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Japanese Pronunciation for Communication   By Waseda Universuty （早稻田大學） I think edx is not useful for me because my English is so bad. I cannot understand the content at all.

Too Much Noise   by Noni     3 words I learn horn （車輛的）喇叭 - a device on a vehicle that is used to make a loud noise as a warning or signal to other people. Example ： The driver sounded his horn. honk （短促大聲的）汽車喇叭聲 - a short , loud sound made by a car horn. Example ： He gave us a honk on his horn as he drove off. declare 宣佈 / 聲明 / 公佈 - to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially. Example ： They declared themselves to be bankrupt.     A short description of the story  Sringeri Srinivas’s cows cannot abide the noise from the cars on the highway, so they forced Sringeri Srinivas to take them home. But the noise came back with him. Thus, he became furious. He just wanted silence, so he was not happy. One day, he met a young man wearing headphones, who seemed very happy, despite all the honking. Now, when Sringeri Srinivas feel noisy, he just puts on his headphones. But he still has to bring his cows to pass through