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Time for Kids December 6, 2019
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Venice Floods
本文 Officials in Venice, Italy, are working to fast-track a project to protect the world-famous city against flooding. This comes after Venice saw record flooding last month.

Trouble began on November 12, when the city had its highest tide in 50 years. Winds pushed water inland from the Adriatic Sea, causing severe flooding. Water reached more than six feet above sea level. That’s the second-highest level ever recorded in Venice.

The city was flooded by two more unusually high tides on November 15 and 17. Each caused the water level in Venice to reach about five feet. Such levels have not been seen there more than once in a single year since record-keeping began, in 1872.

Giuseppe Conte is Italy’s prime minister. He called the flooding a “blow to the heart of our country.” Homes, businesses, and historic monuments were all overrun with water. St. Mark’s Basilica, which opened in 1094, flooded for only the sixth time in its history.

Venice sits on loose earth that is slowly settling, causing the city to sink. In the last 100 years, it has sunk nine inches. Venice is also vulnerable to rising seawater caused by climate change. Stop and Think! Where does this story take place? Why do U.S. news organizations cover events outside the United States? Why should readers care about international news?

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自分の翻訳力を過信しないこと：

翻訳コンテストは難問だが斉木英検は易問だと早合点してはいけません。

斉木英検ができたと思えるのになぜ翻訳コンテストはできないのでしょうか？それは、結局のところ初心者用の斉木英検の問題を学習の基本に従って正しく読解していない証拠です。

正しく読解できたのであれば、翻訳コンテストはその延長線上にあるために、単語や語句、あるいは表現法など抽象化されていますが、基本は同じですから努力如何で解読できるのです。

結局、基本ができていないことが大きく飛躍できない理由であるのは間違いありません。今年は、基礎から徹底して学習するという固い決意を貫いてもらいたいと思います。

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今回の解説は、次の通りです。

第2段落の" Winds pushed water inland from the Adriatic Sea, causing severe flooding. "の表現法。

解説ページを参照してください。

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