New Zealand sportsman Chris Cairns has won the world's first Twitter libel case. Cairns was the captain of the New Zealand cricket team. In January 2010, an Indian businessman accused Cairns of match-fixing. Cairns sued the man.

「ゴージャス」 is an English word used in Japanese, and usually it means something like 「素晴らしい」. In Japanese, 「ゴージャス」 has a much wider meaning than it does in English. That means that sometimes Japanese people use "gorgeous" in strange ways in English.

The prime minister of Australia has made a joke with Barack Obama. Julia Gillard said that although they both face prejudice, she has a harder life as a leader than him. Gillard is Australia's first woman prime minister. She has faced criticism because she has no children and has never married. She has also said publicly that she is an atheist.

"Although" and "though" are confusing. However, "although" is actually very easy. "Though" is a difficult word that can be used in a few ways. We will talk a lot about "though", and then think about "although" at the end.

Though can be used in a few different ways in English:

1. as a conjunction to join two sentences;
2. as an adverb;
3. in ellipsis; and
4. "as though".

Let's talk about each one.