Notes
dragonfly トンボ;
golden-ringed dragonfly オニヤンマ（鬼蜻蜓、馬大頭);

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Yesterday, an elementary student found a dead dragonfly by the door of the visitor center where I work. I was surprised because it was about 10 centimeters long. That’s the biggest dragonfly I have ever seen! Someone at the center told me the name in Japanese:”oniyanma.” In English, it is called “golden-ringed dragonfly.” The English name comes from the gold rings that go around the dragonfly’s body, but hardly anyone in English-speaking countries knows this dragonfly. That’s because it only lives in East Asia. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes
worship 崇拝する;
conflict 戦い、争い;
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 世界人権宣言

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Human beings like us have been around for about 100,000 years. In the last 7,000 years, we have built a world with big cities, powerful governments, rapid trade, special traditions, and beautiful art. Depending on where we live, we eat different food, wear different clothes, live in different houses, speak different languages, worship different gods, and play different games. These many differences are what make human beings so amazing. But history has shown that these differences can also lead to conflict and war. The United Nations issued a list of rights that belong to every human being. A right is something that everyone deserves to have, just because they are human. The list of rights was called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (by Shantel Ivits)
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