エッセイ

Notes:
Estonia （国の名前）エストニア;
triplets 三つ子;
trio: 3 人組;
Rio: Rio de Janeiroの略です。ブラジルの大都市、2016オリンピック大会の開催地;
platinum blonde hair プラチナブロンド［銀白色］の髪

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Three women from the country of Estonia (a small country south of Finland and west of Russia) will make history in the next Olympics. They will be the first triplets (three children born at the same time) to compete together in the Olympic Games. They call themselves the “Trio to Rio” and will be running in the marathon. They are identical triplets, which means that they look alike. They have the same blue eyes and platinum blonde hair. You can only tell them apart by their different hairstyles. Will they win a medal? Probably not. But they will enjoy the experience and do their best. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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(photo by http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/)

Notes:
rough diamond ダイヤモンドの原石;
Crown Jewels 《英》 (戴冠式などの時々に国王[女王]が用いる王冠など王位の象徴の)宝器類;

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How much does it cost to buy one of the world’s biggest diamonds? Lesedi la Rona is the name of a rough diamond that is the size of a tennis ball. It went on sale yesterday at an auction, but no one wanted to pay more than $61 million. The sellers didn’t want to sell it at that price, so it is still for sale. If you want it, you will probably have to pay more than $70 million! What happens to such a large diamond? The largest diamond ever found was the Cullinan. That was more than 100 years ago. The diamond was broken down into smaller diamonds for the Crown Jewels of the U.K. (by Prof.Douglas Jarrell)
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(photo from http://www.bloomberg.com/)