My Notes November 2026 Week 3

The world's first autonomous taxi started operating in central Tokyo on August 27, 2018.

The vehicle was developed by the Tokyo-based robot maker ZMP.

The taxi company Hinomaru Kotsu ferries passengers along a set 5.3km route from Tokyo Station to Roppongi.

The taxi made only four trips per day.

Reservations had to be made online and the trip cost 1,500 yen one way.

The taxi turned corners, changed lanes and stopped on its own, but a driver sat behind the wheel in case of emergencies.

November 21 is National Pumpkin Pie Day.

The pumpkin is native to the continent of North America.

Pumpkins were exported to France in the seventeenth century.

The British would fill a pumpkin with apples, spices and sugar and bake it whole.

The pumpkin pie became an American Thanksgiving tradition in the early nineteenth century.

In the southern United States, sweet potato pie was more popular than pumpkin.

“Take care of” means “to do something necessary.”

I have a few things to take care of before I take the trip.

“Take down” means “to dismantle.”

They took down the stage after the festival.