Notes:
skydiver スカイダイビングをする人;
daredevil 向こう見ずの人，がむしゃらな人;
parachute パラシュート;
wingsuit ウィングスーツ;

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Luke Aikins is a skydiver and a daredevil. He has made 18,000 jumps in his life, but at the end of July he decided to try jumping without anything to slow his fall. He jumped from a plane almost 8,000 meters above ground without a parachute or a wingsuit. People in the U.S. were able to watch the jump live on TV. He had to land in a net on the desert floor below him. The net was only 30 meters by 30 meters, too small to see from 8,000 meters. They used very strong lights to show him where it was. He landed safely and was greeted by his wife and young son. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
candidate 候補者;
even so それでも;
party 政党;

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Tokyo had an election for governor yesterday, and for the first time a woman will be the governor of Japan’s largest city. There were 21 candidates. I think this election was more exciting than the last one because more people voted. The top three candidates got about 90% of the vote, but no candidate got over 50%. Even so, Koike Yuriko was the clear winner. She didn’t have the support of any major party, but she got almost 3,000,000 votes. Masuda Hiroya, who came in second, got fewer than 1,800,000 votes. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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