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The Cannes Film Festival is one of the three big film festivals in Europe. They didn’t have it last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but this year it is back. It starts on July 6 and goes until July 17. It is a French film festival, so many of the movies are French. However, it is an international film festival. There are movies from many other countries including one from Japan called “Drive My Car.” You can buy tickets to see the movies in theaters, but Cannes has a special event called Cinema on the Beach. The city is a famous summer resort, and every night during the festival they have a free movie on the beach.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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I went for a walk in a park a few days ago. When I left the park, I noticed that my phone was gone. It had probably fallen out of my small jacket pocket. I walked around the park looking for it, but I never found it. Finally, I called my wife from a pay phone near the subway station and asked her to try calling my phone. I waited for five minutes and called back. She said that the phone was at a nearby police station. The police officer saw that I was able to open the phone and gave it back to me after checking my ID card. I just wish I could thank the kind person who found it! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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