Intermediate DW Term 1 2022

  William is the boss of computer company. His family is consisted of he, wife, daughter and son. His son is 2 years old and he is so cute. This is the story about his son like that. Yesterday although it was weekdays, William spent with his family in living room under the influence of corona. So his son thought William can play with him and he was looking forward to. Then suddenly William came to have to read a document that was sent from client so he started it. But his son was angry because he was betrayed. Then he punched and destroyed William’s laptop. He was very surprised and he thought all his data has disappeared. But, because he was engineer originally, he could fix it himself and restore the data.

  In 2021, the United States attacked drought. It is the worst in 1200 years. This situation caused to human-caused climate change and two main reasons.   One reason is the amount of precipitation is decreasing. Especially, the precipitation is decreasing in southwest in the United States. As a result, it leads to reduce in humidity and Forest fires are more like to occur.   Another reason is that human use water to grow to crops. We use the amount of underground water to grow it. So, Forest water absorption reduced.   The environmental and suitability researchers alert to in this condition. He said, “If human beings do against global warming, this situation is getting worse.”   We need to think to stop climate change and get into action against it.   At first, we need to reduce prejudice that is not connecting to our life. In fact, the drought changes the value of wheat.   Next, we move to stop global warming. For example, we t...

  Britain Marks 70 Years of Charge under Queen Elizabeth – Kazuki Tashiro   Britain marked the 70 th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ ’s rule on 4 February 2022. Some historians say that she is one of monarchs who commands unquestioned respect. What is her power? She became queen in 1952 when she was only 25 years old. At that time, Britain survived the damages of World War Ⅱ and then Britain’s own empire has disappeared. So she has experienced a lot of changes. Now British monarch is thought that she has few practical powers and that she is not political. However, she is expected to have used “soft power”. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she used her broadcast to calm the public. In conclusion, she has not achieved something outstanding. However, she will be memorized not only because of her longevity but the period of changes she witnessed. I chose this article because I was interested in why the queen in Britain had been loved by public. After I read it,...

   Naseer Shamma is 59-year-old and he was born in the southern city of Kut. He is considered a master oud player. In 1993, he fled Iraq because of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. During the time, he played an active part around the world in various situation. But in 2012, he returned to Iraq and he was shocked to see his country because he didn’t know Iraq’s situation. After he return, Iraq also had many battles just like before.   He thought that Education is the solution and answer for the future of Iraq. So, he used money gained from the concerts for Iraq. For example, improving the Music and Ballet School in Baghdad and rebuilding 21 destroyed main squares so on. Furthermore, he used his fame to support causes that help people. It is not only these things but also he has some ideas of other projects for the country’s reconstruction. Because these actions were recognized, he became a UNESCO peace ambassador.   Thus, he could rebuild his country to support culture ...

Laura V. Cuaya at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest is one of researchers and had led to study about the difference between different languages from dogs. Because she moved to Hungary from Mexico a few years ago and brought her dog Kun-kun with her. Then, she wondered whether her dog noticed that people in Budapest spoke a different language, Hungarian.    At first, for their study, the researchers played recordings of the story "The Little Prince" in both Spanish and Hungarian to a group of 18 dogs. Then they examined how the animals’ brains reacted. In addition, her dog and other dogs were trained to lie down in a brain scanner for several minutes during the experiment.      Next, every dog in the study had heard only one of two languages spoken by their owners - either Hungarian or Spanish. Then they compared how their dogs brains reacted to a highly familiar language and to a completely unfamiliar one. The dogs listened to parts of “The Little Prince”...

  A new version of the movie of the musical “West Side Story “was released on December 10, 2021, around the world. This is a musical that has been loved by a lot of people since it was first released on Broadway in 1957 and on a film in 1961.                                                      One of protagonists of “West Side Story” is Puerto Rican. Twenty of the acters in this film including the actor who plays him, are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican ancestry. Spielberg who is director of this film, spent more than a year casting this film, and he said, “I wanted to cast it authentically.”  He and Tony Kushner who is a writer of this new movie created rich background for each character. They actively used Latinos, the largest minority in the United Kingdom, and they used both English and Spanish in this new “West Side Story”. These eff...

A research team discovered evidence that a dinosaur was suffered from an illness related to breathing system. The evidence was found from fossils in state of Montana, America. The dinosaur seemed to be closed to Diplodocus, like a picture. She was named "Dolly". The illness was thought most common disease of bird today. Also, this sickness can cause bone infection. In Dolly's case, three bones of her neck had abnormal growth. Scientists thought the condition gave Dolly bad effects. It is rare that evidence of illness is found from fossilized dinosaur. Furthermore, this was a first case that respiratory sickness' signs were discovered from fossil. Carry Woodruff and Lawrence Witmer wrote an article about this finding . Woodruff said the discovery provides new information about the medical conditions of dinosaurs, as well as details about the structure of the creature's breathing system. Also, Witmer considered to three unanswered questions. "Was Dolly so ...

    According to a new study, there are 73,300 tree species in the world. About 9,200 species haven’t been identified by science though they can exist on the Earth mathematically. A team of Roberto Cazzolla Gatti of the University of Bologna in Italy estimates that in South America, there are 27,000 known tree species, while 4,000  are unknown. In addition, there are a lot of known species and unknown species in each area of the world.     Study co-writer Peter Reich of the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota says by measuring the number of trees, we can contribute to tree and forest conservation effort. Though he believes that tree species diversity has some advantages to maintain healthy forests, tree species extinct because of deforestation and climate change.      Jingjing Liang of Purdue University in Indiana, a co-writer of the study said we need to learn more about the Earth to protect and preserve them for future generati...

   Yesterday morning, Yamaguchi-gumi, a right-wing pressure group, attacked the Asahi newspaper company in Tokyo. As a result, about 20 members of the group were arrested. At that time there were 500 people who were working in the company. There were 100 people injured. There were no fatalities. They used something like baseball bats to attack. Due to this attack, the company was damaged. For example, 1000 windows were broken, and some articles were stolen. The cost to repair the windows is 1,000,000 yen. The group suggested that the Asahi company tells people incorrect news, so they attacked. The Asahi did not publish today’s newspapers. The prime minister, KISHIDA Humio, said “It is unforgiveable to attack freedom of expression. We need to defend it.”

 Yuzuru Hanyu who is a legendary skater joined the Beijing Olympic Games. In these games, he couldn’t get any medals although he was expected to get a gold medal. In November 2021, he tried to perform a quad axel in practice and then he was injured. In an interview, he said “I don’t know the details of my injury because it is complicated and I can’t understand it easily. Also, I don’t know what treatment is the best for me.” He hasn’t recovered yet and he said he has decided not to join the world championships this month.