Notes
overfishing 乱獲、濫獲;
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Last night the hot weather made me think about eel-eating day. I checked and found out that it was on Tuesday this week. I missed it! I won’t be able to eat eel for another year! That’s a joke. I like eel a lot, but it’s expensive so I don’t eat it very often. These days, I don’t really feel like eating eel because there are fewer and fewer eels in the sea. If everyone keeps catching and eating them, there will be no more eels for our children and grandchildren. The same is true for many kinds of fish. I hope that the countries of the world can get together and stop overfishing. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
even though …であるのに;
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There is aat Coney Island in New York City every year on July 4. Until 2007, the champion was Kobayashi Takeru of Nagano. Even though he only weighs 58 kg, his personal record is 65 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In 2007, however, he was beaten by Joey Chestnut of California. Since then, Chestnut has won nine times, and this year he broke his own record of 70 hot dogs. He ate 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes! Although Chestnut is 185 cm tall and weighs 100 kgs, he is not fat. That’s amazing, because 72 hot dogs have about 20,000 calories. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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