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Behind the Lessons: Get to Know Your Child's ESL Teacher

Introduction

Going into hospital
• You go to your doctor feeling very unwell.
• She examines you, and arranges for you to see a consultant.
• You may have tests, X-rays•, or scans2 and the nurses may take blood samples
The consultant decides how to treat you.
• You may have an operation3 immediately if it is an emergency.
• The consultant explains the benefits and risks to you, the patient4.
• After the operation, nurses care for you while you recover.
• The operation is successful.
• When you are well enough, you can go home to recover completely.

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Hospital

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みんな元気？
今日は少しもう時間たっちゃったけど、大晦日について少し話したいと思います。
みんなは大晦日何した？
多分出身の地域とか今住んでる場所とか家族によっても全然違うと思うけど、果たしてみんなはどのように大晦日を過ごしましたか？
あっ、もしかしたらこれを聞いてくれてる人の中に『大晦日』ってなんぞや？って思ってる人もいるかもしれないから、説明するね！
大晦日は12月31日のことで、英語だとNew Year’s Eve ですね。
日本人にとっては一年で最も大切な日の一つで、まぁ人にもよるけど、結構みんな伝統的なことをして家族と過ごすことが多いですねぇ。
んで、大晦日にする伝統的なこととはなんぞや？というと、例えば『年越しそば』っていう大晦日限定で食べる蕎麦を食べたり、『紅白歌合戦』って言う日本の大晦日に毎年テレビで流れてる70年以上続いてる番組を見る人も多いし、これは結構色んな国の人がやってると思うけど、いろんな人と集まってテレビを見たりお酒を飲んだりしながらカウントダウンをしてる人たちもいます！
俺は行ったことないんだけど、カウントダウンに合わせて花火が打ち上がる結構大きな花火大会をやっているところもあるみたいですね。
そうそう、日本の大晦日はだいたいみんなこんな感じで時間を過ごすんだけど、俺はどうやって去年の大晦日を過ごしたかって言う話だよね。
実は俺去年の大晦日ははスウェーデンから追い出されて間もなかったから『あぁ、早く嫁と猫たちにあいてぇぇ』って思ってて精神的にかなり落ち込んでた時期だったんだけど、そんな時に日本の友達が集まって一緒に集まって筋トレしてくれて、彼らに筋肉をバチバチに壊されたから、肉体的にはかなりキツかったけど、精神的にはかなり気持ちよくなってたんだよね。
んで、少し気分が楽になった後は、お世話になってるおばあちゃんちに帰ったんだけど、おばあちゃんが年越しそばを作って待っててくれて、そのあったかくて信じられないくらい美味しいお蕎麦を食べて余計に元気になりました。おばあちゃん、ありがとう、マジで感謝してます。
んで、そばを食べた後はね、俺もカウントダウンまで起きてよっかなって思ってたんだけど、おばあちゃんの美味しいあったかいそばのせいでめっっっちゃ眠くなってきちゃったから、日本人にとってはかなり大事な日であるはずなのに、俺は普通の日となにも変わらずに10時頃にぐっすり寝ました。
もうおっさんだよね完全に。
全然起きてられないんだもん。
悔しいけど俺の大晦日はこんな感じだったな。
みんなはニューイヤーズ・イブ、a.k.a大晦日は何してた？
ぜひ俺に教えてね！待ってます！
それじゃあ今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございました。
また次回のエピソードでお会いしましょう！
じゃ、またね！
バイバイ！


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People in Switzerland eat more chocolate than anyone else in the world.

According to data from World Population Review, the average Swiss person eats nearly 9 kilograms of chocolate a year — almost twice as much as people in America.

So it might be no surprise that a Swiss university is doing research on chocolate — looking for ways to make it healthier and better for the planet!

Chocolate is made using cocoa beans, which grow in pods on the cacao tree. Each pod holds 20 to 60 seeds — or beans — that are covered in sweet white pulp.

Researchers from the university ETH Zurich have found a way to mix the pulp with part of the pod to make a sweet gel, which can be used instead of the powdered sugar that's usually added to cocoa beans when making chocolate.

Typical dark chocolate might be made of 30% to 40% powdered sugar. Testing different recipes, the researchers found they could make chocolate that was up to 20% gel and about as sweet as chocolate with 5% to 10% powdered sugar.

The new chocolate also had 20% more fiber and 30% less saturated fat than typical European dark chocolate — meaning it's healthier to eat.

Main study writer, Kim Mishra, told The Guardian that the new chocolate has a fruitier taste than typical dark chocolate — although it also tastes more acidic.

The researchers said using parts of the cocoa plant that are usually thrown away reduces waste, while using the new gel would let cocoa farmers get money not just from their beans, but by selling the pulp and pod parts needed for the gel as well.

It may be a while before we can try this chocolate for ourselves. However, ETH Zurich has already filed a patent for the recipe.



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