Notes:
smallpox 天然痘，ほうそう;
vaccination ワクチン接種;

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These days there are many terrible diseases in the world: AIDS, SARS, Ebola, and MERS. When I was growing up, there was another dangerous disease called smallpox. Every year, it killed about 2 million people. Now, no one has this disease. How was it stopped? Countries around the world worked hard and gave people vaccinations. They were so successful that on October 26, 1977, only one person was found with smallpox. He was the last person who had this disease, and he survived. I hope the world can do the same with other dangerous diseases. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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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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