Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

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BIE 博覧会国際事務局;
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The 1970 Osaka Expo was the first world fair in Japan, and it was one of Japan’s most successful events ever. There were over 64 million visitors in six months. Last Friday, the BIE (the Bureau International des Expositions), chose Osaka again. It will hold a world fair in 2025. Japan’s second-largest city was chosen over Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city of Russia, and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Expo 2025 will be held on Yumeshima, a man-made island, in Osaka Bay. The theme will be “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” Will you be going? (by Douglas Jarrell)
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seaweed 海藻;
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How many kinds of seaweed do you eat? That’s a good question for people in East Asia because they use seaweed in their cooking. There are some areas of Europe and Canada where seaweed is eaten, and the Maori in New Zealand eat it, too. If you ask an American this question, however, they will probably say, “We don’t eat seaweed!” Japan has seven kinds of seaweed: konbu, wakame, nori, hijiki, mozuku, umibudo, and arame. My students always want to know how to say the names in English, but I tell them that they don’t usually have English names. They only have scientific names that no one knows. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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