Notes:
share 株
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On December 1, Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, put the following message on his own Facebook: “Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter Max into this world!” With the birth of their first child, he and his wife have decided to change the world. He wrote, “We will give 99% of our Facebook shares — currently about $45 billion — during our lives to join many others in improving this world for the next generation.” I’m glad that people with so much money want to help other people, and I hope that the Zuckerbergs can change the world for the better.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
clown  ピエロ;
acrobat  曲芸師;
globe  球;
flying trapeze  空中ブランコ
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Have you ever been to a circus? I went to one on Sunday for the first time since I was a child, and I really enjoyed it. Of course there were clowns, jugglers and acrobats. There were so many acts that I can’t remember all of them. It was incredible to watch three men riding motorcycles inside a big metal globe. I was impressed by the lion tamer who went inside a big cage alone with eight lions and made them jump over each other. The last act was the most exciting: the flying trapeze. The show was great from beginning to end.   (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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