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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 like going to museums?
- Are there many museums in your area?
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。
- price /prahys/
- ex- /eks-/
- century /SEN-chuh-ree/
- international /in-ter-NASH-uh-nl/
- antique /an-TEEK/
[noun] – the amount of money for which something is sold
Could you tell me the ticket price, please?
[prefix] – used to show that someone is no longer what they were
John Brown was an ex-professor in our university.
[noun] – the time when one century (=100 years) ends and another begins
He was a famous writer in the 18th century.
[adjective] – involving more than one country
My brother won an international archery competition.
[noun] – something made in an earlier period and valued because it is old, rare, or of high quality
We bought that clock from an antique shop.
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。
Copy of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci will be sold at Christie’s auction house in Paris, France. The estimated price of the painting copy is €300,000 or $365,645. The Mona Lisa is also known as the Mona Lisa Hekking, named after its ex-owner Raymond Hekking. It was painted in the 17th century after Hekking bought the original in the 1950s in Nice, Italy. The original Mona Lisa is said to have been painted in the 16th century by da Vinci. It made international news after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris by one of its employees, Vincenzo Peruggia. It was recovered in 1913 after Peruggia tried to sell it to an antiques trader in Florence, Italy.
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 original Mona Lisa painting will be sold at Christie’s.
- The Mona Lisa Hekking is named after its ex-owner.
- Hekking bought the original painting in Nice, Italy.
- One of Louvre Museum’s employees stole the original Mona Lisa.
- The original painting was never recovered after it was stolen.
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。
| price | ex- | century | international | antique |
- My grandmother owns the _______ paintings.
- The total _______ is 2,500 yen.
- He works in an _______ company so he speaks English really well.
- My uncle is an _______policeman. He used to write crime reports.
- Natsume Sōseki was a famous novelist in the 20th _______.