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 Amazon popular in your country?
- What is the most common part-time job 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。
- fee /fee/
- diploma /dih-PLOH-muh/
- benefit /BEN-uh-fit/
- effort /EF-ert/
- intend /in-TEND/
[noun] – an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service
She is working two jobs to pay for her university fee.
[noun] – a document given by a college or university to show that you have passed a particular exam or finished your studies
She was so happy to receive her diploma after years of hard work.
[noun] – a helpful or good effect, something to help
Reading books has a lot of good benefits for the brain.
[noun] – physical or mental activity needed to achieve something
You need to make effort in getting to know your new classmates.
[verb] – to have as a plan or purpose
I intend to go to Yokohama next week.
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。
Amazon (AMZN) has announced on September 9, 2021, that they will be paying the four-year college tuition fees of about 750,000 of its hourly workers in the United States starting January 2022. The company will also be paying for other types of education such as high school diploma programs, General Educational Development (GED) test, and English as a Second Language (ESL) certifications for employees. Only employees who have been working at the company for at least 90 days can receive the benefit, and employees must continue working part-time or full-time at Amazon while taking classes. The decision came following the efforts of other large companies such as Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) to improve their college benefit programs for workers. Amazon also announced that it intends to retrain 300,000 employees for higher-skilled jobs within the company over the next four years.
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。
- Beginning January 2022, Amazon will be paying the college tuition fees of about 750,000 of its workers.
- Amazon will also be paying for other types of education.
- Employees who have been working at the company for at least 90 days can receive the benefit
- Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) also improved their college benefit programs for workers
- Amazon also intends to retrain 300,000 employees for higher-skilled jobs.
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。
| diploma | benefit | effort | intend | fee |
- I finally received my high school ______!
- You need to pay a _____ to enter the museum.
- As a student, you need to make an _____ to learn.
- My family _____ to vacation in Hawaii next month.
- Working at a large company has a lot of _______.