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Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Do you watch dinosaur movies?
- Do you think dinosaurs are interesting?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- fossil /FOS-uhl/
- hike /hahyk/
- organization /awr-guh-nuh-ZEY-shuhn/
- ago /uh-GOH/
- director /dih-REK-ter/
[noun] – the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
The fossil is believed to be 10 million years old.
[noun] – a long walk, especially in the countryside
Millie and John went on a hike with their college friends.
[noun] – a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose
The organization supports local athletes.
[adverb] – back in time from the present
Philip’s family came to the U.S. 25 years ago.
[noun] – a manager of an organization, company, college, etc
The audience were in tears after hearing the director’s inspiring story.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
A 12 year-old boy named Nathan Hrushkin found a dinosaur fossil while on a hike with his father Dion Hrushkin at a Horseshoe Canyon’s conservation site in Alberta, Canada. Nathan found a “humerus” bone that can be found in the dinosaur’s upper arm. The dinosaur is a hadrosaur, a plant-eating dinosaur that lived 69 million years ago. After this discovery, they sent the site’s location and fossil pictures to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, an organization that studies the life of plants and animals on Earth millions of years ago. The museum’s director said that the young boy’s discovery is important because it gives more information about dinosaurs that lived in Alberta.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- Nathan Hrushkin, a twelve year old boy found the fossil together while on a hike with his brother Dion.
- A hadrosaur is a kind of dinosaur that eats plants.
- Nathan found a humerus bone fossil found in the hadrosaur’s upper ribs.
- 4. Hadrosaurs are believed to have lived 69 million years ago.
- The Smithsonian museum’s director said that Nathan’s discovery is important.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| fossil | hike | organization | ago | director |
- I think he came here 12 minutes _______.
- The museum _______ gave a speech yesterday.
- The young boy found a dinosaur _______.
- It was an _______ that helps stray and injured animals.
- Our classmates went on a _______ last year in the province.