ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/7-11
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/7 円安 ３２年ぶりの水準に
YEN SLUMPS TO 150 PER DOLLAR
Yen slumps to 150 per dollar
2022年10月20日のニュース
The yen briefly weakened to the 150 level against the U.S. dollar on Thursday for the first time in 32 years.
The Japanese currency has depreciated about 30 percent against the greenback this year.
Investors are speculating the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise key interest rates to tackle the country’s decades-high level of inflation. That has pushed up the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note to 4 percent.
It’s the prospect of a wider gap between Japanese and U.S. interest rates that’s accelerating yen selling, as investors seek higher yields in the United States.
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/8 英 スナク新首相が就任
NEW UK PM SUNAK PLEDGES TO RESTORE TRUST IN POLITICS
New UK PM Sunak pledges to restore Trust in politics
2022年10月25日のニュース
Britain has a new leader. Rishi Sunak has officially been appointed prime minister. He is pledging to restore public trust in politics.
Sunak becomes Britain’s third prime minister in less than two months. The 42-year-old is the country’s youngest leader in 200 years. He is the first prime minister of Asian descent and also the first practicing Hindu.
Sunak is promising to rebuild the country’s struggling economy.
(Rishi Sunak / British Prime Minister)
“Right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. The aftermath of COVID still lingers. Putin’s war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets and supply chains the world over.”
Sunak said his government will focus on creating economic stability as the U.K. deals with its highest level of inflation in decades.
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/9 海中で３か月半熟成 ビール引き上げ
BEER AGED UNDER THE SEA
Beer aged under the sea
2022年10月21日のニュース
A group of researchers in Japan is taking a novel approach to producing beer, aging it under the sea.
Two hundred bottles were kept at a depth of 3 to 4 meters for three and a half months. The experiment was conducted off Shizuoka in central Japan, and the aim is to produce a local specialty.
The researchers say the beer had more bubbles and a stronger aroma. It also had more sediment than usual and what appeared to be yeast at the bottom.
The group has previously done similar tests with wine and sake and found that the process changed the “umami,” or savory taste.
The group is conducting the research with a local brewery. It plans to analyze the changes that occur and try different depths and durations in order to create a better bottle of beer.
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/10 習近平指導部 異例の３期目へ
XI CEMENTS GRIP ON POWER WITH THIRD TERM
Xi cements grip on power with third term
2022年10月23日のニュース
Chinese President Xi Jinping has cemented his iron grip on power after the Communist Party announced its new core leadership. Xi will get an unprecedented third term as the party’s general secretary. And he’s promoted his close allies to the country’s top positions for the next five years.
The party announced the seven members of the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee on Sunday. On the top of the list is President Xi. Four members of the committee are new, and Xi chose to appoint subordinates who’d worked under him in the past. He spoke about what he called the “rejuvenation” of China.
(Xi Jinping / Chinese President)
“On our new journey, we should always keep our spirits high, so we can push forward with building a modern socialist country.”
There is no clear successor to Xi within the top decision-making body.
ニュースで学ぶ現代英語 2022/11/11 体外で髪の毛の培養に成功
JAPANESE RESEARCHERS PRODUCE HAIR IN VITRO
Japanese researchers produce hair in vitro
2022年10月22日のニュース
Japanese researchers say they’ve successfully produced hair shafts in the laboratory. They say it could lead to a cure for hair loss in people.
The group, which includes Professor Fukuda Junji of Yokohama National University, published its findings in the U.S. journal “Science Advances.”
They extracted two types of cells from the skin of a mouse embryo, then used proteins to link them. The researchers say that after 10 days they could see hair shafts and follicles.
They transplanted 5-millimeter-long hair shafts into the skin of nude mice. They say normal hair cycles began in about three weeks.
The scientists say this is the first time that hair shafts with follicles were produced in vitro with near 100 percent efficiency.
(Fukuda Junji / Professor, Yokohama National University)
“It would be quite a revolutionary treatment if we can produce hair shafts and then transplant them to human cells.”
