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。
- When was the last time you experienced an earthquake?
- Do you have earthquake drills in your country?
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。
- happen /HAP-uhn/
- large /lahrj/
- capital/KAP-i-tl/
- shock /shok/
- report /ri-PAWRT/
[verb] – (of a situation or an event) to have existence or come into existence
Anything could happen in the next half hour.
[adjective] – big in size or amount
He owns the world’s largest computer manufacturer.
[noun] – a city that is the center of government of a country or smaller political area
Australia’s capital city is Canberra.
[noun] – (the emotional or physical reaction to) a sudden, unexpected, and usually unpleasant event or experience
Her mother’s death came as a great shock – it was so unexpected.
[verb] – to give a description of something or information about it to someone
The crime was reported in all the newspapers.
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。
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, around 17,000 earthquakes happened in the southwestern area of Reykjanes three weeks ago. On the morning of February 24, the largest quake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, struck. Residents of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city, and the municipalities surrounding it, which house two-thirds of the country’s population, are still in shock. On February 27 and March 1, two larger earthquakes with magnitudes of over 5.0 struck. Although Iceland’s Road and Coastal Administration has reported minor cracks in local streets and rockfalls on steep slopes near the swarm’s epicenter, the quakes have caused little damage so far.
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。
- 170,000 earthquakes struck the southwestern area of Reykjanes, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
- The largest quake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, struck on the morning of February 24.
- Reykjavik is Iceland’s capital city.
- On February 27 and March 1, two larger earthquakes with magnitudes of over 6.0 struck.
- The quakes have caused little damage so far.
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。
| happen | large | capital | shock | report |
- He _____ in class today.
- Something extraordinary _____ today at work.
- She was in _____ when I visited her.
- This is _____than that building.
- Manila is the _____ city of the Philippines.