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Enchanted English

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク） 教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。 N2、N1に必要な語彙です。 今日は、第８章１課です。

N2合格

N2　語彙　第８章１課

How to learn a language and take advantage of my podcasts. My experience with Arabic and Irish.

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #9 - How to take advantage of my podcast.

过山车（刘育贤）
上天了，入地了，滕云了，驾雾了，过山车，下山了，我变成，流星了。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

过山车

De volta ao Brasil e desta vez com música no coração

Portuguese Audios for Intermediate Advance B2 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios Avançados B2

Músicas brasileiras

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月18日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/17℃ 

ジョインアライブ/じょいんあらいぶ…Join Alive
ライジングサン・ロックフェスティバル…Rising Sun Rock Festival
・今年の夏、二大フェスティバルが3年ぶりに開催
・4万人、6万人と人を集めてた
・今年は縮小して、開催

［単語］
フェスティバル/ふぇすてぃばる…祭。最近できた祭。
二大/にだい…二つの大きな場所やもの。三大、四大など。
3年ぶり/さんねんぶり…3年の時間が過ぎたことを説明する。
開催/かいさい…パーティなどをすること
縮小/しゅくしょう…小さくする

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#60〉5月18日水曜日　音楽フェスティバル開催へ

At a Hollywood studio this October, Tesla unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi, though fans of the electric vehicle maker will have to wait until at least 2026 before it is available.

CEO Elon Musk pulled up to a stage in one of the company's "Cybercabs," telling the crowd that the AI-powered vehicles don't have steering wheels or pedals.

He also expressed confidence in the progress the company has made on autonomous driving technology that makes it possible for vehicles to drive without human intervention.

Tesla began selling the software, which is called "Full Self-Driving," nine years ago. But there are doubts about its reliability.

"We'll move from supervised Full Self-Driving to unsupervised Full Self-Driving, where you can fall asleep and wake up at your destination," he said.

Tesla expects the Cybercabs to cost under $30,000, Musk said. He estimated that the vehicles would become available "before 2027."

The company also expects to make the Full Self-Driving technology available on its popular Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in Texas and California next year.

However, shares of Tesla Inc fell not long after the unveiling — investors don't see a clear timeline for the rollout of the Cybercabs, while other companies are already using similar technology.

"Tesla yet again claimed it is a year or two away from actual automated driving — just as the company has been claiming for a decade," Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies automated vehicles, told The Associated Press.

Tesla's announcement comes as US safety regulators are investigating Full Self-Driving and Autopilot based on evidence that it has a weak system for making sure human drivers pay attention.

Last April near Seattle, a Tesla using Full Self-Driving hit and killed a motorcyclist, authorities said. The Tesla driver told authorities that he was using the system while looking at his phone when the car hit the motorcyclist from behind.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Tesla Announces Self-Driving 'Cybercab' for 2026

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