko, and now it is the first city in Japan to have 4D movies. The audience can experience moving seats, special lighting, and bubbles coming from the ceiling. There are hundreds of smells, too. The moving chairs could be fun, like the “Back to the Future” ride at Universal Studios. I don’t know about the smells, though. There are a lot of things I don’t want to smell. Even so, I would like to try a 4D movie once. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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▽ Find out what is a 4D movie on Youtube.

2012年12月5日「モバイル英語学習」第174号(エッセイ): A Big Mistake

Notes:
Israel: イスラエル;
mattress: マットレス;
garbage dump: ゴミ処分場;
desperately :  必死に;
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A woman in Israel gave her mother a present, a new mattress. At the same time, she threw away the old one. That was a big mistake! Her mother disliked banks, so she kept all her money in the mattress. She had one million dollars in it. When the daughter found about the money, she went around to all the garbage dumps desperately looking for it. As you can imagine, that was big news in Israel. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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