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big name (芸能界などの)有名人、名士、大物;
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Glastonbury Festival is the world’s largest outdoor music festival. It is held on a farm in the southwest of England, and this year it went from June 26 to June 30. 135,000 tickets were sold, and music lovers camped on the farm for five days. They had a choice of different kinds of music on many different stages. The festival has had big names like the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Lady Gaga since it began in 1970. This year, some big names were The Killers, Kylie Minogue, and Janet Jackson. There was also one Japanese band. Can you guess who it was? It was Babymetal. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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If you look at the 10 most common words in the English language, you will find two words that do not exist in Japanese: “a” and “the.” There is no way to translate them, so there is no way to understand them in Japanese. You have to learn to use them in English sentences. And what about the word “it”? Some teachers translate it as “そう,” but how often do Japanese speakers use the word “そう”? Not very often. How often is “it” used in English? All the time! It is one of the most common words in English. You can’t translate “it.” You have to learn how to use it.　(by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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