4-IVF pioneer wins Novel Prize in medicine

Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine Oct. 4 for developing in vitro fertilization, a controversial breakthrough that ignited sharp criticism from religious leaders but helped millions of infertile couples in the past three decades have children.
Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, started working on IVF as early as the 1950's. He developed the technique — in which egg cells are removed from a woman, fertilized outside her body and then implanted into the womb — together with gynecologist surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988. On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the procedure, marking a revolution in fertility treatment.
Edward's achievements have made it possible to treat infertility. (AP)

体外受精者先駆者にノーベル賞
ノーベル賞委員会は10月4日、ノーベル医学生理学賞を体外受精技術を開発した英国のロバート・エドワーズ氏に贈ると発表した。

controversial：賛否両論ある/breakthrough：画期的なこと/ignited：～に火をつけた/infertile：不妊の/professor emeritus：名誉教授/fertilized：受精される/implanted into：埋め込まれる/womb：子宮/gynecologist：婦人科医/marking a revolution：革命をおこした/infertility：不妊症

コメント：今ちょうど授業でこのことについて勉強していたので、とても興味を持った。難しい問題ではあるが、医学に新たな可能性を与えたという点では、非常に画期的な発見であったと思う。

3-London group scams Japanese

Three people have been jailed for carrying out a scam on more than 100 Japanese tourists in central London. The group targeted sightseers at such places as the British Museum and Oxford Street, with one of the three, a woman, posing as a tourist and asking the victims for directions or to take a photo for her. The other two, pretending to be police officers, would then approach, demand details of the travelers' identity and take their credit cards, which were later used to withdraw cash or make expensive purchases, the report said. (Kyodo News)

ロンドンで邦人観光客を狙った詐欺団に禁固刑
ロンドンで日本人観光客100人以上から金品をだまし取っていた女1人と男2人の詐欺集団が逮捕された。

scame：～をだまし取る/have been jailed：禁固刑になる/withdraw：～を引き出す

コメント：こんなことになる前に、日本人はもっと英語を勉強するべきだと思います。