Notes:
mosquitoes カ(蚊);
mosquito coil 蚊取線香;

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When I come back home after work, the first thing that I smell is the mosquito coil. My wife uses it a lot. She burns it to keep those little flying insects away. When the weather gets very warm, mosquitoes are everywhere. Female mosquitoes need blood, so they bite. My wife gets bitten a lot, but I don’t get bitten so much. There are several reasons why mosquitoes like some people better than others. They seem to prefer people with type O blood, like my wife. Also, they seem to like people who exercise or drink beer. I’m a beer drinker, but I guess that blood type is more important. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
erupt 噴火する;
rumble (低く)ゴロゴロ[ガラガラ，グーグー]鳴る;
roar〈ライオンなど猛獣が〉ほえる:
dinosaur 恐竜;
T-Rex 一つ種類の肉食恐竜;

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We hear a lot of news about eruptions these days. Mt. Ontake erupted last year. Nishinoshima, part of Tokyo, had an underwater volcanic eruption two years ago, and the island has grown 13 times bigger since then. Now they say that the Hakone area is dangerous. I remember the time I visited Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture. It wasn’t erupting at that time, but I heard strange noises like the rumbling of the ground or the roaring of a dinosaur. I would not have been surprised if T-Rex were there. Anyway, Japan is a volcanic country, but for this reason, we can enjoy hot springs. (written by a reader, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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