Notes:
award 賞;
Portugal ポルトガル;

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The Best FIFA Football Awards were held on January 9 in Switzerland. Cristiano Ronaldo was named the best male player for the fourth time. He had a great year. Both his pro team Real Madrid and his country team Portugal won championships in 2016. The best female player of the year was Carli Lloyd of the U.S. It was her second time. Although America didn’t win the Olympics, she had another great year. This time, even soccer fans were given an award. Great moments with fans were shown, and the fans of two teams, Dortmund (Germany) and Liverpool (England), won the award together.(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)]
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Notes:
New Year’s resolution 新年の誓い・抱負;
windsurfing ウインドサーフィン 《波乗り板にマストと帆をつけて行なう波乗り》;
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Do you know what a New Year’s resolution is? It is a promise that you make to yourself at the New Year. This year, for example, I promised myself that I would do exercises every morning before breakfast. So far, so good; I have kept it up for five days, but I find it difficult to continue more than one week. Here are the readers’ resolutions. One junior high school teacher wants to improve his English and start windsurfing. Another teacher is going to read 20 minutes a day and practice writing an essay once a week in order to pass the first grade of the Eiken. Still another teacher will study to pass the pre-first Eiken test. One reader has a wife who is very careful with money, so he is going to use a special app to keep track of his spending. One reader is going to read Jaremaga five times a day. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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