Notes:
bother 悩ます、うるさがらせる;
Braille (ブライユ)点字(法);

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I met a young blind woman on a train a couple of weeks ago. I watched her using a machine to read with her fingers. We both had to change trains, so I took her hand and helped her to the next platform. She told me that she was going from Yokohama to Kyoto by regular train. That takes more than eight hours, but it didn’t seem to bother her. She likes to read on the train. I found out that Japanese Braille (the kind of writing that blind people use to read) only uses “kana.” It must be difficult to read because Japanese has many words with the same pronunciation. ( by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
memorial 記念行事;
fierce 激しい:
deprive 奪う;
dignity 尊厳;
retrieve 〈…を〉取り戻す;
contemplate 〉じっくり考える;
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In June, a memorial service for the war dead was held in Okinawa. It has been 70 years since the end of the battle on Okinawa. This was the last fierce battle of the war, and over 200,000 people died . I think war gives nothing but deprives us of everything: human dignity, future, hope, freedom, and life. Although we can’t retrieve the lost lives, we can try not to make the same mistake over again. For the peace and the stability of the world, we must not forget the past grief, and we should pass the memories on to the next generations. Also we must contemplate what we can do for world peace. Above all, we should work for a peaceful, stable world. (written by student Mr. I, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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