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NSA Monitors Internet Users more than Foreign Targets | 英会話ニュース教材 Daily News Article

 

surveillance ... an act or manner of observing something secretly especially when someone is suspected of a criminal activity.

 

intercept ... to hear or see information that is either meant for another or is never meant to be publicized.

 

snooping ... an act of investigating the secret.

 

eavesdrop ... to listen to a conversation.

 

 


Teenage Boy Inspires Social Change by Giving Away Soccer Balls | 英会話ニュース教材 Daily News Article

 

camaraderie ... 友情
comrade ... 友情、仲間

 

underprivileged ... 恵まれない

 

for the fun of it, for the sake of it ...心から楽しんで

 


IBM Invests Three Billion Dollars for Research and Development | 英会話ニュース教材 Daily News Article

 

miniature ... a small versions of something

 my brother likes to play with miniature cars

 

conventional ... traditional and ordinary

having a computer is conventional in my country

 

speculate ... to guess about something

 Authorities speculate that the company is doing something illegal.

 

augment ... to grow in size and in number