The Japan Times Alpha 23.2.3 [うるう年、カーマニア、春の海]

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■2023.2.3日号の記事から（完読度90％）
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アメリカの少女が、サンタのかじったと思われるにんじんとクッキーのDNA検査を警察に求めたお話。
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これね、もし検査結果が母親や犬なんかのDNAだったら、やんわりとウソを付いてくれるのかな・・そんなことを考えてしまった。
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あと My date with Dustin Hoffman が面白かった！ビバリーさんはさぞかし美人だったんだろうな。
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"I thought I'd never get you away from that Greek."

"What Greek?" I whisper.
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この部分のほのめかし？がよく分からなかった。どういう事なんだろう？
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「掘り起こすな」
Keep it in the ground.　
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がむしゃらに働くのではなく、頭を使え
Work smarter, not harder.
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She took the plunge and found her groove.
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■今週気になったニュース
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The oldest woman alive says she made it to 115 years old — surviving both World Wars and the 1918 flu pandemic — by avoiding 'toxic people'

Science says 115-year-old María Branyas Morera has a point — toxic relationships can impact a person's mortality risk.

Woman mistakenly pronounced dead was found alive in body bag, report says

The 66-year-old unidentified woman was pronounced dead by a nurse on Jan. 3, but was found alive hours later.

A woman with a 100-pound leg spent her childhood hiding. Now she’s a model.

Mahogany Geter, a model in Tennessee, was born with lymphedema in her left leg, which she says caused it to eventually swell to 100 pounds.

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leap year　うるう年
How often does a leap year come around?
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[n] petrolhead　カーマニア
In an eye-catching bid to show that cars can be clean while appealing to old-school petrolheads, Toyota showcased zero-emission versions of its 1980s sports range.
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春の海
It's a Japanese koto and shakuhachi piece called Haru no umi.

It's played everywhere during the New Year's season --- in department stores and convenience stores, in restaurants and on TV.

The music is the creation of composer and koto artist Michio Miyagi, who composed it for an annual Imperial New Year's poetry reading event in 1929.
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