(会員) 4月18日 NEWS ENGLISH!

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(会員) 4月18日 NEWS ENGLISH!


1. 癲癇
epilepsy
He has ~.
He is ~.
He is an epileptic.

痙攣
He had a fit/seizure.

2. ひく
to hit, to run over
3. 歩行者
He hit a pedestrian.
He ran over a pedestrian.
An man with epilepsy hit and killed 7 pedestrians.

a pediatrician = a child doctor

GRAMMAR BREAK
will --> to
Obama will host Noda.
Obama to host Noda.

2. Shintaro Ishihara
What a trouble maker!

I disagree with many of the things he says.
失言
a gaffe
a political gaffe
He put his ~ in his ~.
He put his foot in his mouth.

HEADLINE: Ishihara says Tokyo plans to buy disputed Senkaku islands

Guns are controversial.
Abortion is a controversial subject.
Birth control is a controversial subject.

No one lives on those islands.
Those islands are uninhabited.

a habitat=where st lives
an inhabitant = a person or animal that lives somewhere

uninhabited

That island is uninhabited.

The movie was dubbed.

You should see it if you get the chance.