1 What’s the news about Madeleine McCann? Has she been found?

　まだ見つかっていないです
2 What does “bread and circuses” mean in Japanese? Who first used that expression? Write your answers on your blog.

　パンとサーカス

国民の生活をより高いレベルで保障し、退屈な国民に過剰なまでにサービスを提供し続ける状態を「パンとサーカス」と呼ぶ。詩人のユウェナリウスが詩の中で使い始めた。
3 Find an example of “bread and circuses” in today’s news: the news story must be in English. Writ the URL of the story. Explain on your blog why you think this story is an example of “bread and circuses”.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070620-00000005-mai-int

すべて国民や国のために使われるとされているから。

4 On your blog, list 10 words or expressions that you learned in this news story.
Find another news story that you think is NOT “bread and circuses”. Explain your reason on your blog. Write the URL. List 10 words or expressions that you learned in this story.
Visit some classmates’ blogs and write about them on your blog. Always give the URL of any website you write about.
government政府　withdrawal撤回
enterprise企業　produce産出
investment出資　president会長　　

development開発　export輸出
china中国　contract契約

5Find another news story that you think is NOT “bread and circuses”. Explain your reason on your blog. Write the URL. List 10 words or expressions that you learned in this story.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070620-00000302-yom-bus_all

企業向けのニュースで国民に直接は関係してこないと思ったからです。

estiment予測 investigation調査　beginning開始　continuity連続　rise上昇　price価格　business景気　semiannual半期　department部門

corporation法人

6Visit some classmates’ blogs and write about them on your blog. Always give the URL of any website you write about

みんな取り上げてるニュースがそんなに公になっていないニュースで、おもしろいと思いました。