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 smoke?
- Are cigarette commercials shown on TV 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。
- smoker /SMOH-ker /
- habit /HAB-it/
- result /ri-ZUHLT/
- progress /PROG-res/
- addicted /uh-DIK-tid/
[noun] – someone who smokes tobacco regularly
Matt is a heavy smoker. He smokes 2 packs of cigarettes a day.
[noun] – something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it
I always brush my teeth after waking up out of habit.
[noun] – something that happens or exists because of something else
What was the result of your exam?
[noun] – movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a forward position
He is making progress in his English studies.
[adjective] – unable to stop taking drugs, or doing something as a habit
I think Martha is addicted to video games.
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。
The current number of smokers around the world has reached 1.1 billion, according to research published in The Lancet last May. In 2019, deaths related to smoking hit 8 million and continue to increase as more younger people pick up the habit. According to the study, 2/3 of the world’s smokers come from 10 countries, namely: China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Russia, Bangladesh, Japan, Turkey, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The results showed that half of all countries made small progress in reducing smoking consumption among 15 to 24-year-olds. According to Marissa Reitsma, the study’s lead author and a researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the government must focus on decreasing the number of young smokers because 89% of new smokers become addicted to smoking by 25 years old but are unlikely to start smoking beyond 25.
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。
- Smokers all over the world reached 1.1 billion according to studies.
- 2/3 of the world’s smokers come from half of all countries in the world.
- In 2019, deaths related to smoking reached 10 million worldwide.
- Marissa Reitsma is the lead author of the study.
- According to the study’s lead author, 89% of new smokers become addicted to smoking by 25 years old.
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。
| smoker | habit | result | progress | addicted |
- She made little __________ with her violin studies.
- We are really worried about Jessie. She’s a heavy ___________.
- He goes to the park after school out of __________.
- What was the _________ of your Science test?
- She is ___________ to her mobile phone. You can rarely see her without holding hers.