Notes:
rare　珍しい；
used to　 （以前［昔］は）よく…した（ものだった)；
goat　《動物》ヤギ；

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Tigers are rare animals. They used to live all over Asia, but now there are fewer than 5,000. In the north, there are about 250 Siberian tigers that live in Russia and northern China. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, wanted to show that he was interested in saving the tigers. He helped a group of scientists that put some tigers back into the wild in 2011. Now a couple of those tigers are in China eating the goats of Chinese farmers. The Chinese government is probably not very happy, but it doesn’t want to kill the tigers. Instead, it will pay the farmers for their losses.  (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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I was sad to hear about Takakura Ken’s death. He was one of the great actors of the Japanese screen. Actually, he didn’t plan to be a movie actor. Someone from the Toei movie studio found him and put him in a movie. He started out in “yakuza” movies, and he became known as the Clint Eastwood of Japan. In his later movies he played many parts. I remember seeing him as a policeman in “Black Rain” and as the manager of the Chunichi Dragons in the comedy, “Mr. Baseball.” He made more than 200 movies in his lifetime. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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