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①to recognize認識する a difference差異 between…の間の people or things
②to go a place or event with someone
③to think of思いつく or produce生産する a new idea, product製品, etc.
④to provide提供する someone food or drink, especially特に in a restaurant or bar
(A)serve【sə'ːrv】提供する
(B)accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】同行する
(C)develop【divéləp】開発する
(D)distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】区別する
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①to recognize認識する a difference差異 between…の間の people or things 人あるいは物の間の差異を認識すること
②to go a place or event with someone 場所やイベントに誰かと一緒に行くこと
③to think of思いつく or produce生産する a new idea, product製品, etc. 新しい考えや製品などを思いついたり生産したりすること
④to provide提供する someone food or drink, especially特に in a restaurant or bar 誰かに食べ物あるいは飲み物を提供すること、特にレストランやバーで
(A)serve【sə'ːrv】提供する
(B)accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】同行する
(C)develop【divéləp】開発する
(D)distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】区別する
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①to recognize a difference between people or things
②to go a place or event with someone
③to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc.
④to provide someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar
(A)serve【sə'ːrv】提供する
(B)accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】同行する
(C)develop【divéləp】開発する
(D)distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】区別する
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①to recognize認識する a difference差異 between…の間の people or things 人あるいは物の間の差異を認識すること
②to go a place or event with someone 場所やイベントに誰かと一緒に行くこと
③to think of思いつく or produce生産する a new idea, product製品, etc. 新しい考えや製品などを思いついたり生産したりすること
④to provide提供する someone food or drink, especially特に in a restaurant or bar 誰かに食べ物あるいは飲み物を提供すること、特にレストランやバーで
(A)serve【sə'ːrv】提供する
(B)accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】同行する
(C)develop【divéləp】開発する
(D)distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】区別する
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①serve【sə'ːrv】(Ex: The restaurant *serves excellent素晴らしい Indian cuisine料理.)(157)
②accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】(Ex: All children under the age of 13 must be *accompanied by an adult.)(158)
③develop【divéləp】(Ex: We need to *develop renewable再生可能な energy sources.)(159)
④distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】(Ex: She is old enough to *distinguish between fact and fantasy.)(160)
(A)to recognize a difference between people or things
(B)to go a place or event with someone
(C)to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc.
(D)to provide someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar
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①to recognize a difference between people or things
②to go a place or event with someone
③to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc.
④to provide someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar
(A)serve【sə'ːrv】(Ex: The restaurant *serves excellent Indian cuisine.)(157)
(B)accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】(Ex: All children under the age of 13 must be *accompanied by an adult.)(158)
(C)develop【divéləp】(Ex: We need to *develop renewable energy sources.)(159)
(D)distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】(Ex: She is old enough to *distinguish between fact and fantasy.)(160)
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①serve【sə'ːrv】(Ex: The restaurant *serves excellent Indian cuisine.)(141)
②accompany【əkʌ'mpəni】(Ex: All children under the age of 13 must be *accompanied by an adult.)(142)
③develop【divéləp】(Ex: We need to *develop renewable energy sources.)(143)
④distinguish【distíŋgwiʃ】(Ex: She is old enough to *distinguish between fact and fantasy.)(144)
(A)to recognize a difference between people or things
(B)to go a place or event with someone
(C)to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc.
(D)to provide someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar
(141) The restaurant s------ excellent Indian cuisine. 【to provide someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar】
(142) All children under the age of 13 must be a------ by an adult. 【to go a place or event with someone】
(143) We need to d------ renewable energy sources. 【to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc.】
(144) She is old enough to d------ between fact and fantasy. 【to recognize a difference between people or things】
Customers who want to sweeten their coffee may be out of luck at Kum Jeanette's restaurant in Yaounde.
Sugar is in short supply these days in Cameroon, as the government cracks down on illegal imports to protect and promote local industry.
"For several weeks now, I have been going round looking for sugar,” Kum said. “It is scarce in town and, when you see it, the price is high. We used to buy for 700 [CFA, or $1.20] but now that we do not even see it, when you ①manage to see it you buy for 1,000 francs [$1.71] per packet."
Cameroon produces less than 120,000 tons of sugar each year. Local demand stands at 200,000 tons.
Cameroonian producers are also exporting some of their supply, illegally, to neighboring countries. But the government is cracking down on that trade. Authorities have also been seizing large shipments of sugar imported from the European Union.
Sugar — like many foreign goods sold in Cameroonian markets — is contraband, says Valentin Mbarga Bihina of Cameroon's Ministry of Trade. It is imported by smugglers under unhealthy conditions and without respect for packaging and conservation norms, he says, adding that Cameroonians should consume locally made goods because it is safer.
Valentin says Cameroon's lone sugar company ②employs 8,000 people who could lose their jobs if the industry is not protected.
The government took ③similar action on vegetable oil last year. It stopped the importation of cooking oil from Indonesia and Malaysia after four local companies closed. The government said 50,000 jobs were at stake, but critics say the ban has only driven more smuggling.
Plus, locally made goods are often more expensive.
University of Yaounde economist Ariel Ngnitedem says such protectionist ④strategies can backfire.
"It is economically unwise for a country to close its market when its production is not even ⑤sufficient for its population,” Ngnitedem said. “If other countries also react by closing their markets, where will Cameroon get the goods it does not produce? Where will it sell the ones it produces to export? I think these protectionist measures are more harmful."
Cameroon is not alone in ⑥pursuing this strategy. Countries in East Africa, for example, have been considering a ban on used clothing and vehicles to spur industry there.
Proponents say improvements will not happen overnight, but it is a question of short-term pain for long-term gain.
①manage : to succeed in doing something difficult
②employs : to pay someone to do a job for you
③similar : almost the same but not exactly the same
④strategies : a general plan for achieving something, especially over a long period
⑤sufficient : enough for a particular purpose
⑥pursuing : to continue doing something or try to achieve something over a period of time
As an online generation comes of working age, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is quickly becoming a ①destination for “tech nomads” – online ②entrepreneurs looking to take their businesses, and their laptops, anywhere.
An increasing number of startups are taking root online, and to help counter the extreme costs and financial risks of starting one’s own business, more and more entrepreneurs are moving out of the United States, Canada and western Europe to save on living and operation costs.
Among blogs, podcasts, and books that have surfaced advising young nomads where to ③relocate, Vietnam is becoming a popular destination.
“It’s quite safe there and Internet is pretty good, but the main reason is it’s cheap to live there … you can really bootstrap a business very cheaply,” Alex Fortin, coach and creator of “Your first $1,000 online” course, told VOA.
Fortin also cited the ease of getting a working visa in Vietnam. “It’s very easy to get a visa there … you can stay five years in a row. It’s very easy.”
He was living and working in Calgary, Canada, when he realized he needed a change.
While selling T-shirts online and working 12-hour days, he began writing courses for people looking to sell things – anything – online. But he didn’t feel like he had the time to truly devote to this new project.
“I wanted to be somewhere where I could focus 100 percent on my online business,” Fortin said.
④Inspired by an episode of the podcast “Tropical MBA,” he dove full time into building his online courses and moved to Ho Chi Minh City.
Community workspaces
Opportunities for specifically tech nomad expatriates are booming in the economic center of Vietnam, where many small community workspaces have popped up.
One such place, Start Saigon, caters to foreigners in the heart of popular District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The space attracts members from all around the world, staying open 24/7 for those working on American or European time, or long hours in general. It also boasts optical fiber Internet in every room, and an onsite pool for a quick (or not so quick) break during the workday.
Fortin, like many others, quickly found the ⑤benefits of living in Vietnam stretched beyond practical ease.
“You don’t need to wait 30 years to start your life and drink coconut water by the pool," he said.
Community centers and specific coffee shops in Ho Chi Minh City attract a specific clientele, and because most expats are conducting business abroad, they are often slow to learn the language and assimilate, if they do at all.
“Expats hang around with other expats. We have a different perception of the world and also the language barrier is big,” Fortin said. He also said he found that expats were treated very differently and were well-respected, while relations between citizens were often less friendly.
“They’re not that nice to each other but towards expats they’re very nice,” he said. He cited competition between the Vietnamese as a reason they were friendlier toward him than each other, saying that he thinks the lack of job opportunities in Vietnam leads to a more driven and aggressive youth.
Returned to US
After a successful two years in Ho Chi Minh City, Fortin has recently left the tech nomad paradise for greyer skies.
Ironically, having “met the woman of my dreams, who is my wife now” in Vietnam, he followed her to Seattle, where she has immigrated to accept a job.
The nomad life, however, is not far from his mind. Fortin has not yet subscribed to an American phone because he is sure that, soon enough, he will be taking his laptop abroad again.
①destination : the place where someone is going
②entrepreneurs : someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves taking financial risks
③relocate : to move someone or something to a new place
④Inspired : to encourage someone to do something by making them feel confident
U.S. President Barack Obama extended overtime pay benefits Wednesday for 4.2 million American workers, an attempt to increase the ①paychecks for employees who often work long hours without getting any extra money.
Obama’s order doubles the pay threshold at which U.S. companies have to pay ②overtime to employees who work more than 40 hours a week, from $23,660 to nearly $47,500.
Obama's directive could especially affect workers in fast food restaurants and ③retail stores, where employees who supervise other workers are often called managers, even if their salaries barely exceed that of their subordinates.
"If you work more than 40 hours a week, you should get paid for it or get extra time off to spend with your family and loved ones," Obama said. "It's one of the most important steps we're taking to help grow middle-class wages."
The White House estimated that the order could annually put $1.2 billion a year into the pockets of workers over the next decade.
But whether that actually occurs is unclear.
The National Retail Federation, a lobbying group for stores across the country, said the Obama order could ④force businesses to cut the working hours for some employees to 40 hours a week so they would not be required to make overtime payments, which in the U.S. is 1 1/2 times the normal pay rate for the first 40 hours of work each week. If that happens, workers would spend less time on the job, but not result in them getting any more money.
The White House said that under the old threshold, only 7 percent of U.S. workers qualified for overtime, a figure that will increase to 35 percent when the overtime requirement takes effect on December 1.
①paycheck : the amount of money that you earn
②overtime : extra time that you work after your normal working hours
③retail : he selling of goods to the public for their own use
④force : to make someone do something they do not want to do
A Massachusetts man is recovering from the United States' first penis transplant, and doctors in Boston say they are "cautiously ①optimistic" he will make a full recovery.
Sixty-four-year old Thomas Manning lost his penis to cancer in 2012 and was given a new one last week thanks to an ②anonymous dead donor.
Manning said he wanted to go public about his surgery, which took 15 hours, to encourage others who may be ashamed or humiliated by the loss of a sex organ.
If all goes well, doctors say Manning will regain full urinary and sexual functions. They also say they want to ③ensure the operation is a success before they perform it on others, including wounded soldiers.
The world's first successful penis transplant was ④undertaken last year in South Africa.
It was tried in China about 10 years ago, but the patient asked doctors to ⑤remove the organ because he and his wife had psychological problems.
Manning's doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said his psychological state will play a big role in his recovery.
"Emotionally, he's doing amazing," Dr. Curtis Cetrulo told a news conference Monday. "I'm really ⑥impressed with how he's handling things. … He wants to be whole again. He does not want to be in the shadows."
The Boston Herald reported that Cetrulo was among the lead surgeons on a team of more than 50.
①optimistic : expecting or believing that good things will happen in the future
②anonymous : made or done by someone whose name is not made public
③ensure : to tell someone that something is definitely true or is definitely going to happen
④undertaken : to accept that you are responsible for something and start doing it
⑤remove : to take something away from a place
⑥impressed : to cause someone to feel admiration and respect
Two years ago, the nation of Mozambique was riding high after a peaceful presidential election, the promise of offshore natural gas wealth, and what looked like an end to a long-simmering conflict that ①arose from decades of civil war.
And then El Nino hit.
The irregular weather phenomenon began in 2015 and battered this heavily agricultural nation with severe floods followed by severe drought.
As if that weren't enough, a resumption of fighting in the nation's center and south, a $2 billion debt crisis and donor pullout have created a perfect storm for those desperate Mozambicans who were ②affected by El Nino.
Abdoulaye Balde, the World Food Program's Mozambique country director, told VOA News in Johannesburg that the drought cannot be viewed in isolation.
Fighting in central and southern Mozambique has made it harder for the organization to deliver aid, now that it has to beef up security and take more ③precautions.
Additionally, the recent revelation that Mozambique's previous government secretly took on $2 billion worth of debt has scared donors, Balde said. Several major donors have already pulled their direct government support over the scandal.
"I would think a trust issue has been created between the country and the donors," he said. "We come in and say, look, the country needs help; people need help. A donor might be confusing the government and the people who need it."
However, Balde said the U.N. is talking to major donors who have pulled out — such as Sweden and Britain — about rerouting those withdrawn funds to U.N. agencies that can deliver humanitarian aid. He told VOA the amount might exceed $100 million.
Liesl Louw-Vaudran, a consultant for the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies, said Mozambique needs long-term ④solutions, not just short-term aid. Those solutions, she said, will come when the government can ⑤restore security and boost its infrastructure.
"A huge country like Mozambique is suffering also from lack of infrastructure, and the wealth is not being redistributed, especially in the rural areas," Louw-Vaudran said.
Andrew Odero, a regional food security analyst for the WFP, said he fears that weather conditions will worsen before they improve — and that maize prices will hit an "unprecedented" high in southern Africa.
"Looking at the wider macroeconomic context, we also see that in general, inflation rates are high; market prices have more than doubled in particular countries," Odero said. "I'm quite worried about Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. I'm also worried about countries' fiscal ability to have these additional resources needed to ⑥address the need."
He said he expects the next humanitarian ⑦assessment, due in early June, to show a greater number of people in crisis as the usually dry winter season settles across the region.
①arose : to begin to exist
②affected : to have an influence on someone or something
③precautions : something done to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening
④solution : a way of dealing with a difficult problem
⑤restore : to bring back a situation that existed before
⑥address : to try to deal with a problem or task
⑦assessment : the act of making a judgment about someone or something
Bribery and corruption cost the world economy as much as $2 trillion every year, money that instead could be used to fight poverty, create jobs, and protect the environment.
A new report by the International Monetary Fund says the money lost to corruption every year is 2 percent of the global gross domestic product.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde says the direct economic costs of corruption are clear. But the indirect costs may be even worse “leading to low growth and greater ①income inequality."
"It undermines trust in government and erodes the ethical standards of private citizens," she said Wednesday.
Lagarde says investors look for countries whose public officials are high on the integrity list because they want assurances they will not have to constantly pay bribes.
The IMF defines corruption as "an abuse of public office for private gain." But it also includes tax evasion and arbitrary tax exemptions that give citizens little incentive to pay taxes themselves.
Bribery and corruption weaken banking systems and shut people out of the ②financial markets.
The IMF also says the social and environmental costs of corruption are significant, leading to poorly ③enforced regulations, more pollution, and destruction of natural resources.
The report ④recommends nations adopt international standards for fiscal and financial transparency to fight corruption and make the threat of prosecution for such crimes credible.
It also calls a free press a key player in uncovering the problem.
①income : the money that you get from working
②financial : relating to money
③enforced : to make people obey a particular rule or law
④recommends : to advise someone that something is good or useful
A U.S. judge in Washington ruled Thursday that the Obama administration has been improperly funding a part of his national health care program that is aimed at helping low-income people pay for their doctors' visits and other health care costs.
Judge Rosemary Collyer, in a decision favoring Republican opponents of President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms, said the government could not ①reimburse health care insurers $175 billion over a decade to help the patients because Congress never specifically appropriated the money.
The Obama administration has said that it is using other previously ②approved money to pay for the cost reimbursements.
Collyer blocked further subsidies to the insurers, but said the program could continue pending an expected Obama administration appeal to a higher court.
The Republican-backed lawsuit against the six-year-old health care law, popularly known in the United States as Obamacare, is the latest effort by opponents of the law to undermine what Obama, a Democrat leaving office next year, considers to be the most important domestic legislative achievement of his presidency.
Millions of previously uninsured people in the U.S. have been able to buy health care ③insurance under the law. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted more than 50 times to repeal Obamacare, but its efforts have either been rejected by the Senate or vetoed by Obama.
Opponents of the law consider it to be an overreach by the national government because it ④forces Americans to buy health care insurance or pay a fine based on their salary.
①reimburse : to pay money back to someone which they have spent
②approved : to officially accept an idea, plan, proposal etc.
③insurance : an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if something bad happens
④forces : to make someone do something they do not want to do
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan Thursday launched the construction of an electricity power grid Thursday to link the four nations to a jointly operated power supply and promote regional stability, security and ①prosperity.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and the heads of the two central Asian countries attended the launching ceremony in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. Pakistani state-television ②broadcast it live.
Officials say the so-called CASA-1000 project comprises the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of a 750-kilometer high voltage direct current transmission system between Tajikistan and Pakistan via Afghanistan.
It will ③enable Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to supply 1000 megawatts of surplus electricity in summer months to Pakistan and 300 megawatts to Afghanistan.
The project is expected to be completed by 2018 with an estimated cost of $1.2 billion.
Prime Minister Sharif while addressing Thursday’s event declared it a flagship project that will promote regional connectivity.
Officials hope the electricity ④purchase under the CASA-1000 project will help mitigate the critical energy deficit Pakistan faces during its summer season.
Pakistani leaders say the project will go a long way in regional integration, which they say is very important for economic and social development of the ⑤region.
Officials in Afghanistan hope the country will also have an income of around $45 million from transit fees.
①prosperity : the state of being successful and having a lot of money something
②broadcast : to send out programs to be received by radios or televisions
③enable : to make it possible for someone to do something
④purchase : the act of buying something
⑤region : a part of land that is different from other parts in some way
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors said the company has been using an improper method to determine the fuel efficiency of its vehicles for 25 years.
Tuesday's admission by President Tetsuro Aikawa in Tokyo follows last week's revelation that Mitsubishi had falsified fuel-efficiency data on 625,000 vehicles.
Aikawa said the company's latest troubles occurred because it failed to ①update its testing system to conform to domestic standards.
The issue was ②revealed as part of an investigation into scandal over false fuel-efficiency data.
The first false data reports dated back to 2013, involving Mitsubishi's ③domestic eK Wagon and eK Space Custom light passenger cars, as well as the Dayz Roox vehicles it produces for rival carmaker Nissan.
Data inconsistencies
The problem was uncovered after Nissan ④noticed inconsistencies in its data.
Mitsubishi has stopped selling the vehicles while it conducts the probe.
The world's sixth-largest automaker has lost more than half of its market value since news of the fuel-rigging scandal broke.
The company is no stranger to scandal. It nearly went out of business after admitting back in 2000 that it covered up major safety defects for several decades.
Mitsubishi is the second carmaker accused of falsifying environmental data in the past 12 months.
Germany's Volkswagen admitted late last year that it ⑤installed software on millions of its vehicles that ⑥activated bogus emissions controls to deceive testing officials.
①update : to change something by adding the most recent information
②revealed : to make something known
③domestic : relating to your own country
④noticed : to become aware of someone or something
⑤installed : to put a piece of equipment somewhere so that it can be used
⑥activate : to make something such as an electrical system start working
