Notes:
plum セイヨウスモモ;
hay fever 花粉症;
cedar スギ;
sneeze くしゃみをする;
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How do you know when spring is here? The prettiest signs of spring are the flowers. The plum blossoms open early, in February, but you can still find them blooming here and there in the middle of March. Another sign of spring is the farewell party. This is the time when people leave their company or move to a different office. Their co-workers have a farewell party to say goodbye to them. There is one sign of spring that nobody likes. It is called “hay fever.” Many people are allergic to cedars and start to sneeze. Their eyes water, and they often feel sleepy or have headaches.
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There was a story about a very lucky man on the Australian TV news yesterday. He was cleaning out his car the other day, and he was looking at his shopping bags. He was surprised to find a lottery ticket that was more than one year old in one of the bags. He was going to throw it away, but he decided to check the number online. Was he surprised! He had a winning number. The ticket was worth more than one million Australian dollars. That’s about 90 million yen! He is very happy that he didn’t throw the ticket away. Isn’t cleaning wonderful when you find money!
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