イングリッシュ シャワー

今年度最後のEnglish Showerです。
(聞き取りのポイント)　小数点の表現の仕方を覚えましょう。
１billion　は１０億です。　２．５(ツー　ポイント　ファイヴ)billion は２５億
になります。話題は東海道新幹線です。発音をしっかり聞きましょう。

The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train, a symbol of Japan marked its ５０th anniversary on Wednesday. The trains have traveled a total of two billion kilometers , the same distance as ５０．０００ trips around the Earth, and have carried a total of ５．６ billion passengers．The Tokaido Shinkansen service started nine days before the Tokyo Olympics in １９６４. At that time, the trains had a maximum speed of ２１０ kilometers per hour. Now the trains travel at maximum speed of ２７０ kilometers per hour and take two hours and ２５ minutes to connect Tokyo and Osaka.