Pre-reading questions:
- Do you buy products from China?
- What are your favorite products from China?
The exports or number of products that China sold to other countries dropped by 7.3 percent, while the imports or number of products that they bought from other countries dropped by 1.4 percent. This is based on their October reports. They said it decreased more than they thought it would this year.
Vocabulary:
exports – 輸出 [noun] products that are sent to another country to be sold there
imports – 輸入 [noun] products brought into a country to be sold there
drop – 落ちる [verb] to fall
percent – パーセント [noun] part of every hundred
base – 基礎づける [verb] to find a basis for, usually used with on or upon
reports – 報告書 [noun] a document that gives information
decrease – 減少する [verb] to become smaller in size, amount, number etc.
True or False:
- The article is about the exports and imports of South Korea.
- The imports that they bought from other countries dropped by 1.4 percent.
- The exports that they sold to other countries dropped by 7.8 percent.
- This is based on their September reports.
- They said it decreased more than they thought it would this year.