Notes
intelligence 知能、理解力、思考力、知性;
geniuses 天才;
struggle もがく、あがく、努力する;

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Is intelligence something that is measured by success in school? Not always. In 1895, Albert Einstein wrote an exam to get into university. He failed all the non-science parts of the test. Yet Einstein went on to become one of the world’s best-known geniuses. Winston Churchill struggled in school and failed sixth grade. He went on to win a Nobel Prize and be elected prime minister of the United Kingdom twice. Whoopi Goldberg struggled to read and write and eventually dropped out of high school. She went on to win every major award for excellence in show business: the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy. (by Shantel Ivits)
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Yesterday was OX Day (“doyo no ushi no hi” ). On this day of summer every year, people all over Japan go out to eat eel. Because of the coronavirus, however, more and more people are choosing to take the eel home rather than eat it at the restaurant. People can also buy pre-cooked eel at a supermarket. I didn’t go to shopping yesterday, but my wife did. She said that there was a lot of eel on the shelves of the local supermarket. In my family, everyone likes eel, but we usually don’t eat it on “doyo no ushi no hi” because we forget when it is. The date changes every year. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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