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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。
- Is traffic bad in your city?
- What do you do during traffic?
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。
- society /suh-SAHY-i-tee /
- passenger /PAS-uhn-jer/
- ceiling /SEE-ling/
- area /AIR-ee-uh/
- system /SIS-tuhm/
[noun] – All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as a society.
I read an interesting article about the American society.
[noun] – a person who is traveling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it, or working on it
The bus picks up passengers every morning.
[noun] – the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you
Our office’s ceiling needs to be fixed.
[noun] – a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country
Shibuya is one of the busiest areas in Japan.
[noun] – a set of connected things or devices that operate together
My task is to fix problems in the computer system.
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。
Everyone wants to live in a traffic jam-free society. USky, a Belarus-based company, is trying to make this happen with their driverless and high-speed pods. As of now, the company is still testing the pods in Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Inside the pods, passengers can expect a first-class airline look, with mood lighting, music, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Currently, each pod can carry up to four passengers and can travel up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour. One of uSky’s ideas behind the project is to make space for more walkways and greenery. The pods are also cheaper and more environmentally friendly than subways, according to the company. Oleg Zaretskiy, uSky Transport’s CEO, says they are also looking at other countries to open their services. “We can see that the best areas for our business are in the Middle East and Asia — places where there is natural growth of population.” he shares.
The system could start carrying up to 10,000 passengers in 2024. Sky pods in Sharjah are yet another example of the power of technology and how ideas can make the world a better place.
Inside the pods, passengers can expect a first-class airline look, with mood lighting, music, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Currently, each pod can carry up to four passengers and can travel up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour. One of uSky’s ideas behind the project is to make space for more walkways and greenery. The pods are also cheaper and more environmentally friendly than subways, according to the company. Oleg Zaretskiy, uSky Transport’s CEO, says they are also looking at other countries to open their services. “We can see that the best areas for our business are in the Middle East and Asia — places where there is natural growth of population.” he shares.
The system could start carrying up to 10,000 passengers in 2024. Sky pods in Sharjah are yet another example of the power of technology and how ideas can make the world a better place.
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 testing place is located in the United Arab Emirates.
- One of uSky’s ideas behind the project is to make space for more walkways and greenery
- Currently, each pod can carry only six passengers.
- Subways are more expensive than the uSky pods.
- The system could carry up to 10,000 passengers in 2024.
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。
| society | passenger | ceiling | area | system |
- My uncle works as a train _____ engineer.
- I will be working in Ireland so I want to know about the Irish ______.
- All the train’s _______ were students.
- They saved the dog from the flooded ____.
- Our house has a high ______.