2-Nadal captures career slam

Chasing his first U.S. Open championship, Rafael Nadal was so dominant, so determined, so defiant, his face curling into a sneer with every wallop of the ball. With two marvelous weeks at Flushing Meadows capped by victory in a thrilling final Sept. 13, Nadal fashioned an emphatic answer to all those questions about whether he could grab the only major trophy missing from his collection. Now the owner of a career Grand Slam at age 24 and champion at nine major tournaments, Nadal is chasing recognition as the greatest tennis player in history. (AP)

全米オープンテニス、ナダルが優勝
テニスの全米オープン男子シングルス決勝が9月13日に行なわれ、第1シードのラファエル・ナダルが第3シードのノバク・ジョコビッチを下して初優勝し、生涯グランドスラム（4大大会全制覇）を達成した。

defiant：大胆な/curling into a sneer：笑みを浮かべて/wallop：強打/emphatic：断固たる

コメント：歴史がまた動いた。時代は移り変わっていくものなのだろう。でもテニスのことはよくわかりません。クルムさんも頑張ってください。

1-Moon may be shrinking very slowly

The moon may be shrinking but it will not be disappearing any time soon. New research indicates cracks in the moon's crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. Scientists have identified 14 landforms called lobate scarps scattered over the surface of the moon, said Thomas R. Watters of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The size of the scarps indicates a shrinkage in the size of the moon of about 100 meters, which would not be nearly enough to be noticed with the naked eye. (AP)

「月は縮んでいる」米研究チームが発表
月の表面に新たな断層が14ヵ所見付かったと米研究チームが発表した。これらの断層は、月の内部が冷え、100メートルほど縮んだことが原因で生じたものだという。

crust：地殻、表面/landforms：地形

コメント：月が縮むことでの、地球への影響はないのでしょうか。それとも、あるのでしょうか。

Last trapped Chire miner rescured

It is very amazing! They survived for more than two month. They had strong heart so they determined to fight for their families. If this disaster down to me, I will not bear it.

Burglar's bottom is too big for the job

I think he just wanted to please everyone.
He was an excellent comedian as well as a burglar!
Today London is peaceful but little cold.（笑）

SUMMER VACATION

     I went to the sea with my friends. The place is at south of Sinjuku.  we enjoyed swimming mainly, but water is too cold to swim because it was almost autumn season. Maybe you say that why did you enjoyed? It is difficult for me to explain to you, bacause our body is little strange, but it is only true that we loved the sea.

8-Monroe chest X-rays fetch $45,000

The apparently endless market for images of Marilyn Monroe now extends to inside the bombshell's body. A set of three Monroe chest X-rays from a 1954 hospital visit sold June 27 for $45,000 (¥4 million) at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Julien's Auctions, which sold the Monroe X-rays, had estimated before the sale that they would only fetch a total of around $3,000 (¥260,000). Other Monroe-abilia that sold included a chair from her last photo shoot that went for $35,000 (¥3 million). (AP)

モンローの胸部X線写真、高値で落札
女優マリリン・モンローの胸部エックス線写真3枚が米ラスベガスで競売にかけられ、総額4万5000ドルで落札された。

fetch～:～で売れる/bombshell:セクシーな女性

コメント：大女優マリリン・モンローの残した功績は大変なものである。それは、この事件（？）にも如実に現れているところであるが、実際、彼女の活躍する姿を目にしたことはほとんどないです。

7-Lawmakers' income hits record low

The average income of lawmakers hit a record low yen22.23 million in 2009, down yen2.6 million from the previous year, according to data released June 30 by the Diet. Cuts in benefits and the lack of major land and stock sales are believed to have caused the fall to a level unseen since both the House of Representatives and House of Councilors started releasing financial statements of lawmakers in 1993. (Kyodo News)

国会議員の平均所得、過去最低に
昨年一年間の国会議員の所得が公開され、平均所得は2223万円で、93年の調査開始以来最低となった。

lawmakers:国会議員/diet:国会/benefits:手当/financial statements:資産や所得の報告書

コメント：過去最低とはいえ、一般的な会社員とは比較にならない量の給料をもらっている。それも、一部の重役たちが相当な割合を占めている。…それ相応の仕事をしてもらいたいものである。