Notes:
mosquitoes カ(蚊);
mosquito coil 蚊取線香;

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When I come back home after work, the first thing that I smell is the mosquito coil. My wife uses it a lot. She burns it to keep those little flying insects away. When the weather gets very warm, mosquitoes are everywhere. Female mosquitoes need blood, so they bite. My wife gets bitten a lot, but I don’t get bitten so much. There are several reasons why mosquitoes like some people better than others. They seem to prefer people with type O blood, like my wife. Also, they seem to like people who exercise or drink beer. I’m a beer drinker, but I guess that blood type is more important. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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I have just finished a conference in Fukuoka. I flew to Fukuoka on an LCC (a cheap airline), so it wasn’t as expensive as the Shinkansen. I was surprised that I could do everything online. I could choose my seat and even print out my ticket at home. Getting to Fukuoka was no problem, but getting a hotel was a big problem. There was an AKB election in Fukuoka on Saturday, and all the hotels were full of fans! One of the people who came to the conference had to stay two hours away by train! Next year we are going to make sure that we don’t have a conference in the same city as the AKB election! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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