Notes:
grandchildren 孫;
great grandchildren ひ孫;
mackerel: サバ;
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The world’s oldest person passed away on April 1. Misao Okawa was born on March 5, 1898. She was the last living person who was born in the 19th century. Okawa had three children, four grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. When she died, she was 117. That’s a long time to live! While she was alive, there were four different Japanese emperors and 22 American presidents. What was the secret of her long life? She said that it was important to watch out for your health. She liked to eat and sleep. Her favorite food was mackerel sushi.(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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A few weeks ago, one American university told 800 people that they could enter the university. This university has a very good computer science department, and many people want to study there. It is difficult to get in, so these people were very happy when they got the news in an email. Then the university sent them another email a few hours later. The first email was a mistake. They didn’t get into the university! This isn’t the first time a university has done this. The problem is because they now use email. It’s much faster, but it’s easier to make mistakes with email than with letters.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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