2016年1月5日「モバイル英語学習」第355号(エッセイ ): A New Element
Notes:
right 権利;
element 元素;
periodic table 周期表;
occur 存在する
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Japanese scientists have been given the right to name a new element. It is number 113 on the periodic table. This element doesn’t occur in nature. It is a man-made element, and it is very difficult to make. It is also very difficult to see. Japanese scientists have only been able to make it a few times. Scientists in the U.S.A. and Russia have also tried to make it, but the Japanese scientists were more successful. What are they going to name it? The newspaper said that it might be called “Japonium.” (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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