2010年11月1日「モバイル英語学習」第58号(エッセイ): Commonwealth Games

Notes:
Commonwealth Games イギリス連邦競技大会;
host ~を主催する;
consist of… ~から構成される;
controversy 論争;
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The city of New Delhi hosted the Commonwealth Games in October. This was the first time India had hosted the Games and only the second time the event had been held in Asia. The Commonwealth Games consists of 54 countries including (in alphabetical order) Australia; The Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Botswana; Malaysia; Maldives; New Zealand; Nigeria; Pakistan; United Kingdom; United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. The Games are held, like the Olympics, every 4 years, and the last one took place in Melbourne. This year however the Games opened with a lot of controversy. Mainly, that they were not prepared – two days before the track events started they were still doing construction! Maybe it is a lesson for all of us: never leave things to the last minute!! (by Prof. Simon Smith)
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2010年10月27日「モバイル英語学習」第57号(エッセイ):CPR on Pets

Notes:
CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation心肺停止の蘇生救急、<心拍停止後の>心肺機能蘇生;
leash(動物をつなぐ)綱,鎖;
the Veterinary Information Network 動物情報ネットワーク;
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Do you have a pet? How far would you go to save it? A woman in Santa Cruz, California, used CPR (the technique of doing chest compressions and breathing into the nose) to save her Italian greyhound’s life after she found the dog hanging out of the window of a car. The dog, it seems, was attached to a leash to keep it in the car, but somehow the dog had gotten out of the window. The woman was lucky because the Veterinary Information Network said CPR is often not successful on pets. (by Prof. Carmella Lieske )
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