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日本の代表的英字新聞のひとつであるThe Japan News紙等から20の記事を掲載。英字新聞を初めて読む学生や長文の苦手な学生に配慮し、語数及びトピックの難易度を基に配列し記事、英字新聞の特徴の紹介、四技能を総合的に伸ばし、クリティカルな思考力や自己表現ノートテイキングの力を高めるタスクを盛り込んだ。
Seismic isolation devices to be certified in new system / Govt recommends at least 6 hours of sleep for adults / Govt eyes foreigners’ help for local regions / Deaf boy can now hear after breakthrough gene treatment / Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns / Elementary, junior high school classes might be shortened / Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms / Which dogs live the longest? Small ones with long noses / Toyota plans 1st Level 4 self-driving service / Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant / Govt to aid intl partnerships for humanities grad schools / Japan, U.S. institutes to jointly develop AI for scientific research / Michelangelo’s David gets spa treatment in Florence / IVF breakthrough could revive nearly extinct rhino species / Childhood deaths at record low, but progress ‘precarious’- UN / Concerns grow as generative AI gives info for criminal purposes / Poo bags and trackers-Nepal orders new Everest rules / Japan elderly care services drawing interest from other Asian nations / 2 million animals dead as extreme winter weather hits Mongolia / Finland is world’s happiest country for seventh year-study （全20章）