Nanalingual

The big history of Ukraine and corn ウクライナととうもろこしの歴史 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2l1yEcOYbI&t=51s   Today, a war in Ukraine means tens of thousands of people in Yemen face starvation. How did we get here? How did our global systems of food production become so complex and intertwined?   Well, for starters, Ukraine produces 16 percent of global maize exports. Thanks to globalization, the food we eat often comes from or is dependent on faraway places. Unfortunately, the more complex the system gets, the fragile it becomes.   All this complexity might seem very recent but it’s the product of a long history. About 10,000 years ago, people living in southern Mexico gradually began developing this crop. In every society it touched, maize transformed the ways that people lived. Europeans transported maize across oceans, where new societies adopted and adopted the crop to suit their needs. Millions of people began to rely on it. Today we grow more maiz...

https://www.wisdomsq.com/contents/belite/20230920.html ”Less is more”: Does that apply to work? 「少ない方が豊かである」は仕事にも当てはまる？ We often hear the saying, "less is more," but can this apply to the workplace? Believe it or not, doing less can actually boost productivity . Consider this: What if we cancelled some training sessions, scrapped unfinished projects, and stopped discussing unchangeable past events? Deloitte once discovered they were burning two million hours yearly on past performance reviews. They instead focused on future performance and career goals, which led them to more productive conversations. Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal have also highlighted the benefits of efficient operations, while The Economist recently suggested that "dropping unnecessary tasks should be a key management strategy." It's important, however, to know what to cut. Identifying non-essential tasks or outdated practices is step one. Organizations often make the ...

Your song by Rita Ora　歌詞・文法解説付き https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Song_%28Rita_Ora_song%29 This song has a very catch music and it goes on and on in my head and I found out one of the writer was Ed Sheeran. No wonder!　 キャッチーなメロディーで頭の中をぐるぐる回り続けるこの曲ですが、作曲にはエドシーランが参加していたとのことで納得。 I woke up with fear this morning But I can taste you on the tip of my tongue Alarm without no warning You're by my side and we've got smoke in our lungs 恐怖で起きたけど 舌の先に確かに残るあなたの香り 突然鳴り出すアラームの音 あなたは私のとなりにいて 肺にはタバコの煙が残ってる *on the tip of　～の先端で *have got... in　～に○○がある Last night we were way up,  kissing in the back of the cab And then you say,  “Love, baby, let’s go back to my flat” And when we wake up,  never had a feeling like that I got a reason, so man, put that record on again 昨夜 タクシーでキスをして 私たちは胸が高鳴った あなたが言ったの ベイビー、俺の家に帰ろうって 朝起きて、 こんな気持ちは初めて 私にはわかる、ねぇ、またあの曲をかけて *way up　wayはveryのような強調。ずっと高いところ *love　恋人やわが子に対する呼びかけ *baby　恋人やわが子に対する呼びかけ *flat　アパート *got a reason　理由がある *man　強調や驚きを表す表現、ここではfiller wordのような働...