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出典： The New Zealand Herald An Alexandra couple hope others can learn from their near-death experience after being trapped in their new "keyless" car in their own garage for almost 13 hours. garage [gərάː ʒ] … 車庫 Confusion about operating their Mazda 3 hatchback led Mollieanne and Brian Smith to believe there was no way to get out after they got stuck inside last month. After becoming trapped about 7pm on November 5, their attempts to escape included sounding the horn and trying to smash a window with a car jack . car jack … 車のジャッキ Mrs Smith said it was Guy Fawkes night , and no one would have noticed the horn due to fireworks. Guy Fawkes night … ガイ・フォークス・ナイト（ Wikipedia ） When they were freed by neighbours about 7.45am the next day, Mrs Smith was unconscious and her husband was struggling to breathe. struggle to … 必死で～しようとする、～しようと四苦八苦する She said they were told by emergency services if they had spent another half hour in the car and they could have died....

It’s cool, it’s classy and it’s just sold for 137,000 dollars. Yes, it could only be the original Batmobile. classy … しゃれた、スタイリッシュな The car was sold at auction over the weekend and it’s the first time the 1963 Batmobile was up for sale in decades. up for sale … 売りに出される A massive fan of the DC comics superhero spent three years customising a 1956 Oldsmobile 88 to resemble the car that Batman used in the comics from 1940’s to the 1950’s. Forrest Robinson who made the comic car a reality completed his Batmobile in 1963 and it became so popular that DC Comics leased the car from him. make ～ a reality … ～を実現する lease ～ from ～ … ～から～を借りる But he’s not the only one to give it a go . George Barris created a car for the TV series in the 1960’s, and that one sold for massive 4.2 million dollars at auction last year. give it a go … 試しにやってみる、挑戦してみる

出典： The Australian A child dies of suicide in Australia each week while between 50 and 60 more are hospitalised for trying to kill themselves, damning new data shows. die of … ～が原因で死ぬ damning [dǽmiŋ ] … 手厳しい、痛烈な Boys are twice as likely as girls to take their own lives, National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell told federal parliament in a report tabled yesterday. table … 提出する Ms Mitchell’s report calls for age restrictions on the sale of headache tablets, warning that hanging and pharmaceutical or poison overdoses are the main causes of death. hanging … 首吊り overdose … 過剰摂取 Suicide risk peaks at the start of high school, with teenagers six times more likely to kill themselves at the age of 14 or 15 than at 12 or 13. Indigenous children aged four to nine are twice as likely to kill themselves as others the same age, while the suicide rate among Aboriginal teenagers is five times higher than for other teens. indigenous [indídʒənəs ] … 土着の、原住民の、先住民の Do...

My Rolex watch, which I bought 14 years ago, suddenly stopped working last week. Ideally, I should have had it overhauled every 5 years, but I didn't. I took my watch to a watch shop near my house that deals in expensive brand watches. The shop sent my watch to the Rolex authorized service center to get a quote for the repairs. get a quote … 見積もりを取る The shop called me yesterday to say that the repairs would cost about 69 thousand yen. To tell the truth, it was even more expensive than I expected. I had an option to cancel the repairs and send my watch to an unauthorized repair shop that offers more affordable services. However, the shop strongly recommended that I have my watch repaired by the authorized service center. They said that if I sent my watch to an unauthorized repair shop that might make improper repairs, the authorized service center would no longer accept the watch for further repairs. I was convinced by the shop's explanation and told them to start the...

出典： Financial Review How does an online education provider go about creating the social links between students that aid their study habits and support them through the rigours of their course? go about … ～に取り組む、取り掛かる rigour = rigor … 厳しさ Answer: Start a social network. That’s what Swinburne University’s online arm has done to give its more than 5000 students the ability to connect with one another and build the links traditionally created between students in face-to-face ­university study. arm … 部門 Launched in September this year, Swinburne Online’s new Connect feature lets students comment, set up groups, and exchange information about in a manner similar to a social network such as Facebook. Students can use it to find other students doing the same course, living in the same locality, or having common interests. “I can’t wait to chat with some people in the course and get started,” says one student in a typical post as her course is about to begin. Groups are ...

出典： Fox News An English theme park has barred all single people from entering‚ just in case they are a paedophile . paedophile = pedophile [píːdəfàil] … 小児愛者 Puxton Park, a family-friendly theme park in a coastal town west of London, has a policy of not allowing single men or women through its gates in order to protect the children inside. Grandfather Matthew Richards, 54, said he was shocked to be refused admission when he attempted to see a falconry display on Thursday. falconry [fɔ́ːlkənri] … 鷹狩り "I was frankly amazed," he told the Western Gazette. "We have taken one of our grandchildren there before, and I saw that the falconry was there and thought it would be interesting to go back and see the displays. "I almost feel discriminated against ." discriminate against … ～を差別する Richards, a bird enthusiast, was doubly annoyed because he had travelled almost 25 miles to see the display. The park's managing director, Alistair Mead, has...