©Sotheby’s and MGM resorts 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。
- Are there museums in your city?
- Do you enjoy looking at paintings?
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。
- famous /FEY-mus/
- locate /LOH-keyt/
- organize /AWR-guh-nahyz/
- produce /puh-DOOS/
- opportunity /op-er-TOO-ni-tee/
[adjective] – known and recognized by many people
Many tourists want to book a table at the famous restaurant.
[verb] – to be in a particular place
The new convenience store is located at Lombard street.
[verb] – to make arrangements for something to happen
All the teachers will meet today to organize year 11’s field trip.
[verb] – to make something or bring something into existence
The town in Italy produced good wine this morning.
[noun] – an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something
My coach gave me the opportunity to train at the best sports gym.
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 works of Pablo Picasso, a world-famous artist, are set to go up for sale in the city of Las Vegas. MGM Resorts, the hotel group that owns eleven of the artworks will sell them in October at Picasso restaurant, where the pieces have been located for more than 20 years. Sotheby’s, the leading American art house, will organize the sale.
Attendees of the sale can expect Picasso’s Femme au béret rouge-orange, the oil painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, a young French woman who was his lover and muse. Other works that are going to be sold include: “Buste d’homme,” his painting from 1969, and Aiguière — Visage, a white terracotta vessel he produced in 1954. According to Brooke Lampley, Sotheby’s chairman, the pieces cover the entire period of Picasso’s career.
The sale which falls around the artist’s 140th birthday is an important event in Las Vegas’ art business. It is one of MGM Resorts’ goals to turn Las Vegas into a bigger art destination, Lampley said. MGM Resort group’s chief hospitality officer Ari Kastrati also shared their plan of creating a more open art collection that would give opportunities to artists from different communities.
Attendees of the sale can expect Picasso’s Femme au béret rouge-orange, the oil painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, a young French woman who was his lover and muse. Other works that are going to be sold include: “Buste d’homme,” his painting from 1969, and Aiguière — Visage, a white terracotta vessel he produced in 1954. According to Brooke Lampley, Sotheby’s chairman, the pieces cover the entire period of Picasso’s career.
The sale which falls around the artist’s 140th birthday is an important event in Las Vegas’ art business. It is one of MGM Resorts’ goals to turn Las Vegas into a bigger art destination, Lampley said. MGM Resort group’s chief hospitality officer Ari Kastrati also shared their plan of creating a more open art collection that would give opportunities to artists from different communities.
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。
- Pablo Picasso’s works are set to go up for sale in Las Vegas.
- Sotheby’s will organize the sale.
- “Buste d’homme” will not be sold at the event.
- The sale falls around Picasso’s 140th birthday.
- MGM Resorts wants to turn Las Vegas into a bigger art destination.
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。
| famous | locate | organize | produce | opportunity |
- My parents gave me the ________ to study at the best school.
- My father’s company ________ bottled tea drinks.
- I met a ______ singer at the park last Thursday.
- My uncle’s house is ________ near the river.
- I will ______ a surprise birthday party for my cousin.