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課題1
ストレート勝ち:defeat in straight sets
ノーシードの:unseeded
ぼう然とさせ:stun
決め:fire
初勝利に至るまで:en route to his first career victory
賛辞を贈って:give praise
生涯忘れることはない:remember for the rest of my life
Querrey stuns Nadal in Acapulco final
Unseeded American Sam Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6(7-3) on March 4 to win the ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard's run of perfection in Acapulco.
Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired 10 aces, backed up by powerful, precise groundstrokes, en route to his first career victory over Nadal in five meetings.
The Spaniard, the 2005 and 2013 champion, had never even lost a set in Acapulco.
"I'm ecstatic," Querrey said. "To do it against Rafa makes it even a little sweeter."
Querrey captured his ninth ATP title in an impressive week that saw him beat four top -10players- Belgian David Goffin, Austrian Dominic Thiem, Australian Nick Kyrgios and sixth- ranked Nadal.
(ACAPULCO, Mexico AFP-Jiji, The Japan News, yomiuri)
課題2
New practice promotes everyday altruism
A growing number of people are "paying it forward," repaying a received favor to a third person instead of the original benefactor. The practice spreads goodwill through such gestures as giving away free meal coupons, and is becoming popular as an easy way for people to express altruism.
"To a twin like me. I pray that twins the world over can happily enjoy coffee together."
On any given day, there are typically around 100 cards with messages like these affixed to a cork board at the entrance of "Cohaze Coffee," a coffee shop in Tokyo.
The cards on the board are the shop's loyalty cards, with customers getting one point for every drink they order. Once they collect 12points, they receive a coupon for a free cup of coffee. However, instead of using the coupons for themselves, customers give them to others.