Notes:
motor scooter  原付;
sidewalk  歩道;
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I was riding my motor scooter the other day, and I stopped at a red light. I saw a man walking along looking at something in his hand. I was expecting to see a cell phone, but when I looked more closely at his hands, I saw that he was reading a book. He was turning the pages as he was walking. It must have been a good book because he didn’t look up. Luckily, he was on a wide sidewalk, and there weren’t many cyclists or pedestrians (people who are walking). Even so, I don’t think it’s a good idea to read while you are walking. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
actually 実は;
storekeeper 店主;
working pant 作業用ズボン;
metal stud 金属スタッド;
patent 特許権を取る;
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When gold was found in California in 1949, people all over the U.S. left their homes, their jobs, and even their families, and they went to California to look for gold. Everyone wanted to get rich. Actually, the people who got rich were usually the storekeepers. One of those storekeepers was Levi Strauss. Together with Jacob Davis, he made the first jeans. They designed working pants with metal studs at the pockets and patented them on May 20, 1873. Those were the first blue jeans. They had Strauss’s first name on them: Levi’s. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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