©Dr. Jérôme Mallefet via CNN
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 like reading or watching about sea animals?
- What is your favorite sea animal?
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。
- shark /shahrk/
- ocean /OH-shuhn/
- between /bih-TWEEN/
- difficult /DIF-i-kuhlt/
- type /tahyp/
[noun] – a large fish that has sharp teeth and a pointed fin on its back
The movie “Jaws” is about sharks.
[noun] – a very large area of sea
The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and deepest ocean in the world.
[preposition] – in or into the space that separates two places, persons, or things
The thief was standing between Emma and her friend.
[adjective] – not easy or simple; hard to do or understand
The exam yesterday was too difficult for me.
[noun] – a particular group of people or things that share similar characteristics and form a smaller division of a larger set
Our country needs a type of leader like him.
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。
Pictures of a shark that lights up in the dark were taken for the first time in the ocean of Chatham Rise in New Zealand. Dalatias licha is a kitefin shark, which can grow up to six feet long. Scientists from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) found the fish between 200 and 900 meters under the ocean’s ground, making it “really difficult to observe”, told Dr. Jérôme Mallefet, head of the marine biology laboratory at UCLouvain. Mallefet added that 57 known types of shark can perform bioluminescence—the process of producing light with biochemical reaction. Southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) and blackbelly lanternshark (Etmopterus lucifer) were also seen doing the activity.
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。
- The article is about a goldfish that lights up in the dark.
- The fish was found in the Chatham Rise.
- It was seen by scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- The fish can grow up to 10 feet in length.
- It lives between 200 to 900 meters under the ocean’s ground.
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。
| sharks | ocean | between | difficult | type |
- The famous Titanic sank in the North Atlantic _______.
- Kindly choose wisely ________ the two.
- He is not that ________ of person.
- Emma is too afraid of ________ to go swimming at the beach.
- It was ________ at first but I did it.