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survey 調査;
baker パン屋、パン類製造業者;

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One company has been doing a survey of Japanese children for more than 30 years. They ask children from the third grade of elementary school through high school what they want to be. In past years, many young boys wanted to be professional athletes or YouTubers, and young girls wanted to be bakers or singers. This year, the answers are different. For the first time, most boys and girls say that they just want a company job. Where have their dreams gone? I’m not sure, but I think the pandemic has changed the way they think. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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The Japan Meteorological Agency 日本気象庁;
blossom 開花;

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The cherry blossoms have already started to open in Tokyo. The Japan Meteorological Agency checked a special tree inside Yasukuni Shrine last Sunday and said that the blossoms had started to open there. Other early prefectures include Hiroshima and Fukuoka, but here in Nagoya we are still waiting. The Japan Meteorological Agency checked the special tree in Nagoya yesterday, but none of the blossoms were open. Today we might have better luck. One thing is for sure. By the end of the month, the whole of Japan will be pink! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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